Vietnam enhances cooperation in UN peacekeeping with UK, Thailand

Vietnam wants to exchange experience with Thailand in organising training courses, and promote delegation exchanges on UN peacekeeping operations, a Vietnamese senior officer said on September 10.

 

Ragworm fritters

Chả rươi is made from, you've guessed it... WORMS!

Craft village keeps mooncake mould making alive

To make a beautiful and tasty mooncake, the most important task is to form the shape of the cake. That is when the mooncake mould becomes handy and indispensible in making a cake.  

eSports: the multi-billion dollar game

Game distributors in Vietnam are focusing on eSports, which has had impressive growth rates in both players and viewers in the country.

State loss-making projects can bring problems to arbitration

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue agrees 12 loss-making State-funded enterprises may bring their conflicts with contractors to arbitrators if those conflicts are not resolved by the end of this year.

 

Farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta adapt to low flood levels

Farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam are taking measures to adapt to low levels of flooding this year by switching to new crops and using other cultivation methods.

 

Authorities to have check-up on Vietnam Electricity’s power production costs

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will be checking electricity production and business costs of Vietnam Electricity (EVN) from last year.

 

Overseas university graduates reluctant to return to Vietnam

Complicated procedures, low incomes and bad working environments explain why Vietnamese students do not want to return to Vietnam after they finish study overseas.

4-year-old iPhone 6S Plus still a bestseller in Vietnam

Retailers say iPhone 6S Plus is the second bestselling model among Apple’s products in Vietnam.

Bangkok United wants three Vietnamese football players

Local media has reported that three Vietnamese football players have draw the attention of Thailand’s Bangkok United FC.

 

Aussie veterans help to locate missing soldiers’ remains

A group of Australian veterans on September 10 handed over a database to Vietnam to help locate the remains of about 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers of both front lines who are still missing.

 

Vietnam Offroad Cup to be held later this month

The Vietnam Offroad PVOIL Cup 2019 will take place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay Town on the outskirts of Hanoi on September 28 – 29.

 

Financial mechanisms urged to support start-ups in Vietnam

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for financial mechanisms to be built to attract investment into start-ups and innovation activities from both the country’s inside and outside resources.

 

Time for Vietnam to tap ocean aquaculture potential

Vietnam has huge potential for ocean aquaculture but the lack of a proper development plan, preferential policies and application of high technology has hindered its development.

 

Vietnam's Nguyen Thi That wins French cycling race

Nguyen Thi That won the first women's edition of the Grand Prix de Fourmies cycling race which ended in France early Monday Hanoi time.

 

Vietnamese bridal brand nominated at the UK’s Bridelux Industry Awards

The Vietnamese bridal brand Phuong My Bridal has been nominated for the Best Emerging Bridal Fashion Brand at the Bridelux Industry Awards 2019 in England.

 

Government to decide on Vietnamese Stock Exchange headquarters

The Government will decide the location of the soon-to-be-established Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNSC) in either Hanoi or HCM City, a National Assembly (NA) deputy chairman said on Monday.

 

Vietnam’s fiscal deficit forecast to be at 6.6% of GDP in 2019

Vietnam’s fiscal deficit, including principal repayments, would come in at 6.6 per cent of GDP in 2019 and 2020, up from 5.9 per cent in 2018, Fitch Solutions Macro Research forecast.

 

Vietnam a magnet for foreign investors amid US-China trade war

Vietnam is now in a position to attract even more investors and promote mutual prosperity with the US, despite the uncertainties caused by the US-China trade conflict, a US official said at a trade forum last week.

 

Sea dyke damaged by typhoon in Ha Tinh

About 200m of sea dyke in the central province of Ha Tinh was hit by serious erosion after a recent typhoon, said Tran Van Nghia, chairman of the Thinh Loc Commune People’s Committee.

Vietnam News Headlines (September 10th)

All the Vietnam news you need to know for September 10, 2019.

Ministerial meeting issues joint statement on drug crime combat

Ministers of some Asian countries and representatives of organisations pledged to promote bilateral, regional and international cooperation in combating drug crime in a joint statement issued at a meeting in Hanoi on September 10.

 

Vietnamese Association in Fukuoka formed

More than 100 delegates representing the Vietnamese community in Fukuoka of Japan met in a meeting on September 8 to decide the establishment of the Vietnamese Association in the region.

 

Over 2,500 fire hotspots observed in ASEAN last week

No less than 2,510 hotspots, indicating the presence of forest fires, were spotted by satellites throughout the ASEAN region from September 4-7.

Artists display works inspired by insects

Five artists have selected ‘insects’ as the theme for their work displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies.