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Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh. (Photo: VNA) Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Nguyen Tat Thanh has written an article highlighting outstanding achievements in Vietnam – Australia ties over the past five decades on the threshold of the official Australia visit by Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. Son will visit Australia from September 10-13 to co-chair the fourth Vietnam -Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. In his article, Thanh wrote that the two countries have shared common interests, and offered mutual support and trust on core issues within both bilateral and multilateral frameworks. He pointed out that economic and sci-tech cooperation is a bright spot in bilateral ties with two-way trade surpassing 10 billion USD for the first time in 2021. The figure soared by 40% annually to 9.6 billion USD in seven months of this year. According to the latest statistics, Vietnam has become the 10th biggest trade partner of Austra

The new designs of a fashion label from Japan are always oriented towards sustainable values and environmental protection, according to the General Director of UNIQLO Vietnam Osamu Ikezoe. The UNIQLO’s fashion show to introduce “LifeWear Fall/Winter 2022” fashion collection took place last weekend in Hanoi. A fashion show-themed “Today’s Classics” introducing the brand’s “LifeWear Fall/Winter 2022” Collection was held at Hanoi Old Quarter’s Arts and Culture Center, featuring the latest fashion pieces using recycled materials. “We apply modern technology to create products toward a sustainable future. For example, the Blue Cycle Jeans products save up to 99% of the water used compared to conventional manufacturing processes. Besides, Fluffy Yarn Fleece Jacket is made from 100% recycled PET material,” he stated. The fact is that UNIQLO clothes are transitioning to 100% recycled materials, in all its components, not just the fabric, but zippers and all little parts as w

Delegates attend the opening ceremony. Source: International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism The 2022 Vietnam Festival in Sapporo is underway on September 10-11 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and Sapporo City. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy led the delegation to attend the festival and a special art troupe from the Viet Bac Folk Music and Dance Theater. Attending the opening ceremony of the festival, on the Vietnamese side, there were Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Organising Commission; Le Hoai Trung, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations; Mai Van Chinh, deputy head of the Standing Committee, the Central Organizing Committee; together with leaders and parliamentarians of Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Lang Son, Thua Thien –

Ambassador Doan Khanh Tam Thi Pham plays T’rung in front of teachers and students at school. Photo: Embassy of Vietnam in Mongolia On the occasion of the beginning of the new school year 2022-2023, a delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia led by Ambassador Doan Khanh Tam visited the experimental school No.14 named after President Ho Chi Minh and presented two dan T’rung (bamboo xylophone) – that teachers and students here love and always want to put in the curriculum. T’rung is one of the common musical instruments closely connected with the spiritual life of ethnic minority peoples in Central Highlands of Vietnam . The instrument consists of several parallel bamboo pipes, one head is closed, the other is crossed. When performing, the artist uses two bamboo or wooden bats to tap on the pipes. In the past, locals play T’rung for entertainment after hard-working days or prevent the crops from wild animals. At present, T’rung becomes famous worldwide because of

India and China have agreed on disengagement in the area of Gogra-Hot Springs and will complete the process by September 12, 2022, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on Friday. The process began on September 8. The ministry’s comment came a day after the Indian and Chinese armies announced that they have begun to disengage from the Gogra-Hotsprings Patrolling Point 15, where the two sides have been locked in a standoff for over two years. The announcement of the disengagement of troops came around a week ahead of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan which is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping among other leaders of the grouping. The two sides have also agreed to take the talks forward and resolve remaining issues and restore peace and tranquility along LAC in India-China border areas, the MEA said. “The two sides have agreed to cease forward deployments in

India stands for its independent trade policy: Top official over not joining trade pillar of IPEF Commenting on India not joining the IPEF trade pillar, a top official told ANI, “There are some binding commitments that have been laid out by the United States and India is being cautious” the official added, “India stands on its own feet, we have our own independent policy,” the official asserted. “We will be observing the pros and cons of the binding commitments and then take a call when the details of binding commitments are shared with us in the months ahead.” Earlier today, at the framework’s first in-person ministerial summit in Los Angeles, US trade representative Katherine Tai confirmed that India will not be joining the trade pillar, one of the four pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). “India is not now in the trade pillar of IPEF, Union Minister for Commerce Piyush Goyal and I have been talking a lot. We have our bilateral structure the Trade Po