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Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Propaganda and Education Board of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Hong Son visits VUSTA. (Photo: SGGP) Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Education Board of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee To Dai Phong (third from the right) visits the Center for Biotechnology. (Photo: SGGP) Accordingly, the delegation led by Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Propaganda and Education Board of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Hong Son went to the HCMC Department of Science and Technology, the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), and the HCMC Institute for Development Studies (HIDS). Meanwhile, the delegation led by Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Education Board of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee To Dai Phong came to the Center for Biotechnology and Quang Trung Software City. Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Propaganda and Education Board of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Hong Son … [Read more...] about HCMC highly appreciates contribution of scientific-technological organizations

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ (right) receives the Lao Minister of Science and Technology, who is also President of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association, in Vientiane on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo VIENTIANE — National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ commended the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association for its contributions to the friendship and special solidarity between the two countries during a reception for its President Boviengkham Vongdara in Vientiane on Tuesday. Huệ described people-to-people diplomacy as an important diplomatic channel between Việt Nam and Laos, in which associations played a significant role. The top legislator noted that the two sides should further educate their people, especially young generations, about the relations and the need to preserve and promote the rare relationship. He asked Boviengkham Vongdara, the Lao Minister of Science and Technology, to continue supporting the Vietnamese community in Laos and more than 200 Vietnamese … [Read more...] about People-to-people diplomacy important to Vietnam-Laos relations

A business owner in Phan Rang City, Ninh Thuận Province, uses computer to introduce products on her website. —VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thành HÀ NỘI — As the central coastal province of Ninh Thuận shifted to more service industries, most of its 4,000 small businesses have been told to go digital. Most recently, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) coordinated with the People's Committee of Ninh Thuận and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to organise a conference, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of digital transformation in doing business in the province. MPI’s representative said that with the increasingly developing digital economy in the country and around the world, organisations, businesses and traditional models needed to make drastic changes to continue to exist and develop especially during the pandemic. To a province with mostly agricultural production like Ninh Thuận, digital transformation was still relatively new, and at … [Read more...] about MPI supports digital transformation for SMEs in Ninh Thuận

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco London Breed (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam wants to promote the relationship between San Francisco and Vietnamese localities in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular in areas that the US city has strengths such as economics, trade, science, technology, digital transformation, and climate change response, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco London Breed at a meeting on May 17 morning (US time). Vietnam identifies San Francisco, where many Vietnamese people are living in, as a key area to promote relations between localities of the two countries, he said, adding that this is the reason why the city was the first place Vietnam opened its Consulate General in the US. He suggested the two sides increase the exchange of delegations at all levels, promote people-to-people exchanges, cooperate in human resource training and healthcare … [Read more...] about Vietnam wishes to enhance cooperation with San Francisco: PM

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (right) and President of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association Boviengkham Vongdara (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue commended the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association for its contributions to the friendship and special solidarity between the two countries, during a reception for its President Boviengkham Vongdara in Vientiane on May 17. Hue described people-to-people diplomacy as an important diplomatic channel between Vietnam and Laos, in which associations play a significant role. The two sides should further educate their peoples, especially young generations, about the relations and the need to preserve and promote the rare relationship, the top legislator stressed. He asked Boviengkham Vongdara, who is also Lao Minister of Science and Technology, to continue supporting the Vietnamese community in Laos and more than 200 Vietnam ese businesses operating in the neighbouring … [Read more...] about People-to-people diplomacy important to Vietnam-Laos relations: NA Chairman

But people around the 24-year-old, who is admittedly at the higher end of the range, call her "sumo." Nguyen, who used to love munching on snacks and sipping boba milk tea in the evening, admits: "I act as if I don’t care, but I'm still a girl and such a label triggers in me a subconscious fear of becoming fat." The office worker in HCMC's District 7 tries not to let others’ negative comments bother her, but has nevertheless grown tired of people’s criticism. Her weight and eating habits have become "semi-public" with family members often criticizing her appearance during the Lunar New Year, and friends constantly pushing her to lose weight. As a result her self-esteem has plummeted, she says. The shame and guilt caused by others has pushed her into action. She spends the better part of the day in front of a computer screen and is not physically active, and so has embarked on a strict eat-clean diet in the hope of losing two to three kilograms this summer. "I am not … [Read more...] about Thin-skinned souls work hard to keep bodies slim and fit