Lam Son, a Hanoian, first learned about the nomadic lifestyle after watching American movies depicting mobile homes parked in the middle of vast valleys. This was the source of inspiration for the Vietnamese YouTuber to set out on his first road trip in a mobile home with his family a couple of years ago. Son converted his old Mercedes Sprinter into a mobile home fully equipped with essential items for long-haul road trips. “This was originally a van. When traveling, my family members sit in the driver’s cabin full of safety equipment. We only use the renovated part on the back of the vehicle at rest stops or campgrounds,” the 35-year-old said. Since he renovated his first mobile home, the Son family has traveled to many parts of Vietnam on the vehicle, bringing exhilarating experiences to their two children. He expects the road trips will make their childhood more colorful and help them unplug from screens to fully experience van life. Lam Son's children view … [Read more...] about American movies inspire Vietnamese family to take memorable van life road trips
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PVCFC named in 50 Best Listed Companies for second time
The 50 Best Listed Companies in 2022 include the best players in diverse sectors that have secured eminent business achievements in their development history. As impacts of the pandemic have gradually abated, the business landscape globally and in Vietnam began to exhibit increasingly bright prospects. Disruptions of the supply chain brought a bonanza year for seaport and logistics firms. Temporary disturbances in the supply chain have led to escalating input material prices which, in another extent, are beneficial to certain groups of businesses, including PVCFC to cash in on the opportunities to harvest inspiring business results. PVCFC for the second time shining among the 50 Best Listed Companies in 2022 Leveraging the most rigorous assessment criteria and an objective and scientific select mode, Forbes Vietnam’s judging panel continued to assert PVCFC as a major brand with a solid background. The company’s residence against challenges, flexible adaption to … [Read more...] about PVCFC named in 50 Best Listed Companies for second time
Binh Thuan’s Kate Festival listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage
The ritual of praying for peace during the annual Kate Festival of the Cham people in Binh Thuan at the Po Sah Inu Cham Tower relic in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – During the Kate festival, Cham people residing in the south central province of Binh Thuan and those from all walks of life return home to reunite with their families and friends to celebrate and worship. Kate is the most ancient and unique festival of the Brahman Cham people in Binh Thuan. It is held each year to pay tribute to the gods and pray for favourable weather and crops, happy couples, and good fortune. Kate Festival - one of six annual festivals in Binh Thuan The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 4 announced that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued decision No. 776/QD-BVHTTDL to add the traditional Kate festival to the list of national intangible cultural heritage in Vietnam. In 2017, the Kate Festival was … [Read more...] about Binh Thuan’s Kate Festival listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Vietnam National University – Hanoi leaps 186th places on Webometrics list
With the new position, the VNU stood 183rd in Asia and 14th in Southeast Asia, according to the rankings issued by the Cybermetrics Lab of the Spanish National Research Council on August 7. The Webometrics list, published twice a year, assesses the digitization capacity and impact of higher education institutions’ academic resources basing on the volume of the website content, the visibility and impact of their website publications, the openness of academic resources on Google Scholar, and the number of citations they received on the Scopus database. To the VNU, the jump from the 1316th position in the January rankings to the 656th in terms of visibility indicates the broaden scope of influence of its online resources and website on not only the academic community of Vietnam and the world but also the society. In 2022, this school has continually recorded higher places in global and Asia university rankings, including among the top 1,000 in the QS World University Rankings and … [Read more...] about Vietnam National University – Hanoi leaps 186th places on Webometrics list
Four subsidiaries of PetroVietnam named in Forbes Vietnam’s list of top 50 listed firms
They are Petrovietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas), PetroVietnam General Service Joint Stock Corporation (Petrosetco), PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Joint Stock Corporation (PVFCCo), and PetroVietnam Camau Fertilizer JSC. PV Gas is at the ninth place in the list this year. This is the 10th consecutive year that the company has been honoured in the list. The company posted record revenue and profit in the first six months this year, with net turnover at 54.342 trillion VND (2.32 billion USD at current exchange rate), up 35% year on year and after-tax profit at 8.637 trillion VND, up 98% year on year. In the period, PV Gas produced and supplied more than 1 billion tonnes of LPG, accounting for 70% of the domestic gas wholesale market. Meanwhile, it is the sixth time PVFCCo has made its way onto the list. The company has maintained its growth in the first half of this year, posting revenue of around 10 trillion VND and parent company’s pre-tax profit of over 4 trillion VND. The … [Read more...] about Four subsidiaries of PetroVietnam named in Forbes Vietnam’s list of top 50 listed firms
BM PLASCO honored in Forbes Vietnam’s Top 50 best listed firms
BM PLASCO is the only firm in the sector of building materials specializing in plastic pipes and plastic pipe fittings to be included on this year's list. This is a remarkable milestone for the company's 45-year effort. In 2021, BM PLASCO reached a revenue of VND4,552 billion and a profit of VND 214 billion. In the first half of 2022, the consolidated revenue of the company has reached VND2,911 billion with VND341 billion profit, an increase of 11.5 percent and double respectively y-o-y. These are outstanding figures that demonstrate the firm's stability and durability during the post-pandemic business recovery era and establish long-term goals for the future. Nguyen Thanh Hai, BM PLASCO’s Deputy Sales General Director, said: “Along with the continual development of science and technology, the Vietnam market has seen a growing number of plastic - construction materials which not only focus on quality but also design and convenience of use. Founded on a firm basis, BM PLASCO … [Read more...] about BM PLASCO honored in Forbes Vietnam’s Top 50 best listed firms