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The 2018 Ba Ria – Vung Tau Sea Festival opened in Vung Tau City on Tuesday, expected to be the greatest sea festival ever held in Vietnam. This is the second time the festival has been organized, with the first one dating back to 2006. Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is located on the coast of southeastern Vietnam, around 100 kilometers (a two-hour drive) from Ho Chi Minh City. The area is well known to tourists for its beautiful scenery and beaches in Vung Tau, the capital of the province, including Back Beach, Front Beach, and Pineapple Beach. The opening ceremony was held at Cot Co (Flagpole) Park, on Nguyen An Ninh Street of the Back Beach area, where most activities of the festival will take place. With this year’s theme “Connecting the Provinces, Cities of Vietnam – Sustainable Development of Commerce – Tourism and Economy,” the festival will display a large number of the localities’ main activities, specialties, and cultures, according to news page Vung Tau Tin Tuc (Vung Tau … [Read more...] about 28 locales attend sea festival in Ba Ria-Vung Tau

Rơ Mah Chel works as a teacher at Võ Văn Kiệt Primary School in Ia Dơk Commune in Đức Cơ District, Gia Lai Province. VNA/VNS Photo GIA LAI — In Krêl Village in Đức Cơ District of Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, one ethnic minority member stands head and shoulders above the rest. Rơ Mah Chel is a inspiration to his peers and has gained the trust and respect of all those around him. Together with the head village and local authority, he has helped residents improve their education, change the old habits, and apply advanced techniques in cultivation and husbandry to get out of poverty. He is also the person who informs people of the Government’s policies and conveys their aspirations to the local authority. Chel has been a teacher since he was 20. He chose the career as he believed that knowledge would change his life and he could help his villagers improve theirs too. Chel said he started his job when the village was quite poor and underdeveloped. He … [Read more...] about Village elder dedicated in Krêl economic and cultural development

Trần Thị Phương Lan, Acting Director-General of the Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade Trần Thị Phương Lan, Acting Director-General of the Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade, talks to Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper on her department’s resolve to work with local enterprises to overcome challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic Will you please share with us some of the measures Hà Nội authorities have adopted to help local enterprises overcome difficulties and challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic? In the context of COVID-19, Hà Nội authorities have adopted quite many measures to make sure that the City will achieve its double goals of controlling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to develop its economy. Hà Nội was the first locality in the country to launch a big sale promotion campaign to raise the sale revenue and accompanied services. In addition, the city has also encouraged each commune in the city to open a campaign 'one commune one … [Read more...] about Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade supports enterprises

Customs officers at work. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — The General Department of Việt Nam Customs recently issued an action plan to implement Resolution 02/NQ-CP of the Government to improve the ranking of the trading across borders index by 10 to 15 spots compared to 2019 in the 'Ease of Doing Business' rankings of the World Bank . Resolution 02/NQ-CP aims to improve the business environment and national competitiveness by 2021. The department said that to effectively implement the resolution, it will carry out administrative reform. Customs offices will continue to promote the reform of customs administrative procedures by putting people and businesses at the centre; ensure the efficiency of State management; and create a fair, open, convenient and transparent business environment to support people and businesses. At the same time, the customs office will reduce and simplify business conditions; remove difficulties for businesses, shorten processes, modernise, … [Read more...] about Customs aims to improve trading across borders index

Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi trains at the Cocky Buffalo club in HCM City to prepare for her WBO title fight in April. Photo courtesy of Cocky Buffalo Boxing Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi will have to wait till April for her chance to become the first Vietnamese world female boxing champion after her fight was delayed. Instead of being dismayed, the pint-sized boxer has taken the delay as an opportunity to sharpen her technique to prepare for her date with destiny. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) agreed to move the mini flyweight (48kg) title defence between Thu and Japanese boxer Etsuko Tada to April, about two months after it was scheduled to be held. The delay was needed as Tada could not travel to Việt Nam in February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second time that the bout was postponed after being originally scheduled for last April in South Korea. “It is sad that it was delayed again while I am in good mood and preparing well for it,” … [Read more...] about Boxer Nhi gears up for her world title shot