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Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. (Photo: AFP/VNA) This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to Covid-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF

The festival is organized by the Hanoi municipal Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion Center, as part of the activities in response to Vietnam’s hosting of SEA Games 31. The event aims to popularize Hanoi capital as a safe, friendly, quality, and attractive destination and values of Vietnam’s cuisine and handicraft villages to both domestic and international visitors. Through varied activities, the festival is expected the help tourists learn more about Hanoi’s handicraft villages, including Bat Trang Ceramic Village, Van Phuc Silk Village, Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village, Quat Dong Embroidery Craft Village, and Chuon Ngo Mosaic Village, among others. Products showcased at the event have been beautifully designed and carefully made by the hands of artisans from various outstanding handicraft villages in Hanoi. During the event, various special dishes, including Thanh Tri steamed rice rolls, Uoc Le pork paste, bun cha (rice noodles with grilled pork), spring rolls, steamed … [Read more...] about Hanoi Cuisine and Craft Village Tourism Festival kicked off

PANO - The Southern Women Museum is exhibiting 152 images and 84 objects highlighting weaving and dying methods and patterns of the traditional costumes of Cham, Khmer and other ethnic minority groups in the Truong Son-Central Highland region. The exhibition, opened on October 14th in Ho Chi Minh City, aims to honor women of those groups, who have been trying to preserve their traditional trade. It is also to introduce to visitors the groups’ cultures, and preservation of traditional trade, contributing to local socio-economic and tourism development. According to Nguyen Thi Tham, the museum’s manager, typical patterns on traditional costume of the ethnic minority groups feature the living environment, culture and rituals of each group. The exhibition opens for the public until February 1 st , 2015. Translated by Chung Anh … [Read more...] about Exhibition shows ethnic groups’ traditional handicraft

PANO – The Hanoi Gift Show 2015 will be held at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Center (148 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi), as announced at a press conference on July 21. According to the organizing panel, around 600 booths from more than 200 businesses and production units in 30 provinces and cities nationwide, such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang city, and Nghe An, are joining the event. Booths at the Hanoi Gift Show 2014. Archived photo Apart from domestic businesses, the show also draws the participation of around 600 importers from 30 countries and territories in the world, such as the US, the EU, Japan, Russia and others. Ms. Tran Thi Phuong Lan, Vice Director of the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, revealed that the highlight of the show is a “One Village-One Product” exhibition (OVOP Vietnam 2015) introducing products from Vietnamese villages and other Asian countries such as Thailand, Laos, Japan and India. As scheduled, … [Read more...] about Hanoi Gift Show 2015

Partial results showed Morrison’s Liberal-National coalition had been punished by voters in Western Australia and affluent urban seats in particular. "Tonight, I have spoken to the Leader of the Opposition and the incoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. And I’ve congratulated him on his election victory this evening," Morrison said, stepping down as leader of his party. Labor had yet to reach the 76 of the 151 lower house seats required to form a government alone. Final results could take time as counting of a record number of postal votes is completed. A strong showing by the Greens and a of group of so-called "teal independents," who campaigned on policies of integrity, equality and tackling climate change, means the makeup of the new parliament looks set to be much less climate-skeptic than the one that supported Morrison’s pro-coal mining administration. Center-left Labor had held a decent lead in opinion polls, although recent surveys showed the Liberal-National … [Read more...] about Australian PM Morrison concedes, ending nearly a decade of conservative rule

The Hanoi Cuisine and Handicraft Villages Tourism Festival has opened to visitors in Lê Quang Đạo Street in Nam Từ Liêm District (opposite the F1 track) to entertain SEA Games visitors. The event introduces the best dishes of the capital. — Photo Hoàng Lân The event gathers hundreds of handicraft villages, artisans and food suppliers in the city and throughout the country. The festival introduces the top dishes of the city and some neighbouring localities, typical handicraft villages, which offer tourism services, and demonstrations of traditional handicrafts. Bamboo booths host cuisine spaces offering popular dishes such as rice pancakes, shrimp cakes, coffee, young rice cake, and tea scented with lotus from the West Lake. Handicraft shops introduce notable villages like Vạn Phúc Silk Village, Bát Tràng Ceramic Village and Sơn Đồng Wood Craft Village, where visitors can listen to guides explaining the village production processes. “This … [Read more...] about Hanoi Cuisine Festival opens

Andrew Hung Pham bagged five VGA golf championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021. — Photo by GolfNews The Vietnam Senior Championship presented by T99 2022 will open on June 4-5 at Vinpearl Golf Nam Hoi An (Quang Nam Province), the Viet Nam Golf Association (VGA) and the Vietnam Golf Services (VGS), it was announced yesterday. The organisers said the tournament would be followed by the T99 Vietnam Amateur Series 2022. About 100 amateurs aged 45-55 for women and 50-60 for men and higher aged golfers are expected to join the tournament. The championship started in 2008, with Andrew Hung Pham (men) bagging five championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung (women) won in 2008 and 2021. The VGA and VGS signed a strategic cooperation deal with the Technology Finance, namely T99 Group, in which T99 will become the main sponsor of the T99 Vietnam Amateur Series 2022. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, deputy general director of T99, said: "National golf … [Read more...] about National Senior Golf Championship to start early next month

Phu My Hung Development Corporation opens Midtown Food Fest to celerate its anniversary. — Photo Courtesy Phu My Hung Development Corporation Midtown Food Fest was organised by the Phu My Hung Development Corporation in its Phu My Hung City Centre on Saturday, and it expected to receive thousands of visitors. The food festival is among several programmes the company has organised to celebrate its 29th anniversary, including magic shows and Yosakoi matching. Visitors had the chance to try Vietnamese and many types of foreign cuisines. They also had the chance to visit show flats at The Peak, a project the company is developing in the Southside District of Phu My Hung City Centre. On the occasion, it opened five fully furnished Sky villas. — VNS … [Read more...] about Food Fest organised in Phu My Hung City Centre