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Young artists have come up with unconventional and refreshing ideas integrated with a personal touch to portray the unique beautiful traits of Hanoi. UNESCO has just announced the best works of the “Ha Noi is…” Illustration Contest. The painting entitled “Hanoi’s Street Vendors” by Dang Thai Tuan won the First Prize of the contest In a one-month registration period, which ended on September 9, about 250 young artists from across Vietnam and abroad have submitted their entries to the Illustration Contest “Ha Noi is…”. The contest was organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in collaboration with UN-Habitat and the youth community Vietnam Local Artist Group (VLAG). With various illustration artworks about Hanoi, the young artists have joined hands to promote the capital as a Creative City, a title awarded to Hanoi by UNESCO in 2019. With the evocative theme “Ha Noi is…”, young artists have come up with …

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From September 21, Hanoi has relaxed its anti-epidemic measures, with many activities and services resuming. Many streets were busy on the first day of the capital city easing social distancing measures. The city has allowed the reopening of some non-essential services across the city. It has also removed the requirement of travel permits for inner city commuters. There are no longer three-colored zones (red, yellow and green). Stores providing essential goods and services are allowed to open, along with traditional markets, shopping centres, stores for stationery, textbooks, and other learning equipment, mechanics, electronics, and home appliances and in-door hairdressing salons. Restaurants and food and drink establishments are permitted to reopen for delivery only and must close before 9pm every day. Motorbike delivery services, including those using ride-hailing apps will continue to operate from 9am to 10pm but shippers must be vaccinated with at least one dose, make …

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By 2025, Hanoi envisions becoming a highly competitive city in the region by restructuring the growth model based on technological advancement and innovation. Despite the severe Covid-19 situation, Hanoi continues to set a high gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth of up to 7.5% during the 2021-2025 period. Hanoi from above. Photo: Pham Hung Given the city’s estimated GRDP growth at around 3.97-4.54% in 2021, this would require Hanoi to achieve an average growth rate of 8.25-8.4% for the 2022-2025 period. This was among two growth scenarios in Hanoi’s socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2025 period, which have been signed off by Secretary of the Hanoi's Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung. In a less optimistic scenario, the city is expected to average economic growth of 6.5-7% during the period. This case is based on the fact that Vietnam could only contain the pandemic in the fourth quarter of 2021 and achieve herd immunity by the second half …

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In this bilingual book series, the layout has been improved to be more suitable for studying Vietnamese abroad. A set of bilingual textbooks for Vietnamese learners have been recently released at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev in Ukraine. The textbooks were compiled by a group of teachers headed by Ha Thi Van Anh as well as experts from the Institute of Linguistics. The book was completed with Van Anh’s great effort given the Covid-19 pandemic. This is also the first Vietnamese-Ukrainian bilingual book series printed by Helvetica Publishing House and widely distributed throughout Ukraine. Speaking at the launching ceremony, Volodymyr Burgov, Rector of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, said Vietnam is one of the countries with a long-standing traditional friendship with Ukraine. Vietnam has attained many achievements in socio-economic development in recent years, the rector said, adding that strengthening relations with the country was very …

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The book's authors have been criticized for using dialects or vague words that are strange to many first graders, so teachers found it difficult to explain them. Vietnam’s prime minister has recently asked a national textbook assessment council to review the first-grade textbooks over concerns their content is inappropriate for first-graders and causes public resentment in the country, local media reported. The set of textbooks, titled “Canh dieu” (Kite), is part of the new general education curriculum which Vietnam first adopted this academic year. However, more than a month since the new school year started, teachers and parents have raised concerns over their educational value. Two-thirds of the textbooks authors were those who drafted the new national universal education curriculum and the content of the first-grade Vietnamese language textbooks of “Canh dieu” is quite similar to the previous ones. New first-grade textbooks cause public resentment. Photo: …

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The tour is expected to nature love for the nature among people, typically kids. “Going Home” is a tour to release wild animals to their natural habitats that Cuc Phuong National Park, the oldest national park in the northern province of Ninh Binh, has done so far to raise people’s awareness of wildlife conservation. The tour, which has been developed since March 2021 from the release of wild animals for the past decade, is expected to promote love for nature among the public. Over the past 10 years, the park has returned to the wild more than 1,600 primates, tortoises and freshwater turtles, carnivores and pangolins, and other species. To pursue the “Going Home” tour that has been widely disseminated over the past time, the park held a special release of nine animals on Sept. 21. It is special as the release has the participation of children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the festivity for kids. Nine wild individuals including Python molurus, Atherurus …

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Hanoi-based enterprises and experts shared with The Hanoi Times about their initiatives to ensure smooth operation with anti-pandemic prevention measures in place. Do Thanh Tam, Deputy General Director of Son Ha Group: Uniting to overcome challenges Do Thanh Tam, Deputy General Director of Son Ha Group. HNT Photos: Hoang Anh As Hanoi's authorities have eased the anti-pandemic restrictions, we have built safe operation plans at production facilities, which strictly complied with the 5K protocol (in Vietnamese) Khau tran g (facemask) - Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang cach (distance) - Khong tu tap (No gathering) - Khai bao y te (health declaration). We also tightened the implementation of anti-disease measures according to the Prime Minister's Directive. The “three on-site”option continues to be applied at some factories in high-risk areas to ensure the safety of all employees as well as uninterrupted production activities. Logistics units …

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Hanoi still preserves in itself valuable historical and cultural relics, including the Thang Long Imperial Citadel. The Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center on November 23 celebrated the 10th anniversary since the historical site was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage. Delegates at the ceremony offered incense to the feudal monarchs, who used to rule the country from Thang Long citadel. Photo: Lai Tan The event aimed to honor the cultural and heroic traditions of the capital; promote outstanding heritage values dating back more than a thousand years; celebrate the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi and the success of the 17th Congress of the City Party Committee, as well as the 15th anniversary of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23, 2005 - November 23, 2020). Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue - Politburo member, Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee and Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee attended the event together with …

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Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of HCMC Nguyen Ho Hai (4th, R) presents gift to Go Vap District’s Covid-19 treatment hospital. (Photo: SGGP) The Vice Secretary noted that District 12 has more than 7,000 Covid-19 patients (F0 cases) who are being treated at home. If the district has not arranged the treatment reasonably, its number of severe patients will increase. F0 cases need to be monitored blood pressure, pulse oximetry and body temperature. The municipal Party Committee has called on businesses to donate medical products of masks, sterilizing liquid and oxygen saturation (SpO2) to support mobile healthcare stations in Covid-19 treatment. He suggested the district improve the local medical system and strengthen the cooperation with the city’s health department. Vinh Tien Joint Stock Company hands over 1,100 medicine bags to the People’s Committee of District 12. Secretary of the Party Committee of District 12 Tran Hoang Danh extended his sincere thanks to …

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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The ADB has revised down Vietnam's 2021 GDP growth forecast from 6.7 percent to 3.8 percent due to a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic that has tightened the labour market, lowered industrial output, and disrupted agricultural value chains, according to a report released by the bank on September 22. At a virtual press conference, ADB country director Andrew Jeffries said the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and extended lockdowns have weakened consumption and investment, hampering Vietnam’s growth prospects. “But the Vietnamese economy will bounce back if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control by the end of 2021 and 70 percent of the country’s population are vaccinated by the second quarter of 2022," he said. ADB remains bullish on the country’s prospects in the medium and long term. Growth could be aided by a revival of domestic demand, an acceleration in the disbursement of public investment, and an expansion to new export …

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