Posts Tagged ‘ New year ’

Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation 

January 25, 2012
Vietnam New Year shoppers defying central bank spurs inflation 

  Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to snap up [...]

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Paying homage to age 

January 23, 2012
Paying homage to age 

  Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]

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Say cheese during Tet 

January 23, 2012
Say cheese during Tet 

  During New Year, people often like to feast on simple traditional dishes along with their families When the weather turns a little cold at the end of the year, it signals the arrival of holidays like the New Year and the Lunar New Year, or Tet. It is the time when everyone expects to [...]

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City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

January 20, 2012
City welcomes Year of the Dragon with special flower street 

  The Tet flower road will return to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City this Friday, highlighted by a giant dragon blowing blooms, as the city starts celebrating the Year of Dragon. With the Lunar New Year starting Monday next week, work to transform Nguyen Hue Street into a street of flowers began on January 10. The 12 meter long, [...]

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Bribing the Kitchen Gods 

January 16, 2012
Bribing the Kitchen Gods 

  A local woman is offering food, carps and clothing for the Kitchen Gods On the 23rd of the last lunar month every year, the large kitchen in Ms Ly Thi Phuong’s house in Hanoi’s Gia Lam District becomes extremely busy. The 56-year-old prepares for something important for most Vietnamese – a gala farewell party [...]

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95 killed on Vietnam roads during New Year holiday 

January 6, 2012
95 killed on Vietnam roads during New Year holiday 

  A total of 95 Vietnamese people were killed and 81 others injured in 117 traffic accidents across the country during the New Year holiday. Figures from the Road and Railway Police Department showed that only one of the accidents occurred on the railway, killing one person, while all others on the roads, news website [...]

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Hanoi to feature Haydn New Year Concert 

January 3, 2012
Hanoi to feature Haydn New Year Concert 

Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. A New Year Special Concert, themed Haydn Night, will take place at the Hanoi Opera House at 8 p.m. on January 11. Haydn Night will feature Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji, piano soloist Nguyen The Vinh and the [...]

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The colorful H’mong costume 

December 31, 2011
The colorful H’mong costume 

  White H’mong girls In the high mountains of northern Vietnam, the H’mong are all set to celebrate their New Year next week. Vietnam’s eighth largest ethnic group is renowned for its colorful clothes and the New Year is an occasion for flaunting them. For the H’mong, in fact, clothes do make the man – [...]

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HCMC to ban vehicles from downtown streets on New Year’s Eve 

December 31, 2011
HCMC to ban vehicles from downtown streets on New Year’s Eve 

  The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has announced it will ban vehicles from traveling on some certain streets to pave the way for New Year celebrations. Vehicles will be banned from entering Nguyen Hue Street in District 1 from 6 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2011 until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. There will [...]

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Big gap remains from Tet, New Year bonus high of $52,300 

December 30, 2011
Big gap remains from Tet, New Year bonus high of $52,300 

Garment workers are among those receiving low Tet, New Year bonuses this year   Vietnam’s highest Tet and calendar New Year bonus for an individual this year as of December 27 was paid by a foreign-invested firm in Ho Chi Minh City at more than US$52,300. The company, which is not named, paid the country’s largest [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...