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A typical cultural celebration in Khanh Hoa Province. A wide variety of cultural practices and performances will be featured at the Sea Festival.-Photo bvhttdl.gov.vn The provincial People’s Committee has issued a decision approving the programme for the festival – the biggest local sea tourism event, designed to kick-start National Tourism Year 2019. Nearly 50 cultural and art performances, sports competitions and commercial and scientific workshops will take place from May 10 to 13, mainly in the city of Nha Trang. The programme aims to introduce the traditional and contemporary cultural values of Khanh Hoa Province – the so-called land of agarwood and sea of Salangane birds – and the South Central Coast. It includes opening and closing ceremonies, street festivals and art performances. In some districts and towns, there will be other activities such as exhibitions, sports and tourism events. A fishing festival will also be held, along with a Salangane nest … [Read more...] about Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival 2019 set for May

At the event (Industry and Trade newspaper) Information regarding the fair was released during a press conference on December 12 in Ho Chi Minh City. The event represents the fifth Vietbuild HOME trade show to take place in Ho Chi Minh City with 2,300 pavilions set to showcase state-of-the-art products and technologies by over 450 businesses in fields such as interior and exterior decoration, home decoration, and household appliances. Nguyen Dinh Hung, Chairman of the Vietbuild Construction International Exhibition Organising Corporation, stressed that products on show at the expo have been thoroughly researched by businesses. Moreover, they possess new designs with environmentally friendly features and smart technology, which meets the housing, interior, and exterior decoration needs of consumers for the upcoming New Year. Within the framework of Vietbuild Home Exhibition 2019, firms will be organising a number of exchange programs and business forums, … [Read more...] about HCM City gears up for Vietbuild Home Int’l Expo 2019

Based on such criteria as the quantity of articles published in international journals, published scientific works, past and current research activities, and the model role for young researchers, the Scientific Board of L’Oréal – UNESCO in Vietnam selected the three excellent female scientists, namely Associate Prof. Dr. Ho Thi Thanh Van – Head of the Science-Technology and Foreign Relations Department in the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) University of Natural Resources and Environment; Dr. Tran Thi Hong Hanh – main research student in the Institute of Marine Biochemistry under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; and Dr. Pham Thi Thu Ha – Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Heredity and Genes in Ton Duc Thang University (in HCMC). Dr. Tran Thi Hong Hanh is appreciated because of her continuous efforts in research for the integrated use of chromatographic fingerprinting and advanced devices to evaluate the component and quality of herbal … [Read more...] about Female scientists honored in L’Oréal – UNESCO Awards 2019

Music lovers will have a chance to enjoy a variety of music genres, such as world music, jazz, pop and folk music that will be performed by singers Thu Minh, Ho Ngoc Ha,Vo Ha Tram, Duc Tuan, the Saigon Pop Orchestra , the Oplus band and among others together with the participation of musicians such as Hoai Sa, Anh Quan, Duc Tri, Phuong Uyen, Dung Dat, Hong Kien, Phan Thanh Tan and Nguyen Quan. The international line-up includes artists and groups from France, Belgium, Russia, Japan, Korea, Australia, Greek, Spain, Cuba and India. The music party themed “More Music, Less Plastic” aims to raise the community's awareness of environmental protection and plastic pollution. The festival also includes two seminars on Vietnam music industry and international exchange during the 4.0 industrial revolution, and World Music. There will also be lots of entertainments and fun-filled stage activities such as exhobtion, food fair. Hozo 2019 is expected to become an annual outdoor music … [Read more...] about HCMC Int’l Music Festival 2019-Hozo brings together local, foreign artists

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Domestic banks are in a position to complete their 2019 profit targets if they finish the year on a high. Thanks to high profits in the first three quarters of the year, many banks are close to reaching their yearly targets, while others are positive that the busy fourth quarter will be enough to get them over the finish line. According to the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MBBank), the bank was on course to exceed its profit target. MBBank closed the first ten months of 2019 with pre-tax profit of more than 8 trillion VND (347.82 million USD), completing 96 percent of its annual target approved by shareholders in April. The Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam (VietinBank) is also confident of completing its profit goal of 20 trillion VND. After recording its highest profit ever in the first three quarters of 2019 thanks to growing revenue from retail and services, it should be easy for the … [Read more...] about Profit targets within reach for domestic banks as 2019 draws to a close