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Vietnam scoops 16 int’l awards at World Travel Awards 2022

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Vietnam was awarded World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2022 for the third time since 2019 while its capital of Hanoi was honored as World’s Leading City Break Destination 2022. The pedestrian zone at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre Three of the country’s popular tourist destinations, including Phu Quoc Island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, Moc Chau District in the northern mountainous province of Son La, and Tam Dao Town in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, were recognized as World’s Leading Nature Island Destination 2022, World’s Leading Regional Nature Destination 2022, and World’s Leading Town Destination 2022, respectively. Visitors camp in the apricot valley in Moc Chau District, Son La Province, Vietnam. Photo: Vu Trung Kien / Tuoi Tre Sun World Ba Na Hills received the titles of World’s Leading Cable Car Ride 2022, World’s Leading Iconic Tourist Attraction 2022, and World’s Leading Iconic Tourist Bridge 2

ASEAN food festival to get underway in HCM City this weekend

Ho Xuan Lam, vice president of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations, emphasised that the consulates of the bloc’s members will introduce typical dishes and food catering services from their countries at the event. The festival will offer local residents the opportunity to sample a range of delicious dishes from famous restaurants of Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia at food courts erected along Le Loi road in District 1 at an affordable price, Lam added. There will be a wide range of cultural activities to held during the festival, including an art exchange night made up of ASEAN member countries, a programme to introduce culinary arts, street art performances, and a barista art show. The festival is part of activities to be held to welcome the 4th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations and ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary this year. The post ASEAN food festival to get underway in HCM City this weekend appeared first on Vietexp

Well-known historian, publisher sign copyright agreement

The deal grants the printer exclusive rights to publish and sell all of Dau’s works. The publisher will soon release four books written, compiled and edited by Dau. These books feature the history of the South’s development in different periods from the 19th century until the 20th. Southern people, particularly farmers, and their contributions to the fight against the French colonialists, are featured. Tre Publishing House has released eight publications by Dau, including Tap Ghi Su Dia Viet (Records on History and Geography of Vietnam) in 2020. The 232-page book is on the history and geography of Vietnam. It consists of historical events and characters as well as geographical documents from the 20th century which Dau collected for several years. Dau’s articles about Sai Gon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) are also included. Dau’s books help readers, particularly young people, learn more about Southern cul

Library of antique books and newspapers for Hanoi lovers

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With more than ten thousand old items, most of which are books about Hanoi collected by lawyer Ta Thu Phong for many years, the library has long become a familiar destination for researchers and those who are keen on learning about Hanoi. Free library with interesting books. Photo: Bao Thu An unique store  Old books with worn spines, and newspaper pages that have turned yellow over time these are what book lovers often see when they come to lawyer Ta Thu Phong’s library in Ngoc Thuy Street, Long Bien District, Hanoi. For over a decade, this place has housed more than ten thousand rare documents in various fields, the large chunk of them are vintage, historically valuable books and newspapers about Hanoi, including those written by French authors like ‘Industries in Hanoi’ or ‘Merchants of Hanoi’. In addition, readers coming here can find momentous news in newspapers published in the 1930s, such as information about the building of Co Ngu Road (today’s Thanh Nien Roa

Red Vermicelli: Dak Lak’s Delicious Delicacy

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Buon Ma Thuot not only has premium coffee with a unique delicious taste, but also many other famous delicacies such as wine, marinated chicken, fragrant rice tubes, and especially the excellent red vermicelli. Red vermicelli is a popular specialty of Dak Lak. Although there are some similarities with vermicelli in the South, the famous red vermicelli in the “capital of coffee” is very different. It has big, firm vermicelli, similar to Southern beef vermicelli but slightly better, about the size of a chopstick, chewy and crispy. Different from sophisticated dishes like pho in Hanoi, vermicelli with fish in Quy Nhon, bun bo Hue, or vermicelli in Can Tho, Ban Me red vermicelli is extremely rustic, strange, and especially delicious. At first glance, red vermicelli is quite similar to crab vermicelli, but this dish is made from pure crab meat, pureed pork and fat, vegetables, bean sprouts, and of course, boiled quail eggs. Photo: ttvn.toquoc.vn The special thing about red ve

Strengthen Peace Cooperation between Vietnam Fatherland Front and World Peace Council

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“Vietnam has a long and precious tradition of peace-loving and great compassion as the Vietnamese believe that people live to practice loving-kindness and people adore others as if they adore themselves. In a letter to the Assembly of Vietnamese people protecting peace, President Ho Chi Minh, a national liberation hero, world cultural celebrity, and founder of the Vietnam Peace Protection Committee (currently Vietnam Peace Committee) told that “Keeping the peace is the common task of the whole people. Every Vietnamese citizen must be an ardent soldier fighting for peace,” told Do Van Chien. Do Van Chien gave a welcome speech to the Delegates of the World Peace Council (Photo: Thu Ha). According to Do Van Chien, the VFF is a political coalition organization, representing the Vietnamese people’s will, aspirations, legitimate rights, and interests. The VFF also performs the functions of carrying out people-to-people diplomacy activities. Do Van Chien hoped that the agenda o