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PANO - The Rough Guides magazine has ranked the conical hat of Vietnam one of the Top 15 most impressive traditional costumes in the world. Vietnam's conical hats According to this UK magazine, Vietnam has many typical traditional costumes which need to be preserved. Some costumes able to be found in the North include the H’Mong ethnic minority group’s brocade one or the Red Dao ethnic minority group’s costume with the domination of the red color. However, the most impressive thing that any tourists can see anywhere throughout Vietnam is conical hat, especially Hue city’s conical hat with poems written inside which shimmeringly shine in the sunlight . Translated by Chung Anh … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s conical hat is among top 15 traditional costumes

Vietnamese picture books come back in favor Only one month after its release, the Kim Dong Publishing House's series of picture books Chuyen o trong rung Vi vu (Stories in the Vi vu forest) of writer Truong Huynh Nhu Tran has been re-published. Being an author of children's literature, writer Huynh Nhu said that re-publishing of the picture books is of great pleasure for her as she has tried writing picture books just for a short time. With his experience in the publishing sector for years, Mr. Phan Cao Hoai Nam, editor of Kim Dong Publishing House, said that nowadays, children are afraid to read books with many words, so picture books are very much in favor. In addition, parents are so busy that they have spent little time reading books with their children; therefore, they resorted to short picture books to interact with their children. That is the advantage of picture books now, explained Mr. Phan Cao Hoai Nam. Several local authors such as Dao Trung Uyen, Phuong Huyen, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese picture books come back in favor

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed that long-haul buses be banned from the inner city in a bid to alleviate traffic jams and eliminate makeshift bus stops. The transport department suggested a road map to ban long-haul buses with over 30 seats from entering the inner city. In the first phase from 2022 to 2025, sleeper buses will be prohibited from traveling into the inner city area inside the corridor from National Highway No. 1 (Thu Duc City, District 12, Binh Tan District, Binh Chanh District) - Nguyen Van Linh Street (Binh Chanh District, District 7) - Vo Chi Cong Street (Thu Duc City) - Dong Van Cong Street (Thu Duc City) - Mai Chi Tho Street (Thu Duc City) - Hanoi Highway (Thu Duc City). In the second phase from 2025 to 2030, long-haul buses with over 30 seats, except for city buses, funeral cars, official vehicles, and tourist buses, will not be allowed to enter the inner city from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm daily. The transport department believed that … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City transport department proposes banning long-haul buses from inner city

According to the Ministry of Transport, the Ben Luc - Long Thanh Expressway construction project is invested by the Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC). The project has a total length of 57.8 kilometers, passing through Long An, Ho Chi Minh City, and Dong Nai provinces. The project's total investment is VND31.32 trillion, using loans from the Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and domestic reciprocal funds. According to the original plan, the project would be carried out from 2014 to 2019. However, during the implementation process, some mechanism and policy changes caused the project not to be allocated capital and have to halt construction from 2019. The Ministry of Transport had reported to the Government many times and regularly worked with relevant agencies, such as the State Capital Management Committee, JICA, and State Audit of Vietnam, to solve the project's problems. Up to now, the Politburo and the National Assembly have approved … [Read more...] about Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway project restarts in third quarter

Syngenta specialises in providing agro-pharmaceutical products, plant protection solutions and seeds, and is trusted by millions of farmers. — Photo coutersy of Syngenta Syngenta Vietnam, a leading science-based agri-tech company, has just joined HSBC Vietnam's green journey by placing their very first green deposit with the bank. This transaction will enable Syngenta Vietnam’s surplus money to be invested in sustainable and green projects and businesses, in line with the company’s global sustainability development strategy. HSBC’s green deposit programme, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, is a channel to mobilise green funds from the bank’s corporate customers, investing them in environmentally friendly projects and initiatives, while ensuring a stable and predictable return. Green deposits are used for the green financing, which is aligned with the HSBC Green Bond Framework and Green Loan Principles, under eligible green project themes (Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, … [Read more...] about Syngenta Vietnam joins HSBC’s green capital mobilisation