Earlier, the municipal People’s Committee also announced that schoolers of kindergarten, elementary schools, middle and high schools and vocational schools throughout the city will have a 9-day Tet break. Schools that currently adapt a five-day-a-week schedule will have 11-day Tet break, from February 6- February 10 (on the 25th day of the last month- the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar). … [Read more...] about HCMC announces 7-day Lunar New Year break
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Craft villages in Hanoi gear up for Lunar New Year festival
Tranh Khuc Village in Thanh Tri District on the outskirts of Hanoi is famous for producing Chung cake, the traditional food of Tet. With the festival fast approaching, these days see artisans hurriedly wrap cakes as they prepare items for the special occasion. Workers in Bat Trang ceramic village in Gia Lam District clean items as they step up production to meet demand ahead of Tet. Artisans in Van Phuc Ward of Ha Dong District meticulously create Ao Dai, a Vietnamese traditional long dress, in order to meet the increase in orders with Tet drawing near. Residents in Quang Phu Cau Commune of Ung Hoa District dry incense as they gear up for the Lunar New Year festival. A gardener in Dac So Commune of Hoai Duc District in Hanoi harvests fruit which will be put on sale at a local market. Xuan Dinh Village in Xuan Tao Ward of Bac Tu Liem District is renowned for its candies and jams which are viewed as essential items for Tet. Workers are … [Read more...] about Craft villages in Hanoi gear up for Lunar New Year festival
Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown
Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city's first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans anyone inside multiple housing blocks within the neighbourhood of Jordan from leaving their apartment unless they can show a negative test. Officials said they planned to test everyone inside the designated zone within 48 hours "in order to achieve the goal of zero cases in the district". The South China Morning Post said the measures covered about 150 housing blocks and up to 9,000 people with hundreds of police on standby to enforce the lockdown. Hong Kong was one of the first places to be struck by the coronavirus after it burst out of central China. It has kept infections under 10,000 with some 170 deaths by imposing effective but economically punishing social distancing measures for much of the last year. Over the last two months the city has been hit by a … [Read more...] about Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown
New Cisco Webex Innovations bring practical benefits to companies and employees
Cisco empowers teams to work smarter, safer, and more efficiently after the pandemic With this backdrop, Cisco’s collaboration group recently announced innovations for both the remote and the in-office experience – to help teams stay safe and get great work done as companies navigate 2020 and beyond. With the goal of creating a 10-times better meeting experience, the innovations by Cisco – a global leader in technology – are as follows: … [Read more...] about New Cisco Webex Innovations bring practical benefits to companies and employees
Essex lorry deaths: Four people-smugglers jailed for a total of 78 years
Nica was given 27 years, Hughes got 20 years in prison, Harrison was sentenced to 18 years, and Robinson was jailed for 13 years and four months - all for 39 counts of manslaughter and a people-smuggling conspiracy. On October 23, 2019, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese were discovered in the back of a refrigerated lorry at an industrial estate in Grays in Essex, near London. Autopsies concluded that the provisional cause of the death of the victims was a combination of hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation and hyperthermia, or overheating in an enclosed space./. … [Read more...] about Essex lorry deaths: Four people-smugglers jailed for a total of 78 years