King Duy Tan sits on a palanquin in central Hue Town. His original name was Nguyen Phuc Vinh San (1899-1945), and he ruled Vietnam from 1907 to 1916. According to "Vua Duy Tan" (King Duy Tan), a book written by Hoang Hien and published in 1995, the king was confident in dealing with foreigners and could speak French fluently despite his tender age. … [Read more...] about Vietnam in the late 19th century through a lens
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No-shows and other fears: Daily life of food delivery workers in Vietnam
“One time I was rushing to the food stall after taking an order, but the long queue of customers left me waiting for my turn for a while. As the customers frantically checked on their order, I had to make haste nearly ten kilometers for a timely delivery. Yet when I arrived, they rejected the order, saying the noodles were soggy at this point and refused to pay,” Vinh recounted. … [Read more...] about No-shows and other fears: Daily life of food delivery workers in Vietnam
Vietnam’s Quang Binh to promote tourism on TripAdvisor
Authorities in the north-central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh will advertise the locality’s tourism on TripAdvisor in 2017 following their recent consensus this week. Quang Binh officials said on Friday that they had reached agreement with TripAdvisor on promoting the province’s tourist industry on the travel website. There has been little international advertising for Quang Binh so far due to a limited budget although the province has huge potential, Tran Tien Dung, deputy chairman of the local People’s Committee, said. This has resulted in very few international tourists visiting the province, Dung added. Thus provincial leaders have decided to turn to TripAdvisor for publicity. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Quang Binh to promote tourism on TripAdvisor
Six companies get equitisation plans approved in January-August
The Ministry of Finance also stressed that leaders of ministerial and central agencies and chairmen of provincial people’s committees must to work more actively to complete the Government’s equitisation plans and they must be accountable for the plan implementation progress. — VNS … [Read more...] about Six companies get equitisation plans approved in January-August
