Vice Chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang visits a display booth of Nghe An Province's local products. (Photo: SGGP) Attending the event was Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet, head of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Nghe An Province Nguyen Duc Trung, Vice Chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang and Deputy Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Manh Quyen, leaders of provinces and travel businesses. The event aims to promote potential and the value of natural resources for tourism of localities as well as exploit trans-provincial and trans-regional tourism products, affirming the country's position on the world tourist map. The forum is the city’s 6th tourism development cooperation program promoting the linkage in tourism between HCMC and eight cities, provinces in the Northwest region , 13 Southern provinces and cities , … [Read more...] about HCMC, north central provinces boost linkage for tourism development
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Da Nang lacks nightlife entertainment
In mid-June, Van Anh and her family of four took a summer holiday in Da Nang, famous as the country’s most livable city, but they felt that the trip was made boring because they had nothing to do in the evening. "Besides swimming, eating out and visiting Ba Na Hills, I realized that Da Nang has very few services for tourists, especially in the evening. After eating, we come back to the hotel and there are no more night-time activities," she said. Thu Huong, another tourist from Hanoi, also spent a night in Da Nang last month and watched a fire breathing act on the iconic Dragon Bridge at night. She said she didn’t know what else she could do. "From 9:30 p.m. streets in Da Nang started emptying and looking deserted. There were a few night markets and backpacker streets with poor services," Huong recalled. Industry insiders acknowledge that it has been the case for years that the city has not been meeting the demand of high-spending tourists for night-time activities. At a … [Read more...] about Da Nang lacks nightlife entertainment
Vietnam to use small satellites to build capacity in Earth observation
Engineers at VNSC are building a small satellite. (Photo: VNSC) Hanoi (VNA) – Potential plans and roadmaps were proposed to build national capacity in Earth observation using small satellite systems during a seminar held by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) in Hanoi on June 30. In his remarks, VNSC General Director Assoc. Prof., Dr. Pham Anh Tuan said the Government in February 2021 announced a strategy for the development and application of aerospace science and technology by 2030, aiming to utilise achievements in the fields to address defence and security issues, strengthen management of environment and natural resources, monitor natural disasters and minimise their impacts, and provide related services for people. This seminar forms part of the efforts to translate the strategy into reality, according to Tuan. The seminar is held by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) at the Vietnam … [Read more...] about Vietnam to use small satellites to build capacity in Earth observation
Vietnam’s marine economy unleashes major potential
Economic value The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment recently coordinated with the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission and relevant units to organize a forum on sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy in 2022 in Phu Yen Province. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Minh Ngan told the gathering that marine tourism brings 70 percent of revenue to the country’s tourism industry; sea freight transport reached 85.1 million tonnes; oil and gas production reached 18.43 million tonnes (crude oil production was 10.97 million tonnes). The output of fisheries production reached 3.92 million tonnes; and aquaculture 4.805 million tonnes. Investment in infrastructure development is needed to connect dynamic coastal economic zones Investments have been poured into construction of traffic infrastructure connecting big economic urban centers and economic zones to sea ports, and linking northern with southern, eastern with … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s marine economy unleashes major potential
Viettel and NVIDIA sign MoU on AI cooperation
Viettel is the first enterprise in Vietnam and also one of the five enterprises in Southeast Asia to officially set up a strategic partnership with NVIDIA – one of the world’s largest AI service solution provider corporations in the world. Promoting cooperation with leading partners in the world, especially NVIDIA, reflects Viettel’s high determination to invest in AI development. These activities aim to help Vietnam reach the Prime Minister’s target set in the national strategy on AI research, development, and application by 2030, as well as to attain the goal of being among the Top 5 leading countries in ASEAN and the Top 60 nations in the world in term of AI research, development and application. The strategic cooperation between Viettel and NVIDIA is expected to speed up AI research and application in various fields, including computer vision, natural language processing, digital twin, robotics, and others. Under the deal, Viettel will join the NVIDIA Partner Network, marking … [Read more...] about Viettel and NVIDIA sign MoU on AI cooperation
Top 10 prestigious insurance firms in 2022 announced
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Report JSC on July 1 announced the lists of Top 10 most prestigious life and non-life insurance companies in Vietnam in 2022. Accordingly, the 10 prestigious life insurance companies included Bao Viet Insurance, Dai-Ichi Vietnam , AIA Vietnam, Prudential Vietnam, Chubb Vietnam, MB Ageas, Hanwha Life Vietnam, Manulife Vietnam, Generali Vietnam, and Cathay Vietnam. Meanwhile, the top 10 non-life insurance companies in 2022 are Bao Viet Insurance, Posts and Telecommunications Joint Stock Insurance Corporation (PTI), PVI Insurance, Petrolimex Joint Stock Insurance Company (PJICO), Military Insurance Corporation (MIC), BIDV Insurance Corporation, Bao Minh Joint Stock Corporation, VietinBank Insurance Company, Agriculture Bank Insurance Joint Stock Corporation and Saigon-Hanoi Insurance Corporation. Based on the reputation of insurance companies, Vietnam Report made assessments objectively and independently on the foundation of their financial … [Read more...] about Top 10 prestigious insurance firms in 2022 announced