The ambassador further noted that against the backdrop of alarming air pollution in Vietnam’s metropolises, the US Embassy is working with local partners to increase people’s awareness of harmful effects of air pollution and the importance of their choice of clean energies to reduce pollution.mural painting will be a new cultural and arts destination in Hanoi./. … [Read more...] about Mural painting to raise awareness of environment inaugurated in Hanoi
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Garment-textile sector eyes 39 billion USD in export turnover
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s garment-textile sector sets a target of 39 billion USD in export revenue this year, equal to that of 2019, according to the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). Last year, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US-China trade tensions, the trade protectionism and the Brexit, Vietnam’s garment-textile exports reached only 35 billion USD. However, the result is still remarkable given the global demand dropping over 22 percent. In 2020, Vietnam was the only among the world’s top five garment-textile exporters not to have to cease production. Vinatex recorded total revenue of 15.5 trillion VND (670.7 million USD) and combined profits of 628.9 billion VND, equal to 106 percent and 164.8 percent of the set targets, respectively. Vinatex Chairman Le Tien Truong suggested the Government cut long-term interest rates, elaborating that garment-textile firms would find it hard to access loans after a year of low business … [Read more...] about Garment-textile sector eyes 39 billion USD in export turnover
Picky viewers keep filmmakers on their toes
"Asking for fairness in this industry is not realistic. Everyone has pressure, from producers to distributors. When a movie succeeds, who wants to reduce the number of its shows so other movies can have more? So, when a movie fails, they should not ask why it has fewer shows," he said. … [Read more...] about Picky viewers keep filmmakers on their toes
Social media – a revolution to be feared
Despite having been in our social lives for less than two decades (Facebook in 2004, Twitter in 2006), social media platforms have rapidly transformed into a global phenomenon where they now serve as the primary medium of communication for billions of people. Once relatively harmless “public squares” where users can easily interact with one another, social media networks have grown into formidable platforms, giving their creators unprecedented supranational power – not just by gathering personal information and collecting trends and being able to sell this information for billions of dollars, but also by dominating, if not directly influencing, social trends through the power of advertisements and information selection. In many cases, this has become a significant matter in national politics for many countries. … [Read more...] about Social media – a revolution to be feared
Deputy PM to attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat
The retreat is the opening event of the ASEAN Chairmanship Year of Brunei in 2021 with the theme “We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper”. At the event, ASEAN foreign ministers will discuss a wide range of issues, including the implementation of outcomes of the 37th ASEAN Summit that took place in November 2020 in Hanoi, and major tasks and priorities of the grouping in 2021, as well as issues of the association’s external relations and regional and international matters of common concern. Earlier, speaking at the first press conference of the Foreign Ministry in 2021, Hang said that 2020 witnessed special and unprecedented things. Along with socio-economic and traditional security issues, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed widespread and deep impacts on all aspects of life at global level and on each country and people. She affirmed that in this context, with the consensus and efforts of the whole political system and people, Vietnam gained encouraging achievements in … [Read more...] about Deputy PM to attend ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat