In his opening speech, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said that Vietnam grows lychee, longan, and rambutan orchards on a total area of 160,000ha. Last year, the three fruit exports were valued at US$ 325 million. The Northern province of Bac Giang, with its biggest area of lychee trees in the country with over 28,500ha, annually yields about 150,000-200,000 tons of lychee and pockets VND 5.5 trillion. "Thieu" lychee. Photo: truyenhinhlucngan.vn Especially, “Thieu” lychee, a specialty of Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang, has been exported to many foreign markets such as the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the UK, France, Australia, and the Southeast Asia. The district has successfully registered brand protection for its “Thieu” lychee in eight countries of China, the US, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Laos, and Cambodia. In recent years, lychee, longan, and rambutan fruits have … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s typical fruits introduced to the world
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DPRK-USA Summit – A chance to bring Vietnamese cuisine to the world
'Pho Thin' is among the favourite dishes of foreign reporters (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - In addition to infrastructure facilities to serve operations of reporters coming to cover the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, the International Media Centre (IMC) has provided them with free lunches and dinners, making it a chance to promote the hospitality of Vietnamese people and traditional dishes. At lunchtime right after the IMC was opened for reporters on February 26, the food court attracted a crowd of foreign and domestic reporters. A wide range of European and Asian foods, including Vietnamese dishes such as ‘gio’ (pork-pie), ‘cha’ grilled chopped meat, ‘banh cuon’ (steamed rolled rice pancake), ‘nem ran’ (fried meat rolls) and cakes, were served at the buffet lunch. The 'Ba Am bun thang' attracts a crowd of diners (Source: VNA) In particular, Hanoi city’s food court saw the participation of many cuisine artisans … [Read more...] about DPRK-USA Summit – A chance to bring Vietnamese cuisine to the world
Vietnam to join world’s leading travel event in London
Vietnam will attend the World Travel Market scheduled for November 6-8 in London, the UK. World Travel Market London is the leading global event for the travel industry, generating more than 2.8 billion GBP (3.66 billion USD) of business contracts between attendees. Now in its 37th year, this show attracts a global audience that shape the travel industry. Vietnam's booth at World Travel Market 2016 (Source: vietnamtourism.com) Over three days, the travel industry comes together as almost 5,000 exhibiting destinations, technology and private sector companies to find and network with 51,000 travel professionals, key industry buyers, journalists, digital influencers, students and tourism Ministers. Attending the event is a chance for Vietnam to promote its tourism, gain an insight into market development trends and expand cooperation with partners in the UK. Covering an area of 252sq.m, the Vietnamese booth will focus on introducing visitors to the country’s tourist … [Read more...] about Vietnam to join world’s leading travel event in London
Introducing tea culture to the world
Tea as a national specialty Tea is an indispensable beverage for Vietnamese, especially for special occasions like the Lunar New Year, funerals and weddings. This ordinary beverage has come to be regarded as somehow embodying Vietnamese culture. Every Vietnamese village had a tea house, with a tea pot, few chairs and a tobacco hookah. Tea drinkers can sip tea while eating a sesame candy or a green bean cake. Tea pots may be found in every Vietnamese family and guests are often treated to tea while visiting. Royal families often had tea flavored with some aromatic flowers like jasmine and lotus and used upstream water or morning dew drops. At pagodas or monasteries, tea drinking is considered a form of meditation, highlighting the harmony of nature and man, the respect for the existence of all things, the physical and mental purity and the peace of mind. Vietnamese tea culture has traveled through generations, but only in the ninth and tenth centuries under the Ly and Tran Dynasties … [Read more...] about Introducing tea culture to the world
Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the world
Music Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the world Kieu Giang Friday, Feb 10, 2017,19:43 (GMT+7) Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the worldKieu Giang Vietnamese zither artist Tri Nguyen Vietnamese zither artist Tri Nguyen, who was named at the Global Music Awards in 2015 for his debut album of “Consonnances”, will introduce his latest album Beyond Borders at a concert which will take place next Monday at Idecaf in HCMC’s District 1. “Consonnances” was a winner of the Global Music Awards Gold Medal for World Music, a Gold Medal Winner of the Akademia Award for World Music, Voix des Arts music blog CD of the Month and a Top Ten Best Album on the Far Side Music website. Tri Nguyen is a composer/zither artist/pianist who has lived in France in 30 years with his Vietnamese nationality. In 2016, he became the first Vietnamese to be in the nomination list of the Grammy … [Read more...] about Local artist brings zither sounds of Vietnam to the world