Addressing the event, Dew Gunasekera, Minister of Human Resources and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka said the re-establishment of the Vietnamese embassy in Sri Lanka will create favourable conditions for SVSA to operate more actively. Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ton Sinh Thanh affirmed that Vietnam is willing to cooperate with Sri Lanka in all fields and always supports Sri Lanka’s efforts to maintain peace and stability for development. He also thanked the Sri Lankan government, people and SVSA for their special feelings toward President Ho Chi Minh, who visited Sri Lanka twice. VNA … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka celebrates Vietnamese embassy’s reopening
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Prioritizing Strategic Partnership with India and Promoting Co-operation with Sri Lanka
The official visit to India and Sri Lanka from October 11-15, 2011 by State President Truong Tan Sang was successfully wrapped up. His visit was aimed at fostering and promoting co-operation on all aspects between Vietnam and these two countries. Vietnam is an important pillar of India's Look East Policy The visit to India from October 11-13 by State President Truong Tan Sang drew special attention from the public because Vietnam and India have a traditional and friendly relationship and they are two strategic partners in Asia. During his visit, President Truong Tan Sang was warmly received by Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chairwoman of the Lower House of the Indian Parliament Meira Kuma. To foster and further strengthen the bilateral relationship, the two sides agreed to deepen the traditional friendship and strategic partnership, increase specific co-operation programmes and projects and expand co-operation in new fields with the … [Read more...] about Prioritizing Strategic Partnership with India and Promoting Co-operation with Sri Lanka
Vietnamese in Australia, Venezuela, Laos, France, India, Sri Lanka, Chile, Egypt, France celebrate Tet
The Hanoitimes - On the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the Vietnamese community in Australia have gathered to welcome their biggest festival of the year, serving traditional Vietnamese food like Chung (Square) cake, Xoi (steamed glutinous rice) and Gio Lua (lean pork paste). Vietnamese people also flocked to pagodas to offer incense and pray for a happy and warm new year. The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela has held a Tet get-together for Vietnamese studying and working in the country. Addressing the event, Ambassador Ngo Tien Dung wished Vietnamese people in Venezuela a happy new year and briefed participants on Vietnam's 2012 socio-economic and diplomatic achievements, as well as the country's 2013 targets. He said he was delighted with the two countries' developing relations, especially in politics, economics and culture. He affirmed the determination of leaders from both sides to further strengthen and consolidate bilateral comprehensive … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Australia, Venezuela, Laos, France, India, Sri Lanka, Chile, Egypt, France celebrate Tet
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 27/1
City hotel makes giant Banh Tet Nearly 100 staff from the Yasaka-Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel participated in making a new record banh tet (cylindrical glutinous rice cake) on January 24 to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet). The giant cake is 37 metres long, weighs 810 kg and has a diameter of 0.2 metres. To make cake, cooks used 420 kg of glutinous rice, 67 kg of green beans, 17 kg of black beans, 17 kg of soya beans, 110 kg of pork, 550 bananas, 80kg of scraped coconut, 30 monordicas and 410 kg of banana leaves. The cake was wrapped at 17:00 the same day and put into a large pot for boiling. On January 25, it is expected to be finished boiling, taken out of the pot and cut into pieces to go on sale at 18:00. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to charity funds. Five fall down 16m in amusement ride accident At 11:30 on Tuesday, Jan 24, five people stared death in the face when the amusement park game they participated had an error, causing the seats they were … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 27/1
ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 13/11
Record book announces new recordsThe Vietnam Record Books today announced 4 new national records: the biggest rice map, the longest rice road, the biggest tea set and the largest wedding ceremony. The biggest rice map was made with 23 different kinds of seeds from various locations such as Hanoi, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Long An, Can Tho. 55 artisans worked with 16.2 kg of seeds from October 28 to November 5 to create the map which is 6m wide and 9m long and has an area of 54 square meters to represent 54 different ethnicities in Vietnam. This map was made for the second rice festival in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on November 8-11. Also as a part of this festival, a 1.2 kg stretch on Soc Trang's Hung Vuong Road lined with 47,000 rice pots was also unveiled. This road is now recognized as the longest rice road. Made for the first International Tea Festival which will open tomorrow in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, a terracotta mosaic tea set is also considered … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 13/11