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Lunar New Year visit to pagodas embraces Vietnam’s Tet tradition

 Vietnamese people often go on a pilgrimage at the beginning of each Lunar New Year to pray for safety, health, good luck, prosperity, and happiness during the year. 

Customer experience is the new frontier for consumer finance

 Given the increasing competition among consumer finance companies, those who want to win the game ought to make their products and services stand out from the pack and deliver superior customer experience.

Man with passion for collecting bells

With 10 years collecting bells, Bui Duc Tam in Ho Chi Minh City has now owned more than 200 bells, which originate from all around the world.

Cueist Chien wins bronze at Antalya World Cup

 Vietnamese cuiest Trần Quyết Chiến won a bronze medal at the Three-Cushion World Cup in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday.

Racing pigs on fire on racetrack

 We have seen or at least heard about horseracing or dog racing. But what about pig racing? Let’s visit Can Tho province to see how wild pigs race.

Central province to restore forest for endangered langurs

The central province plans to allocate a fund of VND100 billion (US$4.4 million) to restore a 100ha forest as a safe habitat for a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) living in Dong Co Village of Nui Thanh district in 2019-28.

City targets 75% of buses with clean fuel by 2020

The HCM City Department of Transport aims to have 75 per cent of the new buses running on clean fuel by the end of 2020.

VN’s largest cave in the world still a magnet for int’l press

The largest cave in the world, Son Doong Cave, which is in Vietnam’s central province of Quảng Bình, continues to receive attention from international press outlets, the provincial Department of Tourism announced.

Power price hikes in the offing: minister

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said recently the ministry would consider increasing the price of electricity this year.

Vietnam faces threat of trade deficit in 2019

Vietnam faces a possible return to a trade deficit this year after three years of enjoying surpluses, experts said pointing to the sharp rise in imports and increasing difficulties facing exports.

Decree sets requirements for foreign-invested vocational training institutions

The Vietnamese Government has issued a series of conditions required to set up a foreign-invested vocational training institution in Vietnam, expected to take effect from March 20.

Central region told to develop tourism as key economic sector

The Central and Central Highlands Region has been told to work harder to make tourism a key economic sector of the whole region.

Mong ethnic minorities’ culture introduced in France

 Forty nine objects featuring the Mong ethnic minority group are being displayed at the La Rochelle Natural History Museum of France’s Nouvelle Aquitaine region from January 31 till December 31, 2019.

Art of command in 1979 northern border defence war

 The northern border defence war in 1979 has demonstrated Vietnam’s strength and intelligence in critical situations. 

Huawei targets 5G network equipment deals in Vietnam amid worldwide boycott

 China’s Huawei Technologies believes it stands a good chance of being chosen to supply 5G network equipment to Vietnam’s mobile carriers, Fine Fan, the Chinese company’s local chief executive told Nikkei Asian Review in an interview. 

EVFTA to create turning point in Vietnam – EU relations

 There is no doubt that the EVFTA would create a turning point in Vietnam – EU relations, said Nicolas Audier, co-chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), in an interview with the Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper. 

Japan’s Taisho Group to raise stake Vietnam’s DHG Pharmaceutical to 35%

 Japan-based Taisho Pharmaceutical has registered to purchase an additional of nearly 1 million shares in Vietnam’s DHG Pharmaceutical, lifting its holding in the latter to nearly 35%.

Viettel and Vinaphone attract customers via mobile number portability

Viettel and Vinaphone proved winners during the three-month trial period of offering the mobile number portability (MNP) service to customers, while Mobifone struggled to keep customers, according to Vietnam Telecommunications Authority.

Schönberg’s musical work “Pierrot Lunaire” to be performed in HCMC

 MAM. Manufaktur für aktuelle Musik group from Germany will perform the contemporary version of Arnold Schönberg’s musical work “Pierrot Lunaire” at the HCMC Conservatory of Music on February 19.

Spring-themed exhibition opens in Hanoi

 A spring-themed exhibition is running at the Center of Art-Photography Exhibition in Hanoi to depict spring from artists’ diverse dimensions.