Ttntag lunar new year 2021

Earlier, the municipal People’s Committee also announced that schoolers of kindergarten, elementary schools, middle and high schools and vocational schools throughout the city will have a 9-day Tet break. Schools that currently adapt a five-day-a-week schedule will have 11-day Tet break, from February 6- February 10 (on the 25th day of the last month- the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar). … [Read more...] about HCMC announces 7-day Lunar New Year break

Tranh Khuc Village in Thanh Tri District on the outskirts of Hanoi is famous for producing Chung cake, the traditional food of Tet. With the festival fast approaching, these days see artisans hurriedly wrap cakes as they prepare items for the special occasion. Workers in Bat Trang ceramic village in Gia Lam District clean items as they step up production to meet demand ahead of Tet. Artisans in Van Phuc Ward of Ha Dong District meticulously create Ao Dai, a Vietnamese traditional long dress, in order to meet the increase in orders with Tet drawing near. Residents in Quang Phu Cau Commune of Ung Hoa District dry incense as they gear up for the Lunar New Year festival. A gardener in Dac So Commune of Hoai Duc District in Hanoi harvests fruit which will be put on sale at a local market. Xuan Dinh Village in Xuan Tao Ward of Bac Tu Liem District is renowned for its candies and jams which are viewed as essential items for Tet. Workers are … [Read more...] about Craft villages in Hanoi gear up for Lunar New Year festival

Until now, the plan has yet to be formally approved by the municipal Party Committee due to remaining questions such as how sporting venues developed for the Games would be used after the it concludes, and its effectiveness in improving the city’s growth. … [Read more...] about ​Vietnam faces tough decision selecting host city for 2021 SEA Games

Although foreign direct investment pledges in Vietnam has dropped by 25 percent last year to $28.5 billion due to travel restrictions and dampened investor sentiment, foreign companies still poured $6.4 billion into existing FDI projects, up 10.6 percent year-on-year. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to grow at 7.8 pct in 2021: Standard Chartered

London (VNA) – A British truck driver who discovered 39 dead Vietnamese migrants in a refrigerated lorry waited about 23 minutes before notifying police, a court was told on October 27. Maurice Robinson, 26, had collected the sealed container from the southeast English port of Purfleet after it had arrived on a cargo ship from Zeebrugge in Belgium, and opened its doors shortly afterwards in nearby Thurrock in the early hours of October 23 last year. Inside he found the bodies of the migrants who had suffocated to death after being trapped in the dark inside for at least 12 hours, in unbearably high temperatures. However, instead of immediately calling police, Robinson made several phone calls to others accused of roles in the people-trafficking scheme, a prosecutor told London’s Old Bailey court. He also drove the truck in a loop around the surrounding industrial area, taking 23 minutes before alerting officers, jurors in the trial of four men charged with involvement … [Read more...] about New details in Essex lorry case revealed at court