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A children set lunch okosama offered by Hotel Nikko Hanoi. — Photos courtesy by the hotel Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — In Japan, May 5 is observed as Children’s Day, or Kodomo no hi. This is an important occasion during the Japanese Golden Week – a long break lasting seven to 10 days, coinciding with many national holidays. Since a long time, koinobori has become a symbol of Japanese Children’s Day. In the Japanese language, koi means “carp”, while nobori means “flag” or “banner”. Koinobori is made by drawing carp patterns on paper, cloth or other non-woven fabric and is usually hung on a high pole in the front yard or above the roof of the house to flutter in the wind. Koinobori originated from an ancient legend in China, in which carps fought their way up rapidly flowing streams of the Yellow River and eventually became dragons. Because of its … [Read more...] about Hotel Nikko Hanoi to observe Japanese Golden Week

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Many people organise buffalo fighting festivals to gamble illegally, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trịnh Thị Thuỷ reported at a conference held yesterday in Hà Nội. The conference was held to review the operation of festivals nationwide in the first quarter of the year—the most popular time for festivals, as the coming of spring is celebrated—and set up plans to organise festivals which will be held in the rest of the year. Thuỷ said the ministry gave permission to organise the buffalo fighting festival in Đồ Sơn, Hải Phòng City only because it was recognised as the national intangible heritage. Other such festivals are organised without permission and will be eliminated. “The Ministry and departments of culture at localities will ban festival practices which are violent and cause chaos,” she said. “The Đồ … [Read more...] about Festivals should stop violence, ministry says

Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — The Prime Minister has asked ministries and localities to boost control on unsafe seafood exports and remove poor quality aquaculture products that failed to conduct food safety regulations at import markets. The PM has given an instruction on measures and solutions of batches of sea products that had been either returned or flagged by importing countries recently. The instruction also required joint actions among ministries of agriculture, health, industry and trade, public security, and association of seafood exporters and producers (VASEP) to promoting strict controls and management of the use of chemicals, antibiotics, and additives in food processing. Relevant agencies are required to inform businesses about quarantine regulations, policy changes and import conditions of sea products that were given by importing countries. Following the instruction, progressive actions and measures, as well as education programmes on illegal, … [Read more...] about Positive actions adopted to fight IUU

Viet Nam News WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the National Guard to deploy to America’s southern border, ratcheting up pressure on Mexico and taking another step in his quest to clamp down on illegal immigration. Trump’s latest border move came the same day as a caravan of Central American migrants -- whose trek across Mexico had infuriated the US president -- scrapped their highly publicised plans to try to enter the United States. "The situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis. The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security, and sovereignty of the American people," Trump said in a presidential memorandum. "My Administration has no choice but to act." Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen earlier said Trump had directed the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to work with border state governors to determine how to deploy National Guard forces … [Read more...] about Trump orders National Guard to Mexican border