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At the exhibition. Photo: Tran Giang Nam An exhibition featuring paintings and installations on the image of the cat, the zodiac animal for the upcoming Lunar New Year, is taking place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi, VNA reported. The exhibition drew the participation of various famous painters and artists who have made great contributions to Vietnamese fine arts. The exhibits, which were created using diverse materials including lacquers, oil paints, acrylics and coloured wood carvings, highlighted interesting and unique perspectives about this animal which is very close to humans. The main theme of the exhibition is the Cat – the zodiac animal of the Lunar New Year. Cat is the fourth sign in Vietnamese Zodiac, taking place of the Rabbit in Chinese Zodiac. In addition, the exhibition also has many works about spring – the season of reproduction and blooming flowers. This is an endless source of inspiration for the artists. The event, will run until January

World’s cuisines ranking according to audience votes for ingredients, dishes and beverages. TasteAtlas released a collection of the top 100 world’s cuisines, ranking them according to audience votes for ingredients, dishes, and beverages. Italy topped the international list, followed by Greece, Spain, Japan, and India. Vietnam came in a respectable 20th place. The magazine suggested that visitors to the country same some of the best rated food the nation has to offer, including Phu Quoc Fish sauce , Pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), Banh mi heo quay (Banh mi with roasted pork belly), and Bun cha (vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs). Other popular dishes include Bun bo Hue (Hue beef noodle soup) and Com tam (Broken Rice). This comes after Pho was also ranked 34th in a list of the 100 most popular dishes by TasteAtlas. The magazine described Pho as one of the most beloved Vietnamese dishes in the western hemisphere due to its complex, unique flavors, and elegant

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the conference. (Photo: VNA) The teleconference between the Government and the 63 provinces and centrally-run cities was intended to review the 2022 performance and carry out the Party Central Committee’s conclusions and the National Assembly (NA)’s resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2023. The Party leader emphasised the need to pay more attention to consolidating and enhancing the macro-economic foundation, controlling inflation and improving the internal capacity and self-reliance of the national economy. Priorities should be given to improving the domestic business environment; addressing difficulties, limitations and weaknesses of the economy, for both short and long terms; restructuring the economy in tandem with growth model reform; accelerating national digital transformation in parallel with natural resources and environmental protection; and responding to climate change, he continued. He said