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Vietnam vows to be active factor in int’l development cooperation

Vietnam commits to working as an active factor in international development cooperation models and networks, towards sustainable development goals under the UN’s 2030 Agenda, a Vietnamese official has said.

 

Steel companies post disappointing results in Q1 despite strong market growth

Listed steel companies have reported disappointing business results in the first quarter despite strong growth in the domestic market, which they have attributed to the high cost of capital.

 

Villagers protect sandalwood forest in Gia Lai

For more than 20 years, Rơ Mah Kem from the village of Grông has been quietly guarding the precious giáng hương (sandalwood) forest in Ia Kriêng Commune in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

 

"Copy and paste" have no room in architecture

Established in 2012 with a people-focused design philosophy, MPN + Partners has earned international awards including third prize for the Seine Restaurant (France), Third National War Museum (India), and runner-up for DomestiCity (Altanta, US).

Ho Chí Minh Trail: 60 years and beyond

The song “East of Trường Sơn Calling West” has become a soul-searching tribute to those who trekked through Vietnam’s deepest jungle to unify the country.

HCM City dept fosters growth of science and technology businesses

The Department of Science and Technology has been supporting the development of science and technology businesses with numerous programmes and State policies.

 

Logistics sector grapples with poor infrastructure

Weak infrastructure and high transport costs have prevented Vietnamese firms from fully tapping into the logistics sector’s potential.

 

Vietnamese pepper farmers hit by massive losses

Before the pepper price began to fall last year, trucks often rumbled into towns in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai delivering batches of concrete pillars to pepper farmers.

 

HCM City wholesale markets to ban unprocessed farm produce

HCM City’s wholesale markets are set to ban unprocessed agricultural products from the end of the third quarter this year.

 

Vietnamese boxers to box at WBA Asia Championship

Vietnamese boxers Truong Dinh Hoang and Tran Van Thao will fight in the World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia Championship today in HCM City.

 

HCM City beat Quang Ninh to stay top of V.League

Ngo Hoang Thinh scored a late winner to help HCM City FC beat hosts Quang Ninh 2-1 in V.League 1 at Cam Pha Stadium yesterday.

Thai Son Nam among title favourites of Asian futsal club champs

National champions Thai Son Nam are in pot 1 as one of title favourites for the draw of the 2019 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

 

Gifts sent to late President Ho Chi Minh go on show in Hanoi

Gifts sent from international leaders and people to President Hồ Chí Minh were recently put on display at the National Museum of History, Hà Nội.

 

Exhibition honours the women of the Truong Son Trail

Women soldiers and those who volunteered on the Truong Son Trail during the war are often praised as heroes for facing bombs and fire with nerves of steel. 

 

Traces of various dynasties unearthed at Thang Long Royal Citadel complex

Archaeologists have found a stock of soil with artefacts from various times throughout history at a site excavated last year near Kính Thien Palace inside Thang Long Royal Citadel Complex in downtown Hanoi.

 

Vietnamese firms urged to use patents to protect intellectual property

Vietnamese firms should take advantage of the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system to increase the value of their brand names and protect their intellectual property rights, experts have urged.

 

Deaf mute teacher eagerly promotes arts among handicapped children

Born in a family of three children, Thong was deaf and dumb since birth due to malaria. Seeing people around speaking affectively to their own parents, he often wondered to himself if life was so unfair to him.

 

 

Shoulder bamboo basket of Thai women

Thai women in Vietnam’s northwest region always wear shoulder bamboo baskets when they work in terraced fields or go to the forest to pick vegetables and fruit.

 

Vietnam Jungle Marathon to be held in late May

The Vietnam Jungle Marathon (VJM) 2019 is scheduled to begin in Pu Luong nature reserve in the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 25.

Ho Chi Minh’s testament lives on 50 years later

In early 1941, Hồ Chí Minh walked across the Chinese border and entered the jungle of north Việt Nam determined to lead a revolution: to drive foreign invaders out of his country and liberate it, or to die trying.