LIFESTYLE

Vang Thi Mai, owner of a textile workshop in Ha Giang Province which generates jobs for hundreds of workers, has been named among top 50 most influential women by Forbes Vietnam Magazine.

Forbes Vietnam has announced the list of the 50 most influential Vietnamese women in 2017, 20 of whom are businesswomen.

The Government will closely coordinate with the Vietnam Women’s Union and local authorities to listen to women’s aspirations and to create the most favourable conditions possible in which for women to participate actively in public life.

The Japanese government has given a VND225bn non-refundable aid to the VND243bn project to clean the channel runs through Japanese Bridge in Hoi An Town.

Two Vietnamese individuals from the central province of Thua Thien Hue were awarded with the French Government’s Order of Academic Palms for their role in promoting cross-cultural exchange and education ties between the province and France.

Local authorities in Quang Nam Province's Tam Thanh Commune are cooperating with artists from Singapore in an ecotourism project which aims to introduce local life and culture to visitors.

Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital has launched its surgical robot systems for joint and neurosurgery operations with progress in treatment, making it the first medical facility in Vietnam to employ the technology.

Tired of the noise, a man in the central province of Quang Ngai has opted to live alone in the deep forest for the past 20 years.

Vietnam has been ranked 86th out of 118 countries in the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index, which measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent.

Vietnam’s young businesspeople Dao Lan Huong has been selected as one of 15 entrepreneurs to take part in the Australia-ASEAN Emerging Leaders Programme (A2ELP), which was scheduled to take place in Melbourne and Sydney in March.

100 fans made from valuable aloe wood will be given as souvenirs to the heads of states who will attend the Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC in Nha Trang City.

Quang Ninh Province authorities is planning to build the USD26.4m Bai Chay International Wharf for luxury cruises in Ha Long Bay next year.

Overseas Vietnamese play an important role in developing Vietnam’s economy by contributing their talent and intelligence in the science and technology field, a deputy minister of Science and Technology said recently in HCM City.

Vice Chairman of HCM City Tran Vinh Tuyen has worked with the city Department of Tourism and related agencies to discuss tourism activities in 2017.

Quang Binh Province will auction the rights to operate tours to caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park after Oxalis Company ends the contract.

A road in the Thai province of Udon Thani has been named Thầu Chín – the name that Vietnam’s President Hồ Chí Minh used when he lived in Thailand 89 years ago.

Museum visitors can now use their smartphone to explore and understand artifacts with Friendly Guide, an application recently developed by a group of IT students, without the help of a museum guide.

Thousands of visitors flocked to the annual Vieng Market in Nam Dinh Province on the night of February 3 to buy luck and sell their misfortune.

Floating markets are the special feature of Vietnam’s south-western region, The markets become more crowded near the Lunar New Year.