Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed a total of 26 cooperation documents worth billions of US dollars on October 31 during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s current visit to the UK. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. The documents span a wide range of cooperation areas, from commerce, agriculture, and energy to health care, education, training, environmental protection, and sports. Among them were a US$400 million contract between Vietjet Air and Rolls-Royce to provide engines and engine services for wide-body aircraft, and a US$300 million sustainable development and climate change response programme between HD Bank and Affinity Equity Partners. EMG…
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Pope Francis expresses his closeness to people hit by flooding in Vietnam and hopes COP26 will produce effective solutions to climate change, the Vatican News reported. Prayers for flood victims “My prayers and thoughts go out to the many families who are suffering, as well as my encouragement for the civil and local Church authorities who are working to respond to this emergency,” said the Pope. The flooding in central Vietnam was set off by Tropical Depression “Invest” which moved across the Southeast Asian nation. COP26: Hear cry of earth and poor Pope Francis also recalled the opening on Sunday…
Football Defender Lê Văn Xuân of Việt Nam (right) manages a ball during the match against Chinese Taipei at the AFC U23 Asian Cup on October 27. Photo courtesy of VFF Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI Lê Văn Xuân isn’t your typical footballer. In his own words, he describes himself as “a little short, a little heavy and very quiet”. The 21-year-old defender also suffers from a rapid heart rate, but despite these obstacles, he has started making a name for himself for club and country. Last Wednesday, Xuân scored the only goal for the U23’s…
Vietnam is ready to offer business incentives for the enterprises of South Kore, which invest in the sustainable development and digital transformation projects in the country. Delivering the opening remarks at the forum’s third weekly gathering, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Korea Nguyen Vu Tung said at the Eurasian Economic and Cultural Forum hosted by The Korea Herald on Wednesday stressed that, the country is committed to further improving the nation’s business environment for global companies since a new foreign investment law, called the Private-Public Partnership Investment Law, took effect this year. ###: How to set-up a foreign invested enterprise in…
Vietnam recorded 5,519 more local Covid-19 cases in 46 cities and provinces on Sunday, bringing the total infection tally in the fourth wave to 916,287. According to the health ministry, three localities with the highest numbers of infection are Ho Chi Minh City with 1,041 cases, Dong Nai with 688 cases and Binh Duong with 672 cases. ###: How Vietnam is transitioning to the new normal for welcoming back international tourists 53 deaths were added to the national database on Sunday, with 21 cases in HCMC, seven in Binh Duong, five in Can Tho, four each in Dong Nai and Soc…
Bảo Ngọc Đông Triều Town, the eastern gate of northeastern Quảng Ninh Province, has long been known for its coal and pottery industries. Visiting here, travellers are not only overwhelmed with the natural landscape, historical temples and pagodas but also with unusual cuisine bearing its own identity. Chả rươi Đông Triều Rươi (clam worm) is the main ingredient of many dishes, of which chả rươi (fried clam-worm nugget or pancake) is considered the most famous dish in the area. The clam worm is a small creature, which usually lives in brackish water areas or rivers. In…
Vietnam has been named as the world and Asia’s best golf destination for 2021.This is the second year Vietnam has been recognized as the world’s best golf destination and the fifth consecutive year as Asia’s best. Asia’s Best Golf Destination award is part of World Golf Awards, held annually since 2014 and viewed as the most prestigious award in the golf tourism industry. World Golf Awards – which was held in Dubai on Friday – celebrates and rewards excellence in golf tourism as a part of World Travel Awards. Compared to other golf destinations like the U.S., New Zealand, China,…
Vietnam has rolled out the red carpet to welcome back international tourists with vaccine passports as the country continues to relax restrictions and resume socio-economic activities one step at a time. According local media, Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang Province will be the first tourist hotspot in Vietnam to open its doors to foreign visitors from next month following a pilot program launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Phu Quoc authorities arranged safe destinations to host visitors as well as developed plans to respond to anyone testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Everyone in Phu…
At some point in your life, you’ll likely need to write a dissertation for at least one of many reasons. That could be to start a career in education, earn a better diploma, or simply show yourself that you have the knowledge, skill, and perseverance to be considered a real scientist. Still, writing a dissertation is definitely not the easiest thing in the world and can even become overwhelming if you start it unprepared. There are lots of ways to approach this kind of research work and even more ways to organize it. That’s why you must learn certain things…
by Nguyễn Thanh Hà The coronavirus pandemic has caused something of a lull in the careers of artists and many others, but it has not slowed painter Nguyễn Thúy Hường who has been as creative as she has ever been, finishing dozens of paintings, largely of the lotus flowers for which she is famed. Hường was born in Canh Town in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc, which is home to a renowned century-old pottery village. It was here as a child that she spent her days quietly creating toys, plates, pots and characters from children’s tales. Such…