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A Matsumoto Kiyoshi store in Japan (Source: japantravel.com)   HCM City (VNA) – The first flagship store of Japan’s Matsumoto Kiyoshi cosmetics and drugstore chain is set to open in Vietnam late March. The information was revealed during a signing ceremony on December 16 between Vietnam’s Lotus Food Group and Japan’s Matsumoto Kiyoshi Holdings to set up the Matsumoto Kiyoshi Vietnam joint venture. The cosmetics and drugstore chain in Vietnam is expected to meet Japanese standards in the next 3-5 years, with hundreds stores across the country. Established in 1932, Matsumoto Kiyoshi is a famous Japanese drugstore chain that boasts a massive selection of goods, including medicine, makeup, cosmetics, mouth hygiene products, supplements, among others. Meanwhile, Lotus Food Group boasts a distribution network reaching almost all of the 63 Vietnamese localities. According to UK-based Mintel market intelligence agency, Vietnam’s cosmetics market valued … [Read more...] about Japan’s cosmetics, drugstore chain to open first outlet in Vietnam

While defending its selection of persons to travel on a chartered flight to South Korea along with NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan to an economic forum, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said it would deal strictly with involved parties if violations are found. The ministry was responding to the controversy that has broken out over the disappearance of nine Vietnamese people who traveled with Ngan to the Vietnam –South Korea Investment and Trade Forum. Two of them have since been deported, but no further details have been revealed about their identity, the timing of their deportation and whether or not they have been detained on arrival for investigation. The investment ministry said it had properly selected and verified the list of business representatives to travel on the chartered flight, and sent it to relevant parties to double check. 72 members of 44 businesses from Vietnam joined the event. But some people intentionally used the occasion to stay on illegally in … [Read more...] about Ministry defends selection of people who’ve disappeared in South Korea

SEOUL — The top US representative in talks with North Korea on Monday slammed Pyongyang's demands as hostile and unnecessary as its end-of-year deadline approaches, but held open the door for fresh negotiations. The North has insisted that Washington offer it new concessions by the end of 2019 with the process largely deadlocked since the collapse of a summit in Hanoi in February. Pyongyang has issued a series of increasingly strident declarations in recent weeks, and US special representative Stephen Biegun told reporters in Seoul: "We have heard them all". "It is regrettable that the tone of these statements towards the United States, the Republic of Korea, Japan and our friends in Europe have been so hostile and negative and so unnecessary," he said. "The US does not have a deadline, we have a goal." Pyongyang has said that if Washington fails to make it an acceptable offer, it will adopt a so-far-unspecified "new way". It … [Read more...] about US envoy: N. Korea comments ‘hostile and unnecessary’

Headlined by iconic Korean actress Son Ye-jin of MS Team and leading actor Hyun-bin, CRASH LANDING ON YOU, recorded top viewership for its first weekend broadcast in KoreaProduced by Studio Dragon, directed by Lee Jung-hyo and written by Park Ji-eun, the tvN K-drama premiered globally on Netflix on 14 December 2019, the same day as its release in Korea SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 16 December 2019 - Spackman Entertainment Group Limited ("Spackman Entertainment Group" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), wishes to announce that tvN's K-drama, CRASH LANDING ON YOU, featuring Korea's preeminent actress Son Ye-jin of MS Team Entertainment Co., Ltd. ("MS Team"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group's associated company, Spackman Media Group Limited, and well-known actor Hyun-bin attained #1 in viewership for its first weekend broadcast in Korea.  The tvN drama first aired on 14 December in Korea, recording an average viewership … [Read more...] about tvN’s K-Drama CRASH LANDING ON YOU Starring Korean Megastar Son Ye-jin of MS Team, Under Spackman Media Group, An Associated Company of Spackman Entertainment Group, Ranked #1 At Its Weekend Debut in Korea

The Vietnamese futsal team have been drawn in Group C in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Futsal Championship 2019 finals, the AFC announced on Thursday. The Vietnamese futsal team have been drawn in Group C in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Futsal Championship 2019 finals. — Photo thanhnien.vn The team will take on Japan and Tajikistan. The group will be a repeat of the AFC U20 Futsal Championship 2017 finals where Việt Nam faced both Japan and Tajikistan. During that tournament, Việt Nam lost to their Japanese rivals 3-1 and enjoyed a 4-2 victory over Tajikistan. Group A includes Iran, Afghanistan, and China’s Hong Kong, while Group B consists of Thailand, Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan. Iraq, runners-up in the 2017 AFC U20 Futsal Championship, will play Indonesia and Chinese Taipei in Group D. The second edition of the AFC U20 Futsal Championship will be held in Iran’s Tabriz city on June 14-22. The teams will play in a round robin … [Read more...] about VN to meet Japan at AFC U20 Futsal Championship finals