Hanoi FC will join group G with Indonesian champions Bali United, Cambodian champions Boeung Ket and a play-off winner. Saigon FC will join group H with Malaysian side Kedah Darul Aman, Singapore’s Lion City Sailors and a play-off winner. The play-off winners of both groups would be either from Laos, Myanmar or Brunei. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese clubs expected to sail through AFC Cup group stage
Da nang welcomes first tourist group in over two months vnexpress international
Vietnam records first Covid-19 community transmissions after two months
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam guided that the Lunar New Year, the biggest holiday of Vietnamese people, is coming close and Hai Duong has to make all efforts to locate the infected areas within 10 days to put down the outbreak as soon as possible. … [Read more...] about Vietnam records first Covid-19 community transmissions after two months
Phong Nha, Hoi An, Ninh Binh named among top ten welcoming cities in Vietnam
Nearly 9,000 units in Vietnam were included in the ninth 2021 Traveller Review Awards from Booking.com. The awards aim to honour good quality resorts, which have received a lot of positive feedback from customers, with an average rating of 8.0 or higher (on a 10-point scale). … [Read more...] about Phong Nha, Hoi An, Ninh Binh named among top ten welcoming cities in Vietnam
Incense-making craft of Nung ethnic group in Cao Bang
Residing in Phia Thap Hamlet at the foot of Pha Hung mountain, the Nung ethnic minority people are renowned for producing agarwood incense sticks. For several hundreds of years, members of the Nung ethnic group follow their traditional craft of making incense sticks from agarwood trees. Their incense sticks are made of natural materials, with artificial chemicals free. Each piece is soaked four times in a flour mixture of sawdust and agarwood powder in order to create beautiful incense sticks. Producing these items requires great skills, including eye movement, from makers. Generations of the Nung community have passed the tradition down to younger members. The craft is closely associated with the Vietnamese custom of burning incense on the first or 30th days of every lunar month and other special occasions, such as the ancestors’ death anniversary. The most time-consuming stage of the process is drying the incense. Locals often dry them … [Read more...] about Incense-making craft of Nung ethnic group in Cao Bang
Việt Nam willing to welcome investment from Japanese IT firms: official
Trần Văn Miên, vice chairman of Đà Nẵng People’s Committee, said the city had paid attention to investing in five key areas, including tourism and high-quality services associated with resort real estate; seaports, aviation associated with logistics services; high-tech industry associated with innovative urban construction and start-ups; the IT, electronics and telecommunications industries associated with the digital economy; high-tech agricultural products and fisheries. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam willing to welcome investment from Japanese IT firms: official