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On November 24, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Sen. Lieut. Gen. Trinh Van Quyet received a young officer delegation from the Cuban Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces, led by second chief of the ministry’s Political Directorate General of Brigade Marcelo Perez, according to VNA. Quyet praised the defense cooperation between the two countries and the achievements of the collaboration between the young military officers of Vietnam and Cuba in recent years. At the reception. Photo: PANO He assured the guest that the Vietnamese people and army will always stand side by side with and offer all possible support to Cuba , just as Cuba supported Vietnam during its difficult times in the struggle for national liberation and nation building. He also mentioned that the General Department of Politics of the VPA always supports and creates favorable conditions for young officers from both countries to enhance their exc...

A fashion store is offering discounts of up to 50%. Promotion campaigns for the Black Friday sales run from one to two weeks. On the streets around Ba Dinh, Dong Da, and Cau Giay districts, a lot of shops remain mostly empty, despite running 50% to 70% discount programmes since early last week. The most popular items on sale include clothes, cosmetics, gadgets, and home appliances with discounts of up to 80%. However, no large crowds gather or long lines form as seen in previous years. A shopkeeper in Cau Giay district shares that customers this year are very cautious, with many being more interested in the quality of goods instead of their prices. Even after the shop offers cuts of 70% on goods, customers are still not tempted. A shop in a shopping centre discounts up to 80% on all items and 20% to 30% on the latest ones to lure consumers. A banner in a shopping centre shows discounts of 80% on all items up to Nov...

Ho Xuan Lam, vice president of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations, emphasised that the consulates of the bloc’s members will introduce typical dishes and food catering services from their countries at the event. The festival will offer local residents the opportunity to sample a range of delicious dishes from famous restaurants of Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia at food courts erected along Le Loi road in District 1 at an affordable price, Lam added. There will be a wide range of cultural activities to held during the festival, including an art exchange night made up of ASEAN member countries, a programme to introduce culinary arts, street art performances, and a barista art show. The festival is part of activities to be held to welcome the 4th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations and ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary this year. The post ASEAN food festival to get underway in HCM City this weekend appeared first on Vietexp...

The deal grants the printer exclusive rights to publish and sell all of Dau’s works. The publisher will soon release four books written, compiled and edited by Dau. These books feature the history of the South’s development in different periods from the 19th century until the 20th. Southern people, particularly farmers, and their contributions to the fight against the French colonialists, are featured. Tre Publishing House has released eight publications by Dau, including Tap Ghi Su Dia Viet (Records on History and Geography of Vietnam) in 2020. The 232-page book is on the history and geography of Vietnam. It consists of historical events and characters as well as geographical documents from the 20th century which Dau collected for several years. Dau’s articles about Sai Gon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) are also included. Dau’s books help readers, particularly young people, learn more about Southern...

The event attracted 20 stalls displaying traditional Vietnamese and Korean cultural items and dishes. It also featured a cooking contest and fashion show of traditional costumes, musical and martial art performances, and a painting exhibition. On the occasion, the organisers awarded 270 scholarships, each worth VND2 million (US$80.51), to disadvantaged students with outstanding academic performances and needy children with Vietnamese mothers and Korean fathers in the Mekong Delta city. Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thuc Hien said the city had signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with the RoK’s Jeollanam-do province in 2012, with the sides so far engaging in many joint activities in personnel training and cultural promotion.   Ha Gwang Yun, head of the representative office of Jeollanam-do, said the Korean locality wants to strengthen collaboration with Can Tho in the fields of petroleum, chemistry, energy, and the environment. ...

With more than ten thousand old items, most of which are books about Hanoi collected by lawyer Ta Thu Phong for many years, the library has long become a familiar destination for researchers and those who are keen on learning about Hanoi. Free library with interesting books. Photo: Bao Thu An unique store  Old books with worn spines, and newspaper pages that have turned yellow over time these are what book lovers often see when they come to lawyer Ta Thu Phong’s library in Ngoc Thuy Street, Long Bien District, Hanoi. For over a decade, this place has housed more than ten thousand rare documents in various fields, the large chunk of them are vintage, historically valuable books and newspapers about Hanoi, including those written by French authors like ‘Industries in Hanoi’ or ‘Merchants of Hanoi’. In addition, readers coming here can find momentous news in newspapers published in the 1930s, such as information about the building of Co Ngu Road (today’s Thanh Nien...

The finale took place in Phu Quoc Island City off Kien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region with the participation of 35 contestants. Luong Ky Duyen, 22, 1.72 meters tall, weighing 49kg, was considered outstanding for her beauty and performance skills in the final night. She is a student at the Academy of Journalism and Communication in Hanoi and participated in a beauty pageant for university students in 2020. She also won several prizes in her studies and played for the national chess team. This supplied photo shows Luong Ky Duyen competing in the Miss Tourism Vietnam 2022 finale in Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province, November 13, 2022. However, Duyen’s answer to the judges’ question in the interview session on Sunday night was considered dull. Being asked about her action plan as a tourism ambassador in order to promote Vietnam’s tourism after the adverse impacts of COVID-19, she generally mentioned the importance of tourism policies and her acquisition of ...

Buon Ma Thuot not only has premium coffee with a unique delicious taste, but also many other famous delicacies such as wine, marinated chicken, fragrant rice tubes, and especially the excellent red vermicelli. Red vermicelli is a popular specialty of Dak Lak. Although there are some similarities with vermicelli in the South, the famous red vermicelli in the “capital of coffee” is very different. It has big, firm vermicelli, similar to Southern beef vermicelli but slightly better, about the size of a chopstick, chewy and crispy. Different from sophisticated dishes like pho in Hanoi, vermicelli with fish in Quy Nhon, bun bo Hue, or vermicelli in Can Tho, Ban Me red vermicelli is extremely rustic, strange, and especially delicious. At first glance, red vermicelli is quite similar to crab vermicelli, but this dish is made from pure crab meat, pureed pork and fat, vegetables, bean sprouts, and of course, boiled quail eggs. Photo: ttvn.toquoc.vn The special thing about red ve...

“Vietnam has a long and precious tradition of peace-loving and great compassion as the Vietnamese believe that people live to practice loving-kindness and people adore others as if they adore themselves. In a letter to the Assembly of Vietnamese people protecting peace, President Ho Chi Minh, a national liberation hero, world cultural celebrity, and founder of the Vietnam Peace Protection Committee (currently Vietnam Peace Committee) told that “Keeping the peace is the common task of the whole people. Every Vietnamese citizen must be an ardent soldier fighting for peace,” told Do Van Chien. Do Van Chien gave a welcome speech to the Delegates of the World Peace Council (Photo: Thu Ha). According to Do Van Chien, the VFF is a political coalition organization, representing the Vietnamese people’s will, aspirations, legitimate rights, and interests. The VFF also performs the functions of carrying out people-to-people diplomacy activities. Do Van Chien hoped that the agenda o...