The market surveillance officers of Binh Thuan visited a restaurant in the south-central Vietnamese province’s tourist city of Phan Thiet on Wednesday morning to clarify a customer’s complaint about its hefty charge of VND4.5 million (US$192) for cooking service. The Hung Vuong restaurant in Phan Thiet City’s Phu Thuy Ward welcomed a group of 48 tourists and one tour guide around lunchtime on Sunday, the facility’s manager Nguyen Ngoc Phong said. Having ordered their meal in advance, the tourist group brought along 18 kilograms of raw seafood they had purchased outside upon their arrival. Although the restaurant rarely allowed customers to bring food outside into its premises, the two sides discussed and agreed on using the restaurant’s service to cook the raw seafood with a charge of VND250,000 ($10.7) per kilogram that day, according to Phong. Phong added the restaurant had given a discount on the cooking service charge versus the listed price of VND350,000 ($15) per … [Read more...] about Phan Thiet restaurant inspected after charging $192 for cooking service despite advance agreement with customers
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Violence against women, children never acceptable: UNICEF Chief Representative
UNICEF Chief Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers (Photo: UNICEF) Hanoi (VNA) - Violence against women and children is never acceptable and has to be made visible and reported in protection of the group, emphasised UNICEF Chief Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers. Flowers made her remarks while talking to the press regarding a campaign to enhance public awareness of women and children protection and spread the message of zero tolerance for violence against them. Co-launched by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), UN agencies, and the Australian Aid on July 5, the initiative was built on a 2020 campaign to raise public awareness and change individual and societal behaviour, helping prevent violence before it begins. According to the organisers, the campaign calls for attention and support from the whole community to create a violence-free environment in families, schools and community as well as on cyber space. … [Read more...] about Violence against women, children never acceptable: UNICEF Chief Representative
Man prosecuted for trafficking ethnic teenagers to Cambodia
Border guards of the Central Highland province of Gia Lai said on July 6 that they had started legal proceedings against a man for allegedly trafficking seven Jrai ethnic teenagers from Gia Lai to Cambodia. Border guards from La O commune arrest Tran Quang Quyet for trafficking seven ethnic teenagers into Cambodia. Furthermore, they also completed the procedures to hand over the case to the Ministry of Public Security’s Investigative Police Agency for further investigation. A preliminary investigation revealed that at the start of the year Tran Quang Quyet, 21, residing in neighbouring Kon Tum province, was initially tricked into entering Cambodia to work for a company, and by June he owed the firm over VND100 million. He received a proposal by two Vietnamese women in Cambodia that he would be paid US$700 for each person he could bring into Cambodia. On June 19 - 20, Quyet persuaded seven teenagers from La O commune (Gia Lai) to work in Tay Ninh province … [Read more...] about Man prosecuted for trafficking ethnic teenagers to Cambodia
South Korean hotel chain opens in Nha Trang
CHI Hospitality International inaugurates a Stay7 International Hotel in the central city of Nha Trang. —Photo courtesy of the firm South Korean hotel management company CHI Hospitality International has inaugurated a Stay7 International Hotel in the central city of Nha Trang to take the opportunity from the recovery of the country’s tourism industry. Stay7 International Hotel Nha Trang has 203 luxuriously designed rooms at 65 Tran Quang Khai in the heart of Nha Trang City. There is a modern swimming pool on the 28th floor, ranked as one of the city's five most beautiful swimming pools. Currently, CHI Company Group has businesses in Viet Nam, such as in Ha Noi and HCM City, including financial/real estate, manufacturing, industrial logistics, and hotels. They are actively carrying out investment/operation projects in resort development in Da Lat and Phu Tho Province, 5-star hotels in Da Nang City, and residence buildings with about 320 rooms in Thai Nguyen Province. A … [Read more...] about South Korean hotel chain opens in Nha Trang
Việt Nam attends Premiere Vision 2022 in Paris
Premiere Vision is the largest and most prestigious fair of the textile and fashion industry in France, attracting more than 60,000 visitors and 1,200 international exhibitors. — Photo VNA More than 10 Vietnamese outstanding enterprises have attended the Premiere Vision 2022, an essential event for the entire textile industry, which is taking place from July 5-7 at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre in Paris, France. According to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang the participation of Vietnamese businesses in this fair reflected their desire to promote cooperation with France and other countries, in the context that the two governments are resuming trade relations with the world following severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the ambassador, the Viet Nam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which took effect in August 2020 is an important legal foundation for Vietnamese enterprises in general and of textile ones in particular in conquering the … [Read more...] about Việt Nam attends Premiere Vision 2022 in Paris
MTA Vietnam 2022 exhibition opens in HCMC
MTA Vietnam 2022 occupies 8,000sq.m with 250 exhibiting companies, in which, over 60 percent from 12 countries/regions such as Germany, the US, the UK, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, China, and Singapore. Germany occupies the biggest pavilion with 12 companies. Korea contributes the highest participants with 34 companies to showcase products. MTA Vietnam 2022 includes the leading international enterprises in the four main categories: metal forming/sheet metal cutting machines; metal-cutting machines; measurement & testing technology; cutting tools & tooling systems. This year, MTA Vietnam has opened from July 6-9. Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2022 has opened from July 6-8 at SECC, HCMC. The exhibition welcomes over 100 well-established companies. Participating in the exhibition’s activities is the great opportunity to reinforce the international economic integration for plastic & rubber enterprises since 85% of exhibitors are the international … [Read more...] about MTA Vietnam 2022 exhibition opens in HCMC