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Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) receives Vice Governor of Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture Shimo Hiroshi. Photo: VGP Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed that Vietnam is keen on promoting partnership among localities of Vietnam and Japan, considering it as a substantial and effective cooperation channel for both sides to beef up bilateral ties in various fields, VNA reported. In a reception for Vice Governor of Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture Shimo Hiroshi in Hanoi on October 6, the official highlighted that the Vietnam -Japan extensive strategic partnership is in prime time with high political trust despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, and underlined that Japan has been a leading important economic partner of Vietnam . Bilateral economic, trade, investment, labor, and education training has been fruitful, he noted. The Deputy PM said that the partnership between localities of the two countries has been deepened, especially si

Nam Tu Liem District People’s Committee on September 13 held a ceremony to receive the Certificate of National Intangible Cultural Heritage for the Thi Cam Rice Cooking Contest and the inauguration of Thi Cam Communal House on September 13. The unique ritual of Thi Cam Rice Cooking Contest The Thi Cam Rice Cooking Contest is held once a year on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. Photo: mtntrip.com As a country with a wet rice civilization, rice cooking competitions are widely held in Vietnamese village festivals, expressing their respect and gratitude for rice. One of the liveliest is celebrated on the 8th day of the first lunar month at Thi Cam Village in Xuan Phuong Ward, Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District today. This is a yearly competition to pay tribute to General Phan Tay Nhac, the tutelary God of Thi Cam Village. The custom is also aimed at praying for a prosperous, happy, and peaceful new year. Legend has it that in the reign of the 18th Hung King, General Phan Ta