A group of tourists, including Vietnamese and foreigners, left Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown for its coastal Can Gio District on Sunday in the first waterway tour launched by the city under its tourism recovery plan after months of suspension due to COVID-19. The tour kicked off as the city and Vietnam in general have loosened COVID-19 restrictions and reopened their economies under ‘new normal conditions,’ which refers to the government’s strategy of living safely with the coronavirus. Daily infections have fallen nationwide in the last few weeks while health workers have given almost 73 million vaccine doses since vaccination was rolled out on March 8. The group of 50 travelers, including expats working in the city, departed from Bach Dang Wharf at 8:00 am on the express boat Greenlines DP. They had earlier attended a ceremony held by the city’s Department of Tourism and Vietnamtourist, the tour organizer, to welcome the first visitors to Can Gio by waterway since …
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Da Nang calls for RoK’s investment in ICT A forum to promote investment in information and communications technology (ICT) in the central city of Da Nang from the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held virtually on November 30, bringing together representatives from over 200 enterprises and investors from the two countries. The event aims to introduce potential, advantages, preferential and investment support policies of Da Nang to RoK businesses and investors, especially in ICT, and high technology. Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam said the RoK is the largest foreign investor in Vietnam with over 9,000 valid projects worth over 71.5 billion USD, including nearly 500 investment projects in the ICT field with the presence of the world's leading technology corporations such as Samsung and LG. To welcome more investments from the RoK, the Vietnamese Government has been perfecting models, mechanisms and policies to create breakthrough …
Hanoi int’l puppetry festival hoped to entice Vietnamese back to traditional art
With Hanoi hosting an international puppetry festival, it is hoped that more Vietnamese will develop a habit of visiting water puppet theaters to enjoy the centuries-old art form that is loved by foreign tourists but facing disinterest by domestic audience. The 2018 International Puppetry Festival takes place in the Vietnamese capital from October 8 to 15, with participation of the Wallonia-Brussels from Belgium, and troupes from Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, France, and Brazil. Four Vietnamese art units joining the event are the Thang Long Puppetry Theater, the Vietnam Puppetry Theater, the Ho Chi Minh City puppetry art troupe, and the puppetry art troupe of the northern city of Hai Phong. This is the fifth edition of the international festival, held to honor of the traditional Vietnamese art, and to present the value of Vietnamese puppetry and culture to international friends. Vietnam is the birthplace of water puppets, which emerged in the northern rice paddies …