NDO – A get-together was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) and the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Association, Ho Chi Minh City branch on December 6 to celebrate the birthday of Japanese Emperor Akihito (December 23, 1933-2017).The event was attended by Kaweue Junichi, Japanese Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City.Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of Vietnam – Japan Friendship Association, Ho Chi Minh City branch, Nguyen Cong Tanh extended his congratulations to Japanese friends on the occasion of the 84th birthday of Japanese Emperor.He also emphasised that in the past year, in addition to high-level visits made by State leaders from the two countries, Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid their first visit to Vietnam, significantly contributing to deepening the relations between the two nations in all fields including politics, economy, and culture as well as people exchanges.The Chairman of Vietnam – Japan Friendship … [Read more...] about Birthday of Japanese Emperor celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City
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Another vaccination centre opened in Ho Chi Minh City
NDO/VNA – Another vaccination centre was launched in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan district on December 6, aiming to meet the increasing demand of immunisation for local people.As the second centre of its kind in the country after the first in Hanoi, the establishment includes 17 rooms for checkups and 13 others for inoculation, enabling it to serve up to 2,500 people a day.The centre provides all vaccines, including scarce ones such as five-in-one Pentaxim vaccine, six-in-one Infanrix Hexa, Synflorix, and Hepatitis A and B vaccines.According to Ngo Chi Dung, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company, immunisation safety at the center is always put on top priority with free screening examinations before vaccination, and all nurses working in the centre have been trained in injection skill.Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health, highlighted the significance of the centre in satisfying … [Read more...] about Another vaccination centre opened in Ho Chi Minh City
Secretary of Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee receives New Zealand Ambassador
Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan and Ambassador Wendy Matthews (Photo: voh.com.vn) At the meeting, the Secretary highly appreciated the strength of New Zealand in the field of agriculture. Currently, the city has 15 projects of New Zealand with a total capital of USD57 million, which is still quite modest compared to the cooperation potential of the two sides. Therefore, he wished the two sides to continue intensifying trade and tourism cooperation, especially fruit export to New Zealand. The ambassador said that education is an important field to connect the two countries over the past time, and she was looking forward to strengthening cooperation in the field. In terms of tourism, after opening the direct flight route between the two countries, the number of tourists has increased strongly. In terms of high-tech agriculture, New Zealand has strength in agricultural product exports. Vietnam has many advantages in this field, so it is necessary to cooperate to promote import and export … [Read more...] about Secretary of Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee receives New Zealand Ambassador
Book city opens in Ho Chi Minh City
A giant rainforest-themed book city has opened to public inside a mega shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City.Operated by Phuong Nam Corp, the ‘Phuong Nam Book City’ is the second of its kind to be launched by the Vietnamese book company, aimed at creating “a unique space for books, a place where every book that a reader needs could be found.With over one million books available inside an area of nearly 3,000 square meters at the Garden Mall in District 5, it is the largest Phuong Nam’s bookstore in terms of stock size.Readers can spend the whole day ‘trekking’ along the five-kilometer pathway that snakes through the massive bookstore across sections including fiction, children’s book, stationery, souvenir and book café.This is the country’s largest bookstore,” said Le Hoang – Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Publishers Association. Hoang said it offers a space not only for selling book but also for various types of … [Read more...] about Book city opens in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City seeks stronger educational ties with Ontario
At a meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on December 4, Phong considered his guest’ first official visit to Vietnam as an illustration of the Canadian Government and Ontario’s interest in the Southeast Asian nation and Ho Chi Minh City.Economic cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Ontario remains modest compared to its potential, he said, noting that there are many fields in which they have opportunities to reinforce cooperation, especially the areas matching Ontario’s strength and Ho Chi Minh City’s demand like information technology, infrastructure building, and automobile assembly. Ho Chi Minh City pledges to provide the best possible conditions for Ontario investors to learn about and invest in the city, thus bringing successes to Canadian businesses and contributing to local development, he added. Wynne said Ontario is ready to cooperate and share experience in training teachers and improving general education. It successfully applied … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City seeks stronger educational ties with Ontario