When will Vietnam earn money from int’l book festivals?

Vietnamese books annually take part in several international book festivals, such as the Beijing Book Festival in China, the Moscow Book Festival in Russia, the Frankfurt Book Festival in Germany and the Havana Book Festival in Cuba.

Vietnam’s stall at the Havana Book Fair in Cuba.

 
The areas of the stalls for Vietnamese books have increased [...]

Foreigners allowed to buy apartments in Vietnam from today

The luxury apartment block The Manor in Hanoi. Foreigners are allowed to buy apartments in commercial housing projects in Vietnam starting today.

Starting today, foreigners who meet specific eligibility criteria can own apartments in Vietnam under a National Assembly resolution ratified last May.

According to the Construction Ministry, around 10,000 of 80,000 foreigners living [...]

Japanese tourists rescued from bia om con

The stolen cash and property police seized from the gang members arrested Monday

A gang of thieves have been preying on foreign tourists using a time-honored confidence trick involving pretty girls and inflated bar bills.

Ho Chi Minh City police Monday arrested five members of a robbery gang who were allegedly working with a [...]

Playing from the heart

Canadian maestro Simon Leung will be conducting his second international concert in HCMC December 4-6

Music is universal, says Canadian conductor Simon Leung, who is in Ho Chi Minh City for a performance next week.

 ”I do not look at myself as an Asian as much as I regard myself as a musician.”
Brought up [...]

HCMC consumers not protected from fake goods: seminar

Market control officials make an inventory of suspected fake goods at a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Experts say city authorities have not been able to get rid of counterfeits and knockoffs.

Ho Chi Minh City does not have effective measures in place to protect consumers from knockoffs and forgeries, delegates at a seminar said [...]

Authorities look to bring stranded tourists home from Thailand

Tang Ky Chanh (L) and other tourists being stuck at a hotel in Thailand.

With Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport occupied by Thai protestors since Tuesday, many international tourists, including Vietnamese, have found their way home blocked.

Among them is a group of 29 Vietnamese tourists taken to Thailand by Hoang Viet Company.
Tang Ky Chanh, [...]

No let up from heavy rains in central, southern Vietnam

Dien Bien Phu Street in Thua Thien-Hue Province was heavily flooded Saturday

Incessant rain has lashed central and southern regions over the last two days, leaving many provinces and cities under water and causing major material losses.

In the central region, Thua Thien-Hue Province and its neighboring Da Nang City were worst hit by [...]

From beasts of burden to pampered thoroughbreds

The winning bull team, ridden by Chao Dieu, powers toward the finish line to win the Bull Race Festival last Saturday in southern An Giang Province.

A farmer from southern An Giang Province, Chao Col, said he took more care cleaning his racing bull than he did when he cleaned himself.

Farmers from the [...]