January 12, 2022

APEC Sculpture Park opens in Da Nang

   Da Nang has opened APEC Sculpture Park – an extension of the 2017-built APEC Park – on the west bank of the Hàn River, as a new architecture check-in spot and public destination for the tourism hub. The city said the park, which was built on 8,600sq.m with total investment of

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The Netherlands helps Vietnam mitigate plastic waste pollution

  Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on Tuesday worked with representatives of the Dutch Embassy in Vietnam and Clear Rivers on implementing a pilot project to collect plastic waste in Hau river.   Ramon Knoester, Founding Director of Clear Rivers, said the waste collection model on

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SEA Games, ASEAN Para Games release official slogan

  -The 31st Southeast Asian Games and the 11th ASEAN Para Games have launched their official slogan as “For a Stronger South East Asia”.  According to the Vietnam Sports Administration, the slogan is expected to send to governments and people in the region a strong message of solidarity to build

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Vietnam, Canada sign MoU on economic cooperation

 Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishing a joint economic committee (JEC) between the two countries. The two sides hope to establish a comprehensive cooperation framework through the JEC mechanism to facilitate investment

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Beijing Olympics 2022 won’t change pandemic regulations

The Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has said China has no plans to lockdown the capital or change its regulations on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, despite growing concerns about the risk of spreading the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Huang Chun, a member of

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World Bank downgrades 2022 global economic growth forecast

  The global economy is on track to grow 4.1% in 2022, down 0.2% from the previous projection, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects report.   Following a strong rebound in 2021, the global economy is entering a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 variants

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