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2,000 people to join UNESCO-recognized Xoe Thai dance

 2,022 people will join a Xoe Thai dance ceremony on Friday as Yen Bai province receives the UNESCO certificate for the art form as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and inaugurate the Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Week and Discovery Mu Cang Chai Terraced Fields 2022. Yen Bai province will

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Ho Chi Minh City sinks faster than sea level rise, study finds

  Ho Chi Minh city is one of 48 coastal cities in the world that are sinking faster than the sea is rising, according to a recent study by international researchers.   A team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University, working with a group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and

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Measures suggested to boost labour market sustainability

​Several measures for developing a sustainable labour market in the post-pandemic period were suggested by many delegates on the sidelines of the Vietnam Socio-Economic Forum 2022 on September 18. Bui Sy Loi, former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Social Affairs, said the labour market has been disrupted due

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Hanoi to hold mass wedding for 30 couples

The youth authorities of Hanoi has planned a mass wedding ceremony for 30 couples on October 15 and 16.   The venue will be at the Ly Thai To statue square in the heart of the city.   The municipal chapters of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and

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Bangladeshi man imprisoned for fraud, appropriation of assets

The People’s Court of Hanoi on September 19 sentenced Abedin Ahmed, a Bangladeshi national, to 13 years in prison for “Fraud and appropriation of assets”, as stipulated in Article 174 of the Penal Code of Vietnam.   The trial found that in mid-2018,  Abedin Ahmed, 42, entered Vietnam and temporarily

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