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Hanoi (VNA) - Various cultural features of ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh were showcased in Hanoi’s pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem Lake over the weekend. Dubbed Hoa Binh Province’s Culture and Tourism Festival, the event gathered thousands of representatives from the province performing art, gongs, offering cuisine and local delicacies, folk games and displaying artful photos.  Addressing the opening ceremony on January 22 night, Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh said Hoa Binh civilisation is famed all over the world and the province also hosts an honourable revolutionary tradition and diverse natural resources. The province is home to six ethnic minority groups, who have made up distinctive indigenous cultural features, he said. He called Hoa Binh a beautiful land created by mountains, hills and the magnificent Da River. The Hoa Binh Hydropower Lake offers a romantic landscape with hundreds of green … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh culture on show in downtown Hanoi

In this case, if the State wants to fulfill its goal of restricting the number of foreign workers in the Vietnamese labor market, it should ban foreigners from signing labor contracts with more than one employer. If this restriction is not the case, it is necessary to provide the work permit for the first enterprise where a foreigner works for. This work permit should be valid throughout the duration in which the foreigner works in Vietnam. Other enterprises where this foreigner also works for only need to inform labor agencies of the work permit already awarded. … [Read more...] about New rules on working foreigner management

"I made quarantine for 2 weeks and started to make training with Nam Dinh. On the last day of the registration I had to sign a contract quickly and the club told me that they will sign me for only 1 month. I was put under pressure to sign, or otherwise the club would have signed another player, as there were many more players on test," he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam football club fires Sierra American striker for his indiscipline

Local residents earn their living by farming. A saying of the Tay ethnic people goes, “Planting rice where there’s water and grow trees on land when water is used up.” Villagers are involved in self-sufficient agriculture: cultivating crops, rear cattle, producing agriculture products, and making herb medicines and traditional wine. All activities are done in close relation with the ecosystem and not harmful to the environment. … [Read more...] about A village tiptoeing on stilts

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Science and technology are key to agricultural production, allowing for increases in the capacity and quality of products and improving farmers’ lives. For many years, Hanoi has focused on solutions to promote the transfer of science and technology to farmers. However, to make science and technology the leverage for sustainable agricultural development, more supportive mechanisms and policies are needed, as well as the participation of the authorities. Thanks to the application of science and technology in production, Kim Son commune in Gia Lam district has become the capital city’s hub for growing high quality bananas. “My family grew more than 200 trees of the South African banana variety and earned over 250 million VND (11,000 USD) per year on average,” Nguyen Trong Nghia , a banana farmer, told Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper. “We were planting bananas as per the VietGAP process, which raised consumption,” said Nghia. … [Read more...] about Hanoi promotes science-technology in agricultural production