Giant Halloween pumpkins grown in Việt Nam for the first timeTHE TEAM BEHIND SIMILAC HMO – A BREAKTHROUGH IN PEADIATRIC NUTRITIONAL SCIENCEGreen Bay Garden offers great options for home-buyers and investorsThe hidden story of Asia’s Most Nature-Friendly Resort 2018Living green, living a good life at Green Bay Garden SCOPE OF WORK USAID Green Annamites Finance Development Consultant for USAID Green Annamites 1. Background Forests play a critical role in Vietnam by protecting watersheds, preventing soil erosion, mitigating climate change, and building resilience for communities. They are also home to rare and endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, Vietnam’s forests, and the species that live in them, are depleting at an alarming rate due to conversion into other economic uses, as well as from activities of surrounding forest-dependent populations who lack alternative economic means. The USAID Green Annamites Project (the … [Read more...] about SCOPE OF WORK
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Ha Noi man offers motocycle rides to work for free
Harry Hà on his road to work. -- photo thanhnien/com.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI – For months, every morning and evening along roads in Ha Noi a young man on a fancy motorbike has been offering pedestrians free rides. Hà Trung Hiếu or Harry Hà, 26, an IT engineer in Hà Nội, has been offering rides to those travelling on the same route to work as him. "Every day, I went to work by motorbike and went alone. And then I thought why not let people go along completely free?” Harry Hà told Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper. “It was also an opportunity to do good deeds expressing my kindness for life and it brought me opportunities to meet and talk to many people that I met by chance”, Harry Hà said. This also helped complete his long-term photo project on strangers. He hoped his deeds would spread kindness in society, but some people were cautious and skeptical at first. “Initially, I was on the … [Read more...] about Ha Noi man offers motocycle rides to work for free
Artist makes lasting works of wispy wings
Quite the collection: Since 2000, Ánh has made thousands of butterfly paintings and has sold them to local and international tourists. VNS Photo Hoàng Nguyên Viet Nam News by Hoàng Nguyên “Butterflies have very short life spans. I wanted to find a way to keep their colours forever,” said artist Vũ Thị Nguyệt Ánh, who owns a painting workshop in Bảo Lộc City in Lâm Đồng Province. Ánh has been making butterfly paintings since 2000 and has sold thousands of her works at her small exhibition space, where local and foreign tourists often stop on their way to Đà Lạt, a popular tourist destination. “It all started with my love for butterflies as a little girl,” she said. Born and raised in B’Lao, the former name of Bảo Lộc, which is well-known for mulberry growing and silkworm breeding, Ánh has been intimately familiar with butterflies her … [Read more...] about Artist makes lasting works of wispy wings
Romanian painter showcases experiences in Vietnam
A solo art exhibition titled Focus by the Romanian painter Sergiu Moise is being held in Hà Nội, showing 30 paintings created during his last five years living in Vietnam. Sergiu Moise stands in front of his artworks at the exhibition Focus — VNS Photo Moise experimented with Vietnamese traditional paining techniques such as lacquer, silk and oil on canvas. He painted images of daily life and portraits. The title of the exhibition, Focus, is the name of one of the oil on canvas works. Focus (40cm by 50cm) is about the artist’s struggles with an attention deficit, which makes it difficult to focus and organize daily activities. “Frequent mood swings and low tolerance for frustration are quite challenging when I have to sit down and work,” he said. “I have to put a lot of efforts into concentrating and to struggle to maintain interest in certain tasks in order to complete them. This exhibition is the result of many struggles … [Read more...] about Romanian painter showcases experiences in Vietnam
Romanian painter showcases experiences in Việt Nam
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A solo art exhibition titled Focus by the Romanian painter Sergiu Moise is being held in Hà Nội, showing 30 paintings created during his last five years living in Việt Nam. Moise experimented with Vietnamese traditional paining techniques such as lacquer, silk and oil on canvas. He painted images of daily life and portraits. The title of the exhibition, Focus, is the name of one of the oil on canvas works. Focus (40cm by 50cm) is about the artist’s struggles with an attention deficit, which makes it difficult to focus and organise daily activities. “Frequent mood swings and low tolerance for frustration are quite challenging when I have to sit down and work,” he said. “I have to put a lot of efforts into concentrating and to struggle to maintain interest in certain tasks in order to complete them. This exhibition is the result of many struggles like that.” Moise was born and grew up in … [Read more...] about Romanian painter showcases experiences in Việt Nam