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  The flowers and ornamental plants for Tết represent Vietnamese hopes for health, happiness and prosperity. VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY – Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are growing new flower and plant varieties such as five-fruit trees and rat-shaped plants for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which falls on January 25 (Year of the Rat). In Đồng Tháp Province’s Sa Đéc City, one of the delta’s largest flower growing areas, hundreds of new flower varieties, including various types of new foreign roses and daisies, have been planted for Tết. The new varieties of roses, lilies and zinnias are in high demand. More and more people this year are buying expensive ornamental flowers and fruit trees for the coming Tết holiday, according to farmer Nguyễn Văn Tý.  The buying trend has led to … [Read more...] about Five-fruit trees, plants shaped like rats popular for Tết

Ho Chi Minh City has established a cooperative relationship with the Japanese prefecture of Nagano, as part of an ongoing visit to Japan by high-ranking city officials. Vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem signed a deal with the Governor of Nagano Shuichi Abe to mark the two parties’ cooperation at a ceremony held in Nagano on Monday. The agreement was made within the framework of an ongoing business trip to Japan by a city delegation led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang, from April 6 to 16. The cooperation will focus on the fields of high-tech agriculture, manufacturing, engineering and supporting industry, among others. With Nagano’s advantages in technology and Ho Chi Minh City’s active economy, the collaboration is expected to be very productive, according to Governor Abe. Regarding their existing ties in tourism, the Japanese official praised Ho Chi Minh City’s potential, evidenced by … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City inks cooperation deal with Japan’s Nagano

Tourists participate in the 2017 Hung Kings festival (Photo: VNA) Phu Tho (VNA) – Nearly one million visitors came to pay tribute to Hung Kings and other ancestors who founded the country at the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site in the northern province of Phu Tho during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. Director of the Management Board of the relic site Nguyen Duy Anh said the surge of visitors was attributable to favourable weather during the seven-day holiday, which fell on February 14-20. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ha Ke San said that the annual festival honouring the Hung Kings will be held in the province between April 21 and 25 (the 6th and 10th day of the third lunar month). The festival this year will be hosted by Phu Tho with the coordination of four other provinces, including the northern province of Thai Nguyen, the central province of Quang Nam and the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Kien Giang. An incense offering ceremony will … [Read more...] about About 1 million tourists visit Hung Temple relic site during Tet

Tetra Pak, in collaboration with its partners, kicks off School Recycling program to involve 800 primary schools and kindergartens in 16 districts of Hanoi The Company also aims to expand this initiative to Da Nang and Binh Duong in 2020. School Recycling is the first-ever, large-scale program to segregate, collect and recycle used cartons in Hanoi under partnership with Hanoi’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment and Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training as well as Tetra Pak’s partners including Dong Tien Paper Factory, Lagom, NHC and Vinamilk. Participating the program, schoolchildren are instructed the simple steps of unfolding four corners of used cartons, flattening and placing them into dustbins for collection. The used carton packages are then collected periodically every two weeks by Lagom and transported to Dong Tien Paper factory to be materials for the production of such useful products as notebooks, bio-roof panels, etc. … [Read more...] about Tetra Pak initiates School Recycling to 800 primary schools and kindergartens in Hanoi

Editor's note: Naina Batra is the chairperson and CEO at the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, a Singapore-based non-profit that has offices in 13 countries around the world, including Vietnam. AVPN has over 487 members from 32 countries and undertakes field building activities in Asia while providing a range of networking and learning services to support its members and followers to create meaningful social impact.   Most consumers are not aware of the ill impacts of plastic or how to recycle. At-source separation of waste is minimal and while this is changing in some parts of the country, the scale and level of success are still unknown. Overall, financial and technical support in plastic waste management is insufficient. Investment in modern recycling facilities will require private sector participation. However, many challenges exist in coordinating multi-stakeholder cooperation. For instance, public-private partnership projects that exceed more than … [Read more...] about Situational context, bottlenecks of plastic waste management in Vietnam