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Dragon boat dumplings available for sale at Sheraton Saigon’s Li Bai restaurant. — VNS Photo Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers is introducing premium dragon boat dumplings with beautifully designed packaging as gifts for families, friends and loved ones to celebrate Tet Doan Ngo. Tet Doan Ngo, or the Dragon Boat Festival, falls on June 3 this year. Dragon boat dumpling, also known as Zongzi, is a classic food associated with the festival, especially among the Chinese-origin community in Vietnam. The original version has a bold taste with cooked glutinous rice and peanut stuffed with seasoned pork belly, salted fried shrimp, fatty Chinese sausage and egg yolk, fresh shiitake mushroom, and nutty lotus seeds. Steamed in boiling water with bamboo leaves, the dumplings carry a delicate, appetising aroma. For this special occasion, the hotel’s Li Bai restaurant is introducing premium versions of the dragon boat dumplings handcrafted skilled chefs with over 40 years of experience. … [Read more...] about Sheraton Saigon gets festive with handcrafted dragon boat dumplings

Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers debuts Li Bai’s handcrafted authentic Dragon Boat Dumplings Diners can choose their favourite flavour with five selections of fillings: from traditional versions with pork and chicken filing to premium products with dried scallop and abalone, and the mushroom with assorted nuts filling. Li Bai’s Dragon Boat Dumpling is packaged in an octagonal box design which makes it easy for guests to gift their family, friends, and colleagues. Dragon Boat Dumplings, also known as Zongzi, are a classic food often eaten for celebrating Dragon Boat Festival, especially among the Chinese communities in Vietnam. The original version has a bold taste with cooked glutinous rice and peanuts, stuffed with seasoned pork belly, salted fried shrimp, fatty Chinese sausage and egg yolk, fresh shiitake mushroom, and nutty lotus seed. On the occasion of this special debut, Li Bai presents the dumplings in premium versions handcrafted by skilled chefs with over 40 years … [Read more...] about Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers debuts Li Bai’s handcrafted authentic Dragon Boat Dumplings

Dragon Capital Vietnam and Talentnet Corporation enter into a strategic partnership to market a voluntary pension programme in the Vietnamese market. — VNS Photo Asset management company Dragon Capital Vietnam and Talentnet Corporation signed a strategic partnership agreement on May 18 under which the HR consultancy will market the former’s pension programme in the Vietnamese market. Launched in 2021 after eight years of research and development with assistance from international organisations such as the World Bank, the programme provides a solution for increasing employees' incomes after retirement and a new channel for businesses to retain talent. It offers employees a structure to regularly save from their monthly income for investing in voluntary pension funds. Combining employer and employee contributions, the funds will help increase retirement incomes to 70-75 per cent of the average income of the last five years of one’s working life in addition to pension from the … [Read more...] about Dragon Capital inks deal with Talentnet to market voluntary pension programme

Privilege of living in 'urban wonder': Vinhomes Ocean Park 2 - The Empire Vinhomes launches the mega-urban project - Vinhomes Ocean Park 2 - The Empire AES Corporation and PV Gas granted Investment Registration Certificate for Son My LNG Terminal SSIS successfully applies Cisco Meraki system on campus Times Garden Vietnam enters strategic consulting contract with Roland Berger Sun Group’s Sun World Halong Complex has officially had Dragon Park and Tornado Water Park re-operated since April 23. Many new experiences and preferential programs are also applied on this occasion so that the visitors to Ha Long on the April 30 to May 1 holiday had an interesting journey of discovery. Lightening-Speed Flying Dragon - Dragon Park- Sun World Halong Complex Welcome back to two parks, Sun World Halong Complex launches special offers from April 23 to 29. Accordingly, the ticket price for the Dragon Park is VND 100,000/ticket, the ticket price for the Tornado Water Park … [Read more...] about Sun World Halong Complex to launch a range of new events and experiences

Dragon fruit is one of Vietnam's key export products to the two high-end markets. According to Nguyen Thi Thu Huong from the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia,  Vietnam has exported fresh dragon fruits to Australia since 2017 with the export value growing every year. Vietnam's dragon fruit export turnover to Australia surged by 36 percent in 2020 and 14 percent in 2021. Besides Overseas Vietnamese’s distribution systems, the fruit has been sold at major retail supermarkets in Australia, Huong added. Dragon fruit is one of three types of fruit licensed to be imported into New Zealand. Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Van Trung said dragon fruit is Vietnam's most successful export fruit to New Zealand with consecutive growths from 2014 to now. Humphrey Lawrence, General Manager in charge of imports of MG Marketing of New Zealand said Vietnam has a great opportunity to promote its dragon fruit export to the country. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for … [Read more...] about Vietnam wants to increase dragon fruit export to Australia, New Zealand

Quý Dương Hưng Yên Province is not only well-known nationwide for specialties like fragrant and sweet longan, which have been used as offers to kings in the past, but also chả gà (grilled chicken nugget). The dish has been made in the province’s Tiểu Quan Village of Khoái Châu District, for hundreds of years according to Phùng Văn Phong who has been making the specialty for several decades. Chả gà (charcoal grilled chicken nugget) is a specialty of Hưng Yên Province. Photo toplist.vn “My grandmother said our ancestors created the dish as a specialty compared to traditional boiled or fried chicken,” he said, noting that in the past the dish was only made for special occasions like Tết (Lunar New Year holiday) or other big celebrations like engagements or weddings. Now, the dish is more common and is a special gift for guests to bring home from Hưng Yên. Phong said making the dish needs care and skills. First, the maker has to choose a healthy young chicken about … [Read more...] about Visiting Hưng Yên to enjoy ‘chả gà’ or grilled chicken nugget

But people around the 24-year-old, who is admittedly at the higher end of the range, call her "sumo." Nguyen, who used to love munching on snacks and sipping boba milk tea in the evening, admits: "I act as if I don’t care, but I'm still a girl and such a label triggers in me a subconscious fear of becoming fat." The office worker in HCMC's District 7 tries not to let others’ negative comments bother her, but has nevertheless grown tired of people’s criticism. Her weight and eating habits have become "semi-public" with family members often criticizing her appearance during the Lunar New Year, and friends constantly pushing her to lose weight. As a result her self-esteem has plummeted, she says. The shame and guilt caused by others has pushed her into action. She spends the better part of the day in front of a computer screen and is not physically active, and so has embarked on a strict eat-clean diet in the hope of losing two to three kilograms this summer. "I am not … [Read more...] about Thin-skinned souls work hard to keep bodies slim and fit

The photograph by Vietnamese lensman Tran Tuan Viet was taken in the Quang Phu Cau Village, Ung Hoa District on the outskirts of Hanoi. The village is famous for its traditional vocation of making incense sticks. The woman, wearing a conical hat, is surrounded by bunches of bright red incense sticks that look like huge flowers in bloom. A woman, wearing a conical hat, is surrounded by bunches of bright red incense sticks that look like huge flowers in bloom in Quang Phu Cau Village in Hanoi. Photo by Tran Tuan Viet "Incense plays an important role in Vietnamese life as it is considered a sacred bridge to connect the visible life of human beings to the world of heaven, earth and gods. As common as this scene is, I tried to capture from in a different perspective," Viet said. His photo has garnered over 117,000 likes. Quang Phu Cau is home to 300 households that have been making incense sticks for generations. The village is at its busiest in the run up to Tet … [Read more...] about Hanoi incense village glows on Apple’s Instagram account

PANO – Over the past years, the small house of former soldier Bui Dinh Thu in Chi Tien commune, Thanh Ba district, Phu Tho province, with thousands of war objects relating to the resistance wars has been the venue for war veterans and locals, especially young people. Especially, on the occasion of important events of the nation such as the liberation of the south and national reunification day (April 30 th ), the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7 th ), National Day (September 2 nd ), the founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army or the lunar New Year festival, Thu’s small “museum” welcomes visitors of different ages and the owner enthusiastically and proudly introduces guests to the origin, significance, and stories of each item. He feels happy as more and more students from local schools in Phu Tho province as well as cultural researchers are coming to his small museum to learn about his collection of war objects. Thu (right) introduces war items in his … [Read more...] about Former soldier’s museum of war artifacts

Gold is yet again becoming a safe haven asset, and some customers want more ways to get involved, Le Toan The World Gold Council (WGC) believes that the appetite for gold is often hampered by the interest rate, as when interest rates rise, gold loses its appeal. However, inflation is also a tailwind to gold demand as a common safe-haven asset. The USD tends to weaken when the Fed raises interest rates, which enhances gold’s demand. “Furthermore, what happens in China’s consumer market has had a big impact as it’s the world’s largest consumer market for gold. We expect China to start to emerge from the worst of the pandemic and that will support consumer demand,” the WGC noted last week. “It is difficult to predict how the geopolitical situation will play out. It depends on where inflation goes, but inflation is certainly the biggest driver at the moment, which will probably support institutional investment demand in the next quarter.” Meanwhile, the demand for gold in Vietnam … [Read more...] about Gold appeal sparkles amid rise of inflation