Minutes before, Tuing was busy watering his coffee trees when Quy, his son, arrived home saying: "A child is going to die in Con Chieng because the patriarch forced the mother to kill it. Do you want to adopt the girl? We can pick her up." … [Read more...] about Girl escapes deathly custom, discovers new family
Kkr attracts new investors after corporate restructuring
Attractiveness of Hoi An ancient streets – where time pauses
Quang Nam (VNA) - Experiencing the changes of space and time, yet Hoi An ancient streets still keep their old beauty, and relic complexes are maintained intact along with a huge intangible cultural base. Hoi An is an ancient town of the Vietnamese. It is located in the lower reach of Thu Bon River in the coastal plain in Quang Nam province, about 30 km south of Da Nang city. Hoi An has been known in the international market with various names like Lam Ap, Faifo, Hoai Pho and Hoi An. The only Southeast Asian port-market in Vietnam and very rare in the world, Hoi An keeps almost intact 1,360 architectural relics like streets, houses, assembly halls, communal houses, pagodas, shrines, clan houses, ancient wells and tombs. They bear both the Vietnamese traditional art characteristics and the convergence of eastern and western cultures. Through centuries, yet customs and practices, rites, cultural and belief activities as well as traditional foods of Hoi An are still kept and preserved … [Read more...] about Attractiveness of Hoi An ancient streets – where time pauses
Pilgrim horde descends on Hanoi’s Perfume Pagoda
At the entrance to the cave, the words "Nam Thien De Nhat Dong" (The Best Cave in the South Sky) was carved in 1770 by Lord Trinh Sam of the Trinh family that ruled the country at the time. … [Read more...] about Pilgrim horde descends on Hanoi’s Perfume Pagoda
PV Gas ranks sixth among Top 100 largest public firms
The first step is to gather a list of public companies, including unlisted joint stock companies with more than 100 shareholders and listed companies on the HSX, HNX and UPCoM. Next is to collect financial data in terms of revenue, profit, total assets and market capitalization based on the latest annual financial statement. Finally, Forbes Vietnam gives marks to firms based on four financial criteria. … [Read more...] about PV Gas ranks sixth among Top 100 largest public firms
Foreign arrivals to Vietnam surge 32.8 percent in January
Hanoi (VNA) - The number of foreign visitors to Vietnam in January is estimated to expand 16.6 percent month-on-month and 32.8 percent year-on-year, reaching 1.99 million, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). This marked the highest figure so far due to high travel demand for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. Of the total, those travelling by air increased by 38.9 percent, while arrivals by sea rose by 231.5 percent. In January, tourists from Asia accounted for 77.4 percent of the total, 39.9 percent higher than that of the same period last year. Arrivals from China surged by 72.6 percent, while those from Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Malaysia climbed 40.1 percent, 20.4 percent, 19.3 percent, 11.4 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively. The number of European visitors in the reviewed period witnessed a yearly increase of 11.5 percent. Of which, those from Russia saw the highest rise of 16.1 percent, followed by Germany, the … [Read more...] about Foreign arrivals to Vietnam surge 32.8 percent in January
