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The fifth annual Ngay hoi que toi (My village’s festival) opens today at Van Thanh Theme Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District. A variety of specialty foods will be on offer from around the country and visitors are invited to peruse handmade crafts at market-style stalls. Traditional music will be performed throughout [...]
“The tranquil piano rhythm,” a performance to celebrate 50 years of music by beloved Saigonese music composers and pianist Nguyen Anh 9, will take place at ATB café in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. This program is also organised to celebrate the 72th birthday of Nguyen Anh 9, [...]
Many Japanese firms are considering moving their plants to Vietnam, after devastating floods have damaged much of Thailand’s industrial infrastructure. The high risk of natural disaster and high labor cost in Japan itself, and in China, have also urged the businesses to revise their investment strategies, with relocating their manufacturing plants being the top priority, [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has issued a rule prohibiting officers in the traffic police from carrying more than VND 100,000 (US$4.7) while on duty. If an officer needs to bring more than the limit for use after work, they must seal the excess amount with confirmation from their superior. An additional regulation [...]
Nearly 400 domestic and foreign enterprises will showcase a wide range of products and services at the 9th Vietnam International Trade Fair in HCM City, held from 30 November to 3 December at the Sai Gon Exhibition & Convention Centre in District 7. Algeria, Belarus, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Malaysia and the [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City Museum opened its exhibition showcasing more than 200 antique art pieces dating from the 18th – 20th centuries, collected in Sai Gon and other southern provinces Wednesday. The antiques on display range from traditional paper, cloth and wooden paintings; to Buddhist and other religious statues; and religious objects and items [...]
A Japanese film festival themed “Love” will be held in Phu Yen and Ho Chi Minh City in November. Eight films will be shown in both English and Vietnamese subtitles. Love is a very important topic for every individual. The ways through which people show love for one another is quite diverse and is impacted [...]
The Lao Prime Minister, on November 2nd, conferred the Development Insignia of Laos to Ho Chi Minh City’s Television (HTV) to acknowledge its great contributions to establishing the television station in Attapue Province at the service of the local people including Vietnamese residents. The Vietnamese side had assisted US$421,000 to help install an antenna mast [...]
Two vans carrying around 870 kg of rotten animal organs were seized in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday. The animal quarantine station in Thu Duc District first found 12 cartons with nearly 640 kg of rotten, stinking buffalo and cow legs. The van’s driver, Nguyen Van Dung, 31, of central Thanh Hoa Province, failed to [...]
A drunken foreigner caused an uproar at the Ton Duc Thang-Nguyen Huu Canh crossroads in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 at midnight last Wednesday. At the scene, locals stood and watched while dozens of policemen tried to control traffic and stop the man from jumping head-on into a truck. The man took off his [...]