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Nation Former U.S. First Lady visits Vietnam The Saigon Times Daily Monday,  Dec 9, 2019,13:43 (GMT+7) Former U.S. First Lady visits VietnamThe Saigon Times Daily Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, who is in Vietnam to promote education programs for girls - PHOTO: REUTERS HCMC - Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama today, December 9, leads a delegation to visit Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Long An to promote education programs for girls. The delegation, which includes actresses Julia Roberts, Ngo Thanh Van and Lana Condor, as well as Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush, visited Can Giuoc High School in the district of the same name, Thanh Nien Online newspaper reported. They listened to the female students relate their experiences and challenges in pursuing education and learned more about the role played by Room to Read, a non-profit education support organization. In … [Read more...] about Former U.S. First Lady visits Vietnam

Pham Anh Tuan, vice chairman of the Việt Nam Fishing Association, talks on the need to follow all recommendations from the European Commission (EC) to get the yellow card on fishing removed. Fishing boats in Ninh Thuan Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen Thanh Why is lifting the yellow card so important to the Vietnamese fishing sector? The lifting of the yellow card over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is very important for the country. According to the EU, the yellow card means Vietnam has violated certain EU rules on legal fishing activities and has not fully declared where fish products came from. Such violations have prevented international authorities from tracing whether Vietnamese fish products came from Vietnam or not. These are strong indications Vietnam has failed to follow rules against IUU fishing. What’s more important is that if Vietnam doesn't make a change, it will not only receive the yellow card but even a red card (banning … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs to remove fishing yellow card

Ascending 2,967 m high Po Ma Lung in Lang Village, Phong Tho District in Vietnam’s northern mountainous region is infamous for its length and roughness, the first pitstop only accessible after an 8-9 hour trek. Bearing this in mind, our group stayed over in Lai Chau Town before setting out the next morning, when we were joined by fellow adventurers from Hanoi. Two 16-seaters from Lai Chau Town dropped us in Lang Village at 8 a.m following a two-hour drive. After registering with border police as the peak is near the border with China, our group of 24 passed our luggage to local porters and commenced our journey.   The first step is the deepest.  From Lang Village, we walked approximately 5 km along the hillside before reaching the foot of Po Ma Lung, from which we would climb 20 km before descending. This leg of our journey provided stunning jungle greenery and magical terraced fields, a few small houses dotting the valley below. The road hugged local … [Read more...] about Conquering Po Ma Lung proves peak feat

Chili’s American Grill & Bar opened on Saturday in SC VivoCity Mall in HCM City's District 7. — Photo courtesy of Chili’s The American chain of restaurants Chili’s American Grill & Bar opened its first Chili’s in Viet Nam at SC VivoCity mall in HCM City’s District 7 on December 7. The Golden Gate Red Hots Joint-Stock Company and Brinker International Inc worked together to bring Chili’s American Grill & Bar to the country. The restaurant serves Tex-Mex style meals with steaks, burgers, ribs and fajitas and drinks such as margaritas. Ha Thuc Tu, managing director of the Golden Gate Red Hots Joint-Stock Company, said: “We see the potential for a restaurant model with a bar for high-income people who need a diversity of services. “Chili’s decided to choose this group as the main target audience for the long-term development orientation of Chili’s ® American Grill & Bar in Viet Nam." David Weston, … [Read more...] about US restaurant chain Chili’s opens in HCM City

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have discussed the revision of Tho Xuan Airport planning to help ease the airport’s current over-capacity. According to the provincial Department of Transport, the airport has seen a sharp rise in goods and passengers. Tho Xuan Airport Under the local authorities’ discussion, the planning revision will be divided into two phases. The first phase is aimed at improving facilities to serve around 5 million passengers per year for both local and foreign air routes by 2030. Meanwhile, the second phase scheduled until 2050 is designed to build more facilities, including runways, parking areas for the target of welcoming 20 million passengers per year. Mai Xuan Lien, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee asked the Transport Department to work with the Ministry of Planning and Investment on passenger increase possibilities in the coming time based on experiences from other airports in the country. … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa authorities discuss Tho Xuan Airport planning revision