Destination

Water wheels are installed by hand by rivers and streams, where the water stream is lower than the field surface. The whole wheel is made of bamboo, tied with some stones to add weight for the wheel to turn around, taking water through the pipes to pour into the higher fields. … [Read more...] about Water wheels the highlights of mountain fields

Recently, Na Ka valley and its plum trees has been an emerging destination on Moc Chau’s tourism map.  Na Ka plum valley puts on its best white garb when the plum trees blossom. This place draws visitors with its exquisite landscape, fresh mountain air, and juicy plums that can be eaten right off the tree.  16 kilometers of winding, narrow mountain road takes visitors from the little town of Moc Chau to Na Ka valley, which has long been overlooked because of its distance from the beaten path. But those who make the effort to get there are not disappointed. Na Ka’s awesome mountainscape and white plum blossoms will overwhelm you at the end of the journey.    … [Read more...] about Na Ka plum valley on Moc Chau plateau, Son La province

In September 1990, former Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach met his counterpart James Baker in New York, marking the first official high-level meeting between the two governments since the Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973 to end the Vietnam War. The two former foreign ministers agreed to draw up a roadmap to normalize ties. … [Read more...] about Vietnam-US relations: 25-year testament to realpolitik success

HCM City (VNA) – Practice-based training is needed to create high-quality human resources, key to improve productivity and the competitive capacity of Vietnam’s tourism sector, tourism experts have said. Nguyen Huu Tho, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Tourism, said Vietnam’s labour productivity remains low compared with other countries. Singapore productivity is 15 times higher than Vietnam, Japan 10 times, and Thailand 5 times, he said. The persistence of theory-focused education and little practical application in Vietnam requires enterprises to offer workplace-based retraining programmes for their employees, he said at a conference held in HCM City on July 7. The labour turnover rate in the tourism and hospitality industry, which is struggling with a lack of qualified human resources, is relatively higher than other industries, he said. Education and training of high-quality human resources in tourism … [Read more...] about Practice-based training needed to create high-quality tourism staff

The webinar on Vietnam’s investment opportunities was jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland, the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce and Becamex Binh Duong, with the participation of nearly 30 firms from Switzerland, Germany and Singapore, along with domestic enterprises. … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks to forge trade ties with Switzerland