HÀ NỘI — UN Day of Vesak held in the northern province of Hà Nam from May 12-14 set various records recognised by the World Record Association and Việt Nam Record Association. On May 14, the World Record Association presented a certificate for the biggest peace praying platform at Tam Chúc Pagoda, Kim Bảng District, Hà Nam Province, which was used on May 13 at a ceremony that gathered 300 monks and 10,000 Buddhists. The praying platform had five storeys. The first storey covered 864sq.m while the top floor featured a a Buddha stature of 1.8m in height and weighing 4 tonnes. — Photo dantri.com.vn Đại Bi Kiêm Cương Tower at Thánh Quang Pagoda, Bắc Ninh set a world record for the most gold gilded bronze bells with the first-ever auto-strike system in the world. The Việt Nam Record Holders Association also recognised other records … [Read more...] about Records set at Vesak event
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Credit growth of 14% a feasible target for 2019
The country’s credit growth target of 14 per cent set for this year, the same rate as last year, was reasonable and achievable, economists said. Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research under the Vietnam National University - Hanoi’s University of Economics and Business, said credit expansion is expected to remain stable this year at around 14 per cent. According to Thanh, there is no reason for a higher credit growth this year when the economy is still gaining a good growth rate without needing capital. Thanh explained that previously, Viet Nam’s economic growth often relied heavily on increased credit, however, things have changed. Now, the economy can grow without strong lending, particularly when the supporting industry as well as the services and agricultural sectors are becoming more attractive to foreign investors. “When credit use improves, there should be a better credit growth policy in the long term,” … [Read more...] about Credit growth of 14% a feasible target for 2019
Accumulate Saigon Co.op bills to get German kitchen knife set
At a Co.opmart store in HCM City. Customers at Co.opmart can collect stamps to exchange for premium kitchen knives from leading German brand Vivo. — VNS Photo After its successful Accumulating Stamps to Exchange for Gift promotion last year, Saigon Co.op has launch a similar programme but on a larger scale this year to enable customers to get gifts of Vivo kitchen knife sets imported from Germany. The set consists of seven items: scissors, fruit knife, slicing knife, chef knife, Santoku knife, cleaver, and knife sharpener all made of stainless steel. Under the programme, customers get a stamp for every VND200,000 (US$8.7) they spend. They can exchange the stamps for each item in the set or for the full set. Besides submitting the stamps, customers have to pay a small amount of money on top to get the gifts. For instance, to get the scissors, which has the lowest value among the seven items, VND400,000, customers need 25 stamps and have to pay VND15,000. For the cleaver worth … [Read more...] about Accumulate Saigon Co.op bills to get German kitchen knife set
Police widen probe into Chechen-born Paris knife attacker
Viet Nam News PARIS — French investigators will widen their probe Monday to include possible help provided to the Chechen-born 20-year-old whose stabbing spree in central Paris, claimed by the Islamic State group, left one person dead and four seriously wounded. The man, identified as naturalised Frenchman Khamzat Azimov, carried out the attack Saturday night in a lively area of theatres and restaurants near the city’s historic opera house. The knifeman, whose rampage followed a series of jihadist assaults in France that have killed 246 people since 2015, was shot dead by police after an officer failed to subdue him with a Taser. A source close to the inquiry said Azimov grew up with his family in Strasbourg, eastern France, which has a large community of Chechen refugees. His parents, now living in Paris, have been taken into custody as well as a friend in Strasbourg described as the "individual closest" to Azimov, according to a source close to the investigation. … [Read more...] about Police widen probe into Chechen-born Paris knife attacker
Man kills four, including two children, in knife attack
The remains of the house after being burnt by the knife attacker. - VNA/VNS Photo Quốc Đạt Viet Nam News CAO BẰNG — Police on Monday took into custody a man accused of killing four people, including two young children, in a knife attack in the northern province of Cao Bằng. Lý Đình Khánh, 31, a resident of the Nà Phạc Hamlet in the Thạch An District, reportedly broke into the house of one of his neighbours, Triệu Thị Phương, at around 1am, attempting to rape her while Phương’s husband was away. The knife-wielding Khánh stabbed her when the woman fought back and tried to run next door to her brother-in-law seeking help. The brother-in-law was not home, but his 96-year-old grandmother Lý Thị Dâm, his wife Triệu Thị Coi and his two kids were. Khánh chased Phương into the house, and attacked the whole family with his knife. The … [Read more...] about Man kills four, including two children, in knife attack