Vietnamese canadian culture

A stall at the previous Hanoi Cuisine Culture Festival attracted many youngsters (Photo: anninhthudo.com) Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Cuisine Culture Festival 2019 starting on June 7 evening will feature famous specialities from all three regions of the country. The annual festival is offering visitors a chance to experience dishes in spaces that reflect the culture and landscape of the three regions. For example, northern food is being presented in replica stilt houses from Ha Giang province and traditional houses from Hanoi's Old Quarter. Food from the central and southern regions is being served in replicas of Hoi An's Old Quarter and Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City. Visitors can try a wide range of pho (noodle soup), spring rolls, bun cha (noodles served with grilled pork) from Hanoi, West Lake’s shrimp cake, crab spring rolls from Hai Phong, Hue beef noodles, Hoi An rice with chicken, and grilled seafood … [Read more...] about Festival introduces famous specialities from all three regions

November 20th in Vietnam is ‘Teachers' Day.' It’s a way for students to mark their respect for their teachers in recognition of the influence teachers have on our personal and academic life and the growth within us that comes with that. You might have already seen the preparations at schools – often involving more than a week’s work – with students decorating stuff or practicing musical shows in the playgrounds. Throughout Vietnamese places of learning, literally at all levels and ages, there’ll be performances by both teachers and students, presentations, gifts, speeches and public acclaim nationally for teachers – usually organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, with awards and certificates for those notable teachers who have achieved outstanding results for their students as well as their own efforts to become better at teaching. As a kid, I was taught about bringing an apple for the teacher to school – although I … [Read more...] about An apple for the teacher

Sen. Lieut. Gen Phan Van Giang (R) receives General Chea Tara, Director of the National Defence University (NDU) of Cambodia on November 19. (Photo: qdnd.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Sen. Lieut. Gen Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, received General Chea Tara, Director of the National Defence University (NDU) of Cambodia, in Hanoi on November 19. Giang spoke highly of the fruitful collaboration between the Vietnamese National Defence Academy and the NDU in the past time, particularly the organisation of short-term training courses for Cambodian military officers, which he said have contributed greatly to consolidating ties between the two schools in particular, and two armies in general. He expressed his belief that they will continue working together to train high-quality human resources for the two armies. Leaders of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence always endorse and create favourable … [Read more...] about Chief of General Staff Phan Van Giang welcomes Cambodian guest

Vietnamese Consul General to Battambang Le Tuan Khanh presents gifts to needy people in the Cambodian province on April 25 (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – A delegation of the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City provided free health checks and medicines along with gifts to needy people in the Cambodian province of Battambang on April 25. The activity, which was conducted in Battambang city in coordination with the Vietnamese General Consulate in Cambodia’s Battambang province, benefited around 500 overseas Vietnamese and Cambodians. The charity trip in Cambodia is an annual task assigned by the HCM City People’s Committee to the municipal Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, out of the care for overseas Vietnamese and Cambodians in disadvantaged circumstances in Cambodia. The delegation took the occasion of the working trip to inform local overseas Vietnamese on the latest policies of the Vietnamese Party and State on … [Read more...] about HCM City extends helping hand to the poor in Cambodia

Arts Fifteen artists from different countries hold Hanoi exhibition The Saigon Times Daily Wednesday,  Nov 20, 2019,10:35 (GMT+7) Fifteen artists from different countries hold Hanoi exhibition The Saigon Times Daily Japanese artist Aya Momose is one of the 15 artists participating in the Beyond Destruction exhibition in Hanoi - PHOTO: COURTESY OF ORGANIZER HCMC - Fifteen artists from Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Germany, Myanmar, and Vietnam will showcase some of their artworks at a group exhibition at VICAS art studio in Hanoi from November 24 to December 8. Beyond Destruction is the final exhibition of an annual international contemporary art exchange project called “Month of Art Practice – MAP 2019”. On display are works of different art genres such as video, photography, performance, fine art, installation and concept. The participating artists include Aung Myat Htay of Myanmar, Aya Momose of … [Read more...] about Fifteen artists from different countries hold Hanoi exhibition