Singaporean enterprises seek opportunities in Vietnam A Singaporean mission of nearly 20 firms will visit Vietnam from October 15 to 19 to sound out cooperation prospects. The trip is jointly held by the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore, the Malaysia-Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Singapore Business Federation. According to the organizers, the Singaporean delegation includes representatives of large corporations, such as Sembcorp, which has developed seven Vietnam-Singapore industrial park projects in Vietnam, and NTUC, the retailer accounting for more than half of Singapore’s market share. Besides visits to corporations and industrial parks in Vietnam, there will be trade promotion meetings in HCMC and Can Tho City so that enterprises of the two countries can seek partners and export goods. Representatives of the South Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore will also … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 18/10
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BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 14/10
Mekong delta promotes Agritourism with farmer participation The travel industry in the Mekong delta has lately taken off with more holiday-makers, increased revenue and more farmer participation. Dong Thap province at the heart of the Mekong Delta is one of provinces with most farmer participating in agri-tourism. Nguyen Be Tu, owner of Tu ca Linh a 3-hectare agritourism farm in Tam Nong District said in these days, many holiday-makers phoned to experience flood season in Dong Thap Muoi when they can enjoy fishing linh fish and other species of animals. Before, Tu family just work on paddy fields and lotus field. After he was sent to visit agritourism farm models in other places, he decided to invest in 3 hectare lotus field into homestay tourism farm. Visitors can live in thatched houses next to lotus fields to breath fresh air and enjoy nature and landscape. Visitors can drain ditches for fish, pick up vegetables and live with kind inhabitants. Owner Tu engaged in agritourism for … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 14/10
Encouragement from VIR’s partners
Encouragement from VIR’s partners Pereric Hogberg - Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam I met with so many impressive journalists in Vietnam. I think the best thing journalists can do is to try to listen to the real stories, to be open-minded and curious. It is about transparency, openness, curiosity, and being willing to write and discuss failures and challenges, because they are not the same as mistakes. My country, Sweden, has gone through so many failures, but we learned from them. I am most interested in real knowledge. Sometimes, I want to understand more about the fundamentals of the Vietnamese economy, what is really pushing and driving the value of the currency, inflation, and taxes. In Vietnam, it is a bit hard to know who is paying, who is paying what, and what the services are. Phyllis Tan - Senior manager, Investment List Sotheby’s Investment International Realty, Singapore As a foreign company looking to enter Vietnam, we are happy to have access to regular and … [Read more...] about Encouragement from VIR’s partners
Folk music takes teenager to success
Viet Nam News A teenager who is at high school in Ho Chi Minh City has been playing musical instruments for ten years. Cao Bá Hưng loves folk music. When he played in a big competition, he wore traditional clothes. The judges loved him for that. by Hồng Vân Cao Bá Hưng, in his teens, can play more musical instruments than the number of years he's been on this earth. If this is unusual, what really sets this young man apart is that he has chosen to focus his talents on something other than instruments - song writing. The 18-year-old began learning to play instruments when he was just eight. Now, he can play the piano, the guitar, tỳ bà (four-stringed pluck instrument), đàn nguyệt (moon-shaped two-chord guitar) and đàn đá (lithophone), Vietnamese traditional drum and more than a dozen other instruments. Hưng's felicity with so many instruments was in keeping with his father's wish that he becomes a talented player, but the son's passion for composing and music production saw … [Read more...] about Folk music takes teenager to success
A comedian who made people cry
Hải Dương specialties satisfies nostalgic cravings Toyota grants VN music scholarships Residents seek to legitimise homes on farm land One place to try CNN's top six must-try VN dishes Mountain goat offers a gastronomic high Viet Nam News Famous comedian Hoài Linh has reduced his audience to tears in the newly released film Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang (Night Drumbeats Cause Longing for Absent Husband) directed by Nguyễn Quang Dũng. Linh tells Hà Nguyễn that his own experiences helped him play truthfully a character uprooted from his country. Inner Sanctum: Can you tell us what the film is about? The film is not long and has few characters, but its story is true and significant. Actors and actresses have done very well in depicting the lifestyle of different generations of Americans of Vietnamese descent, the friendship, the love between couples, and the love of one's homeland. There is this popular belief that the overseas Vietnamese community is lucky and happy, but not many know of the … [Read more...] about A comedian who made people cry