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A group of 19 Vietnamese companies, the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association (VOAA), and several trainers in organic farming will visit Australia from March 18-25 to promote various types of organic products, as reported by VNA. The event is organized by Mekong Organics, the Export Council of Australia, the Centre for Rural Development-Saemaul Undong (under the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, HCM City), and the VOAA. Liquid aminos, sugar, and vinegar made from coconut flower by Sokfarm Vietnam showcased at Biofach 2024. Photo: VNA During the tour, Vietnamese organic farming stories, along with the delightful flavors of coconut flower nectar juice, pepper, tea, coffee, and cashew products, will be introduced in Sydney, Bairnsdale, and Melbourne on March 23 and March 25, respectively. While in Australia, the delegation will visit organic cultivation models in Canberra, the Riverina region in New South Wales, and the Gippsland ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) congratulated Vietnam on its significant achievements in human development, according to a report by VNA on Friday. The UNDP launched the 2023/24 Human Development Report entitled “Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World” at the UN headquarters in New York on March 13, local time. UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner (L) meets with Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang prior to the launch of the 2023/24 Human Development Report in New York on March 13. Photo: VNA At the launch event, Achim Steiner mentioned that the world has slowly recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Human Development Index (HDI) has rebounded and reached its highest level since the report’s inception in 1990. However, Steiner expressed concern over rising uncertainties and conflicts in certain regions, particularly the widening gap in inequality and HDI between developed and developing countries. The UNDP hopes that the ne...

A series of cultural, culinary, musical, seminar and cinema activities about Vietnam were organized in France under a program named “Vietnam rendezvous on stage”. Recently, the Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac museum in Paris, France, a meeting and dialogue between a number of French-Vietnamese artists and the audience took place about efforts to preserve and promote the spirit, Vietnamese identity in works and research. On this occasion, the audience and Vietnamese culture enthusiasts had the opportunity to listen to the life stories, thoughts and professional experiences of speakers such as Eva Nguyen Binh, Ambassador and President of the French Institute; Clément Baloup, comic author; and artist Hom Nguyen, in each work. Attending and speaking at the dialogue were the presence of Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang. The exchange took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of the st...

A dream Mai, originally from Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam, wrote “The Mountains Sing” as a way to spread Vietnamese literature and culture by recounting the story of a Vietnamese family’s journey through the twentieth century, including their trials and tribulations during the French Colonial period, the separation of the North and the South, the Vietnam War, and the present day. Her inspiration for the novel was a deep frustration that language barriers were a major obstacle for international readers who wished to access Vietnamese literature.  The books on Vietnam that English-language readers did have access to were primarily about the Vietnam War and written by Western writers who gave their Vietnamese characters little-to-no voice, using them mostly as background characters. Mai also felt that Hollywood movies often depicted Vietnamese women as victims or “blank characters,” without the ability to make their own decisions. For many years, Mai and vari...

The signing ceremony of cooperation between IIG Vietnam Education Organization and College Board Organization (USA) was held with the participation of leaders of agencies and departments, representatives from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) ), the US Embassy and Consulate in Vietnam, the US Office of Education (Education USA), and high schools. Within the framework of cooperation, IIG Vietnam will establish and manage SAT, PSAT, and AP test centers authorized by the College Board not only in major cities but also in other provinces of Vietnam. Candidates can be students from public and private schools or independent candidates. Representatives of IIG Education Vietnam and the College Board Organization (USA) signed a cooperation agreement. Photo: Vietnamtimes IIG Vietnam and College Board will cooperate to organize training sessions for AP teachers, counselors, and administrators in Vietnam. This is to meet the needs of schools and to provide education admi...

Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves. Their use began in South Asia and spread to other regions, as texts on dried and smoke-treated palm leaves of the Palmyra palm or the talipot palm. The practice continued until the 19th century when printing presses replaced hand-written manuscripts. Photo: Tri Thuc va Cuoc Song Vietnam Museum Of Ethnology in Hanoi is home to a unique collection of palm leaf books collected from Laos, Myanmar, and Indonesia. This is a unique way of storing texts, dating back to the 5th century BC in the Indian subcontinent, then spreading to Southeast Asia. Photo: Tri Thuc & Cuoc Song The text in palm leaf manuscripts was inscribed with a knife pen on rectangular cut and cured palm leaf sheets; colorings were then applied to the surface and wiped off, leaving the ink in the incised grooves. Each sheet typically had a hole through which a string could pass, and with these, the sheets were tied together with...