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This is Xi Jinping’s third visit to Vietnam as the General Secretary and President of China. In the photo, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomes the Chinese distinguished guests at the airport. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his wife host a welcoming ceremony for the Chinese leader and his wife at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on December 12. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong invites Party General Secretary Xi Jinping to the podium for the flag salute ceremony. The two Party leaders and their wives wave at officials of both Vietnam and China at the welcoming ceremony. Shortly after the ceremony, the two Party leaders hold talks at the headquarters of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi. During the talks, the two sides agree to promote strong, stable, long-term and more effective development of Vietnam-China relations at a new level. President Xi Jinping also holds talks with President V...

Covering an area of over 8.5 ha, Nguyen Tat Thanh Square is an impressive work in both landscape and urban architecture. It also serves as a place for organising cultural, political and historical events. The construction of the square started in 2012 and  was completed on the occasion of the 125th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 2015). It is a typical cultural and architectural work that shows the love of ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang for their beloved Uncle Ho. The Asian Townscape Awards was initiated by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Settlement Commission, Asian Landscape Design Organisation and the Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Centre of Japan in 2010, aiming to honour cities, regions, projects that have played a significant role as models in landscape construction, thus materialising a living environment that is happy and fulfilling to the people of Asia. Winning works and projec...

Upon addressing the function, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu underscored the importance of the cultural event to the citizens of the two countries. The Deputy Minister added that through the touching love story of a Japanese merchant and Vietnamese princess Ngoc Hoa, the opera project can provide an overall picture of the two countries’ strong diplomatic ties which date back to the early 17th century. He noted that the introduction of the opera and other important activities will allow people to learn more about the respective cultures of both countries, further bolstering the traditional friendship whilst bringing prosperity and contributing to promoting peace and stability within the region. Artists particpate in the Princess Anio opera As an honorary consultant for the project, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio expressed his desire to see the opera help people reminisce about the shared history between the two nations, as well as fur...

The opening ceremony saw Phan Thi Thang, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, emphasise that the southern city is striving to organise an annual international music festival that boasts both unique and youthful features, as well as international integration imbued with national identity. She went on to express her hope that the function will serve to introduce international friends to typical Vietnamese cultural characteristics in terms of language, music, and artists Simultaneously, the event will create a vibrant atmosphere in Ho Chi Minh City during the remaining days of the year, thereby creating favourable conditions for the public to enjoy a range of impressive performances put on by local and foreign artists. Another benefit of the function will be to help local audiences gain exposure to a wide variety of music genres which originate in the country, as well as those from around the world. During the opening night of the festival the gathered ...

A total of 51 photos are displayed at the exhibition which is organised by the Union of Friendship Organisations of Gia Lai province and the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and will run until December 12 at Gia Lai Museum. The photos depict different periods in the friendly relationship between the two countries and the friendship activities between Gia Lai province and northeastern provinces of Cambodia including Ratanakiri, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear. Speaking at the exhibition, Lam The Tong, chairman of the Union of Friendship Organizations of Gia Lai province, affirmed that Vietnam and Cambodia are two neighbouring countries with traditional solidarity and friendship. The relationship has been fostered by generations of leaders and people of the two countries. In particular, the cooperative relationship between Gia Lai province and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri provinces has been tightened with promoted economic, political, cultural and social activ...

Kumquat trees in a garden owned by Nguyen Van Thanh in Van Giang district of Hung Yen province go on sale with hundreds of new models. Unique trophy-shaped kumquat trees created to celebrate the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar prove hugely attractive to shoppers this year. A kumquat tree shaped like the World Cup stands at 3.2 metres high. Gardener Thanh says he loves football and it takes time to create a bonsai tree with a unique shape. Such a bonsai tree in the photo costs VND18 million. Around 20 love-shaped kumquat trees are also put on sale in Thanh’s garden. Each heart-shaped kumquat tree is over 2 metres high. A vase-shaped kumquat tree is around two to 3.8 metres high and has diameter of 1.5 metres. Each vase-shaped kumquat tree costs between VND20 – 25 million. During Tet it is believed that the more fruits on a kumquat tree inside a house then the more luck will come to the owner ahead ...

The purpose of the function is to introduce local readers to the first dictionary of the Spanish language that is to be both printed and published in Vietnam. Upon addressing the event, Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Viet Thao, standing vice president of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association, underscored the importance of the work to broaden the knowledge, as well as to equip researchers and local Spanish learners with an useful tool to gain access to the language. Most notably, the dictionary was also released amid both countries celebrating 40 years since the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba, as well as the 62nd anniversary since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Viet Thao expressed his belief that local Spanish learners will have a useful tool to access the Spanish language, particularly as it is the second most spoken in the world with more than 500 million users, accounting for 10% of...

Photo: mynghean When it comes to tea, most immediately think of green tea fields stretching across the rolling hills. Few people know, located in the middle of Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province, there is a unique tea garden surrounded by four rivers. This place is also known as the tea oasis. Photo: mynghean The reason for this name is that the tea in Thanh Chuong is grown on small oases. The entire tea hill here is surrounded by the Cau Thau dam, about 80 hectares wide. Photo: Sggp The tea oasis have a gentle slope, the trees are planted in the shape of an arc, extending to the water’s edge. From above, in the midst of the clear blue water of the hydroelectric dam, emerges green hills covering a space that can easily overwhelm visitors. The beauty of Thanh Chuong tea oasis becomes even more apparent to visitors when they sit on motorboats gliding across the water, crossing each stretch of rolling hills. This experience will give them an endles...

Some Samurai Blue fans watched the match in a Tokyo sports bar, undeterred by the rain and a midnight start. They booked their seats at the bar in hopes of witnessing Japan reach the last eight for the first time, but were sorely disappointed. Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Round of 16 – Japan v Croatia – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar – December 5, 2022 Japan fans react after the penalty shootout as Japan are eliminated from the World Cup. Photo: Reuters “My mind went blank … I had no emotion whatsoever,” 21-year-old university student Shun Hasegawa said on Tuesday with tears welling up in his eyes as he described the moment Japan lost the shootout. “The match was decided by a penalty kick, so it was a 50-50 chance for Japan to win or lose. I think penalty shootouts are a bit like a random draw … it’s just so frustrating to think that there was a 50% chance that Japan could have won,” he added. Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup Qata...