Viet Nam

VnnNews – A celebration of Vietnamese cinema has been planned for next week to honour Vietnamese film talents from the past to the present day. Showtime: Actresses Hai Yen and Linh Dan in a scene from Choi Voi (Adrift) by director Bui Thac Chuyen. The film will be screened at the Day of Vietnamese Cinema event.Plans called for the Centre...

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VnnNews – It has been nearly 50 years since Nguyen Mai Hanh cut her first petals, bent her first stems and painted her first fabrics. Silk sells: Nguyen Mai Hanh works her magic on a fresh bunch of fake flowers.The delicate, larger-than-life silk flowers that inhabit the house are made by the hands of 59-year-old Hanh, also known as the...

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The number of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases related to Viet Nam’s exports is expected to increase, according to Vietnamese and foreign experts. There had been many anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases in Viet Nam’s two key export markets, the US and the European Union (EU).There had been many anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases...

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Accor, the largest international hotel operator in Viet Nam, announced yesterday, March 10, its strategic expansion plans including additional hotels . . . Sofitel Plaza, one of hotels managed by Accor in Hanoi.Accor plans to expand the number of brands on offer in Viet Nam to include upscale products to more economical brands.“The coming...

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VnnNews – The Viet Nam Women’s Union yesterday called on women nationwide to bring into full play all heroic traditions to help build a stronger, more prosperous, . . . President Triet hands over a Golden Rose cup to businesswoman Dang Thi Huyen Tam at a ceremony on Saturday to mark the achievements of 100 outstanding businesswomen.Exactly...

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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed the Ministry of Finance to buy 50,000 tonnes of rice to supplement this year’s national food reserves. Rice is loaded in Cai Be township in southern Tien Giang Province. Over 1,200 food-processing enterprises in the province are buying rice from farmers.A total of VND30 billion (US$1.59 million)...

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VnnNews – Viet Nam has favourable conditions for farming white-leg shrimp and large export potential, an aquaculture official said.

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VnnNews – The Northern Food Corporation (Vinafood 1) has won a bid to sell 90,000 tonnes of 5 per cent broken rice to Iraq. The new bid brings the total amount of rice to be exported by Vinafood 1 to Iraq between March and May to 150,000 tonnes.In October 2009, Vinafood 1 and the Viet Nam-Iraq joint-venture specialising in rice processing...

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VnnNews - Vietnam expects to attract visitors worldwide, partly because of its traditional and countryside dishes.  The National Cooking Contest attempts to exploit, preserve and disseminate traditional dishes and culinary skills. VnnNews - Viet Nam expects to attract visitors worldwide, partly because of its traditional and countryside...

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Since its debut on Nguyen Tieu day in 2003, Vietnamese Poetry Day has become a national tradition in the early spring of each new year. The Vietnam Poetry Day in HCM City in 2009.This year’s Poetry Day will be a “grand festival” held nationwide by the Viet Nam Writers’ Association to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the...

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