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Hanoi (VNA) - A flower street with the theme of “Home Hanoi Xuan 2021” is set to be held for the first time between February 7 and 17 in Splendora urban area of Hoai Duc district in Hanoi in order to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival, known locally as Tet. The street will feature a traditional Tet space, including Dong Ho folk paintings, Bat Trang ceramic products, and calligraphic works, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV). In addition, the area will also include traditional items such as Chuong village’s Non La, a type of conical hat, and Chung cake, a festive delicacy consisting of a square sticky rice cake, in order to offer visitors an ideal check-in location. Alongside various art performances, water puppetry show and folk games are also set to entertain visitors throughout Tet. A traditional market featuring flowers, ornamental trees, and food will also take place during the event. As the first event of its kind, the street is being organised by the … [Read more...] about First Hanoi flower street to debut in February for Tet celebrations

Apart from Nghi Son Port that can handle ships of 50,000 DWT, many seaports are under construction, such as Long Son, which is designed to accomodate ships of 100,000 DWT, serving as the door for the north-central region and the entire northern region to head towards the sea.  … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa: a promising investment destination

And the late Anthony Bourdain, a regular visitor to Viet Nam before his passing and a lover of Vietnamese cuisine, once said: “Viet Nam. It grabs you and doesn’t let you go. Once you love it, you love it forever. All the senses are engaged here.” … [Read more...] about A cheesy treat for all ages

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam’s imports of high-value seafood such as king crabs and lobsters are rising due to their falling prices, and are expected to rise even further during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, experts have said. Robert Greenan, Deputy Consul General at the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, said last year exports of Alaskan seafood rose 125 percent to 19 million USD. Vietnam became the US’s sixth largest buyer of agricultural products and foodstuffs with imports worth 4 billion USD. According to the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute in Vietnam, demand for seafood is rising in the country, and several processing factories are moving from China to Vietnam due to tariffs. Alaskan seafood is mostly bought by restaurants and hotels and processors. The institute aims to expand the distribution network so that more customers can buy Alaskan seafood for cooking at home. During Tet, there is especially high demand for Alaskan king crab since it is relatively … [Read more...] about Demand for imported high-value seafood rises

Hanoi (VNA) - Activities to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and a programme to make thousands of “banh chung” (square glutinous rice cakes) for the poor are slated to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, the village announced on January 25. These will take place at the village from January 29 to February 1 (the 17th to the 20th day of lunar December). The village’s annual programme to make “banh chung” to help the poor enjoy Tet has been held for many years. Some 1,000 Tet gift sets worth some 500,000 VND (22 USD) each will also be sent to disadvantaged people in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, and Quang Tri. Traditional customs during Tet will also be introduced to visitors, with the aim of preserving, upholding and promoting the values of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups, and easing the difficulties facing the poor. A planting ceremony for a “Neu pole” (a tall … [Read more...] about Tet activities set for ethnic cultural village