Ollie Arci Painter, scientist, sculptor and inventor. Leonardo da Vinci was a giant of the Italian Renaissance. Now the great polymath’s legacy is being kept alive in a recent addition to Hà Nội’s culinary scene. Vinci, opened in 2019 to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, is bringing the authentic Italian experience to gastronomes in the Vietnamese capital. FINE FLAVOURS: Vinci’s Tuscan evening offers the perfect pairing of food and wine. With a large glass frontage, exposed brick and steel highlights, Vinci’s aesthetic draws on modern industrial design and offers a clean…
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Hoàng Vũ Mai Phương, Head of Virus Department, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Photo suckhoedoisong.vn Recently, the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus has been detected in Việt Nam. At the same time, people who finished 14-day quarantine periods went on to test positive. Hoàng Vũ Mai Phương, Head of Virus Department, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, talks to Sức khoẻ đời sống (Life and Health) newspaper about research related to this virus variant. What is the difference between this virus strain to previous strains detected in Việt Nam, and what should be noted…
As the election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2021-26 tenure is approaching, people in Từ Vân Village in Thường Tín District on the outskirts of Hà Nội are busy making national flags to meet orders from across the country. A workshop in Từ Vân Village is seen busy at making the national flags and banners in preparation for the upcoming national election. VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Khánh Located 30km south of Hà Nội, the trade village is famed for its embroidery and weaving and has made millions of national flags over the last 75 years. According to local…
Customers consult services at an office of Canadian insurer SunLife. After many local banks joined bancassurance partnership, the value of bancassurance partnership agreements has sharply increased. Photo sunlife.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Local credit institutions are enjoying a rise in bancassurance activities with more exclusive deals coming, according to industry insiders. Many banks have unveiled their first-quarter financial reports with soaring profits in the last months, even compared to pre-COVID-19 times. Soaring profits not only come from escalating interest income but also a jump in earnings from bancassurance. CEO of Vietcombank Nghiêm Xuân Thành said in the first quarter this…
Việt Nam futsal national team want to seize their second time competing at the World Cup in Lithuania from September 12 to October 2. Photo vietnamnet.vn Futsal HÀ NỘI — Coach Phạm Minh Giang is working to bring Việt Nam’s futsal team to their second World Cup later this year. The world top 10 coach has selected the country’s top players for the campaign after watching the national championship’s first period which just ended days ago. Giang has opted for both experienced players such as Trần Văn Vũ, Phạm Đức Hòa, Lê Quốc Nam and Nguyễn Minh Trí as…
Due to a new wave of COVID 19 cases! the VBA Tip-off will be cancelled. VNS Photo Ngọc Diệp HCM CITY — The VBA Tip-off will be cancelled due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, according to the organiser. The decision was made after an urgent meeting of the VBA executive board and the Vietnam Basketball Federation (VBF) following the direction of the City People’s Committee to control COVID-19. Trần Chu Sa, VBA executive director, said that this was a difficult decision because this year was the first time that VBF and VBA had worked together and wanted to introduce…
Vietnamese duo Lường Thị Thảo and Đinh Thị Hảo seen preparing their boat at the World Rowing Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta. They finished second in the women’s lightweight double sculls category and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Photo of World Rowing Rowing HÀ NỘI — Rowers have secured Viet Nam’s seventh Olympic slot at the World Rowing Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta which ended in Japan on Friday. Duo Lường Thị Thảo and Đinh Thị Hảo finished second in the women’s lightweight double sculls with a time of 7 minuted and 17.34 seconds. They were behind Chiaki Tomita…
Illustration by Trịnh Lập by Nguyễn Mỹ Hà The latest COVID-19 outbreak has put Hà Nội’s National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in lockdown for 14 days from May 5. Since the first COVID-19 community case in this latest outbreak was found in Hà Nam Province on April 29, three days prior to a four-day national holiday, as of the time of writing on Thursday morning, the number of community cases hit 64 in just eight days. New variants of the coronavirus from India and the UK have also been detected in Việt Nam. The actions…
FEVER PITCH: About 100 Manchester United fans gained access to Old Trafford to protest against the club’s owners. AFP/VNA Photo Paul Kennedy There’s nothing wrong with protesting about something you strongly believe in. Voicing concerns, raising objections, and even taking to the streets, banner in one hand, megaphone in the other. If there’s something that needs fixing, people power, unity and one common voice is a good place to start. We’ve seen a lot of protests over the past week or so in England as football fans, feeling very much unwanted and not cared for, demonstrated against the owners…
A visitors wearing mask is seen at Việt Nam’s National Assembly — Paths of Innovation and Development exhibition that is being held at the Military Zone 7 Museum, HCM City. The exhibition will run until the end of May. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Xuân Khu HCM CITY — Photos and documents that reflect the innovation and development of Việt Nam’s National Assembly over the years are on display at an exhibition in HCM City. The exhibition, entitled Việt Nam’s National Assembly — Paths of Innovation and Development, is part of activities in anticipation of the upcoming May 23 election of the 15th National Assembly…