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Well, Tet gives a warm, positive feeling of bringing families and society together, and everyone is inviting and caring during such moment of the year. That’s what Austin Carter thinks about Tet. Having spent four years in Vietnam, Carter, now chief financial officer of an educational website, says his most memorable moment about Tet was his trip to a small town in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. “I was treated like a family member who hadn’t been seen for many years by everyone I met,” Carter says. “Strangers shared food, drink and many smiles and laughs with me. I remember being invited to drink rice wine by each and every person at the table.” … [Read more...] about Tet: Happy side vs. Boring side

Global economic growth and international trade are forecast to continue their downward trend in 2020, as is global unrest. Increasing trade protection, fierce competition among major economies, non-traditional security challenges, natural disasters, epidemics, climate change, and cybersecurity crime are expected to affect the tourism sector. Therefore, in order to improve the return rate of foreign visitors, Vietnam has to improve tourism service quality, make changes in its visa policies, improve transit capacity, and cooperate more actively with international airlines to open direct flights to Europe. … [Read more...] about #VietnamNow: Country launches worldwide tourism campaign

The peacock is one of the rare and precious species, named in the Việt Nam’s Red Book. However, this bird being raised and bred on farms that registered under the law  was still allowed to legally trade. The peacock has a large body and colorful feathers. … [Read more...] about Nurturing peacocks at home bringing high income to a family in Nam Định

Therefore, maintaining the momentum of growth on the set targets requires extremely important reform efforts. Dr. Cung said that in the current context, Vietnam's growth momentum would depend greatly on reforms, especially reforms on business environment improvement, support and development of private economic sector, reform of State-owned enterprises, removing barriers to mobilise more capital and disbursing more public investment capital. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s GDP likely to reach 6.8 percent: CIEM

Nearly 2,000 cases have been confirmed in mainland China. More than 40 confirmed cases have been identified in 13 places outside mainland China. And 62.8 million people have been affected by Beijing’s attempts to either partially or fully lock down affected cities. … [Read more...] about Chinese tourist dies in Danang as coronavirus scare intensifies