Developed by Anantara, The Vietage offers memorable luxury travel experiences seamlessly connecting Anantara Hoi An Resort and Anantara Quy Nhon Villas. The evening journey from Quy Nhon to Da Nang costs US$350 per person and also includes a sleeper booth. Combination accommodation packages are available with Anantara Hoi An Resort and Anantara Quy Nhon Villas for guests to tailor-make their own experiences in each destination and can be booked directly on the website at https://www.anantara.com/en/vietnam. About Vietage:The Vietage is a 12-seat reservation-only carriage on the daily return railway route between Da Nang and Quy Nhon in South Central Vietnam, offering luxury train travel experiences for guests exploring Vietnam. The Vietage departs from Da Nang station every morning for the six-hour journey to Quy Nhon and returns in the evening.

This is evident through its strong commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 made at the COP26 conference and decision to join the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). Each country needs to fully consider the rights of all its people and ensure that no one is left behind. Big emitters of greenhouse gases in the past have the responsibility to fulfill their historical obligations and support developing countries in terms of finance, technology and capacity enhancement in energy transition. At the same time, developing countries need to have appropriate transition roadmaps that take into account their specific conditions and circumstances.According to him, France highly appreciates Vietnam's commitments and policies in the climate and environmental fields, the country's role as a partner in climate diplomacy, and its support for climate and environmental development. The French Development Agency (AFD) is also at the forefront of implementing France’s climate policies in Vietnam, providing significant funding for related projects./.

HÀ NỘI — Pre-trading margin requirement is a bottleneck in the process of upgrading the Vietnamese stock market. She also updated information about practical changes in the Vietnamese stock market recently and discussed with ASIFMA about the green and sustainable development orientation of Việt Nam’s capital market in the future. In order to unlock and promote this potential, upgrading the stock market from marginal to emerging is a priority for Việt Nam, Alice Law said. However, one bottleneck that foreign depository banks hope for a radical solution is the requirement of pre-transaction margin and securities blockade. She wishes to act as a bridge between the securities regulator and investment institutions, providing securities services so that they can frankly discuss and recommend solutions to help the Vietnamese stock market be upgraded.

The VNA, a press agency with a long tradition in photography, has initiated and run five editions of the awards so far to honour outstanding and creative works and their authors. The 2023 awards, the 6th edition of its kind, calls for entries to diversely reflect all aspects of life. The photos submitted must be taken between January 1, 2022 and August 15, 2023. Participants are allowed to submit their works from June 21 to August 15, with the awards ceremony slated for September. As part of the awards, a display of photos by seven veteran Vietnam News Agency journalists is underway at the agency's headquarters./.

Core inflation remained elevated, at 4.5% in May, compared to 4.6% in April, the bank’s Vietnam Macro Monitoring report said. Retail sales continued to expand at 11.5% annually in May, comparable to growth rates in the two previous months. The report also said that, the country’s FDI disbursement registered 1.8 billion USD in May, a slight improvement from April, and comparable to a year earlier. While investment disbursement remains robust, credit growth continues to slow, reflecting weak credit demand, it said. Continued weak external demand and uncertainties are adversely affecting the Vietnamese economy, translating into contraction in exports and imports, and a slowdown in industrial production, the report noted./.

A good impression of Vietnam and its people is the motivation for many Japanese to learn Vietnamese. Last year, Vietnam and Laos agreed to strengthen comprehensive cooperation in agriculture, forestry, and rural development, focusing on applying technologies, training human resources and investing in trade development. The Việt Nam Football Federation and ViewFinder, a film production company, announced the project entitled Vietnam - Where are you? "The ninth International Yoga Day is currently being celebrated in at least 35 localities in Vietnam with the themed “One World – One Health," he said. belong to the autonomy of higher education institutions, said the Ministry of Education and Training.

NEW YORK - A treaty of the high seas was adopted by consensus and received a standing ovation during the United Nations meeting in New York on Monday. Known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty, or BBNJ, but widely referred to as the High Seas Treaty, which has received widespread support from most countries, is key to protecting the ocean, promoting equity and fairness, tackling environmental degradation, fighting climate change, and preventing biodiversity loss in the high seas. This agreement is also a welcome addition to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which provides the legal framework under which all activities in the ocean take place. Rena Lee, Chairwoman of the Intergovernmental Conference, described the development of the agreement as "a monumental and crucial endeavour." This high seas agreement provides a concrete and progressive development of UNCLOS in this regard.

TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 19 June 2023 - Chinese Taipei Billiards Federation joined forces with cryptocurrency exchange HOYA BIT to grandly orchestrate the first-ever HOYA Cup National 9-Ball Billiards Championship in 2023. To further elevate the dazzling event, this edition of the HOYA Cup Billiards Championship invited eight star-studded guest players, bringing a superior level of grandeur to the world of billiards.The HOYA Cup Billiards Championship adhered to the latest regulations set by the Billiards Association in 2022, employing a match rule of 5-11 rounds. The total prize pool for the HOYA Cup was Tether (USDT) equivalent to 392,000 New Taiwan dollars, drawing many professional players and billiards enthusiasts to enroll. We hope the next HOYA Cup will be conducted even better, on a larger scale, promoting billiards to a broader audience." The HOYA Cup National 9-Ball Billiards Championship has become an essential platform for players to exchange skills and improve their techniques.

HÀ NỘI — A number of global semiconductor manufacturers are increasing their presence in Việt Nam, making the Southeast Asian country a rising star in the world semiconductor market. About 40 different mobile phone brands, including Sony and Samsung, were exported from Việt Nam. The report pointed out that Việt Nam had become home to major smartphone manufacturers’ production bases. This transformation would help Việt Nam realise the ambition to reach a GDP per capita of over $18,000 by 2045, he said. This meant that Việt Nam accounted for 10 per cent of semiconductor chip exports to the US in the period, ranking third after Malaysia and Taiwan.

The higher competitive pressure gives domestic enterprises more experience and motivation to improve their business capacity, product quality, service quality, and ability to capture the market. Domestic retail businesses needed to innovate, build sustainable brands, and strictly comply with regulations in production and business, retail market expert Vũ Vinh Phú said. To create favourable conditions for retail businesses, experts said that besides attracting foreign investment, it is also important to build Vietnamese retail channels by Vietnamese people. Vietnamese businesses need to build a brand for Vietnamese retail through small things such as greetings, post-sales policies, and customer care. Vietnamese retail businesses should both compete and cooperate with foreign entities to learn experience and advanced retail technology.

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a draft regulation on the conditions and procedures for the recognition of foreign educational qualifications/diplomas for use in Việt Nam. ConditionsTo be recognised in Việt Nam, the diploma of a foreign educational institution must meet one of the three conditions. Either the educational programme must be quality-assured by the agency authorised to assess the quality of education in the country where the foreign educational institution is headquartered or recognised by the agency authorised to assess education in the country where the foreign educational institution is headquartered. The authorised agency must process the application dossier for diploma recognition within five working days. Within a period of 15 working days, the authorised agency for diploma recognition will return the results of the diploma recognition process to the applicant.

The company also cooperates with the Graine de riz - Grain de vie Association to raise funds for disadvantaged children and families in Vietnam and Laos. He called on initiatives to combine tourism and cinema more effectively, strongly promoting the images of Vietnam in general and Khanh Hoa province in particular. All artwork will be donated to the Operation Smile Vietnam Fund to support Vietnamese children. The Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority has collaborated with many countries and international organizations to implement projects and programs on disaster and dyke management. It has been building a "Fireworks Festival City" reputation to promote it as a top destination in central Vietnam and Asia.

The market liquidity remained above the average level. Domestically, the central bank of Việt Nam also announced Friday to trim operating interest rates, the fourth cut this year. Nevertheless, as the stock market will usually react early, SHS expects the market to shift to a positive movement when investor sentiment gradually improves. It is forecast that in the coming weeks, the interest rates will be lowered, including deposit interest rates, lending rates and interbank rates with a reduction of approximately 50 basis points depending on the term. For the financial market, the rapid decrease in interest rates is expected to shift cash flows from deposit investment channels to riskier investment channels like the stock market, according to VCBS.

(Photo: VNA)Paris (VNA) – A Vietnamese street food festival entitled “Ici Vietnam Festival” was held on June 17 at Monge Square in District 5, Paris by the Vietnamese Association in France (UGVF) and the Vietnam Youth Association in France (UJVF). This is the third year the festival has been organised, offering visitors opportunities to taste popular Vietnamese dishes and fruits. Visitors to the festival join a Vietnamese folk game. (Photo: VNA)They can also find books, meet with writers, and play Vietnamese folk games. Ici Vietnam Festival is the idea of a group of young Vietnamese-French people who wish to organise festivals in various fields of film, art, painting and cuisine to promote Vietnamese culture./.

ST PETERSBURG — Russia’s Rosseti power grid company and the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT), a subordinate company of the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resume their long-term strategic cooperation which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 26th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Russia. The two companies agreed to develop joint projects based on the capability of each side and the advancements of Rosseti. Additionally, Rosseti will assist EVNNPT in developing primary power transmission lines and transnational high-voltage power connections in the region using advanced technologies. To such end, EVNNPT needs to cooperate with global partners, including Rosseti, in various advanced fields.