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Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach some 5.3 billion USD in 2019. (Photo: tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn) HCM City (VNA) – Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach some 5.3 billion USD in 2019, a year-on-year surge of 9 percent, despite unfavourable global financial and monetary market, according to Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch Nguyen Hoang Minh. Minh said that Vietnamese expatriates remitted roughly 4.3 billion USD to the southern hub as of the end of November. The flow of money has played an important role in economic development as well as stability of foreign currency supply in the city, he stressed. Vietnam was expected to remain one of the top ten remittance recipients in 2019, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief. Around 16.7 billion USD in remittances was projected to flow into Vietnam for the full year, making the Southeast Asian country the … [Read more...] about Remittances to HCM City expected to pick up 9 percent

My love affair with pho began way back in 1980, after moving from a small town in British Columbia, Canada to attend an art college in Vancouver. And like many students living in cramped rooming houses with only a hot plate to cook, I was always searching for eateries that served fast, inexpensive food. That’s when I discovered My Tan on Broadway Avenue, which was among the first Vietnamese restaurants in Vancouver. The restaurant was operated by a family from Vietnam, who came to live in Canada. I had my first bowl of pho at this little restaurant, which quickly became one of my go-to eating places during my college years. A bowl of rare beef, tendon and tripe pho served at a restaurant in Victoria, Canada. Photo: Chris Bradshaw Once you become exposed to Vietnamese pho, you start to look for it wherever you go. In the mid-1980s there were only a few places that served pho in Vancouver, but word spread quickly in art school of a little family-run Cambodian/Vietnamese noodle … [Read more...] about My love affair with Vietnamese pho

Nearly 400 documents and artifacts at the event were organized into two parts. The first one consists of photos, reflecting the establishment of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and its development during the French resistance war (from 1944 to 1954). Artifacts at the exhibition It also includes photos of the founding ceremony of the Armed Propaganda and Liberation Team of Vietnam (VPA's predecessor) in the Tran Hung Dao Forest. Artifacts, including a kepi, a gun, and the badge of ranks of former Commissar of Truong Son Army Corps Dang Tinh, among others left deep impression on the viewers. The second part gave the audience an overview of the establishment and combat of the Air Defense - Air Force Service. Outstanding photos and artifacts, including the VPA's first air defense machine gun, anti-aircraft soldiers pulling artillery guns by hand to the battlefield in 1954, and the shirt of heroic soldier To Vinh Dien, attracted much attention from visitors. The … [Read more...] about Hundreds of documents and photos on display feature VPA’s victories

Infrastructure Site clearance problems among transport projects to be resolved soon: PM By Thanh Thom Thursday,  Dec 5, 2019,19:38 (GMT+7) Site clearance problems among transport projects to be resolved soon: PMBy Thanh Thom Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway is under construction in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. The Government leader has ordered the Ministry of Transport and the concerned localities to fast-track site clearance for the long-delayed project – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked 10 cities and provinces to speed up the execution of key transport infrastructure projects, with a focus on removing obstacles to site clearance, according to his newly issued directive. The Ministry of Transport has cooperated with other ministries, agencies and local governments to execute a number of major transport projects, which have achieved positive results in improving the … [Read more...] about Site clearance problems among transport projects to be resolved soon: PM

Tay Ninh (VNA) – An auxiliary border gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh, the Tan Nam on the border with Cambodia, will be upgraded into an international border gate. The upgrade is approved in Resolution 111/NQ-CP which was signed into issue by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 3. The Tan Nam border gate is located in Tan Binh communie, Tan Bien district. Its Cambodian counterpart is the Mon Chay border gate, which was upgraded to international level in 2014. The Tan Nam-Mon Chay border gates are 150km from Ho Chi Minh City and 130km from the Cambodia capital Phnom Penh. The border gate is accessible via a cement road connecting with provincial road 791. The Cambodia border gate has already been connected to routes to Phnom Penh and northern Cambodian provinces. According to the Tay Ninh People’s Committee, the upgrade of Tan Nam into an international border gate will facilitate trade and people’s travel between the two countries, thus … [Read more...] about Tay Ninh has one more international border gate