Chopping sticks to make a perfect broom is a step when making a broom. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre Three workers laugh with one another during a short break after working hours. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre Chopping sticks to make a perfect broom is a step in making a broom. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre The workers making brooms are often exposed to dust from flowers, but they are happy to continue doing the traditional work. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre Around five brooms are bundled into a pack to be available for being transported to local markets. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre A worker braids a broom with a metal thread, another stage of making a broomstick. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre It takes Tran Van Cuong only five minutes to bundle a broom, but he must use a lot of power to do it well. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre A worker handles flowers of dot trees, one of the first stages of making a broomstick. Photo: Minh Phuong / Tuoi Tre Nguyen Huu Hieu, 48, bundles a … [Read more...] about Hustle and bustle in a unique hamlet making brooms in Ho Chi Minh City
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Unique lunar New Year markets in Ho Chi Minh City
Unlike northerners who cook square-shaped Banh Chung, southerners prefer cylindrical Banh Tet during the traditional Tet holiday. Both cakes are made of glutinous rice, green bean paste and pork, and they are wrapped in La Dong (Dong leaves). The leaves can be found at the La Dong market that is located at the Cach Mang Thang Tam-Pham Van Hai intersection. The market, the biggest of its kind in HCM City, often opens from the 15th day of the 12th lunar month and lasts several days before the start of Tet. A bunch typically contains 10 leaves costing between VND70,000 and VND80,000. Flowers are among indispensable items during the Tet holiday, and the Binh Dong flower market in District 8 is an ideal place to visit. Coming here, visitors can see boats full of flowers and ornamental trees sourced from gardens throughout the Mekong Delta region. From the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, gardeners gather at the market in order to prepare for the Lunar New Year festival. … [Read more...] about Unique lunar New Year markets in Ho Chi Minh City
French court to hold hearing on AO lawsuit
Hanoi (VNA) – A French court will open a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins that was sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam, causing serious consequences for the community, her children and herself. Nga, born in 1942, filed the lawsuit in May 2014. Among the companies named in her suit, there were such names as Monsanto (now under the German group Bayer) and Dow Chemical. With the support of several non-governmental organizations, Nga accused the companies of causing lasting harm to the health of her, her children and countless others, as well as destroying the environment. "I am fighting for not only myself, but also my children and millions of victims”, Nga stated. Tran To Nga graduated from a Hanoi university in 1966 and became a war correspondent of the Liberation News Agency, now the Vietnam News Agency. She worked in some of the most heavily … [Read more...] about French court to hold hearing on AO lawsuit
Party Congress to create new development momentum for Vietnam: Chinese ambassador
Ambassador Xiong Bo also noted that as Chair of ASEAN and a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2020, Vietnam successfully organised meetings within the East Asia cooperation framework, actively advocated multilateralism and free trade, promoted regional anti-pandemic cooperation, and improved its influence in the region and the world. In particular, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), signed last year, is currently the largest free trade agreement around the globe, he noted, describing this as a success of multilateralism and free trade that will fuel growth momentum for the regional and global economy. The development achievements Vietnam has obtained, especially the successful response against COVID-19, are all attributable to the CPV Central Committee’s steadfast leadership and the people’s support, like in China. This has reflected the unique advantages of the socialist regimes in the two countries, he added. In the interview, the … [Read more...] about Party Congress to create new development momentum for Vietnam: Chinese ambassador
Making fortune from Internet not uncommon thing in Vietnam
The tax deputy head mentioned the case of a man in Ho Chi Minh City, who has been required to pay more than VND4.1 billion ($176,000) in personal income tax arrears for ad revenues he collected in two years from online platforms, as an example. … [Read more...] about Making fortune from Internet not uncommon thing in Vietnam