The survey aims to gather sufficient information about businesses and calculate more accurately the national gross domestic product (GDP) as well as the gross regional domestic product (GRDP), according head of the GSO’s Industry Statistics Department Pham Dinh Thuy. Photo for illustration Its result is expected to support management, policy-making, and socio-economic development for centrally-run cities and provinces. The collection of information will help evaluate the application of science and technology in enterprises and their for Industry 4.0. The GSO will investigate six groups of information related to enterprises. The first group will focus on information identifying the unit of investigation, such as the business name, address, telephone, fax, email, type of business and business activities. The second group will be information on labor and the income of laborers. The third one will be indicators of production and businesses, including assets and … [Read more...] about National business census 2018 conducted
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Stone-throwing gang re-appears on National Highway 27
Police in the Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk are urgently seeking a group of vandals suspected of throwing rocks into a car on National Highway 27. – VNA/VNS PhotoViet Nam News ĐẮK LẮK — Police in this Central Highland province are urgently seeking a group of vandals suspected of throwing rocks into a car on National Highway 27. Col Hà Công Thượng, head of police in Lắk District, made the announcement regarding the incident, which occurred at 10pm on Sunday. A group of six young people, riding on three motorbikes, had crossed in front of the victim’s car before throwing rocks into the vehicle. After creating a panic among the 20 passengers in the car, they drove away. Police were immediately dispatched to the scene to inspect and trace the objects used in the crime. The incident is one of a series of attacks on passengers of vehicles plying this highway in recent time. — VNS … [Read more...] about Stone-throwing gang re-appears on National Highway 27
Spanish conductor to lead national theatre in capital
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Spanish conductor David Gomez Ramirez will conduct Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet to perform opera extracts and contemporary dance at Hà Nội Opera House on April 11-12. The first part of the show will include extracts from Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco, which will be performed by the symphony orchestra and choir of VNOB, with soloist soprano Hà Phạm Thăng Long, baritone Mạnh Dũng and bass player Kiều Thẩm. Composed in 1841, Nabucco is an Italian opera in four acts and is considered to have permanently established Verdi’s reputation as a composer. The nine extracts are cavatina and aria, duet and chorus. Conductor Ramírez has performed in Việt Nam many times since 2015. He is one of the most promising young conductors and composers in Spain. He has directed the Lira Saguntina Symphony Orchestra in Valencia and the Conservatory of Music “Joaquin … [Read more...] about Spanish conductor to lead national theatre in capital
Tasks and organizational structure of VN National Administration of Tourism
Accordingly, the VNAT functions as an advisory body assisting the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism in performing the work of state management, organizing the enforcement of laws on tourism on a national scale, and managing public services on tourism in line with the law. The agency is tasked with submitting to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism draft bills and draft resolutions of the National Assembly (NA); draft ordinances and draft resolutions of the NA Standing Committee; draft resolutions and decrees of the Government on tourism; other projects as assigned by the Minister; master strategies and plans on tourism development; national tourism promotion programs; national action programs on tourism; and dossiers recommending the recognition of national tourism areas. The VNAT is also responsible for submitting to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism to decide on long-term, medium-term and short-term plans on tourism development; projects on … [Read more...] about Tasks and organizational structure of VN National Administration of Tourism
Bac Giang: Bo Da pagoda’s woodblocks recognised as national treasure
Carved woodblocks bearing the Sutras of Zen Buddhism at Bo Da Pagoda are recognised as national treasures on March 31. (Photo: VNA) Bac Giang (VNA) – Carved woodblocks bearing the Sutras of Zen Buddhism at Bo Da Pagoda in Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang were named national treasures at a ceremony held in the locality on March 31. The pagoda, which is a centre of Lam Te Buddhism and had a major role in Buddhism’s development in Vietnam, is home to 1,953 Sutra woodblocks. In the 18th century, monks at the pagoda carved Buddhist Sutras on thi wood (decandrous perssimmom) that is both light and pliable, making it ideal for carving, preserve the texts so that they could be used to teach Buddhism. According to Venerable Tu Tuc Vinh, head of Bo Da Pagoda, the woodblocks cover 24 sets of Buddhist scriptures in Nom (ancient Vietnamese ideographic script) and Sanskrit. The same day, Bo Da Pagoda festival, a national intangible cultural heritage, … [Read more...] about Bac Giang: Bo Da pagoda’s woodblocks recognised as national treasure