12,000 Tet gifts to be presented to construction workers
HCMC – Coteccons Construction JSC and Dantri Online newspaper have cut a deal to initiate the “Building Tet 2023” program, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, to donate 12,000 Tet gift sets to construction workers nationwide. Construction workers at over 60
Nhat Nghe Tinh Bookcase launches two engineering books
HCMC – The Nhat Nghe Tinh (Master One Trade) Bookcase, co-founded by the Saigon Times Foundation, a unit of the Saigon Times Group, and the Supporting Committee for Vietnamese People in Germany, has rolled out two books on mechanical engineering and electronic and electrical technology. These
Christmas comes to Saigon opera house
HCMC – Christmas began as a festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, but now it has expanded to become a full-blown mid-winter festival, with robins, holly and mistletoe, Santa Claus, reindeer, stockings full of presents, turkey for dinner, and much, much more. It is that the HCMC Ballet,
Building basketball community in Vietnam
Peter Knight started to play basketball as soon as he knew how to pick up a ball. His mother was a basketball coach, so his passion for the game grew since he was a child. Knight started coaching when he was only 17 years old, and has continued to coach until now since he moved […]
Thousands of standardized helmets distributed to Hanoi students
HCMC – AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee and the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, has hosted a helmet handover ceremony and a Road Safety Day at Phung Khac Khoan – Thach That High School, offering thousands of United Nations ECE 22.05 Standard
‘Come and Party in France’ exhibition held in town
HCMC – Consul General of France in HCMC Emmanuelle Pavillon-Grosser on December 7 opened an exhibition titled “Come and Party in France” to introduce 14 popular French festivals. The exhibition, set to wrap up next April, will take visitors on a journey to the four corners of France, from the city
Thailand’s National Day celebrated in HCMC
HCMC – The Thai Consulate-General in HCMC today, December 5, held a ceremony to mark the 95th National Day of Thailand and celebrated the birthday anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The ceremony, themed “Thailand on the day back”, also incorporated an exhibition that features multiple booths
HBSO to present nutcracker for three performances
HCMC – Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker has long been associated with Christmas. It begins with a Christmas party, and ends with the daughter of the house, Clara, asleep under the Christmas tree. All over the world Nutcracker is produced in December, anticipating Christmas. And so it is that
Run For The Heart to make a comeback
HCMC – Gamuda Land Vietnam and VinaCapital Foundation have announced the launch of the ninth annual charity run, Run For The Heart 2023, to raise funds for children with congenital heart defects, after a two-year break due to the Covid pandemic. The charity program is a combination of both online
AkzoNobel Vietnam completes lighthouse repainting project in Binh Dinh
HCMC – AkzoNobel, the global paints and coatings company known for the Dulux brand, has completed repainting the Cu Lao Xanh Lighthouse project in the south-central province of Binh Dinh. This is the third lighthouse in Vietnam recoated under the “Lighthouse Protection Campaign” of AkzoNobel,
Huawei awards 50 scholarships to talented Vietnamese students
HCMC – Huawei presented 50 Seeds for the Future scholarships to excellent and talented students across the country at TechFest Vinh Phuc 2022, which took place on November 18 and 19. The scholarships will help motivate these students to study harder, contributing to the progress of the innovation
Consular Club resumes Charity Bazaar
After a two-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Consular Club’s Annual International Charity Bazaar resumed in HCMC on November 12, featuring 70 booths from 20 countries. The 27th bazaar showcased various products such as handicrafts, clothes, scented candles, bags, jewelry, food, and
