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• Yen Bai Tourism Year kicked off

  More than 300 professional artists, including singer Trong Tan, Minh Tuyet, Dang Duong and Tung Duong joined the performance themed Lung Linh Sac Mau Yen Bai (Glamorous Yen Bai). The event also features Inh La Oi, a traditional folk melody of the Thai ethnic group in Yen Bai province, performed by American singer Kyo York. Terraced paddy fields in Yen Bai province. (Photo for illustration)  Along with music and art, the characteristic images of Yen Bai - rice terraces, ban flower (Bauhinia flower - the signature flower of the region) and houses-on-stilts were also featured to bring audiences a sense…... [read more]

• Mother Goddess worship festival underway in Yen Bai

  Honouring the Mother Goddess of Forest Worshipping Practice, the event took place at the local Dong Cuong temple, which has been known as the birthplace of Mother Goddess Worship Practice. It entailed several activities, including the practice of “len dong” (going into a trance), a carnival recreating the Mother Goddess, and an exhibition of photos and paintings depicting the practice. The festival has attracted practitioners from 19 provinces and cities nationwide and tens of thousands of visitors to the province. The Vietnamese Mother Goddess worship was officially recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity in late 2016.…... [read more]

• Yen Bai Tourism Year kicks off

  Yen Bai (VNA) – The Yen Bai Tourism Year kicked off with art performances and cultural activities on May 19 in the northern mountainous province. More than 300 professional artists including singer Trong Tan, Minh Tuyet, Dang Duong and Tung Duong joined the performance themed Lung Linh Sac Mau Yen Bai (Glamourous Yen Bai). The event also features Inh La Oi, a traditional folk melody of the Thai ethnic group in Yen Bai province, performed by American singer Kyo York. Along with music and art, the characteristic images of Yen Bai – rice terraces, ban flower (orchid tree flower –…... [read more]

• First Mother Goddess practice festival to open

  Viet Nam News YÊN BÁI - Việt Nam's first-ever festival featuring Mẫu Thượng Ngàn (Mother Goddess of Forest) worship will bring folk artists from across the nation to Yên Bái Province on May 20 and 21. In Việt Nam's Mother Goddess worshipping practice, Mẫu Thượng Ngàn (Mother Goddess of Forest) rules Nhạc Phủ (Forest), one of the Four Palaces besides Thiên Phủ (Heaven), Thủy Phủ (Water) and Địa Phủ (Earth). The Four Palaces are where deities of indigenous Vietnamese religion reside. The festival will be held in Đông Cuông Temple in Bến Đền Village, an important historical and cultural relic…... [read more]

• Using public-private partnerships to revamp agriculture

  The availability of private sector foreign direct investment (FDI) in agriculture is constrained by many inherent risks and other factors that make it – for all intents and purposes – not a viable source of traditional FDI funding. Smallholder agriculture is under-funded Smallholder farmers operating in the segment primarily produce cash crops with as much as 40% of their short-term financing needs met by their value chain partners and another 12% by commercial lenders. Notably, virtually all their long-term financing needs remain unmet. The gap in long-term financing is not a consequence of farmers not being able to operate profitably…... [read more]

• Companies thrive best in conductive macroeconomic environment

  Companies thrive best in conductive macroeconomic environment Binh Nguyen Many foreign investors have expressed concern about Vietnam’s worsening business environment, but Singaporean investors still regard this country as a market of interest. In an email interview with The Saigon Times Daily, Tan Soon Kim, group director of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore for Southeast Asia, clarified this point and discussed trade and investment ties of the two nations. Excerpts: The Saigon Times Daily: The local business community has recently touched on the new investment and business expansion in Vietnam by companies from Japan and other countries than from Singapore. Do Singaporean…... [read more]

• Vietnam contributes to promote peace, prosperity in ASEAN members

  The Hanoitimes - Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan has called on Asian countries and parties to show their sense of responsibility for peace, stability and prosperity in the region, which is facing various security and development challenges. The official made the appeal at the ninth General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He stressed the need to resolve disputes relating to sovereignty and territory by peaceful measures in line with international law and with respect for diplomatic and legal processes, and implement agreements and…... [read more]

• Việt Nam calls for peace, prosperity in Asia

  The Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Head Hoàng Bình Quân delivers speech at the ninth General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 1-4. — VNA/VNs Photo KUALA LUMPUR – The Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Head Hoàng Bình Quân called on Asian countries and parties to show their sense of responsibility for peace, stability and prosperity in the region which is facing various security and development challenges. The official made the appeal at the ninth General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP)…... [read more]

• Foreign coffee, fast food retreat from Vietnam

  On July 20 New York Dessert Coffee bid goodbye to Vietnamese customers via Facebook and promised to "come back someday." Earlier, in May the Singapore-based NYDC had closed three outlets on Nguyen Trai Street and at the Cantavil and Crescent malls in HCM City. The one at Metropolitan in downtown Sai Gon continued to operate. However, it too finally closed. In 2012, when NYDC came to Vietnam for the first time, the company expected to open at least 20 outlets by investing an estimated US$300 million within five years. However, NYDC's dream of finding a firm foothold in the Vietnamese…... [read more]

• Foreign coffee, fast food retreat from Viet Nam

  On July 20 New York Dessert Coffee bid goodbye to Vietnamese customers via Facebook and promised to "come back someday." — Photo NYDC. On July 20 New York Dessert Coffee bid goodbye to Vietnamese customers via Facebook and promised to "come back someday." Earlier, in May the Singapore-based NYDC had closed three outlets on Nguyen Trai Street and at the Cantavil and Crescent malls in HCM City. The one at Metropolitan in downtown Sai Gon continued to operate. However, it too finally closed. In 2012, when NYDC came to Viet Nam for the first time, the company expected to open…... [read more]