vietexplorer0025

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, Panamanian Ambassador to Vietnam Alberto Salas De Leon, and other Ambassadors, representatives of diplomatic missions, international organizations, and the Panamanian community living in Vietnam. Speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Alberto Salas De Leon said that Panama is surrounded by two big oceans. As early as the 16th century, Emperor Charles V commissioned a plan to build a waterway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In June 2016, Panama inaugurated the canal expansion project, creating conditions for ships carrying up to 14,000 containers to easily pass through, thanks to which 6% of global trade is currently carried out through the Panama Canal. The Panama Ship Registry today is one of the leading registries in the world, including 8,500 ships, carrying a total of 250 million tons, annually contributing USD 117 million to the Panamanian State Treasury. Ambassador Alberto Salas De Leon commented that...

The Hanoi Rapid Chess Championship 2023 ended on November 5. The Hanoi Rapid Chess Championship 2023 organized by the Vietnam Chess Federation coordinates with the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, and the Future Grandmaster Chess Club. This year’s tournament has 2,068 domestic and international players. Among them, there are more than 100 chess clubs in Hanoi as well as more than 20 clubs in provinces, and cities. In particular, the tournament also has the participation of athletes with disabilities, competing with other athletes. The tournament also set a record for the number of table referees participating in running a chess tournament in Vietnam with 70 referees. Notably, before the tournament date, the Organizing Committee still received requests to register. However, to ensure progress and quality, the Organizing Committee cannot accept registrations. At the tournament, players competed for 32 sets of medals from ages U5 to U15 in the movement group, and U7...

Nguyen Ngoc Hung, vice president of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO). (Photo: Mai Anh) The photo exhibition that features the development achievements of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are partners of Australia in Vietnam was held on November 9 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Hanoi). According to Nguyen Ngoc Hung, vice president of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), in recent years, Vietnam-Australia relations developed closely in many fields, especially people-to-people exchanges with contributions from foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Many organizations such as AOP, FHF, and Childfund have a history of nearly 30 years of operation in Vietnam with hundreds of projects, supporting more than 12.6 million people. Starting from specific support such as medical equipment, facility renovation, and loan support, organizations gradually change their approach in each stage. They focus more on capacity...

Celebrations. The event, which is scheduled to take place at My Dinh National Stadium on December 23 and 24, is expected to feature several renowned K-pop stars. Highlight’s participation was announced on October 23, generating considerable excitement among fans. Social media platforms quickly lit up with discussions and shared posts, reflecting the anticipation for this upcoming concert. Fans expressed their enthusiasm, with comments such as, “I am not a fan of them, but I know all their songs by heart” and “I loved their songs as a child,” revealing the enduring appeal of Highlight’s music. This marks Highlight’s third visit to Vietnam, with their previous performance at the My Soul Seoul event in Ho Chi Minh City, where they shared the stage with other famous artists like HOOK and Hari Won. Highlight received an enthusiastic reception from the audience in Ho Chi Minh City last year. Photo: Hoai Phuong / Tuoi Tre While Highlight’s participation has been confirmed, ...

The event will see the movie titled “The Unburied Sounds of a Troubled Horizon” directed by Tuan Andrew Nguyen compete in the category of “Undercurrent”. The film draws inspiration from people who reside in the central province of Quang Tri, an area which is one of the most heavily bombed areas in history. Meanwhile, Vietnamese film “Fix Anything” directed Le Lam Vien will compete against 16 other movies in the category of “Southeast Asian Short Film Competition”. The 15 minute-movie tells the story of a father who ropes in his son for exploits using his DIY ‘memory eraser’ van in a sci-fi comedy which depicts their one-night adventure. “Fix Anything” will also compete with “What the hell” by director Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang in the “Southeast Asian Film Lab” category. The category consists of programmes which provide a collaborative space for Southeast Asian filmmakers who are embarking on their first feature-length film project. By attending the festival, young directors will ha...

Locals use lop – a cylindrical bamboo basket to catch such field crabs. They often collect the field crabs at 4:00 am. From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, they sell the crabs they have caught.  Nguyen Van Mong, in Binh Thanh Commune, has earned his living by placing the bamboo baskets to catch field crabs for 20 years, enough for him to raise his three kids. Bich Thuy field crab wholesaling point, run by Nguyen Van Mong and his wife, is crowded every day. The peak time of this job falls between the seventh and the tenth lunar month (around August to November), which is the flooding season in the Mekong Delta. Mong and those like him earn the best income during this time.  He can collect 50 to 60 kilograms of field crabs by placing 600 bamboo baskets. For the past two years, Mong and his wife have worked as wholesalers. They are now running a field crab wholesaling point named Bich Thuy.  They buy 450 to 500 kilograms of field crabs from 100 households ea...

Playing an active role in regional and international peace movements During the term 2013-2020, the Vietnam Peace Committee closely observed the domestic and international progress and made great contributions to Vietnam’s people-to-people diplomacy in particular, to promoting and protecting the image and national interests of Vietnam in general, as well as to regional and international people’s movements. According to a report of the Committee, it has conducted many activities in the implementation of Directive 28-CT/TW dated December 2, 2008, and Directive No. 38-CT/TW dated September 19, 2019 of The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on continuing to innovate, promote the role and improve the quality and effectiveness of activities of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations in the new context. The Committee has also worked closely to the Action Program of the Friendship Union to carry out the Resolutions of the 5th and 6th National Co...

The enjoyment of working with new students Every time there is a new batch of Vietnamese students, Mi becomes extremely busy: She has to help these international students with admission procedures, find accommodation, buy medicine, or take sick students to the hospital. In the eyes of many students, Mi is like a big sister, a consultant on many issues from studying, cultural subjects, or problems related to daily life in Russia. As a foreign student support specialist, Mi has taken care of many generations of international students. Because Mi herself understands the difficulties of the language barrier, she has launched a project called “Learning Russian from the soul” which includes a lot of methods to solve the problems that many Vietnamese students in Russia are currently facing. Mi confided that the idea of “Learning Russian from the soul” was formed when she witnessed many children who followed their parents to Russia when they were young. Due to their poor Russian, they h...

Noteworthy tourist destinations The heart-shaped tea hill has just opened to welcome guests in Moc Chau. This tourist destination is not only green but also has a relatively beautiful viewing position with beautiful scenery. The tea hill is located at the foot of the slope of sub-zone 68, quite close to the road leading to the grassland 68 Moc Chau. When the rain stopped, the waterfalls began to flow gently. This combined with the golden rays of autumn sunlight will give visitors beautiful photos of the poetic landscape. Some famous waterfalls in Moc Chau include Nang Tien waterfall, Dai Yem waterfall, and Ta Nang waterfall. Photo: anningthudo The pedestrian street and Moc Chau night market have just been completed. They are part of the first phase of the overall development of tourist facilities at this place. The new night market has been opened to welcome guests from August 28, 2022. This market is very beautiful, luxurious, and spacious. Currently, Van Ho district...

in Nam Tra District, Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam have endured a rough life on the hillside for years due to the authorities’ unresolved conflict regarding overlapping geographical boundaries. The total area of the overlapping land between Kon Tum Province and Quang Nam Province is nearly 6,200 hectares, with the length of the whole route running through it at over 10 kilometers.  This problem has lasted for years, but the two provinces have yet to agree on a solution, resulting in the precarious survival of over 1,000 people on the hillside. They long for fundamental infrastructures similar to those in other villages, including electricity, a road system, schools, markets, and telecommunication services.  Where there is no light “A well-off family can buy their own water-powered electricity generator and place it at the top of the stream [that runs through the village]. But for the less able, they often team up in groups of three to four families,” said Ho Van Tho...