An event celebrating the fifth International Day of Yoga (June 21) will be held on June 22, said Rajesh Uike, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy in Vietnam, during a press conference in Hanoi on June 17. A mass yoga performance at the 2018 International Day of Yoga in Tien Giang province (Photo: VNA) The event will be organised by the diplomatic office, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Hanoi People’s Committee in Hanoi, featuring a mass yoga performance of more than 800 yoga lovers. Meanwhile, the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City will arrange a similar celebration in the country’s biggest city on June 29, while charitable activities will be held in 10 other localities on the occasion. The increasing popularity of yoga in Vietnam helps connect people of the two nations and foster the India-Vietnam friendship, Uike noted. Recognising its universal appeal, on December 2014, the United Nations designated 21 June as … [Read more...] about International Day of Yoga to be observed in Vietnam
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Reach for the sky, former NASA chief exhorts Vietnamese youth
He traveled four times to space between 1986 and 1994 and was NASA chief from 2009 to 2017, but, as a child, Bolden never dreamed of being an astronaut, thinking it was beyond someone like him. Today, the former marine has a message for Vietnamese youth. They should dream and have to work hard to pursue their dreams. "Don’t be afraid of failure. Don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do something that you want to do. If you fail, it’s ok, you just learn from it and grow," he said in a conversation with VnExpress last week. "You can’t be the best if you don’t work hard," whether it is to become a scientist, an athlete or a musician, he said. If they want to be an astronaut, they should study math and science, as well as history and language, he told Vietnamese kids, reiterating that hard work was key to success. As the first ever African American NASA chief, Bolden said he believes every child can become an astronaut if they have passion and work … [Read more...] about Reach for the sky, former NASA chief exhorts Vietnamese youth
Hanoi young tour guides try to tackle pickpocketing
A young tour guide group in Hanoi are trying to deal with pickpockets, which have become increasingly common at Hanoi’s tourist sites. The people from Muoi Tour Guide Club have set up a team to hunt for pickpockets. The tour guide group establish to identify pickpockets More visitors have been pickpocketed at Hanoi tourist sites. Two Australian visitors recently had their wallets stolen after leaving Tran Quoc Pagoda. Immediately, they called their bank in Australia to lock the credit card. While waiting for locking the card, up to three transactions were made totalling AUD,6000. Earlier, two other Australian travellers named faced the same problem in Hanoi. They got a phone message about the credit card transaction worth AUD5,000. The transaction was carried out a shop on Trang Tien Street. When the Australians came to the shop, the criminals had already left. According to the shop cameras, both the thieves were foreigners. Ngo Quy Tien, a senior tour guide in Hanoi Old … [Read more...] about Hanoi young tour guides try to tackle pickpocketing
Canada in talks with Malaysia about taking back plastic waste
The government of Canada said on June 17 it is in discussions with Malaysia about retrieving plastic waste that originated from Canada and is currently in Malaysia. Plastic waste is placed inside a cargo container before it is sent back to the country of origin in Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia, 28 May 2019. (Source: EPA) In late May, the Malaysian government said it would send 3,000 tons of plastic waste back to 14 countries of origin, including Canada, the United States, Japan, France, Australia and Britain. There was no indication of how much of the plastic waste was of Canadian origin. "The Government of Canada is indeed working with Malaysian authorities to address any issues related to the shipment of waste from Canada to Malaysia," the Environment and Climate Change Canada Department said in a statement. The Canadian government reached a deal last month with Manila to take back household waste, which is expected to be in Canada by late June. But Environment and … [Read more...] about Canada in talks with Malaysia about taking back plastic waste
African swine fever could bankrupt livestock sector
A report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently stated that African swine fever (ASF) will cause demand for animal feed in Viet Nam to decrease from 23.8 million tonnes in 2018 to 23.7 million tonnes in 2019 and 23.5 million tonnes in 2020. — Photo cungcau.vn African swine fever has not only caused livestock farming households to fall into debt, but has also made it difficult for animal feed dealers to collect their payments. If the epidemic continues, the domino effect could bankrupt the livestock industry. Since the spread of African swine fever in Viet Nam, a number of shops selling animal feed have been put in a bind because they have to sell animal feed to farmers on credit, while paying the manufacturers on receipt of the grains. Hard to collect debts Pham Van Luong, a feed salesman in Nam Dinh’s Hai Hau District, said, previously, his family sold an average of 20 tonnes of rice bran per month. However, since the outbreak of African swine fever, over … [Read more...] about African swine fever could bankrupt livestock sector