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Springtime of loveBy staff writers A couple expressing love at a Lunar New Year celebration - PHOTO: TRUONG THANH TUNG Tet, the Lunar New Year, provides a chance for love to blossom Vietnam boasts a coast of more than 3,200 kilometers in length. The overland distance between its two biggest metropolises, Hanoi and HCMC, is over 1,700 kilometers. It is not a surprise therefore that the weather in Vietnam is diverse. As the country is in the tropics, Vietnam has a tropical climate remarkably influenced by monsoon. In the north, there are four seasons—spring, summer, fall and winter. Meanwhile, the southern part of the country has only two seasons, the dry one and the wet one. That’s how Vietnam’s climate is like. When it comes to life, however, Tet—the Lunar New Year—is often associated with spring. In the Vietnamese language, the phrase “đón Xuân” (literally, welcoming spring) actually means Tet is coming and we are … [Read more...] about Springtime of love

Australian experts support Vietnamese new-graduate speech therapistsThe Saigon Times Daily Speech therapy expert Lorie Koll from Trinh Foundation Australia supports her mentee Hoang Thi Van Anh at the Lotus Therapy Center in Hue City during a speech therapy session with a client - PHOTO: COURTESY OF TRINH FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA HCMC - New-graduate speech therapists in Vietnam are now able to meet their professional development goals thanks to their engagement with the Beyond Borders Mentoring Program, developed and coordinated by Australian speech pathology advisor Sarah Day in collaboration with her Australian partner organization Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA). Nearly 30 Vietnamese speech therapists have been matched with 21 experienced mentors from Australia and across the world in an endeavor to support these motivated new-graduate health professionals to continue to improve their clinical and professional skills after graduation. Each mentoring partnership was supported … [Read more...] about Australian experts support Vietnamese new-graduate speech therapists

Vietnam Business Coalition for Women's Empowerment launchedThe Saigon Times Daily Ambassador Craig Chittick and founding members of the new coalition pose at the launch ceremony - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN VIETNAM HCMC - Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick late last week launched the Vietnam Business Coalition for Women's Empowerment, a new coalition of Vietnam’s leading firms who are committed to achieving gender equality in their businesses. The coalition aims to create workplaces where women and men have the same opportunities to contribute and advance in their chosen careers. The coalition will support its members to achieve EDGE Certification, a global standard to assess businesses’ policies and practices against gender equality benchmarks, helping the companies create more equitable and profitable workplaces. EDGE is the acronym for Economic Dividends for Gender Equality. “The evidence is clear: when more women join the … [Read more...] about Vietnam Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment launched

Overseas Vietnamese businessman launches “American dreams” book The Saigon Times Daily Writer Ly Thanh Phuong (C) at the launch ceremony - PHOTO: MINH TUAN HCMC - Overseas Vietnamese businessman and writer Ly Thanh Phuong has launched his new book entitled “American dreams” which tells stories about the life of his own and other overseas Vietnamese in the U.S. This is Phuong’s second book after “From Thoai Giang’s rivers” which hit the bookstore  shelves in 2017 and received many good reviews from readers. While “From Thoai Giang’s rivers” brings readers to the peaceful life in the Mekong Delta where the author spent his childhood and teenhood. “American dreams” is a diary full of emotions of an overseas Vietnamese. “Over 30 years living, studying, doing business and seeing many ups and downs in the U.S., I have never given up my dreams. From my bare hands, I had done lots of work like … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese businessman launches “American dreams” book

Quang Nam native crowned Miss Vietnam 2018The Saigon Times Daily Tran Tieu Vy, a native of Quang Nam Province on the central coast, is crowned Miss Vietnam 2018 - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ORGANIZER HCMC - Tran Tieu Vy, an 18-year-old girl from the central coast province of Quang Nam, outperformed 42 other contestants to be crowned Miss Vietnam 2018 in the final round held in HCMC on September 16. Bui Phuong Nga from the northcentral province of Ha Tinh and Nguyen Thi Thuy An from the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang were the first and second runners-up, respectively. Together with the crown which was made from 30 pearls and 3,260 sapphires, Vy got VND500 million in cash and gifts worth several hundreds of millions of dong. Vy, who is 1.74 meters tall, currently studies at the HCMC University of Technology and Education. She will represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2018 which is slated for early December in China. The Miss Vietnam competition has been organized biennially … [Read more...] about Quang Nam native crowned Miss Vietnam 2018