Vietnam will open an embassy in Israel in the coming months after 15 years of diplomatic ties between the two states, the Israeli foreign ministry said Thursday. Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Dung, on an official visit to Israel, announced that Hanoi intended to open an embassy "within several months," the ministry said in a statement. The embassy will be in Tel Aviv and not in Jerusalem, which the international community does not recognise as Israel's capital, the head of the ministry's Southeast Asia desk Giora Bachar told AFP. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to open embassy in Israel
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Alarm raised over Vietnamese tourists’ illegal stay in Israel
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has raised the alarm on the increasing number of Vietnamese tourists attempting to illegally stay in Israel during their tours, and have asked travel agencies to curb the phenomenon. The tourists had bought travel packages to Israel from the tour organizers in Vietnam. But shortly after arrival in Israel, these tourists left the tour in an attempt to illegally stay in the country, the VNAT said in a post on its website on Monday. These illegal immigrants have created problems for authorities of both Vietnam and Israel in seeking them out and repatriating them back to their home country, the VNAT said, citing a document signed by its deputy chief Nguyen Manh Cuong. In a bid to curb the phenomenon, the VNAT requested that Vietnamese tour organizers strictly check the information of their customers before selling the Israel package to them. The check should be particularly conducted with those hailing from localities where illegal … [Read more...] about Alarm raised over Vietnamese tourists’ illegal stay in Israel
Vietnamese tourism promoted in Israel
(Cinet)- A seminar “Vietnamese tourism- Potentiality and expectancy” has been organized by Vietnamese embassy in Israel and Vietnam Airline in Israel, Maman Aviation Company, Vietnam Trade and Tourism Company. The seminar aims at enhancing a tourism promotion, land and people of Vietnam to the public in Israel. At the seminar, after making a speech at the opening ceremony, an ambassador Dinh Xuan Luu, a Vietnamese ambassador and some participating companies introduced about a market and a tourism package in Vietnam nowadays. Some tourism enterprises Israel highly appreciated a seminar and some information about Vietnam’s market; together with expressing Vietnam’s belief for Israel tourist in general and in particular. Participating into the seminar, some representatives attracts to nearly 50 travel agencies in Israel with some local members. Some agencies also express an expectancy to associate with the embassy and some Vietnamese partnerships to promote a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese tourism promoted in Israel
Vietnamese farmer invents machine during stay in Israel
VietNamNet Bridge - Pham Van Hat is a farmer with a seventh grade education who is now earning $2,500 for each sowing machine he sells. Before his success, the inventor once had to take a loss of VND3 million from a vegetable growing project. After three years of implementing the project, in 2010, he became penniless. The businesses which signed contracts underwriting Hat’s vegetables did not buy his products as promised. Hat then decided to go to Israel as an export worker to escape insolvency. Hat had heard that Israeli used advanced technologies in agriculture with a high income of billions of dong from every hectare of vegetable. In Israel, discovering that many kinds of work was still done manually, Hat told the owner of the farm where he worked that he would invent a machine that could help ease the manual labor. It took Hat several months to create a fertilizer spreader. After the machine was put into operation and brought good results, the farm’s owner rewarded … [Read more...] about Vietnamese farmer invents machine during stay in Israel
Promoting Vietnam’s tourism in Israel
(VOV) - A seminar on the potential and prospects of tourism in Vietnam has been held in Israel with the aim of boosting Vietnam’s tourism and promoting images of its people and land to international markets. … [Read more...] about Promoting Vietnam’s tourism in Israel