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VinFast officially delivers first VF 8 City Edition vehicles to U.S. customers

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The City Edition vehicles will continue be delivered to customers at VinFast’s stores or through a home-delivery service in the following days. The VF 8 City Edition includes 999 vehicles that were imported to the U.S. last December. As a limited edition, the VF 8 City Edition comes with a special financing offer for customers. The VF 8 City Edition Eco and Plus models have an EPA estimated range of 207 miles and 191 miles respectively. The VF 8 City Edition is equipped with a wide range of advanced technologies including ADAS and Smart Services. VinFast firmware over-the-air (FOTA) may provide all VinFast vehicles with regular updates designed to enhance vehicle functionality and performance. With a customer-centric philosophy, VinFast also offers outstanding after-sales policies including a 10-year warranty for vehicles and batteries, mobile services, 24/7 roadside assistance, and many more to provide customers with piece of mind throughout their electric vehicle ownership ex...

Vietnam Develops ties with UNESCO for National Development

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Speaking at the event, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the commission Ha Kim Ngoc looked back at achievements in cooperation with UNESCO last year, including the country’s election to the Inter-Governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022-2026 tenure with the highest number of votes. Vietnam is now a member of three important UNESCO mechanisms, namely the Executive Board in the 2021-2025 tenure, the Inter-Governmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the 2021-2025 tenure, and the Inter-Governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the 2022-2026 tenure. Vietnam’s role and position in the multilateral forum have been increasingly improved. Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Ngoc noted that the UNESCO Director-General made an official visit to t...

2023 Opens Bright Future for People-to-people Exchange of Vietnam and Australia

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In recent interview with local new agencies on the occasion marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral relation establishment between Vietnam and Australia, Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski emphasized that the two countries have had many outstanding accomplishments in multifaced cooperation, thanks to the firm foundation of mutual trust. Ambassador of Australia to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski “[The bilateral relation] is built on a strong feeling of mutual trust and practical cooperation on so many fields and so many years. I thank my Australian predecessors, Vietnamese ambassadors and leaders in enabling the strong areas of cooperation to develop, such as: defense cooperation, education, trade and the important people-to-people relations,” said Goledzinowski. In regards to milestones in the bilateral relations, Ambassador Goledzinowski said that Australia was one of the pioneers in investing in Vietnam right after the Southeast Asian nation opened its economy in the 1...

HCMC Museum Launches Vietnamese Version of “Waging Peace in Vietnam”

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At the launching ceremony. Photo: HUFO The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 1 organized a ceremony to launch the publication “Tranh dau cho hoa binh,” the Vietnamese version of the book “Waging Peace in Vietnam” which details efforts by US soldiers to oppose and resist the US war in Vietnam. After six years, the translation and editing process has been completed with the copyright and franchise license of New York-based New Village Press, the War Remnants Museum has cooperated with the HCM City Youth Publishing House did the printing and distribution of the Vietnamese-language publication of “Waging Peace in Vietnam”. Attending the ceremony were Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Ambassador of Vietnam to the European Union, Belgium and the Netherlands, Chairwoman of the HCM City Peace & Development Foundation; Director of the HCM City War Remnants Museum Tran Xuan Thao; and Vice Chairman of the HCM City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) Ho Xuan Lam. For ...

The Bravery of a Female Border Guard Soldier in Nghe An Province

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The female soldiers master martial arts In the last days of February, the weather at the Cua Lo – Ben Thuy Port Border Guard Station is boiling hot and even cause severe sunburns. Despite the blazing heat, female officers in the Women’s Union of the Border Guards of Nghe An province still focus on their practicing and marching martial arts to perform at the training ceremony of Nghe An province in March. They are expected to join their male colleagues to perform martial arts with bare hands, daggers, nunchaku, and situational fighting. A female border guard soldier is practicing. (Photo: phunuvietnam.vn) In the break, Captain Dang Minh Khue, President of the Nghe An Border Guard Women’s Union is happy with her team’s progress. “We have practiced together for 3 weeks. The official performance is coming in a few days so my sisters and I have to do our best to keep up with our male colleagues. This is the third time I have participated in martial arts training, so I have...