Over 20 million students across vietnam attended a national back to school festival on monday morning as schools in the country upheld a decades old tradition of commencing the academic year on the fi

Vietnamese pavilions at an Asian food and restaurant fair in Singapore in 2018 - Photo: VNA The exposition features four display areas of tea and coffee products; cakes and desserts; foodstuff; and restaurants to increase attractiveness and create more investment cooperation opportunities for businesses. … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends international coffee, tea expo in Singapore

The practice takes its roots from a historic event more than 70 years ago on September 5, 1945, when President Ho Chi Minh of the three-day-old Democratic Republic of Vietnam sent a letter to the country’s students in celebration of independent Vietnam’s first school year. … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, the first day of school is a nationwide festival

In other categories on the same day of the national sporting festival, Tran Duy Khoi of the Ho Chi Minh City delegation won the gold medal in men’s 100m backstroke in 55.49 seconds and broke his own record of 55.87 seconds set in 2014, while young Asian-gold-medalist Nguyen Huy Hoang earned the central province of Quang Binh’s team the highest prize in men’s 400m freestyle in 3:50.72. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s two-time Olympic swimmer defeated at national tournament

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, Huỳnh Văn Hùng, chief of HCM City Statistics Office, said: “This indicator has gradually improved over the last 10 years, from 0.9 per 10,000 in 2009 to only 0.2 per 10,000 this year. The proportion of families having housing is 99.8 per cent. The average housing area per capita this year is 19.4 square metres per person.” … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

A group of architects and cultural experts have signed a petition sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and chairman of Nam Dinh Province’s People’s Committee to stop the renovation of Bui Chu Church. Bui Chu Church … [Read more...] about Architects protest tearing down old church

In the Southeastern region, natural disasters also affected six provinces and cities. Of these, Binh Phuoc and Dong Nai provinces were badly flooded due to heavy rains. Asides from that, there were 38 cyclones in the whole region, Tay Ninh province alone suffered 22 cyclones. … [Read more...] about Natural disasters bring about US$13.55 million damage in Southern Vietnam