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The event attracted the participation of representatives from 63 embassies and diplomatic missions from across Washington D.C. The pavilion set up by the Vietnam Embassy enjoyed plenty of attention from international friends who were keen to gain a greater insight into the nation’s culture and tourism through the unique range of handicraft products such as embroidery paintings, ceramic decorative items, as well as tourism promotion publications on show. Guests at the exhibition were particularly impressed with the tourism promotion banner designed by the Vietnamese Embassy, while the country’s traditional green bean cakes, green tea, and Vietnamese coffee, all served to win over new friends. This year represents the third consecutive time that the Vietnamese Embassy in the US has participated in the event, with the occasion serving as one of the most anticipated events in terms of cultural exchanges and tourism promotion activities held in Washington DC around the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese culture introduced at exhibition in US

Trong could not hide his tears after suffering the injury in a V. League 1 match for Hanoi FC against Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC on May 31, just before Vietnam national team left for Thailand for King’s Cup. Scans showed his anterior cruciate ligament was torn. He will have to undergo surgery, and it will take six to eight months to recover. Tran Dinh Trong uses crutches to move around due to his knee injury. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong. He is also set to miss the SEA Games with the U22 team and World Cup 2022 qualification campaign with the senior team. Trong’s absence is a huge loss to the national team whose coach Park Hang-seo considers him a key player in the back. After the 2018 AFF Cup, Trong suffered a foot injury and could not play for Vietnam in the 2019 Asian Cup. After treating his injury in South Korea, Trong came back to play for Hanoi FC. Now he will have to go back to South Korea for treatment. Vietnamese players hold up Trong's number 21 jersey up after their … [Read more...] about Vietnamese defender to miss SEA Games, World Cup qualifiers due to injury

A dancing performance at the opening ceremony of the festival in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province, on May 17 (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – A culture, sports and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups in Vietnamese and Lao border localities is taking place in A Luoi district, Thua Thien-Hue province. The event attracts more than 600 artisans, artists, and amateur athletes from both sides. They come from Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Kon Tum, and the Lao provinces of Attapeu, Sekong, Savannakhet, and Salavan. Opening the festival on May 17, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy said the event aims to honour and introduce the special cultural values of ethnic minorities while enhancing the solidarity, friendship, cooperation and cultural exchange between the two countries’ border provinces. Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and … [Read more...] about Festival connects ethnics in Vietnamese, Lao border provinces

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at an event while visiting TH Group's dairy farm in Volokolamsk district of Moscow Oblast, Russia, on December 10 (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia and the hi-tech dairy farm of TH Group in Volokolamsk district of Moscow Oblast on December 10, part of her official visit to Russia. Talking to the Vietnamese Embassy’s staff, the top legislator said Russia is a focus in the Party and State’s foreign policy. She stressed that amid the complex international and regional situation and an increase in citizen protection cases, the embassy should be more active and step up measures to support Vietnamese expatriates. Talking to the Vietnamese parliamentary delegation when they visited the dairy farm of TH Group in Volokolamsk district, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Region Government Khromov Vadim Valerianovich said Vietnam and … [Read more...] about NA leader visits Vietnamese embassy, TH Group’s project in Russia

The Hanoi People’s Court has ruled against the April 10 decision of an arbitral tribunal that required the Vietnamese company (VSH) to pay a Chinese consortium VND2.16 trillion ($93 million) in compensation. The Chinese consortium consists of HydroChina Huadong Engineering Corporation, a unit of the state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), and China Railway 18th Bureau Group. The conflict between VSH and the Chinese consortium relates to the 220MW Upper Kon Tum Hydropower Project in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, in which VSH was the investor. Construction of the plant began in 2009. VSH awarded the Chinese consortium a sub-project for which it bid at VND1.61 trillion ($69.4 million, adjusted for inflation), 55.3 percent cheaper than the next bidder. However, VSH later terminated the contract with the Chinese consortium as it kept asking repeatedly to increase costs while failing to meet construction deadlines, the Vietnamese firm said in a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese investor not obligated to compensate Chinese contractor: court