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Central budget revenue has reached impressive heights, standing at 28.04% of the target, with local budget revenue hitting 30.46%. As of March 12, total revenue climbed to an astonishing 528.3 trillion VND, marking a remarkable 141.1% year-on-year increase—the highest ever recorded for the first two months of the year. Mai Xuan Thanh, the Director of the Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance, attributed this sharp rise to exceptional gains from various sources. These include banking surpluses, dividends, land-related income, and lottery proceeds. Notably, land revenue, despite accounting for just 15.8% of total collections, posted the highest growth rate among all sources. Vietnam’s state budget revenue soars to 574.4 trillion VND (22.5 billion USD) as of March 11, an impressive achievement. (Photo: VNA) In contrast, revenue from import-export activities totaled 61.3 trillion VND, accounting for 14.9% of the annual target and 13.04% of the government’s proje...

An inauguration ceremony at the expansive location in northern Paris will feature President Emmanuel Macron as the guest of honor, along with chief organizer Tony Estanguet and a small number of French athletes. Throughout the Olympics, which begin on July 26, roughly 40 low-rise towers will house about 14,000 individuals. Another 9,000 individuals will be accommodated during the Paralympics that follow. The critical Olympic infrastructure has met the March 1 handover deadline, affirming France’s ability to deliver on time, according to an advisor to Macron who spoke anonymously to reporters earlier this week. Despite the complexity of the site, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the deadlines have been met. According to Macron’s office, the village’s budget is only 3.0 percent above budget when inflation is taken into account. This is further evidence that the Paris Games can avoid the pitfalls of past editions, such as wasteful overspending and extravagant...

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...

The Hanoi Department of Tourism, in cooperation with SGO Travel Co. Ltd, will offer seven attractive tours from Hanoi to Bac Giang Province, with daily departures from Wednesday to Sunday,  for domestic and international travelers.   Bac Giang Province will corporate with neighboring localities, including Hanoi to build more new tours in the locality. Photo: congluan.vn Accordingly, the seven newly launched tours consist of one-day and two-day, and overnight tours, offering travelers exciting experiences in Vietnamese culture, history, and spiritual beliefs. These tours will depart from downtown Hanoi to natural attractions, handicraft villages, and pagodas in Yen The, Viet Yen, Luc Ngan, and Son Dong communes in Bac Giang province. It is said that the local great potential for tourism development has not been properly exploited. With the advantage of its geographical location, only 60 km from Hanoi, Bac Giang has a developed transport infrastructure, so...

local resident gets a haircut at a roadside barber shop set up on a small street in Hanoi. A man takes a nap when waiting for customers. Each cut at a street barber takes 20 to 30 minutes and costs only VND50,000 to VND60,000, equivalent to between US$2.2 and US$2.6. This elderly man has been working as a street barber for more than 10 years. Street barbers can earn a living with only a minimal set of tools. Typically, they set up by hanging a mirror on a tree or a nearby wall. It is an interesting experience to sit on the sidewalk in the morning whilst breathing fresh air and smelling fragrant flowers flowing through the streets and going for a haircut. Several customers drink cups of tea on the pavement as they wait their turn. The post Hanoi home to unique street barbers appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Safe shelter amid coronav...

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...