MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Hanoi - Hanoi Dance Fest 2019 June 28 and 30 Performance by Vietnamese and international dancers. Hanoi-‘Lang Toi’ (My Village) by Lune Production 6pm, June 28 and 19 Vietnam Tuong Theatre 51A Duong Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem district Lang Toi (My Village) is a delicate merge of tradition and innovation, where the poetic beauty of Northern Vietnam’s village life is presented through a new cirque approach. Farming, building activities, traditional games, and the lifestyle of the Northern villagers are recreated through ancestral bamboo props, breath-taking cirque and acrobatics performances, and rhythmic dance, to distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments. Ticket prices: VND 700,000- VND 1,050,000 Hoi An – Seaphony x Famlab: Concert Concert: Jun 25, 6 pm HCMC-A O Show by Lune Production 6:00 pm, June 24, 25, 30 … [Read more...] about What’s on June 24-30 (Daily updated)
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European stock markets hold their breath before Fed update
European stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic paused on Wednesday (Jun 19) after the previous session's strong rally, as investors awaited a key monetary policy update from the Federal Reserve. European stock markets hold their breath before Fed update, AFP/Arquivos The dollar was downbeat against its main rivals, while oil prices were volatile after strong gains on Tuesday. Major crude-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC members like Russia, on Wednesday said they would meet in Vienna at the beginning of July to decide on whether to prolong output cuts. US and European equity markets had rallied on Tuesday - and Asian indices playing catch-up jumped on Wednesday - on two investor-friendly developments: upbeat comments from the US and China on trade before the G20 Summit, and an ECB statement hinting at a eurozone interest-rate cut. "European markets are taking a breather in the wake of yesterday's huge gains across the globe," noted Joshua Mahony, … [Read more...] about European stock markets hold their breath before Fed update
Location based FiT proposed from July
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam has just released an updated draft on encouraging development of solar power projects in Vietnam. Significantly, the draft decision provides for a second feed-in-tariff at rates varying by location for application from July 1, 2019. Frederick Burke, managing partner of Baker McKenzie, and Nguyen Thanh Hai, associate of the firm’s Hanoi office, explain more. Given that the current Decision 11 of the prime minister providing for the feed-in-tariff (FiT) of 9.35 US cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) is in effect only until June 30, the new draft would provide for a new FiT programme for an additional two years from July through to the end of June 2021, for solar power projects in Vietnam. Unlike the first format, establishing one FiT rate for all solar power projects, the draft decision proposes varying levels of tariffs according to location and technology, classified by four different irradiance regions of … [Read more...] about Location based FiT proposed from July
What’s on February 25-March 3 (Daily updated)
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Hanoi-Interactive Sound Install with Siedl/Cao Mar 1, 8 – 9.30 pm Hanoi-Music Night: Pham Duy and Trinh Cong Son Feb 28, 8pm Lam Tra, 70 Nguyen Hong Street An encounter between two great artists, two musical styles, and two approaches towards life in celebration of musician Trinh Cong Son’s 80th birth anniversary. Entrance fee: VND250,000 – VND300,000 for front-row seats. HCMC-Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture ___________________________________________________________________________________ EXHIBITION Hanoi-Painting Exhibition “Face of Asia” Dong A Gallery, 115 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District, Introducing 25 artworks by Thai artist Vichit Nongnual. From the Land of Smiles, Vichit Nongnual will bring Vietnamese art enthusiasts a new experience with portrait paintings. Hanoi-Exhibition “The Monster in You” March 2, 15 and 16, 9 am – 7 pm Goethe Institut, … [Read more...] about What’s on February 25-March 3 (Daily updated)
The Government’s regular meeting-July 2018
THE GOVERNMENT SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAMIndependence - Freedom - Happiness No. 104/NQ-CP Ha Noi, August 8, 2018 RESOLUTION THE GOVERNMENT’S REGULAR MEETING – JULY 2018 THE GOVERNMENT Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015; Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 138/2016/ND-CP dated October 01, 2016 promulgating the working regulation of the Government; Based on the discussion of the Cabinet members and the conclusion of the Prime Minister at the Government’s regular meeting in July 2018, held on July 31, 2018 DECIDES 1. Regarding the revised Law on Education The Government approved the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Training to raise the training standard for preschool teachers from pedagogic intermediate level to pedagogic college level according to the roadmap stipulated in the draft revised Law on Education. At the same time, the Government agreed with the policy on tuition exemption for … [Read more...] about The Government’s regular meeting-July 2018