Cultural celebration: The colourful yosakoi dance will be performed during the Japan Day - Fullmoon Festival. — Photo Visitkochijapan.comViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Japanese culture will be in the spotlight at the Japan Day - Fullmoon Festival, which will take place on September 23 in Hà Nội. The event aims to promote the image and culture of Japan to Vietnamese people. The festival, taking place at Manor Central Park, will include areas emulating Japanese locations like Fuji, Ginza, Tsuki, Sasuke and Yaguza Tower in Tokyo, including houses, traditional shops and culinary stalls. Among them, the Fuji District is a perfect spot to take photos and check in as it is designed with Japanese and Vietnamese streets decorated with wind chimes, wagasa (oil-paper umbrella), conical hats and lanterns. Visitors will feel like they are in Japan as they can visit famous places reproduced at the festival, play Kendama, join sumo competitions and shop for Japanese … [Read more...] about Japanese culture highlighted at festival
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Vietnam Fashion Week highlights nature
Vietnam Fashion Week highlights natureThe Saigon Times Daily Nung Mountain in Hanoi Botanical Garden is the main venue of the Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2019 - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ORGANIZER HCMC - The Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2019 for the first time is being held at Nung Mountain in Hanoi Botanical Garden rather than Vietnam Television’s studio as in previous editions to bring fashion closer to nature. In addition, to make the most of natural light and green scenery, each show will begin at 3 p.m. from September 11 to 13, instead of 8 p.m. According to fashion designer Minh Hanh, the current fashion trend in the world is to get closer to nature and therefore fashion shows are often organized at outdoor venues. Hanoi Botanical Garden is one of the green lungs in the capital, with many precious trees that are hundreds of years old. The venue is also where many generations of Hanoians have a lot of childhood memories, she added. The Vietnam … [Read more...] about Vietnam Fashion Week highlights nature
Russian press highlights Party chief’s visit to Russia
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Russia’s press has intensively covered the freshly-concluded visit to Russia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, as well as relations between the two countries. The Party chief’s official visit, from September 5-8, made headlines in official websites of the Kremlin, the Russian Government, the State Duma of Russia and the Russian Federation Council. The independence newspaper ran an article by Grigory Lokshin, Vice President of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association, who said that the Vietnamese leader’s visit will open up a new page in the bilateral relationship. Vietnam has changed unrecognizably after 30 years of reform and become an equal partner of Russia, the article said, adding that the country has also maintained … [Read more...] about Russian press highlights Party chief’s visit to Russia
Round-table seminar highlights prospects for Vietnam-Russia relations
The seminar attracted the participation of a number of scholars and researchers on Vietnam, and representatives of the Embassy of Vietnam in Russia. The seminar highlighted 12 speeches focusing on two major themes in Vietnam’s achievements during the national development process and prospects for the development of Russia-Vietnam bilateral relations. Delegates discussed many issues in the current status of bilateral relations, such as Vietnam’s multilateral foreign policy, Vietnam’s role in connecting ASEAN and the Russian Federation, Vietnam-Russia trade and investment cooperation, and the implementation of the FTA between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC), among others. At the seminar, delegates highly valued the time-honoured relationship between the two countries and peoples in various fields. Two-way trade topped US$5.9 billion in 2017, showing a year-on-year rise of 36.5%. Vietnam and Russia also aim to bring bilateral trade to US$10 billion by … [Read more...] about Round-table seminar highlights prospects for Vietnam-Russia relations
Egyptian media highlight Vietnamese President’s State visit
The Egyptian Mail posts an article about the visit on its front page (Photo: VNA) Cairo (VNA) – Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s State visit to Egypt has been in the spotlight of the Egyptian media over the past few days. The Ahram online newspaper reported that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi expressed his keenness to develop friendship relations between Egypt and Vietnam following a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang in Cairo. Speaking at a press conference, El-Sisi said Quang's visit was of special importance as it was the first visit by a Vietnamese head of state to Egypt since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries 55 years ago. President El-Sisi visited Vietnam in September 2017, which was also the first visit by an Egyptian president to the Southeast Asian nation since the diplomatic ties were set up in 1963. Ahram quoted El-Sisi as saying that: "These historic visits, as well as meetings between both … [Read more...] about Egyptian media highlight Vietnamese President’s State visit