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In Brief (30-09-2005) Fatherland Front presents computers HAVANA — The Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) presented 50 computers worth VND750 million (US$47,000) to Cuba’s Committee for the Defence of the Revolution. The donation was announced during a recent visit to the country by a VFF delegation. The two committees held talks on their efforts in the cause of "defending the revolutions" and consolidating national unity. International march for AO victims PARIS — The France-Viet Nam Friendship Association (FVFA) and the Peace Movement and the Association for Economic Development and Progress are expected to organise marches in six French cities to support the lawsuit by Vietnamese Agent Orange victims against several US chemical companies. The marches will take place on October 1 in Paris, La Rochelle, Nimes, Toulouse, Beziers and Albertville, a day after a brief is to be filed on behalf of Vietnamese AO victims at the US Court of Appeals. The FVFA is calling for … [Read more...] about In Brief (30-09-2005)

  Petit ‘chef’ Luca Lombardi will be at Le Petit Chef – The Feast For The Senses event being held for the first time in Việt Nam at Park Hyatt Saigon. — VNS Photo Minh Phi. HCM CITY  — Park Hyatt Saigon will introduce an exclusive and distinct dining experience while preserving its personalised services and international standards by inviting guests to meet the smallest ‘chef’ in the world, Le Petit Chef, from 30th August. For the first time in Việt Nam, Le Petit Chef, a feast for the senses and the hotel’s new and innovative two-hour dining concept, will bring visual mapping to the diner’s table, using cutting-edge 3D visual technology to present the story of a small animated chef who is projected onto diners’ plates to cook the food right in front of their eyes. Prepare yourself to be delightfully immersed in a continuous 3D-projected tale paired with sophisticated themed music, … [Read more...] about Park Hyatt Saigon brings Le Petit Chef to Việt Nam

  A rescued bear receives a health check by Four Paws Việt early on Thursday. — Photo courtesy of Four Paws Việt Nam HÀ TĨNH — A bear was found caged on the back seat of a taxi en route to the central province of Hà Tĩnh on Wednesday Local authorities seized the bear and collaborated with wildlife protection NGOs – Education for Nature Việt Nam and Four Paws Việt – for the rescue early on Thursday. The bear was then sent to Four Paws Việt’s bear sanctuary in the northern province of Ninh Bình for a health check-up and supportive care. “His condition is critical. We have no information on how long he was kept in that terrible tiny cage, not being able to breath properly and being under sedatives of unknown quantity and type. Factors that could potentially seriously impair his health,” said Four Paws Việt on-site veterinarian Szilvia Kalogeropoulu in a statement on Thursday. … [Read more...] about Trafficked bear rescued en route to Hà Tĩnh Province

A woman from an ethnic minority group (right) in Hòa Bình Province’s Đà Bắc Commune receives training as part of a community-based tourism project implemented by AOP. — Photo courtersy of AOP Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Action on Poverty (AOP) in Việt Nam is going to implement a community-based tourism project to support women from ethnic minority groups in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La. The announcement was made at the 30-year anniversary of the Australian NGO in Việt Nam, last weekend. The beneficiaries are women living in two districts of Mộc Châu and Vân Hồ.       Tạ Văn Tuấn, country director of AOP in Việt Nam, said at the event: “Our long-term development programmes in the country will focus on mountainous and ethnic minority areas, especially helping women and children improve access to information and technology, … [Read more...] about Australian NGO to support community-based projects in ethnic minority areas

Riverbank strengthening work along the Lũy River in Bắc Bình District was inaugurated on Thursday. — Photo courtesy of the Belgian embassy Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A newly-built dyke project using financial assistance from Belgium is expected to provide protection to as many as 500 people living on the banks of the Lũy River in Bình Thuận Province’s Bắc Bình District. A press release issued by the Belgian Embassy in Hà Nội on Thursday states that the riverbank strengthening work conducted from April to December 2018 used 567,000 euro (US$653,000) from Belgian funds and another 76,600 euro from other sources. While many sections of the river have unstable banks, two sections were identified as critical, including 330m of the river bank in Phan Thanh Commune, and 250m of the river bank in Chợ Lầu Town, it said. The construction includes concrete and rock reinforcement of the river bank … [Read more...] about New dyke protects river bank residents