Dream play city of dreams

Can Tho (VNA) - Part of a project on developing and improving awareness of creative education in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, Dream Space was inaugurated at the Can Tho School of Culture and Arts by the Asia Music & Performing Arts (AMPA) Education on January 15. It will serve as a multifunctional music and arts room with modern musical instruments. Apart from the Can Tho School of Culture and Arts, the project will also benefit other music and arts schools and certain primary schools in the city. It aims to promote awareness of the importance of creative education in students’ comprehensive development and create conditions for them, especially those in rural areas, to access music and creative arts. Investment stands at over 994 million VND (43,000 USD), including 888.5 million VND from AMPA Education, a non-government organisation, and it is being carried out from September 2020 to July 2023. Tran Van Nam, Vice Rector of the Can Tho School of Culture and Arts, … [Read more...] about Dream Space to promote creative education in Can Tho

Chief Representative of UN Habitat Vietnam Dr. Nguyen Quang said that urbanisation brings in many opportunities for local residents, but creates a lot of big challenges, including those involved in poverty and inequality. The final goal of a smart city is to improve the quality of life, increase the efficiency of human resources and natural resources, and connect the government and people, Quang added./. VNA … [Read more...] about Hanoi strives to become creative city in region

HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is taking drastic measures to promote disbursement of public funds, which plays an important role in economic development amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the municipal People’s Committee, nearly 32 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) was disbursed as of December 31, 2020, some 27.3 trillion VND of which came from the city’s budget (accounting for 74.1 percent of the assigned plan) and the remainder from the state budget (equivalent to 57.2 percent of the plan). Director of the municipal Department of Planning and Investment Le Thi Huynh Mai said the results did not live up to expectations of the Government and the city leaders, pointing out tardy disbursement of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) capital affected the city’s outcomes. Since the state budget year 2020 will end on January 31, 2021, the department will ask investors to speed up the work, striving for the disbursement rate of 95 percent for the … [Read more...] about HCM City speeds up disbursement of public capital

This comes after the Ministry of Health sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the People's Committees of various provinces and cites in late November to order to test samples of imported food packaging. This is aimed at checking items brought in from countries with large novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks in an effort to stop any potential exposure to the virus. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 15

To accomplish its targets, this year HAGL Agrico will focus on creating a master zoning plan for large-scale farming and husbandry areas. It will ensure topography and soil are suitable for each kind of fruit to facilitate mechanisation and modern management and synchronise technical infrastructure to meet the needs of irrigation, garden care, harvest, transportation, and preservation at farms. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 15