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The opening event on January 27 was attended by Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia, Dinh Ngoc Linh and his wife, Mohamed Amin – Senior Director in charge of events and domestic tourism in Malaysia, Mohamad Shahrir – Senior Deputy Director of the ASEAN region under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia, and several representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysian businesses, and overseas Vietnamese. Following the lion dance performance to kick off the festival, Tran Thi Chang, President of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association, gave a speech expressing her delight at the participation of overseas Vietnamese in the event. She highlighted that the Lunar New Year is the most significant traditional festival for Vietnamese people to reflect on the past and convey good wishes for the future. National dance performance by members of the Malaysia-Vietnam Friendship Association. Photo: Hang Linh/TTXVN She emphasized her commitment to continue acc...

Ti Top Island is renowned for its stunning scenery and pleasant weather, making it a must-visit beach destination. Occupying a small area of 3.7 hectares, Ti Top Island is one of the smallest islands in the Ha Long Bay, located in the Quang Ninh province of northern Vietnam. The island’s captivating view and excellent location attract a significant number of tourists every year. The island is named after Gherman Titov, the pilot of the Vostok II spacecraft, who made his journey just four months after Yuri Gagarin’s historic spaceflight on April 12, 1961. Ti Top Island is renowned for its breathtaking scenery and pleasant weather, making it a must-visit beach destination. Photo: KKDay Gherman Titov was the first person to capture pictures of Earth from space, conduct biomedical experiments, and communicate via radio. In January 1962, Titov visited Vietnam at the invitation of President Ho Chi Minh. During his visit, he and President Ho Chi Minh named Island No. 48 as T...

Calls of all types Operators at the child protection hotline recently took a call from the aunt who was worried that her eight-year-old nephew wouldn’t be able to attend school because he had no birth certificate. According to the aunt, the child’s mother did not take a DNA test upon her son’s birth and therefore the boy wasn’t issued a birth certificate. “We are in the process of working with authorities to help the mother register for a birth certificate for her son,” an operator from the hotline said. “If the mother refuses, authorities will fine her because the child must be given a birth certificate and he has every right to go to school.” All day, every day, phones ring off the hooks in the 50-square-meter office where the hotline is housed. Of course, while adults use the hotline to access help in relatively extreme situations, children also reach out to the hotline with their own, more unique issues: “I want to ask the switchboard operator to help me fix my phone,” “I h...

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping (R) and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: VNA) The following is a translation of the letter: Thank-you letter To: Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Dear Comrade General Secretary, On behalf of the Chinese Party, State and people, I sincerely would like to thank you for sending a message of condolences over the passing of comrade Jiang Zemin and to convey the thank-you from comrade Jiang Zemin’s family to you. Comrade Jiang Zemin had joined hands with Vietnamese leaders to promote the normalisation of China-Vietnam relations and established the 16-world motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability, looking towards the future” which has had a deep and far-reaching impact on the development of the China-Vietnam...