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Global streaming platform Netflix wants to assist the development of Hanoi into Asia’s creative industry hub, vice president of public policy Dean Garfield said on April 17. Netflix vice president of public policy Dean Garfield (left) meets Hanoi Mayor Tran Sy Thanh on April 17. Photo: Tu Anh/The Hanoi Times In a meeting with Hanoi mayor Tran Sy Thanh, the Netflix executive expected the cooperation between the company and authorities of Vietnam and Hanoi would grow stronger. Netflix sees Vietnam as a potential market, and the US company is taking the very first steps to establish its presence in the Vietnamese market, Dean said. He said one of the priorities is to find a potential partner and an opportunity for long-term development in Vietnam. Netflix wants to spur the growth of the Vietnamese creative industry, Dean added. The US executive hoped that Hanoi, as Vietnam’s capital city and cultural-political-economic center, would give proper suggestions and opportun

The band Buc Tuong (The Wall) released their latest album,  Can bang (Balance), on April 16, at Hanoi Book Street, marking their 28 years in the music industry. The album includes 10 songs in the genres of Hard Rock, Modern Rock with youthful rhythms, and romantic rock ballad, which has been a specialty of Buc Tuong for many years. The band conveys the message through the album: “In a long journey, everyone needs a balance to regain the spirit when facing fatigue and difficulties in life. We have to choose the positive and let go of the negative.” With the song Sunflower , the audience enjoyed for the first time a rock song mixed with the symphony orchestra music – a new and unprecedented experiment in the music of Buc Tuong with the participation of the orchestra and conductor Luu Quang Minh.  Guitarist Tran Tuan Hung and the band exchange with audiences at Hanoi Book Street. Photo: Ngo Minh/The Hanoi Times Sunflower brings images of vast fields, wishes, and thoug

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh met and discussed with overseas Vietnamese delegates in the Netherlands to join the delegation to visit Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, and DK1 platform in 2023. At the meeting. Photo: TG&VN At the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands, Ambassador Pham Viet Anh recently met, exchanged and saw off representatives of the Vietnamese community in the Netherlands to join a delegation to visit the local residents, officers and soldiers of Truong Sa island district and the DK1 marine platform. The trip, 10th edition of its kind, was organized by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Foreign Ministry in coordination with the Vietnamese Navy. This time, two delegates from the Netherlands are Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, president of the Vietnamese Women’s Union in the Netherlands, along with Leu Thi Hien, vice president of the Vietnamese Ass

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Photo: AP Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US discussed the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The most extensive, effective, and practical stage of development Recently, many high-ranking US delegations have come to Vietnam, along with the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, what do we expect? The US State Department is also informed about the purpose of the visit. It was the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership, the exchange of all areas of bilateral and regional cooperation with Vietnam. The visit comes on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 10th anniversary of their comprehensive partnership. The 10 years of comprehensive partnership (2013-2023) is the most extensive, fastest, most substantive and effective development period in the 28 years of Vietnam-US relations . This is a period of gr

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong (right) directly participated in the preparation for the official visit to the US by President Truong Tan Sang from July 23-26, 2013. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has a visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of Minister Bui Thanh Son. Regarding Vietnam-US relations, what do you think is the significance of the visit? US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Vietnam from April 14-16 is an important milestone in the positive development of the relationship between Vietnam and the US in recent years, especially the maintenance of regular contact at a high level after a period of stagnation because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In May 2022, we witnessed a successful visit to the US and attended the ASEAN-US Special Summit of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with more than 60 bilateral and multilateral activities. After that, the Prime Minister also had the opportunity to meet and discuss with President Joe Biden at the 40th and 41st ASEAN

The photo exhibition, themed “Hanoi – The Beginning of a Western City in Southeast Asia”, is part of the 12th Vietnam-France Cooperation Conference organized by Hanoi and the Ile-de-France Region. The space of the photo exhibition. Photo: Nam Nguyen Being on display until April 22, the exhibition features 30 color photographs taken by Léon Busy between 1915 and 1921, considered the first color photographs of Hanoi. These photographs show the appearance of Hanoi as it changed and developed. In addition to the public works that have long been part of the process of changing Hanoi’s urban form, many details appear on these frames that show the spread of Western culture, even into the living space of Hanoians in the Old Quarter. Highlights of the photo exhibitions include a photo taken inside Quan Thanh Temple showing a large crystal chandelier imported directly from France; the image of beautiful Vietnamese girls with macaron hair and large buckled shoes – a popular imag