Timen R.T. Swijtink shows participants the difference between regular coffee beans and dwarf beans -- the smaller beans used for the espresso Lacàph served at the Vietnamese Coffee Fair: Tet Edition in Ho Chi Minh City in January 2021. Photo: Linh To / Tuoi Tre News According to Swijtink, approximately 95 percent of coffee output in Vietnam is robusta, with the vast majority being industrial- and commercial-grades. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City coffee fair offers fresh look at fine Vietnamese robusta
Seeing bright lights
Minister gives Tet gifts to veterans and policy beneficiaries
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung visited and gave presents to people in Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province on January 22. Minister Dao Ngoc Dung gives Tet gifts to veterans and policy beneficiaries in Lao Cai Province on January 22. … [Read more...] about Minister gives Tet gifts to veterans and policy beneficiaries
VN-Index enters third straight gaining session
Resulsts were mixed in the public banking sector, with CTG of VietinBank adding 1.6 percent, VCB of Vietcombank keeping its opening price, BID of BIDV topping losses with 2.7 percent, and MBB of mid-sized Military Bank shedding 0.8 percent. … [Read more...] about VN-Index enters third straight gaining session
Vietnam’s 13-year-old Pollock just enjoys bold colors
At Chu’s solo exhibition "Big World, Small Eyes" in New York in 2019, gallery owner George Berges maintained that it would be interesting to see where Chu was headed, as Jackson Pollock produced his most famous pieces at the pinnacle of his career, decades after his 12th birthday, but Chu "is producing similar work at the start of his career." … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s 13-year-old Pollock just enjoys bold colors
HCM City’s District 3 among ’50 coolest neighborhoods in the world’
Other places include Wedding in Berlin (Germany), the Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles (US), the Waterfront in Hobart (Australia), Strasbourg-Saint-Denis in Paris (France), Astoria in New York (US), Embajadores in Madrid (Spain), Pilsen in Chicago (US), Peckham in London (UK), and Soi Pridi Banomyong / Phra Khanong in Bangkok (Thailand). … [Read more...] about HCM City’s District 3 among ’50 coolest neighborhoods in the world’
