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The San Diu ethnic minority people, believed to have migrated from Guangdong, China in 1600, are now living in villages in Vietnam’s northern midlands and mountainous areas. The San Diu are also known as San Deo, Trai, Trai Dat and Man Quan Coc. San Diu women in their traditional clothes. (Photo: vietnam.vnanet.vn) Traditionally, San Diu ethnic women make their own clothes. A piece of traditional clothing often takes  several months to complete. Diep Thi Vong from Vinh Phuc province is one of a few San Diu women keeping the tradition of making her own clothes and teaches the younger generation how to weave and embroider. “My grandmother and mother used to make their own clothes. They taught me and even sent me to a weaving class to learn how to make San Diu traditional clothes. A San Diu woman was required to make what she wore on her first day of marriage,” Mrs. Vong said. San Diu women often layer their clothes — a traditional white top … [Read more...] about San Diu ethnic people in Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Oanh crossed the finish line and lay down on the ground, exhausted. Tiny Oanh stands tall for Viet Nam at SEA Games Minutes later, she took the national flag from her coach to celebrate her 3,000m steeplechase victory and burst into tears. Oanh didn't realise she had just become Việt Nam's top track-and-field athlete at the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. Oanh secured a hat-trick of individual titles in the women’s 1,500m, 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase, with a Games’ record in the last event. “I's so exciting to enjoy the feeling of winning. There is nothing that makes me happier than seeing the national flag flying at the victory ceremony,” said Oanh. Việt Nam came to the Games to defend their top position in athletics from the previous tournament two years ago in Malaysia. National champion Oanh, who won golds in the 1,500m and 5,000m in Kuala Lumpur, was the top medal hopes. She was asked to defend her crowns … [Read more...] about Tiny Oanh stands tall for Vietnam at SEA Games

Sendo, for the first time, was listed as one of the four most visited ecommerce platforms in the second quarter of 2019, according to data from iPrice Insights’ map of ecommerce. A customer selects clothing products offered on the Sendo ecommerce platform. Sendo ranked fourth among Vietnam’s top four ecommerce players by web traffic in 2019’s second quarter Sendo’s monthly website traffic rose 10% from 25.3 million in the first quarter to 28 million visits in the second quarter, not too far off from the third-ranked contender Lazada, with more than 28.3 million visits per month on average. Sendo’s efforts to deploy technology and improve delivery services were responsible for the impressive advance. Among the top five ecommerce platforms - Shopee, Tiki, Lazada, Sendo, and The Gioi Di Dong  -in the quarter, Sendo was the only player to see its web traffic grow, iPrice noted in the release. As the two best performers, Shopee and Tiki continued … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top five e-commerce platforms in Q2 announced: iPrice

The export of timber and wood products has exceeded the US$9 billion mark for the first time during the first 11 months of the year, according statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Moreover, the export of timber wood and wood products enjoyed a surge of 18.1 per cent during the review period to more than US$9.526 billion against the same period last year. Most notably, wood exports hit approximately US$7 billion, up 22.2 per cent on year. After recording these impressive figures, the export of timber and wood products has surpassed US$9 billion for the first time and beaten the record figure of US$ 8.907 billion which was recorded in 2018. With export value reaching over US$900 million per month, the export of wood and wood products are expected to surpass the US$10 billion mark by the end of 2019 for the very first time.   Vietnam boosts fight against illegal timber products Accountability will be key for all importers and all wood … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s export of timber and wood products exceeds US$9 billion

The airlines are focusing on developing fleets with narrow-body aircraft to increase efficiency in the context of fierce competition. The aviation growth rate is expected to be 5.3 percent per annum on average, instead of the high growth rates of 16-23 percent seen in 2013-2016. Vietnam Airlines has completed a study to assess the efficiency of regional jets which would be used to replace ATRs for some short-distance flights, in the context of small market capacity and domestic airports. It is expected that the airline will have 6-20 aircraft of this kind. Thanh Lich  Noi Bai Airport investigates aircraft tyre scratches Many planes have recently had their tyres damaged after landing at the Noi Bai Airport. Decree sets age limit for imported used aircraft The age of second-hand aircraft imported into Vietnam is among new regulations in the Government’s Decree 89/2019/ND-CP. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s airlines to buy more aircraft to expand fleets