Shortening 7 day break

Two companies that Vu owns sold stakes in Hoa Sen last year. In fact, one of them, Hoa Sen Holdings Group, last month sold its remaining 9.7 percent stake. It had owned 24.32 percent at the beginning of the year but had sold on three earlier occasions before completing the divestment. … [Read more...] about Steelmaker Hoa Sen’s chairman to become Buddhist monk in 2026

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,142 VND per USD on January 26, down 5 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial banks during the day is 23,836 VND/USD and the floor rate, 22,447 VND/USD. The opening hour rates at some commercial banks saw a slight decline. At 8:25 am, Vietcombank listed the buying rate at 22,950 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,160 VND/USD, both down by 5 VND from January 25. BIDV also cut both rates by 5 VND, listing the rates at 22,970 VND/USD (buying) and 23,170 VND/USD (selling). Meanwhile, Vietinbank maintained the same rates as on January 25, at 22,925 VND/USD (buying) and 23,172 VND/USD (selling)./. … [Read more...] about Reference exchange rate revised down by 5 VND

At an apartment block in Phuoc Long B Ward of Thu Duc City, a group of workers are tasked with cleaning the windows of more than 600 apartments. Standing on the roof of the 17-storey building, Cai Bao Thanh in a black T-shirt is about to tie the rope to some pillars to swing downstairs and start work. The ropes can bear a load of 2,000 kilograms. … [Read more...] about ‘Spidermen’ defy gravity, death to clean Saigon skyscraper windows

“Cassava was the provision that kept generations of Vietnamese nourished. I make candied cassava every year as a tribute to the traditional food of our predecessors,” Tu said about the tradition of making the treat every Lunar New Year, or Tet holiday. … [Read more...] about ‘Poor man’s candy’ recipe sparks off Tet holiday spirit in Vietnam

However, the committee noted that the total nuclear disarmament remains a “farfetched vision” when the very countries in possession of nuclear weapons have not signed the treaty and many others are still researching, developing, producing, trading, or threatening to use nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Peace Committee hails the entry into force of treaty banning nuclear weapons