Vietnamese designer Ho Tran Da Thao presented her collection entitled “Vietnam Heritage Art” at the House of iKons Fashion Week 2023 on September 16, attracting the attention of many designers and fashion magazines in the UK.
The total State budget collection in the first eight months of this year was estimated at over 1,124 trillion VND (46.83 billion USD), or 69.45% of the estimate, down 8.8% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Hau Giang will become an industrial hub of the Mekong Delta region under a resolution on the planning to develop the locality during 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050 recently adopted by the provincial People’s Council.
The proportion of urban household solid waste collection nationwide grew from 84% in 2012 to 96% in 2022, heard an August 14 workshop reviewing a decade of implementing the 11th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW.
Although the Vietnamese collection at the British Library (BL) in the UK is quite small, it's actually very important, showing that the relations between the two countries had shaped long before their official diplomatic relations were set up in 1973, according to Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop, Lead Curator for Southeast Asia at the library.
A stamp collection featuring the various bats found in Vietnam has recently been issued in a bid to introduce the country biodiversity and natural environment and contribute to raising community awareness about bat conservation efforts.
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has submitted a proposal to the Government to issue a resolution on toll collection for the use of state-invested expressways.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) has maintained a high progress of production and business, with all targets overfulfilled by between 3 and 28%.
The total revenue to the State budget between January and July exceeded 1.01 quadrillion VND (42.53 billion USD), equaling 62.7% of the yearly estimate and dropping by 7.8% from the same period last year.
The northern province of Hung Yen has overfulfilled the 2023 target for state budget revenue from domestic sources, excluding land use fees, in just the first half of the year.
State budget collection in the first seven months of this year stood at 211.23 trillion VND (8.89 billon USD), equivalent to 49.7% of the estimate, down 19.6% year-on-year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported on August 3.
Hanoi’s budget revenue is estimated at 253.2 trillion VND (10.6 billion USD) in the first seven months of this year, equal to 71.7% of the yearly estimate, and up 20.8% year-on-year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
Hanoi collected an estimated 220.1 trillion VND (approximately 9.3 billion USD) for the State budget in the first six months of this year, up nearly 23% from the same period in 2022, the highest increase for the period in the 2012-2023 period.
The Hanoi People’s Council has adopted a resolution on its socio-economic development and budget collection and spending tasks in the second half of 2023, with seven groups of key implementation measures.
At the Government's teleconference with localities and the regular Cabinet meeting in Hanoi on July 4, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) presented two growth scenarios for the third quarter and the whole year 2023, indicating that the tasks for the remaining months of this year are heavy, with a growth rate of 8.0% or higher.
State budget collection of the northern province of Quang Ninh in the first half of 2023 reached 28 trillion VND (over 1.18 billion USD), equivalent to 53% of the estimate, and up 6% compared to the scenario.
The northern province of Phu Tho has risen to the third position among the northern midland and mountainous localities in economic growth speed, heard a recent meeting of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board to review the province’s socio-economic performance in the first half of the year and sketch out plan for the rest of 2023.
State budget collection in the January-May period was estimated at over 769.6 trillion VND (32.75 billion USD), equivalent to 47.5% of the estimates for the whole year, the Ministry of Finance reported on June 8.
The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House recently published a book entitled “Truyen truyen ky Viet Nam” (Vietnamese Legends), a collection of 50 stories of myths and fairy tales with traditional elements.
With a passion for spreading Vietnam’s traditional culture and creating a unique fashion collection, designer Nguyen Tho Tho has recently launched her own designs of Ao dai featuring Hang Trong paintings - one of the most outstanding folk painting genres in Vietnam.
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