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The Ho Chi Minh City-based KOTO Saigon Training Center and Restaurant’s 24-month hospitality training program gives street children and other disadvantaged youths a chance to break their poverty cycle. The program, combining hospitality and English training with training in life skills, is aimed at changing the lives of those unable to pursue education due to [...]
Situated right in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral (translated as “Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn) represents both the most famous landmark and the religious core of the City. The front of Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Notre-Dame Cathedral, or Notre-Dame Basilica to be exact, is a famous ancient cathedral in Southern [...]
A series of cultural activities are being held to mark Vietnamese Women’s Day at the Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Cultural House on October 20. Courses on cloth and paper flower making at the Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Cultural House have attracted many women. (Photo: Sggp) One of highlights of the event is an [...]
The Provinces of Binh Duong and Tay Ninh as well as HCM City could face more bouts of flooding if solutions are not found to correct problems associated with the Dau Tieng Reservoir located on the the upper part of the Sai Gon River. Because of heavy rainfall, the reservoir with a capacity of 1.58billion [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Professional and amateur artists from 27 clubs from the southern region will participate in the HCM City Tai Tu Music Festival 2011 that opens this weekend in the Van Thanh Tourist Park. Traditional tunes: Tai tu artists from Tien Giang Province perform at a traditional music show for foreign visitors. (Photo: [...]
To Ngoc Thanh, the son of late great painter To Ngoc Van, has introduced his 34 oil paintings which depict the beauty of Sapa to HCM City’s audiences. Thanh was born in 1940 in Hanoi. In 1946, his family evacuated to Viet Bac military base, where the Fine Art College was located. His father, To [...]
1,600 students from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, on September 24th, joined a program to set the Guinness record for “the Largest Mindmap Jigsaw puzzle–most pieces” at the Phu Tho Sporting hall in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, under the supervision of Mrs Carim Valerio, the representative of the Guinness World [...]
An exhibition entitled “Sea, Islands and Naval Soldiers – The Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea” opened at the South East Region Armed Forces Museum in HCM City on September 23-24. The event is co-organised by the Navy’s Department of Politics and the Department of Politics of Military Zone 7 to mark the 66th anniversary [...]
Four fashion designers introduced their new designs at “Touch”, the first show in the “Sense Fashion Show” series, organized by Tai Hoa Viet Company in HCM City on August 21. The four designers. The four designers presented collections for four seasons: Kelly Bui with a collection for spring; Truong Thanh Long with “Skin” [...]
On August 17, nearly 1,000 girls throughout the country gathered in HCM City to attend the first casting day of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model, the second season. They confidently performed before the jury. The selected 100 girls performed in swimwear on August 18. The best 40 were chosen for the interview round. Twenty [...]