The inner-city waterway network will give visitors a chance to enjoy a stroll through the city and a peaceful moment away from the busyness of everyday life. Ho Chi Minh City has a great potential for water-way tourism with about 1,000 km of rivers and canals running through historical sites and fruit gardens. A water-way tour will give travelers an opportunity to explore cultural and historical sites, architectural works and cuisine along river banks. According to the city’s government, waterway tourism will become a typical tourist product of Ho Chi Minh City. Travel businesses also offer a yacht sailing weekend. (Photo: Hoang Hung) Games and water sports in HCMC (Photo: Hoang Hung) A boat trip on Sai Gon river (Photo: Hoang Hung) … [Read more...] about Sai Gon’s waterways
Lunar New Year holiday 2019 to last for 9 days
The proposal was made by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs and approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The ministry also submitted timetables for the Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holidays. The New Year holiday will be on December 31, 2018, and January 1, 2019. As such, workers will have to compensate their working hours of December 31 on January 5. The holidays of the Reunification Day and May Day will be between April 29 and May 1. Workers have to compensate their working hours of April 29 on May 4. Vietnamplus Tags: 2019 Lunar New Year holiday Lunar New Year holiday 2019 to last for 9 days … [Read more...] about Lunar New Year holiday 2019 to last for 9 days
Quảng Bình retired border solider saves langurs
Viet Nam News QUẢNG BÌNH — Nguyễn Thanh Tú, 56, a retired border soldier, has spent eight years searching for and protecting Hatinh langurs living in mountainous areas in Đồng Hoá Commune in the coastal central province of Quảng Bình. Tú said he officially retired in 2012 after nearly three decades of working hard as a border soldier. One day, when Tú recalled that during his childhood he and his friends took cows to the foot of a local mountain and often saw langurs in tree branches, he got the idea of going to the mountain to search for the langurs. He searched for them alone month after month but he failed. He thought it was a desperate situation and he nearly gave up. Not longer after, when he lay down at a rock in the mountain, he suddenly saw about 10 langurs playing with each other among the tree branches, Dân Việt online newspaper reported. The retired border solider immediately realised that … [Read more...] about Quảng Bình retired border solider saves langurs
Proprietary trading benefits securities companies
HCMC Securities Corporation (HSC) reported VNĐ325 billion (US$14 million) in pre-tax profit in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 250 per cent. Sài Gòn Securities Joint Stock Company (SSI) reported VNĐ492.2 billion in pre-tax profit, up 46 per cent. Analysts pointed to the stock market’s tremendous performance in terms of both liquidity and prices since late last year for this. By early April the benchmark VN-Index was up at a record high of 1,204.33 points. The second reason was the launch of derivative products in the third quarter of last year. Derivatives enabled investors to hedge their portfolios, and securities companies laughed all the way to the bank. Since its launch last August the volume on the derivatives market rose almost 10 times to 563,500 contracts worth VNĐ61.9 trillion last April. Although the market has tanked since early April the country’s three bourses saw trading worth VNĐ270 trillion in … [Read more...] about Proprietary trading benefits securities companies
SATRA “For Vietnam’s seas and islands” launched
SATRA handing over nearly VND 325 million to help equipping troops on DK1 platforms with fresh water filtering systems During the program, many practical activities were held, including raising fund for Vietnam's seas and islands, calling on hospitals and enterprises to provide free health checkups and medicines for fishermen, giving support to build gratitude houses, visiting and presenting gifts to people in Truong Sa island district. During the event, SATRA handed over nearly VND 325 million to help equipping troops on DK1 platforms with fresh water filtering systems, contributing to fulfilling missions at sea, and nearly VND 75 million to the gratitude fund of Naval Base 696 under the Naval Region 2 Command. Translated by Minh Anh … [Read more...] about SATRA “For Vietnam’s seas and islands” launched