Jan 8 – 27, 8 am – 5 pm Ho Chi Minh City Fines Art Museum 97A Pho Duc Chinh, District 1 From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam: From the very beginning of new year 2021 The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will organize for the first time ever the exhibition of “Traditional Japanese Dolls” at Ho Chi Minh City Fines Art Museum. This exhibition features 32 traditional dolls depicting the gracefulness of Japanese ladies in kimono, popular characters in Japanese Noh and Kabuki plays, babies, children, teenagers royal dolls and clay dolls. Free entry. _________________________________________________________________________ … [Read more...] about What’s on January 18-24 (Daily updated)
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Saigon’s hidden ‘com tam’ gem
The homemade trung kho long dao at Com Tam Chi Nam, Tan Canh Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Nam Vuong / Tuoi Tre News “Some of my customers were elementary school students when they first ate at my stall, and they still do even thought they have [grown up and] got married or returned from studying abroad,” she said. … [Read more...] about Saigon’s hidden ‘com tam’ gem
Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
From the afternoon of October 28 to early morning the next day, Kim and other men used hammocks and tree branches to carry three people from the landslide spot to the Tra Leng commune’s clinic, 15 kilometers away. It took them three hours, having to navigate past dozens of landslide spots. Those walking in the front used knives to cut fallen trees and open a way for those behind them. … [Read more...] about Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
Vietnam’s ticket fever for ASEAN semi moves from stadium counters to cyberspace
This is not the first time angry fans have stormed the headquarters hoping to buy tickets for important matches, “but this is the first time fans have climbed up to the third floor where the VFF management’s offices are,” a VFF staff member told Tuoi Tre, adding that many of the ‘intruders’ were loud and aggressive. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s ticket fever for ASEAN semi moves from stadium counters to cyberspace
Private sector development to enhance FDI efficiency
Supporting industries have not yet caught up with the growth and demand of FDI; the protection of the environment from the impact of investment and production activities by FDI enterprises is still under threat and faces insecurity; national defense, economic security and social order are facing negative foreign investment activities; hi-tech attraction is not yet successful; cooperation and alliance between local and FDI enterprises are not close, and possibly non-existent, so to say; and the legal system and policies for investment, business, land and construction are asynchronous and constantly amended and supplemented, eroding the competitiveness of the investment environment. … [Read more...] about Private sector development to enhance FDI efficiency