"I’m leasing it at VND200 million ($8,600) for Tet (Lunar New Year festival). Many customers have showed interest but do not accept the price. But I cannot reduce it. I’ve already spent up to VND40 million ($1,724) taking care of it during the past year, not to mention other work, and accepting the bargain could mean no profit or very little profit for me," he says. … [Read more...] about Bonsai creations fetch handsome sums as Tet symbols
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First American Studies programme launched at Vietnamese university
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh-based Hoa Sen University is set to launch an American Studies course this year, the first of its kind at a Vietnamese university. Vietnam and the US are preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the normalisation of bilateral ties in 2020. Over the past 25 years, two-way trade has surged nearly 120 times, from 450 million USD in 1994 to more than 60 billion USD in 2018. The US has been Vietnam’s largest export market for several consecutive years. Vietnam-US relations are at their peak, as evidenced by Vietnam’s successful organisation of the US-DPRK Summit in Hanoi in February 2019 and the two trips to Vietnam by US President Donald Trump. The relations have been reinforced via US aircraft carriers’ visits to Vietnam in 2018, cooperation on treating Agent Orange/Dioxin at Da Nang and Bien Hoa airports, and support for Vietnam on UN peacekeeping activities. People-to-people exchanges have also been boosted with over 30,000 … [Read more...] about First American Studies programme launched at Vietnamese university
Serviced apartments face fierce competition in Ha Noi market
In addition, many foreigners working in Ha Noi at foreign-invested projects have chosen hotels to replace serviced apartments. They have considered it an acceptable choice, she said. So, some Grade C serviced apartment projects had to be withdrawn from the market. … [Read more...] about Serviced apartments face fierce competition in Ha Noi market
Pork price reduces VND10,000-20,000 a kilogram
The Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Vietnam to facilitate pork import to make up supply shortage in the domestic market. The volume of import pork is scheduled to approximate 100,000 in the first quarter of 2020. … [Read more...] about Pork price reduces VND10,000-20,000 a kilogram
