2020

Winners will receive among the following awards and honours: three top awards equal to up to 1,000 USD each for the top winners; honorary certificates from UNESCO for the top 20 winners; photos exhibited at relevant key UNESCO events and functions, for instance the Vietnam Design and Creativity Festival in 2020; and photos published in relevant UNESCO publications in Vietnam with full credit for the photographer. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Photo Expression 2020 launched

Vietnamese youth thrilled by virtual K-pop show Dream Concert CONNECT Dream Concert CONNECT, a virtual K-pop show, took place at the National Academy of Music from July 25 to 26, attracting over 800 young people who got to experience the first event of its kind in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about K-pop Cover Video Contest 2020 to be launched in Vietnam

Vientiane (VNA) - ASEAN has become one of the most successful regional organisations in the world, with a host of tangible accomplishments on many fronts, Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith said in a message sent recently to the Lao people on the occasion of the 53rd founding anniversary of the bloc and the 23rd anniversary of Laos’ membership. In the message, published on the Vientiane Times on August 10, the FM said one of the most remarkable achievements in the last 53 years was the establishment of the ASEAN Community at the end of 2015. He described ASEAN as a peaceful and stable region with significant accomplishments in economic cooperation that has helped the bloc integrate into the regional and global economy and contribute to promoting socio-economic development and improving people’s living standards. ASEAN’s achievements have been widely recognised, in particular its central role, leadership role and consensus, he went on. In 2020, ASEAN and many … [Read more...] about Lao FM praises ASEAN as successful regional organisation

Bangkok (VNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has envisioned three scenarios for the recovery pace of the country’s tourism next year, with the worst case being a contraction of revenue from international visitors to 296 billion THB (about 9.5 billion USD). Local media quoted TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn as saying that the worst-case scenario, in which the country only allows international commercial flights to resume in the last quarter of 2021 amid a prolonged pandemic and global economic downturn, will see Thailand welcome just 6.14 million foreign tourists, mostly from Asia. The worst-case scenario for the domestic market is a nationwide lockdown that forces economic growth to plunge 8 percent year-on-year, resulting in 68.4 million trips for the full year, generating 380 billion THB. If there is a partial lockdown and an economic contraction of 3 percent, the number of domestic trips is estimated at 76.2 million, contributing 458 billion THB to the … [Read more...] about Thailand devises three scenarios for tourism recovery

Headquarters of the Government Inspectorate – PHOTO: VGP HCMC – Dang Cong Huan, deputy general inspector of the Government Inspectorate, has sent a document to ministries and local governments asking them to strictly comply with the Government’s resolution on the temporary suspension of business inspections in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic severely impacting many socioeconomic sectors, especially the production of businesses. … [Read more...] about Business inspections suspended amid Covid-19