Visitors to next month's London Boat Show are set to step into a new world of luxury, with organizers opting to showcase products and services for big-money buyers alongside the boats, even as the global economy continues to shake. The show, which returns January 6 for its 58th year, will be complemented by a new Luxury Lifestyle & Supercar Showcase aimed at capitalizing on the event's wealthy audience. The 'show within a show' will feature 50 new brands, including names such as a diamond investment company Elite Gems, designer sunglasses maker Robert Roope, Wayne Pollock bespoke holidays and contemporary fine art by Gallery Rouge. It's yet another example of the attempts the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show has made to broaden its appeal in recent years -- the event is already colocated with The Outdoors Show (January 12-15), the Active Travel Show (January 12-15) and the London Bike Show (January 12-15). With so much else on, it's tempting to think that the show may have … [Read more...] about January’s London Boat Show to wow with luxury (as well as boats)
January
Vietnam jumps seven places in FIFA rankings in January
Vietnam’s football team moved up seven places to 116th position in FIFA’s January rankings thanks to good performances during the month. With the new rating, Vietnam secured second place in Southeast Asia, after Thailand (98th in the FIFA ranking), which also climbed up seven notches. In January, most football teams in the region fell in the ranking, like Indonesia (16 places), Singapore (10) and Myanmar (one). In Asia, there were almost no remarkable changes in the FIFA rankings, except for China, which became one of the world’s top ten after successfully passing the qualifying round of the 2011 Asian Cup. The Spanish team is still on top of the FIFA rankings, followed by Brazil and the Netherlands. … [Read more...] about Vietnam jumps seven places in FIFA rankings in January
Chinese President’s US visit scheduled for January 19
Chinese President Hu Jintao will make a state visit to the White House on January 19, including a state dinner that night, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced Wednesday. It will be the third state visit that President Barack Obama has hosted since taking office in January 2009. It reciprocates Obama's state visit to China in November 2009, according to the statement from Gibbs. "President Hu's visit will highlight the importance of expanding cooperation between the United States and China on bilateral, regional, and global issues, as well as the friendship between the peoples of our two countries," the Gibbs statement said. CNN … [Read more...] about Chinese President’s US visit scheduled for January 19
CPI rises slightly in January
CPI rose by 1.68 percent in Hanoi and 1.01 percent in HCM City in January and the figures were 1.83 percent and 1.61 percent, respectively, in the previous month. The General Statistics Office said CPI rises of between 0.36 percent and 2.89 percent were seen in 10 groups of commodities. The education group recorded the strongest rise of 2.89 percent, followed by foodstuffs and restaurant services, 2.47 percent. The index of garment and textiles and footwear rose by 1.81 percent and food and drinks and medicine, 1.67 percent, due to people’s increasing demand for warm clothes and food for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet). During the month, the value of domestic gold and the US dollar declined by 0.05 percent and 0.32 percent, respectively, from December. Vietnam Plus … [Read more...] about CPI rises slightly in January
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 9
Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense organized a ceremony to announce the establishment of the Cyber Command, aimed at protecting national sovereignty in cyberspace, in Hanoi on Monday afternoon, following a decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Society -- After Doan Ngoc Hai, vice-chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 and ‘sidewalk clearing’ icon, tendered a resignation letter on Monday, the municipal People’s Committee is expected to convene a meeting with him to listen to his reasons and wishes, before making a suitable decision. -- The Ministry of Information and Communications on Monday requested that the editor-in-chief of Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper discipline Dao Tuan, a reporter, for insulting H’Hen Nie, the freshly-crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, on Facebook. -- Police in the northern Vietnamese province of Ha Giang have arrested and initiated legal proceedings … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 9