-After winning the IRED Education Institute’s Best Book award in Literature, Ocean Vuong’s best-selling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous received widespread recognition. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is the debut book of Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, released in 2019 by Penguin Press. Prior to being honoured in Vietnam, the novel received numerous
MM Mega Market, in collaboration with the Foreign Agricultural Service under the US Department of Agriculture (USDA/FAS), launched a programme introducing US food and beverages in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. The programme, part of the “United Tastes” campaign launched by FAS last year, is attracting the participation
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) was officially launched in New York on Tuesday, with Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, jointly chairing the opening. The debate’s theme is “A watershed moment: Transformative solutions to interlocking challenges” this year. Vietnam
– President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday sent greetings to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Vietnam’s admission to the UN (September 20, 1977 – September 20, 2022). In the message, the Vietnamese leader thanked the United Nations for the companionship and support of Vietnam’s development over
To celebrate 45 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Spain, the Vietnam National Academy of Music will host a concert titled Melodia de Espana Concerto – Spanish Melodies. The event’s lineup included Spanish pianist Pablo Galdo, Vietnamese musicians Tran Thi Tam Ngoc, Vu Duc Hien, and others. Classic love
One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, more than 200 NGOs have warned, urging decisive international action to “end the spiraling global hunger crisis”. In an open letter addressing world leaders gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, 238 organisations
Since the beginning of 2022, the city has welcomed nearly 14 million tourists, more than 4 times higher than the same period last year, the Hanoi Department of Tourism said. They included 766,000 international tourists and 13 million domestic tourists. Total revenue from tourists reached 1.6 billion USD, 4.7 times
