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The reportage said that about 400 Vietnamese people attended the traditional Tet festival in Woluwe Saint-Pierre district where not only Vietnamese people but also Belgians said to each other “Chuc mung Nam moi” (Happy New Year). Visitors to the festival had a chance to enjoy Vietnamese traditional foods and fruits, particularly grapefruit – an indispensable fruit during Tet celebrations. The channel’s reporter introduced “banh mi” (Vietnamese bread) – a specialty whose name is included in the Oxford Dictionary. The festival was decorated with parallel sentences or calligraphy brought from Vietnam. According to the reportage, hanging calligraphy is an indispensable decoration in the houses of Vietnamese people during Tet. To write calligraphy, one must learn for many years, and calligraphers look like performing martial arts when writing. Besides, the Tet festival included a peformance by an art troupe from Ho Chi Minh City. The reportage emphasised that about 5,000 Vietnames...

This ranking is compiled by TripAdvisor based on traveler reviews over the past 12 months. Accordingly, the city voted the most by tourists is Rome (Italy). The Italian capital attracts tourists with delicious dishes such as pasta, gelato ice cream, fried artichoke flowers, and other dishes. The second place belongs to Crete (Greece). In third place is Hanoi. Photo: nymmm The charming Vietnamese capital has aged well, preserving the Old Quarter, monuments, and colonial architecture, while making room for modern developments alongside. Hanoi may have shrugged off several former names, including Thang Long, or “ascending dragon,” but it hasn’t forgotten its past, as sites such as Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and Hoa Lo Prison attest. Lakes, parks, shady boulevards, and more than 600 temples and pagodas add to the appeal of this city, which is easily explored by taxi, according to TripAdvisor. This is not the first time Hanoi has been named in the list of the world’s top cuisin...

Vietnam News Today (Feb. 1) notable headlines Vietnam, Russia celebrate 73 years of bilateral diplomacy Tourism sector serves 13 million domestic ​tourists in January Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City among safest cities in Southeast Asia Vietnam forecast to become second-largest economy in Southeast Asia by 2036 Visa policy change needed to further attract foreign visitors: tourism authority African swine fever vaccine to be circulated nationwide from February Vietnam attracts 1.69 billion USD in foreign investment in January Vietnam to attend ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023 in Indonesia Border trade up in Lao Cai province Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of St. Petersburg City Evgeny Grigoriev delivers a speech at the event. Photo: VNA Vietnam, Russia celebrate 73 years of bilateral diplomacy The Foreign Affairs Committee of St. Petersburg physically and virtually held a meeting on January 30 to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the Rus...

Love for Vietnam Prof. Ahn studied Vietnamese at the Vietnamese faculty of the Korea National University from 1974. After working as executive manager of Hyundai Group in Vietnam during the early 1990s, he realised that language translation was an important channel in which to boost the development of the friendly relationship between the two sides. The RoK and Vietnam established diplomatic ties in 1992, paving the way for business executives to enter and invest in Vietnam. Financiers from the RoK had an increasing demand to learn Vietnamese, and Prof. Ahn was invited to teach Vietnamese in his hometown. “Some of my friends encouraged me to continue doing business at Hyundai, while some others advised me to take up Vietnamese studies and teaching, reasoning the relations between the two countries were developing rapidly and they needed people with a high command of Vietnam like me. I took the second option, focusing on education,” recalled Prof. Ahn. After successfully comple...

In an effort to give visitors the opportunity to learn, admire, and enjoy the Japanese sword art, the Chosen de l’art Art Auction and Sun Group signed a cooperation agreement to invest a project named the Interactive Art Space of the Japanese Sword – Art of the Samurai sword in Ha Long (Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam). Project signing ceremony (Photo: Quang Ninh Newspaper). This is an international art project that was implemented by CHEN de l’art in April 2022 in Bat Trang, Hanoi. The 5 ancient swords introduced that time, were certified by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Japan Sword Art Preservation Association). The focus of the project was on the appearance of the “sacred sword” – a masterpiece dedicated to Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi (who ruled all of Japan from 1858 to 1866). At the exhibition, there was also a space to introduce ancient paintings, traditional masks, and experience activities for the art-loving public such as wearing typical Japanese martial arts ...

“Vietnamese calligraphy nourishes my soul” Jean Sébastien Grill’s calligraphy booth is named Truong Giang. “Truong Giang is my Vietnamese name, given by a friend. Giang has the same pronunciation as Jean. Truong Giang means a long, healthy life,” said Jean. Jean has studied Vietnamese for 7 years and lived in Vietnam for 6 years. Before coming to Vietnam, he worked as a graphic designer and studied oriental medicine, massage and acupressure to help friends and colleagues suffering from spine problems. Jean married an overseas Vietnamese in 2006. On their first trip to Hanoi, they were so impressed by the bustling sidewalks and folk medicine that they return to Vietnam every year to travel and learn more about Oriental medicine. Jean, his wife, and their children moved to Vietnam in 2015, when he was introduced to Vietnamese calligraphy. “I knew about Korean, Chinese, and Japanese calligraphy long before but when I learned that Vietnam also has this kind of art, I signed up for cl...

Vehicles can easily move on usually-busy two-way streets. Compared to normal days, the traffic moving towards the capital’s gateways is heavy, although there is no signs of severe congestion. A long line of vehicles waits at a green light on Nguyen Trai street. A traffic police officer arrives early on Trieu Khuc street in order to guide the flow of traffic. The Nguyen Xien-Nguyen Trai intersection is slightly crowded, with vehicles able to move at a slow pace. Vehicles only clog up the area as cars and motorbikes wait for the light to turn green. During rush hour this morning, the majority of vehicles move at a snail’s pace on Nguyen Trai street. The same situation can be seen on Truong Chinh street. There are no traffic jams reported on Kham Thien, Ton Duc Thang, and Chua Boc streets. On the first working day of the new year, clear streets means no stress and a less tiring envi...