Vietnamese style rice noodles with prawns

Local media reported that their debut album "New Jeans" sold over 311,000 copies in just the first week after hitting the shelves on Aug. 8, setting a record for a debut album by a girl group. The record was previously held by music label mate Le Sserafim who sold 307,405 copies back in May with their album "Fearless". According to Korea JoongAng Daily , album sales in the first week are considered an important indicator of a K-pop artist or group's popularity. The lead track "Attention" has ranked first on many local online music websites like Melon, Genie, and Bugs. It also topped Spotify Korea's daily top chart for 13 consecutive days and debuted on the music streaming site's global top song chart and Billboard's Global chart, according to Korea Times . NewJeans also hit first place on iTunes "Top Albums" charts in at least nine different regions, including Thailand, Finland, Indonesia, Russia and others. Their album also ranked second in Japan and tenth in the … [Read more...] about South Korean girl group with Vietnamese member sets new K-pop record

Visitors at the Ve Nha An Com exhibition. (Photo courtesy of artist Nguyen The Son) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - An exhibition by young Vietnamese artists who paint their memories of family meals is taking place at Hanoi's Culture and Art Centre on Hang Buom street, featuring nearly 30 paintings of different types of food. Entitled Ve Nha An Com (Go Home For Meal), the exhibition is jointly organised by Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Vietnam. As the theme of United Nations' International Youth Day 2022 is “Intergenerational solidarity,” aiming for a cohesive society where everyone works together towards sustainable development goals, Ve Nha An Com explores the concept of “family meals” through the eyes of youth as its guiding concept. Curator Giang Kawako said: “Ve Nha An Com is a common Vietnamese phrase to remind people to come back home and share a meal with their family. "It means a … [Read more...] about Exhibition showcases Vietnamese family meals

On August 12, the Danang People's Committee in collaboration with State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) held a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City to introduce Danang’s investment climate. The event attracted overseas Vietnamese to participate online from 19 countries and territories including the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Australia, Germany, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, England, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Thailand, and Mongolia. The event also saw the participation of 100 enterprises run by Vietnamese abroad. At the seminar, Do Thi Quynh Tram, deputy director of the Investment Promotion and Support Department shared a report about Danang’s strategies for development and called for investment in the city. The report covers preferential policies as well as projects calling for investment in the fields of high-tech industry, IT, supporting industries, and industrial park infrastructure construction. She also … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese strengthen Danang’s investment climate

The People’s Court in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday handed down a two-year suspended sentence to a 34-year-old man due to his involvement in the death of another man during an alleged rough sexual situation in 2020. According to the indictment, V., the defendant, and L.C.T, the victim, met online through Vietnamese chat app Zalo in 2020. After meeting, the two formed a relationship and often engaged in BDSM (bondage-discipline, dominance-submission, and sadism-masochism) – a spectrum of sexual activities including pain, physical restraints, and unequal power relationships. On December 23, 2020, T. invited V. to his home where the two engaged in BDSM activities that included several stainless steel sex toys, a parachute cord to bind T.'s mouth, coverings, and blindfolds. According to V., he then turned off the light, closed the room’s door, and left T.’s place at around 0:00 the next day after performing all of T.’s orders and receiving permission from the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese man given suspended sentence after male partner dies during alleged bondage sex game

General Lich’s participation in the conference, at the invitation of the Russian Ministry of Defense, is a confirmation of Vietnam’s active, proactive and highly responsible role towards resolving regional and global issues and manifests Vietnam’s standpoint on security and development issues of common concern in the region and the world as a whole. As planned, on the sidelines of the event, the Vietnamese Defense Minister will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu, during which the two sides will continue discussing and mapping out new contents and measures to expand  bilateral defense cooperation, contributing to cementing the two militaries’ friendship and cooperation in line with the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership. Reported by Thu Trang Translated by Mai Huong … [Read more...] about High-ranking Vietnamese military delegation attends Moscow Conference on Int’l Security

VAVA Chairman Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh and officials of the Vietnamese association received the Japanese delegation. On this occasion, the delegation learned about the activities of the VAVA over the past time, and expressed their hope to continue to stand side by side and share difficulties with Agent Orange/dioxin victims, as well as overcoming the consequences of toxic chemicals during the war in Vietnam. Mr. Kitamura Hajime is a Japanese person who sympathizes with and loves Vietnam very much. Since 2002, with the help of the authorities, he got contact with the VAVA to learn about the consequences of toxic chemicals during the Vietnamese resistance war against the U.S. invaders and contribute to easing the pain caused by Agent Orange/dioxin. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, every year, the “Japanese people love Vietnam” sent one or two delegations to visit and meet with VAVA representatives and Agent Orange/dioxin victims, and conduct … [Read more...] about Japanese delegation shares difficulties with Vietnamese AO victims