Travel2 hours ago The bustling atmosphere of Saigon yellow mai street Before the Tet holiday which peaks on Feb. 12, this street is filled with the yellow shade of mai, a… Source: Tien Phong News
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Smooth transition, economic stimulus, stronger strategic partnerships and deeper international engagement should be high on Vietnam’s post Party Congress agenda, experts say. Vietnam is in pole position for implementing this agenda at a fast clip, they add. On February 1, the 13th Party Congress closed in Hanoi. The Communist Party Central Committee elected Nguyen Phu Trong, 77, for his third five-year term as Party chief. Later, in May, a general election will be held for the 15th tenure of the National Assembly, Vietnam’s national legislative body. The National Assembly will then elect the state president, prime minister and the parliament’s…
Smooth transition, economic stimulus, stronger strategic partnerships and deeper international engagement should be high on Vietnam’s post Party Congress agenda, experts say. Vietnam is in pole position for implementing this agenda at a fast clip, they add. On February 1, the 13th Party Congress closed in Hanoi. The Communist Party Central Committee elected Nguyen Phu Trong, 77, for his third five-year term as Party chief. Later, in May, a general election will be held for the 15th tenure of the National Assembly, Vietnam’s national legislative body. The National Assembly will then elect the state president, prime minister and the parliament’s…
Dutch woman and field hockey lover Anniek Voesenek has found a home in Vietnam three years after arriving in the country. Anniek Voesenek seen in a training with Saigon International Hockey Club. — Photo courtesy of Anniek Voesenek “Four years ago, I made the decision to quit my job in the Netherlands. Earlier, I worked for a hotel chain for five years from almost right after I graduated from my studies of international hotel and hospitality management. Loving to travel and also having internships abroad made me realise I wanted to live abroad for at least a few years,” the 33-year-old…
Smooth transition, economic stimulus, stronger strategic partnerships and deeper international engagement should be high on Vietnam’s post Party Congress agenda, experts say. Vietnam is in pole position for implementing this agenda at a fast clip, they add. On February 1, the 13th Party Congress closed in Hanoi. The Communist Party Central Committee elected Nguyen Phu Trong, 77, for his third five-year term as Party chief. Later, in May, a general election will be held for the 15th tenure of the National Assembly, Vietnam’s national legislative body. The National Assembly will then elect the state president, prime minister and the parliament’s…
The Ministry of Construction (MOC) has joined forces with a number of ministries and branches to draft a government resolution on solutions to encourage the development of low-cost commercial housing projects. Low-cost commercial housing projects are projects with apartments with an area of less than 70 square meters and selling prices of no more than VND20 million per square meter. Commenting about the real estate market, MOC said most real estate firms focus on commercial housing projects targeting moderately high and high income earners. This has resulted in an oversupply of high-end products, and a shortage of social housing and…
Vu The Binh, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, talked about what may be in store for the sector this year. Vu The Binh, deputy chairman of Vietnam Tourism Association. Vietnam’s tourism sector posted historically-low figures last year in almost all indicators. What are your notes of the last 12 months? The number of foreign visitors in 2020 was down by nearly 80 per cent and domestic tourists by half. Vietnamese heading overseas tumbled 90 per cent. Some 40-60 per cent of workers in the sector lost their jobs. Of all the tourism enterprises hit hard by the pandemic, I…
Society18 mins ago Vietnam reports 37 new locally-infected cases in coronavirus hotspot Source: Tien Phong News
A fireworks performance in Hanoi. The Hanoi Party Committee is mooting allowing only one high-altitude fireworks show instead of the 30 that were earlier planned for the upcoming Lunar New Year’s Eve – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Hanoi Party Committee, at a meeting on February 2, decided to cancel a plan to set off fireworks in 30 districts and towns in the city and came up with an alternative plan to display high-altitude fireworks for the upcoming Lunar New Year’s Eve without gatherings due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the city. The fireworks display will be broadcast live on…
The new Covid-19 outbreak on days close to Tet could seriously affect the Hanoi flower market. Flower growers are worried as prices have dropped dramatically. Nguyen Thi Tuong and her flowers The flower village of Tay Tuu and the flower market of Quang An are still looking forward to merchants. Tay Tuu, the busiest flower village in Hanoi, is now quiet and deserted. Looking at the flower beds she has been growing for a year, which may have to be thrown away, Nguyen Thi Tuong, the owner of a flower garden in Tay Tuu Village, said she had sold all…