Illustrate image (Photo: thainews.prd.go.th) Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - Using the popularity of homegrown "boys’ love" (BL) productions as an attraction, Thailand has launched a campaign to attract international tourists , particularly Japanese tourists. According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the campaign was launched in June at the Mini Thai Festival in Osaka, Japan. Two booths were set up by video distributors in the "Thai BL" corner, attracting a large crowd that was also there to view Thai street food stalls and a Muay Thai exhibition . The productions, known as "Y series" in Thailand — a reference to the Japanese "yaoi" fiction that features relationships between male characters and served as the inspiration for BL dramas — were once viewed with prejudice but have since gained acceptance due to their potential to serve as cultural exports. When the TAT’s Osaka office offered eight participants a trial tour, partially funded by the office, to BL … [Read more...] about Thailand kickstarts tourism campaign through “BL Dramas”
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Some 155 Vietnamese athletes to partake in ASEAN Para Games 2022
The ASEAN Para Games 2022 is a qualifier for athletes to win tickets to Paralympic Paris 2024. Some 155 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities will attend the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 2022) in Indonesia next month, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The Vietnamese delegation will include one guiding athlete, 18 coaches, two doctors, and 13 support personnel. The rest are Vietnamese parasports athletes who will compete in eight events: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and archery. On July 23, a departure ceremony will be held to see off the Vietnamese delegation at the National Sports Training Center in Ho Chi Minh City. It is expected that on July 26 or 27, the Vietnamese delegation will join the Games. Weightlifter Le Van Cong is the golden hope of Vietnam's disabled team at the ASEAN Para Games 2022 in … [Read more...] about Some 155 Vietnamese athletes to partake in ASEAN Para Games 2022
“Japan Street” to bolster Vietnam-Japan business cooperation: JETRO
More than 100 Japanese companies in the food industry and 30 in cosmetics are looking for partners and expanding business in Vietnam. Japan Street, an online catalog site, is expected to further enhance business cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese enterprises and further contribute to bilateral relations. Deputy Head of JETRO in Hanoi Keisuke Kobayashi at the event. Photo: Hai Yen Project Manager at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Hanoi Yutaka Yasunaga stressed the view during a press briefing on the platform held today [June 30]. According to Yasunaga, “Japan Street” would help connect Japanese suppliers with overseas buyers, including those from Vietnam. Yasunaga said that the Covid-19 pandemic and the restriction measures adopted by countries around the world have made it difficult to set up direct meetings between buyers and suppliers. “An online platform, therefore, is considered an effective solution to avoid disruption to … [Read more...] about “Japan Street” to bolster Vietnam-Japan business cooperation: JETRO
Pi miners anxiously await monetization
The system is making steady progress towards transiting to launch by around Pi2 Day - June 28, the development team announced on the Pi Network app last Tuesday. Since Monday night, Pi miners in Vietnam have started to wait for the transition. Many claimed to be business owners and said they will accept the token as a payment method as soon as the coin can be exchanged. Pi and other cryptocurrencies are not legal tender in Vietnam, Dao Minh Tu, the deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, has said. Huynh Tan of HCMC said he has signed in the app to earn rewards every day for the last three years. "I have joined the project since its beta stage. Now it is about to enter the mainnet stage, so I hope to be able to exchange Pi for money or something." He said prices of thousands dollars is "very unlikely" as there are 100 billion tokens, but the ‘consensus price’ may be of any number. A poll on a Pi group found 75 percent of nearly 3,400 users believing in a ‘consensus … [Read more...] about Pi miners anxiously await monetization
VinShop aims for success as store connection platform
Tokopedia's success lesson Founded in 2009, Tokopedia is one of Indonesia's tech unicorns. According to CB Insights (U.S.), Tokopedia's value reached $7 billion as of June 2020, becoming the third largest unicorn in Southeast Asia, behind Grab (Singapore) and Gojek (Indonesia). Tokopedia was developed as a shopping platform where any business could easily arrange and sell its products. William Tanuwijaya, co-founder of Tokopedia, said that the company's business model is similar to Alibaba's as it combines Toko (shop) and encyclopedia. In 2018, Tokopedia launched the Mitra Tokopedia app for warungs - small family-owned businesses that usually cater to a neighborhood. Mitra Tokopedia has recorded one million downloads in the island nation that has two million warungs. Tokopedia has been successful in bringing technology into Indonesia's grocery stores. Photo by Tokopedia Mitra Tokopedia has gained popularity and is now present in more than 20 major cities, … [Read more...] about VinShop aims for success as store connection platform
One Mount honoured by Google as Best Partner in Supply and Logistics
One Mount is the only enterprise in Vietnam to receive a global award from Google Cloud For the past year, One Mount and Google Cloud have worked together to build the largest technology ecosystem in Vietnam. The strategic collaboration sees One Mount leveraging Google Cloud’s open, scalable, secure-by-design, and carbon-neutral infrastructure and services across the Group’s core lines of business in retail and real estate – including products and services like VinShop, VinID, and OneHousing. With VinShop as the local market leader in online and technology-enabled grocers, One Mount has integrated solutions from Google Cloud to digitalise and modernise the entire fast-moving consumer good supply chain in Vietnam. The move has brought great value and solved key pain points for multiple stakeholders, from manufacturers and distributors to grocers and customers. VinShop owns a modern warehouse system, managed and operated by technology The integration has been … [Read more...] about One Mount honoured by Google as Best Partner in Supply and Logistics
River trash capture tool launched in Nam Dinh Province
This river trash capture tool (hereinafter referred to as a “trash trapper”) is financially supported and technically advised by US-based NGO Ocean Conservancy through “Strategic Plastic Litter Abatement in the Song Hong” project. This project is managed and implemented by MCD in collaboration with the Nam Dinh DONRE and other local and national partners. The event was attended by national-level government representatives from the Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands; the Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration and its Northern Branch; Vietnam Academy for Water Resources; and from MCD; the delegates who participated in the event from Nam Dinh province include: leaders and officers of the DONRE; representatives of the Department of Transport, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Traffic Police Division, Riverway Management Company No. 5; representatives of the Division of Natural Resources and Environment of Nam Dinh city and the People's Committee of Tran Te … [Read more...] about River trash capture tool launched in Nam Dinh Province
Vietnam’s African swine fever vaccine to be widely used by late 2022
The vaccination is expected to be carried out in Vietnam from July to the end of this year. The made-in-Vietnam African swine fever vaccine will be likely used on a large scale by the end of 2022, according to Nguyen Van Long, acting director of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Long said that the vaccine was branded NAVET-ASFVAC and is produced by NAVETCO National Veterinary Joint Stock Company. Over 50 farms in ten provinces and cities nationwide have been selected to administer 600,000 doses of vaccine against African swine fever. It is expected that vaccination will be carried out from July to the end of the year, Long noted, adding that there will be an assessment for the vaccine application and a decision on widespread use will be considered. Tran Xuan Hanh, deputy director of NAVETCO said that following five lab trials, the vaccine has proved to be able to protect at least 80% of immunized pigs, which retain … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s African swine fever vaccine to be widely used by late 2022
Hanoi’s economy posts solid growth in first half of 2022
Hanoi's GRDP growth in the first half of this year shows the economic recovery with the development of many key industries. Hanoi's economy has posted solid growth in the first six months of 2022, director of the municipal statistics bureau Dau Ngoc Hung said at a press conference on June 30. The city's gross domestic product (GDP) has expanded by 7.79% compared to the same period last year, in which, growth in the first and second quarters was 6.02% and 9.49%, respectively, Hung said. He stressed that GRDP growth in the first half of this year is higher than that in the six-month periods in recent years, showing a clear trend of recovery and development quarter after quarter of key industries. In addition, the services sector in the first six months of the year increased by 9.05% year-on-year (with increases of 6.4% and 11.68% in the first and second quarters, respectively) and contributed 5.91 percentage points to the growth of GDP. Director of the Hanoi … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s economy posts solid growth in first half of 2022
Vietnam Report announces Top 10 prestigious banks
Customers conduct banking transactions at a Vietcombank branch. The bank tops the list of the 10 most prestigious commercial banks in Viet Nam in 2022. — Photo baochinhphu.vn The Vietnam Report JSC has recently published the list of the top 10 prestigious banks in Viet Nam in 2022. The 10 banks honoured as the most prestigious commercial banks in the country are Vietcombank, VietinBank, Techcombank, Military Bank, VPBank, ACB, BIDV, TPBank, VIB and AgriBank. Meanwhile, the list of the 10 most prestigious private joint-stock banks comprises Techcombank, VPBank, ACB, TPBank, VIB, HDBank, Sacombank, SHB, OCB and MSB. The banks have been ranked based on three criteria: financial capacity shown on the latest financial statement, credibility on media evaluated by the Media Coding method, and stakeholder opinions collected in a survey in June. The survey also showed that 48 per cent of bank customers think the banking industry has been playing a leading role in the country's … [Read more...] about Vietnam Report announces Top 10 prestigious banks