Vietnam A New Tiger Of Tourism In Asia: Tourism Official

Mon, 12/12/2005 - 00:43

HANOI, Dec 12 Asia Pulse - Vietnam could be considered as a new tiger of tourism in Asia, said Xu Jing, a representative of the World Tourism Organisation, on the sidelines of an international forum on poverty reduction through tourism held in Hanoi on Dec. 8-9.

Xu Jing told a Vietnam News Agency reporter that Vietnam is emerging as an attractive destination making great strides and progress in tourism promotion and development.

Jazz Greats Take To The Stage In HCMC

Jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, along with artists from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz won standing ovations from genre aficionados in HCMC Saturday night.
During their 15-minute performance at Ben Thanh Theatre in District 1, pianist and composer Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Shorter led the audience into the world filled with soft melodies of jazz.

“The solos were great, and so were their harmonies, when they played together, it brought out their best,” remarked jazz enthusiast Anh Tuan, who is editor of a music show on Vietnam Television.

US Gives $3.1 Mln For Physically Challenged In Viet Nam

The US has pledged US$3.1 million for a program to assist people with disabilities in Vietnam pursue education, vocational training, and employment, the country’s ambassador in Hanoi announced.
The assistance was also meant to enable Vietnam to adopt more policies to help the disabled, US envoy Michael W. Marine said.

The money will come from the Leahy War Victims Fund and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)'s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund.

Work On Vietnam’s First Refinery To Begin Finally

Wed, 11/23/2005 - 11:39

Construction will begin on the much-delayed Dung Quat oil refinery – at US$2.5 billion, Vietnam’s largest-ever project – in the central Quang Nam province November 28, an oil official announced.

The project, which included, besides the refinery, a port, storage facilities, and pipelines, was designed to process 6.5 million tons of crude oil annually, or 130,000 barrels per day, Vu Khanh Truong of state owned oil and gas giant Petro Vietnam said.

Vietnamese American Restores Hue Royal Heritage to Grandeur

Tue, 11/15/2005 - 18:11

A Vietnamese expat from America has undertaken the recreation of Hue royal dress in Vietnam, costumes that once graced royalty under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

Vietnamese American Trinh Bach in 1994, on a return trip to visit his mother’s home village in Ha Tay province, was deeply saddened by the degradation of ancient cloth banners in Hong Lien pagoda. It was this moving experience that inspired him to dedicate great efforts to restoring Vietnam’s ancient banners and dress, preserving this one part of Vietnam’s colorful heritage.

HCMC Plans Gala Events To Ring In Lunar New Year

Tue, 11/15/2005 - 18:01

A show featuring Asian traditional costumes will be held in Ho Chi Minh City in February as part of the city’s program to celebrate the Tet lunar New Year festival.

Vietnamese Listed Among Top 50 US Students

A second-year Vietnamese biology graduate has been named among 50 outstanding students in the US this year, a local newspaper reported.
Scoring highly in many subjects, Le Than Ngoc Bich, a sophomore at Texas A&M University, made it to the list compiled by American universities.

Bich has been studying in the US since July 2003 after an outstanding performance in high school in Vietnam.

Source: Nguoi Lao Dong – Compiled by Ngoc Hanh.
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Published: 11 November, 2005, 14:39:32 (GMT+7)
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Vietnam Welcomes Three Millionth Foreign Tourist

Mon, 11/14/2005 - 17:33

dukhach_315_05.gifVietnamese tourism authorities threw a welcome party Friday for the three millionth international tourist to visit the country this year, a Japanese woman on her third trip to Vietnam.
Officials from the National Administration of Tourism were at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport to greet Furuya Oakana as she stepped off the aircraft to visit a country she has fallen in love with.

VN Dpt. Trade Minister And VN Ambassador to the US On Vietnam

Tue, 11/08/2005 - 14:30

Vietnam has made breakthrough progress in multilateral negotiations on its admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO's Working Committee on Vietnam also highly valued the results of bilateral negotiations Vietnam have conducted with a number of countries, said Deputy Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu.

Vietnam coffee festival to feature trading on London market

Tue, 11/01/2005 - 19:39

The Central Highlands coffee festival will be held in Daklak - Vietnam’s coffee heartland - from Dec. 2 to 5, where companies can trade coffee on the London market.
Computers with Internet access will be ready at the festival to facilitate transactions on the London futures (terminal) market, said Daklak chairman Nguyen Van Lang at a press conference in HCMC Tuesday.

The province will officially unveil the Buon Ma Thuot coffee trademark at the festival, aimed to expand markets and attract investment into processing, said Mr. Lang.

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