COSY SPACE: The spacious, well-located restaurant in the city centre. A side sandwich bar provides some great stuffed baguettes for those who do not like noodles. VNS Photo Mỹ Hà By Nguyễn Mỹ Hà With the return of COVID-19 community infections up and down the country, health authorities have once again stepped up messaging to encourage everyone in society to keep each other safe by wearing masks and other measures. “Please hold back your personal joy and happiness for the common good health of our greater community,” read messages from national anti-COVID-19 task forces on online…
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Reporters from Vietnam News Agency’s Vnews work at a COVID-19 checkpoint. — VNA/VNS Photo Quốc Dũng HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has urged press agencies to contribute to national defence. Ministries, agencies, local governments and press/media agencies were told to work closely to boost communication to increase public understanding, awareness, responsibility and consensus in national defence. The new directive by PM Chính aims to strengthen communication activities so press and media agencies can play a bigger role in protecting Việt Nam alongside the Party, State and the whole political system. Under the directive, ministries, agencies and localities…
Inside a bag factory of An Phát Bioplastics JSC. An Phát Bioplastics JSC (AAA) targets to achieve consolidated revenue of VNĐ9.5 trillion (US$412.8 million), up 28 per cent. — Photo the courtesy of An Phát Bioplastics JSC HÀ NỘI — Paper and packaging enterprises are optimistic about their prospects this year thanks to Việt Nam’s stable business situation. An Phát Bioplastics JSC (AAA) aims to achieve consolidated revenue of VNĐ9.5 trillion (US$412.8 million), up 28 per cent. Post-tax profit is expected at VNĐ550 billion, nearly double that of 2020. Đông Hải Joint Stock Company of Bentre (DHC) aims…
Striker Oussou Konan Anicet (left) is playing his best football at Nam Định. Photo zingnews.vn HÀ NỘI – While he’s shining now at Nam Định, Oussou Konan Anicet was previously turned down by two other V.League 1 clubs, the striker has revealed. Before the 2021 season started, expectations weren’t high for coach Nguyễn Văn Sỹ’s Nam Định as they barely stayed in the division last season. To make matters worse, after escaping relegation, Nam Định lost both Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes and Đỗ Merlo who were their two top goal scorers. However, with the season…
Tourists on a group tour to Phú Quốc Island off Kiên Giang Province during the Reunification Day and the International Labour Day holidays. Photo courtesy of TSTtourist HCM CITY — HCM City travel companies are reporting cancellation and rescheduling of bookings for summer amid the recent resurgence of COVID-19 across the country. Since the fourth wave began in late April tour operators have become flexible to avoid mass cancellations as happened during previous outbreaks. Nguyễn Minh Mẫn, head of TSTtourist’s communication and marketing department, said only one booking for a group tour to Nghệ An Province…
Students sitting the national high school graduation examinations have their temperatures checked at an examination venue in HCM City in August last year. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Anh HCM CITY — HCM City People’s Committee has instructed relevant agencies and schools to comply with the Ministry of Education and Training’s COVID-19 protocols while organising the national high school graduation examinations and entrance tests for sixth and tenth grades. They should strictly comply with preventive measures to ensure children’s safety, it said. The Department of Education and Training should order schools and examination venues to clearly announce safety regulations for…
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam and New Zealand have agreed to work more closely together to boost bilateral ties. Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng and Mark Sinclair, Acting Deputy Secretary for the Americas and Asia Group at New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, co-chaired the 12th Vietnam-New Zealand Political Consultation via videoconference on Thursday. At the event, Sinclair congratulated Việt Nam on successfully holding the 13th National Party Congress and curbing the spread of COVID-19, as well as the country’s achievements in economic recovery and assuming…
MAIN MAN: Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola is one of the greatest managers the Premier League has ever seen. AFP Photo. Paul Kennedy I’ve been dreading yesterday for an awful long time. I knew the day was coming, I could see the writing on the wall from afar, but despite all this, it is still hurt doing what I had to do. You see, since July 23, when Liverpool beat Chelsea by five goals to three at Anfield and were crowned champions after the match, my Facebook profile picture has been a photo of a beaming…
Checking in the Lùng Cúng mountain peak. — Photo didulich.net Lâm Thanh With an altitude of more than 2,900m, Lùng Cúng is in one of the most beautiful mountains in Việt Nam. The top of the mountain is covered by clouds year-round, which tourists love to snap photos of. Lùng Cúng is named after a village located deep in the most rugged mountains in Nậm Có Commune, Mù Cang Chải District in Yên Bái Province. The beautiful trekking route is a harmonious picture of green grass hills, white reeds, vast primaeval forests, and terraced rice fields. It’s about 250km from…
Taekwondo martial artist Châu Tuyết Vân is running for a berth in the HCM CIty’s People’s Council in the period of 2021-26. Photo nld.com.vn Taekwondo Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI Châu Tuyết Vân is one of the most unique candidates in the upcoming elections to HCM City’s People’s Council, or the municipal legislative council, for the 2021-26 tenure. That’s because she’s best known for her prowess as a taekwondo martial artist. As well as being the only athlete of the 158 candidates up for elections in the city, she is the youngest and most inexperienced candidate. …