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Hanoi’s walk calls for actions against drunk driving

The National Committee for Traffic Safety and the Hanoi People’s Committee jointly launched a walking in the capital city on May 12 to call for actions against drunk driving.

 

K-Pop Lovers Festival opens in Hanoi

The Republic of Korea’s B-Boy Crew performed at the K-Pop Lovers Festival being held at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in downtown Hanoi this weekend.

 

Canadian artists show respect for President Ho Chi Minh via paintings

The Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS) on May 11 opened an exhibition in Toronto to introduce paintings that feature late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in celebration of his 129th birth anniversary (May 19).

 

Nghe An receives 98 martyrs’ remains from Laos

The central province of Nghe An held a ceremony on May 12 in Ky Son district to receive the remains of 98 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down the lives in Laos during wartime.

 

Local student wins Sunrise Sprint Vietnam

The 18-year-old Huynh Anh Khoi, a 12th grader from HCMC, has won Sunrise Sprint Vietnam, a triathlon for amateur athletes and part of the ongoing 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam, Asia Pacific Championship.

 

Int’l choir competition in Hoi An attracts 1,000 artists

Some 1,000 artists will participate in the sixth Vietnam International Choir Competition in Hoi An City from May 15 to 19.

 

Coach accident injures 18 Singaporean students

A 29-seater coach which was carrying 21 people back to Hue City from Bach Ma National Park in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue crashed into a cliff, leaving 18 Singaporean students injured.

 

HCM City has two new vice chairmen

Vo Van Hoan, chief of the HCMC People's Committee Office, and major general Ngo Minh Chau, deputy director of the HCMC Police Department, have been elected vice chairmen of the municipal People’s Committee.

 

Trans-national drug traffickers arrested in HCM City

Police have arrested three Taiwanese and one Chinese suspects for illegal transporting 500kg of Ketamine meth, the most expensive in the drug market.

 

Program of UN Day of Vesak Celebration 2019

The United Nations Day of Vesak Celebration 2019 is taking place at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Ha Nam province from May 10-15, 2019.

Child car seat initiative launched in Hanoi

The Automobile Association Vietnam (AA Vietnam) and AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee, launched a new child car seat initiative at Nam Tu Liem School in Hanoi on May 9.

 

Vietnam & Singapore focus on cultural exchange

A delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) paid a visit to Singapore from May 7 to 11, where the two countries agreed to actively cooperate in cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

 

CBRE: Vietnam well placed in industrial land

Industrial real estate becoming backbone of country's manufacturing economy, according to CBRE Vietnam.

Young Vietnamese eager to read more

Reading books is not only fun but also allows us to create worlds in our own minds.

Hai Duong student named winner of national UPU contest

Nguyen Thi Mai, a tenth-grade student at Nam Sach high school in Hai Duong province, has won the top prize in a national letter-writing contest, which is set to be launched globally by the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

 

HCM City combats food poisoning at schools

Measures to prevent food poisoning at schools in HCM City was discussed on May 10 at a meeting about food safety in 2017-2019 period held by the Food Safety Management Board and the Department of Education and Training.

 

Hanoi BRT project faces failure

Hanoi’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) line has not run at full capacity after two years of operation.

United legend channels his inner chi at pagoda

His old football team may have disappointed on the pitch this season, but former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs seems content with life as he visits a Buddhist monastery in Viet Nam.

Tran Nhan Tong, the King and the Buddha of the Vietnamese

The UN Day of Vesak Celebrations has become an opportunity to rejoice Buddha's birth in Vietnam, where Buddhist followers number in the millions.

 

Buddhist destinations in Vietnam

There are more than 14,000 pagodas, which account for more than 30 per cent of the total number of relics in Vietnam.