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An art performance at the event (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy and Defence Attaché Agency in Laos held a ceremony in Vientiane on December 13 to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 30th All-People’s Defence Festival (December 22). Colonel Tao Van Thai, Vietnamese Defence Attaché to Laos, reviewed the history of the VPA and said Vietnam’s defence diplomacy has been constantly developed and expanded, notably the country’s participation in ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus meetings. Vietnam has also actively contributed to promoting international cooperation in addressing regional security challenges for peace, stability and development, he added. From 2014, Vietnam has sent forces to join the United Nations peacekeeping activities in South Sudan and the Central African Republic. Since October 2018, the country has twice dispatched second field … [Read more...] about 75th anniversary of Vietnam’s People Army marked in Laos

At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Authorities of the Ukrainian province of Lviv will create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to invest in and do business here, stated head of Lviv Regional State Administration Markiyan Malsky. On behalf of local leaders, Malsky made his statement while meeting a delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Ukraine, led by Ambassador Nguyen Anh Tuan. The delegation visited the province at Malsky’s invitation last week to seek business opportunities for Vietnamese firms. The meeting was also attended by Head of the Lviv Regional Council Oleksandr Ganushchy; Vyacheslav Voynarovskiy, representative of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lviv; and representatives of local departments and sectors. Participating officials discussed the Vietnam – Ukraine friendship as well as Lviv’s business climate and policies for foreign investors. The Vietnamese diplomat hoped for further support from Lviv … [Read more...] about Ukraine’s Lviv province willing to support Vietnamese investors

San Diu women in their traditional clothes. (Photo: vietnam.vnanet.vn) Traditionally, San Diu ethnic women make their own clothes. A piece of traditional clothing often takes  several months to complete. Diep Thi Vong from Vinh Phuc province is one of a few San Diu women keeping the tradition of making her own clothes and teaches the younger generation how to weave and embroider. “My grandmother and mother used to make their own clothes. They taught me and even sent me to a weaving class to learn how to make San Diu traditional clothes. A San Diu woman was required to make what she wore on her first day of marriage,” Mrs. Vong said. San Diu women often layer their clothes — a traditional white top inside and an indigo black light jacket outside. Young women secure their jacket with a green or red belt, right side over left  while older women do it the other way around. The highlight of the San Diu’s traditional women’s clothes is … [Read more...] about San Diu ethnic people in Vietnam’s northern midlands and mountainous areas

Nation Vietnam’s population set to become super-aging by 2050: official The Saigon Times Daily Saturday,  Dec 14, 2019,17:09 (GMT+7) Vietnam’s population set to become super-aging by 2050: officialThe Saigon Times Daily A doctor offers a free health checkup to a senior citizen in the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh. Vietnam is poised to become a super-aging country by 2050 – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam will become a super-aging country by 2050, but the country is not prepared to adapt to the rapid pace of aging and provide care for the growing elderly population, heard those attending a workshop in Hanoi on December 12. The workshop on the country’s aging population and health was held by the General Department for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) under the Ministry of Health, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Economic Research Institute for … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s population set to become super-aging by 2050: official

The haze affected visibility so badly that vehicles on the Thang Long Highway had to turn on their headlights at 7:30 a.m. At 8 a.m. the capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at above 200 in eight of 11 air monitoring stations in different parts of the city. The level means children, seniors and individuals with heart or lung problems should stay indoors. Saturday is the fifth day in a row that the capital's air quality has stayed well above 200, sparking public concerns over its health implications. High-rise buildings in Hanoi could be barely seen through the haze on Saturday morning. Visibility remained low in many areas of the capital city. In Ha Dong District, vision was less than 100m and in the Ha Nam area 200m. IQAir AirVisual, a Switzerland-based air quality monitoring facility that generates data from public, ground-based and real-time monitoring stations, recorded Hanoi's AQI level at 271 on Saturday morning, making it the most polluted city in the world. … [Read more...] about Thick haze showcases worsening Hanoi air pollution