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Apricot Hotel Celebrates First Christmas and New Year

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>With Vietnam bracing itself to welcome St. Nick with gusto, luxurious Apricot Hotel is pulling out all stops to mark Christmas and New Year’s Eve as it lines up its first collection of festive season events since opening its doors early this year.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As Hanoi’s December temperatures “drop” to a relatively balmy average high of 22 degrees Celsius, the five-star hotel, situated virtually on the banks of Hanoi’s iconic Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter’s threshold, will stage a host of celebrations including a gala dinner and accompanying stage show, buffet feasts, a rooftop countdown party and charity drive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzQ6SbDTnZfOA0hL5pT2byjF_CDljM5iaT7geYo1SyH2nIls-oxUiXNnauqphnQzg7tX6Q6GFhzOzNxZ7W9fMLAuXD3KvNlLxE3C5N23xfvsUqlQRG-72pWhr5XDjj3HM59l66FPa8kE/s1600/hotel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzQ6SbDTnZfOA0hL5pT2byjF_CDljM5iaT7geYo1SyH2nIls-oxUiXNnauqphnQzg7tX6Q6GFhzOzNxZ7W9fMLAuXD3KvNlLxE3C5N23xfvsUqlQRG-72pWhr5XDjj3HM59l66FPa8kE/s1600/hotel.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “Adorned with a host of original Vietnamese artworks, Apricot Hotel is an impressive gateway to Vietnamese arts and culture,” the hotel’s spokeswoman Phuong Nam Nguyen said.  “And yet we’re also wholeheartedly embracing the biggest occasions on the international calendar, decking the halls with everything Christmas and ushering in 2016 with so much fanfare there’s something on offer to entertain everyone from the children to New Year’s Eve revellers”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Christmas Eve from 7.30 pm until 10pm in Apricot’s new Avanti Ballroom, guests will indulge an extravagant gourmet dinner accompanied by dazzling live performances. In addition to a lucky draw with fantastic prizes, Santa Claus will pay a visit with surprise gifts in tow for all the children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The merriment will extend to other locations throughout the hotel on December 24, with Apricot’s signature restaurant L’Artiste to host a dinner buffet from 6.30pm until 9.30pm, serving up such quintessential staples as traditional roast turkey and grilled seafood, as well as Japanese delicacies and delectable desserts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apricot will also ring in New Year’s Eve with a buffet dinner at L’Artiste and a countdown party atop the rooftop terrace, a premier vantage point to marvel Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi’s skyline by night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Throughout all of the events, Apricot Hotel will call on guests to show generosity by donating to a charity box to help turn disadvantaged children's dreams into reality.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Guests wishing to unwind and relax during the festive season can do so at Apricot’s A’telier lobby lounge and café over “Afternoon Tea for Two” featuring a selection of teas from across the globe, savouries and sweets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Room rates start at VND 2,697,000 ++ [USD 120++]. The Christmas Eve Gala Dinner at Avanti costs VND 2,200,000 ++ [USD 98.20] per person. The Christmas Eve and New Year’s buffet dinners are priced at VND 1,300,000 ++ [USD 58++] and VND 1,500,000 ++ [USD 67++] respectively, while the New Year’s Eve cocktail party costs 950,000 VND ++ [USD 42.40++]. Please note the price of the New Year’s Eve buffet ticket includes free entry to the cocktail party. A’telier’s Afternoon Tea for Two is priced at VND 520,000++ [USD 23.20++] and caters to up to four people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tickets to Christmas and New Year’s Eve events booked before December 1 are discounted five percent. To book, please contact Apricot Hotel by phone on +84 4 3828 9595 or via facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/apricothotel">https://www.facebook.com/apricothotel</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

Apricot Hotel Celebrates First Christmas and New Year

With Vietnam bracing itself to welcome St. Nick with gusto, luxurious Apricot Hotel is pulling out all stops to mark Christmas and New Year’...

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Alobooking.net: cùng du khách du hành Lễ hội hoa Đà Lạt 2015

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Tourism: New Zealand-Viet Nam Comprehensive Partnership

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Under the New Zealand-Viet Nam Comprehensive Partnership, the two governments have identified tourism as a key sector with significant potential for future growth. </i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLGkW2Mixei5jgh2Lx1dfZnDpZZs520wSb5OQT8BmgHjhatez243fG9iWzUpoLVugKDwUi9LsXNUF1AyimhdNdSl3OZz-kfKJuUSJshZD_-jDa8egG-kxJbOm-k6td_oodSGdkfETIWo/s1600/Vietnam+-+new+zealand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLGkW2Mixei5jgh2Lx1dfZnDpZZs520wSb5OQT8BmgHjhatez243fG9iWzUpoLVugKDwUi9LsXNUF1AyimhdNdSl3OZz-kfKJuUSJshZD_-jDa8egG-kxJbOm-k6td_oodSGdkfETIWo/s400/Vietnam+-+new+zealand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 2014, over 3000 Vietnamese visited New Zealand, a 50% increase since 2007. In the year to November 2014, 33,000 New Zealand citizens visited Viet Nam. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The return of direct flights on New Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, to Singapore, with code-sharing services to Viet Nam plus recent revisions to the Air Services Agreement will improve the connectivity and ease of travel between the two countries in future.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div>

Tourism: New Zealand-Viet Nam Comprehensive Partnership

Under the New Zealand-Viet Nam Comprehensive Partnership, the two governments have identified tourism as a key sector with significant poten...

Development Assistance

<div style="text-align: justify;"> New Zealand is currently funding multi-year projects worth of NZ$ 44 million in Vietnam, focused on areas of New Zealand’s comparative advantages that align with Vietnamese Government’s priorities – agriculture, human resource development (HRD), and disaster risk management (DRM).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpppqWDTgJAsmito06nRq4L1qPtuVWJ4QHA_aZEFxATaCdzqyLO6wlNdFCpofhRola4vigUrL-Lw9BPP0OnYqGSGw4_l_SkfTvoi3lSROporXN9bmmP7vWSgnSpYyfCBfdIU6_m783w0/s1600/Dai+su+New+Zealand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpppqWDTgJAsmito06nRq4L1qPtuVWJ4QHA_aZEFxATaCdzqyLO6wlNdFCpofhRola4vigUrL-Lw9BPP0OnYqGSGw4_l_SkfTvoi3lSROporXN9bmmP7vWSgnSpYyfCBfdIU6_m783w0/s400/Dai+su+New+Zealand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Highlighted projects include an innovative agriculture partnership between Viet Nam’s Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI) and NZ research institute Plant and Food Research (PFR), and a dam safety initiative where a New Zealand engineering company (Damwatch Services) and crown research institute (GNS Science) are partnering with the Ha Noi Water Resources University.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> New Zealand provides 30 post-graduate scholarships to Viet Nam (NZ$ 2.5 million) annually and continues to provide English language training for officials and senior officials, with over 420 Vietnamese officials having spent time in New Zealand participating in the programme since 1990. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div>

Development Assistance

New Zealand is currently funding multi-year projects worth of NZ$ 44 million in Vietnam, focused on areas of New Zealand’s comparative adva...

Education links: VietNam & New Zealand

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i> Education links are a key feature of New Zealand’s relationship with Viet Nam.  </i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqU7d3AaYpYcXlRshcCN7Z9nUL8LNNv2y4TNCP406wAhpeg3dN6bOWgp0Ji3VPIQSo1iV6bnUqo5LrrNd8aEaUb_m9EYWxXW4LhSGuat8aiqzC_6nuDliFPtXyP38xlZTr6oFc2Tc04K4/s1600/newzealand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqU7d3AaYpYcXlRshcCN7Z9nUL8LNNv2y4TNCP406wAhpeg3dN6bOWgp0Ji3VPIQSo1iV6bnUqo5LrrNd8aEaUb_m9EYWxXW4LhSGuat8aiqzC_6nuDliFPtXyP38xlZTr6oFc2Tc04K4/s400/newzealand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Viet Nam is now the eleventh largest source of international students studying in New Zealand, averaging 2000+ per year in the past two years (a 90% increase on 2008).  Tertiary education linkages are also strong, with a number of New Zealand institutions, including Victoria University, Auckland University of Technology and Massey University, now operating joint programmes in Viet Nam.  Victoria University also has a campus at the National Economics University in Ho Chi Minh City.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Zealand company Academic Colleges Group also owns the Australian International School in Ho Chi Minh.  New Zealand is also providing 150 fully funded post-graduate scholarships for Viet Nam over the period 2011 – 2016 and continues to provide English language training for officials, with over 420 Vietnamese officials having spent time in New Zealand participating in the programme to date. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div>

Education links: VietNam & New Zealand

Education links are a key feature of New Zealand’s relationship with Viet Nam. Viet Nam is now the eleventh largest source of internation...

New Zealand & VietNam: Agriculture and Food Safety

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Agriculture is a critical part of the two-way trade and investment relationship. </b></i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Viet Nam exports a wide-variety of agricultural products to New Zealand, including tropical fruits, nuts, coffee, pepper and seafood, and Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk has invested in New Zealand dairy company Miraka.   </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkr9eNgPLvGPcW1w3d81F4CoqN_Wkw1K-5zWsmVjU2H6AkkSzXcH12IGwh1FSADMJgfyjQB-_Ytjs373GuYOhYWP7ON2iP7PLD9kKiTIajY_MOCLl5469-akK5wvtbyGDHhRlhMVY8QQ/s1600/New+Zealand+%2526+VietNam+Agriculture+and+Food+Safety.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkr9eNgPLvGPcW1w3d81F4CoqN_Wkw1K-5zWsmVjU2H6AkkSzXcH12IGwh1FSADMJgfyjQB-_Ytjs373GuYOhYWP7ON2iP7PLD9kKiTIajY_MOCLl5469-akK5wvtbyGDHhRlhMVY8QQ/s1600/New+Zealand+%2526+VietNam+Agriculture+and+Food+Safety.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Zealand’s agricultural exports to Viet Nam account for 66% of New Zealand’s total exports to Viet Nam and include dairy, furs and skins, fruit and vegetables, timber and seafood.  Given the significant trade in food products between the two countries and the world-leading reputation of New Zealand’s food safety and quality assurance systems, the two governments signed a food safety cooperation agreement in March 2015 aimed at facilitating cooperation in this area and enhancing Viet Nam’s own systems.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div>

New Zealand & VietNam: Agriculture and Food Safety

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Viet Nam is now New Zealand’s 20th largest trading partner

<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Viet Nam is now New Zealand’s 20th largest trading partner, with potential for further significant expansion.   </i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMO-DWel9VYOXxujX7RYc22E3jSNijMp7L5DMHfRMVcoDBProqbQm5efqlj7zn7uCClYsk9lLmyMXAR6HUzzd5Yomdn5uHeDE-ZmTSgwUt7dDV9m6UAwiKJ5PMp5nWFcSnzax-Hak9OU/s1600/New-Zealand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMO-DWel9VYOXxujX7RYc22E3jSNijMp7L5DMHfRMVcoDBProqbQm5efqlj7zn7uCClYsk9lLmyMXAR6HUzzd5Yomdn5uHeDE-ZmTSgwUt7dDV9m6UAwiKJ5PMp5nWFcSnzax-Hak9OU/s1600/New-Zealand.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">New Zealand and Viet Nam aim to reach a target figure of US$1 billion in two way trade by 2015.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">In the year to December 2014 bilateral trade grew by 10% to USD$888 million. Over the five years since 2008, NZ goods exports to Viet Nam have grown by more than 60%, making it New Zealand’s fastest growing market in ASEAN. </span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The main New Zealand goods exported to Vietnam are dairy and forest products, making up 51% and 13% of New Zealand’s total merchandise exports to Vietnam in the year ending December 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: right;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></span></div>

Viet Nam is now New Zealand’s 20th largest trading partner

Viet Nam is now New Zealand’s 20th largest trading partner, with potential for further significant expansion. New Zealand and Viet Nam ai...

Comprehensive Partnership Agreement

<div style="text-align: justify;">New Zealand and Viet Nam signed a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement in 2009 as formal recognition of the growing strength of the relationship.  The Comprehensive Partnership Agreement is implemented through an Action Plan.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwY1pQg0HLnFco3QI1hsXDtBbMVqVn38reHSO4JyBAw-FySIxFCE3EVM_BQ0PeCuqAQO_YgSjS-_4xhtBld_1XJj2YPXN9kCZu7-y_r8tkvQYo9mPM5-y85dMMAIUQt8oHfjPl759-eA8/s1600/Comprehensive+Partnership+Agreement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwY1pQg0HLnFco3QI1hsXDtBbMVqVn38reHSO4JyBAw-FySIxFCE3EVM_BQ0PeCuqAQO_YgSjS-_4xhtBld_1XJj2YPXN9kCZu7-y_r8tkvQYo9mPM5-y85dMMAIUQt8oHfjPl759-eA8/s1600/Comprehensive+Partnership+Agreement.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Current priorities for cooperation under the second Action Plan 2013 – 2016 include agriculture, education, clean technology / environmental management / disaster relief, aviation and tourism. In 2015, the two countries released a Joint Statement which included the goal to further deepen and intensify the existing Comprehensive Partnership toward the establishment of a Strategic Partnership in the coming time. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div>

Comprehensive Partnership Agreement

New Zealand and Viet Nam signed a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement in 2009 as formal recognition of the growing strength of the relations...

Press Release – New Zealand embassy Ha Noi

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>New Zealand Minister for Food Safety and Associate Minister for Primary Industries, the Honourable Jo Goodhew, will pay a working visit to Viet Nam from 27-30 July.  During her visit, she will visit the capital Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Dinh. </i></b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The key objective of the visit is to review existing cooperation between New Zealand and Viet Nam in the critical area of food safety and discuss opportunities to expand this in future.   The visit is also an opportunity to celebrate bilateral ties during the 40th anniversary of friendship and diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Viet Nam in 2015.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJFzCFHMUYJYboWhUKjRynZIAJXkCDbSx7FfZ_Xm1wOWeWksnPDv6FP6X1ObgenyrwHa9TBK9lwpJ6N2UXohBad2dSrisv-AmnMT0HuXuqRMBYMH_sQmGUuTF1OB70AYGmzNWiaUC080/s1600/Minister+Goodhew%25E2%2580%2599s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJFzCFHMUYJYboWhUKjRynZIAJXkCDbSx7FfZ_Xm1wOWeWksnPDv6FP6X1ObgenyrwHa9TBK9lwpJ6N2UXohBad2dSrisv-AmnMT0HuXuqRMBYMH_sQmGUuTF1OB70AYGmzNWiaUC080/s1600/Minister+Goodhew%25E2%2580%2599s.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Minister Goodhew’s working visit follows the official visit to New Zealand by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in March 2015, during which a Food Safety Cooperation Arrangement was signed by Minister Goodhew and Viet Nam’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, H.E. Cao Duc Phat.  This Arrangement lays the platform for closer cooperation between New Zealand and Viet Nam in the food safety area and in respect of trade in food products.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“New Zealand and Viet Nam have been cooperating in the agriculture and food safety space for many years, across a wide-variety of activities.  These have taken place in the development assistance area, in regional forums and in the trade area.  This Food Safety Cooperation Arrangement I recently signed with Minister Phat is an excellent opportunity to take this cooperation to the next level. As two agricultural economies, in which food safety is extremely important, I see this as a very meaningful and mutually beneficial area in which to grow our partnership.” </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“New Zealand has a world-leading food safety and assurance system.  We are very keen to share our experiences with Viet Nam on food safety and use this to increase food safety outcomes and grow trade between our two countries and with the rest of the world”, said Minister Goodhew. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During her visit to Viet Nam, Minister Goodhew will meet with Minister H.E. Cao Duc Phat to discuss implementation of the recently concluded Food Safety Cooperation Arrangement.  She will also meet with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Vu Duc Dam to discuss Viet Nam’s multi-agency approach to food safety and the possible application of new models of cooperation between New Zealand and Viet Nam on food safety.   Minister Goodhew will also pay a courtesy call on Viet Nam’s Minister of Health Mme Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.   </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Minister Goodhew will then travel to southern province of Binh Dinh to work with local authorities, experts and farmers to assess the outcomes of New Zealand’s existing development projects in Binh Dinh and review the design of new food safety-related development assistance projects being planned. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I am really looking forward to travelling to Binh Dinh to review New Zealand’s development in that province.  Binh Dinh and New Zealand have a special relationship going back over 50 years, back to when New Zealand’s volunteer medics served there in the 1960s.  We’re now looking at new and innovative projects in Binh Dinh in the food safety area, building on our sustainable rural livelihoods project, which we hope will form the basis for implementation right across Viet Nam.”, commented Minister Goodhew.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The project of Binh Dinh Sustainable Rural Livelihoods-Linking Poor Farmers to Market started in 2009. To date over US$3 million has been spent for the project with the aims of improving food safety standards, increasing the quantity and quality of the safe agricultural products including safe vegetables, coconut and livestock.  The ultimate goal is increased and sustainable farmer income.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In HCMC, Minister Goodhew will meet business contacts from the agriculture and forestry/timber sectors.  As Associate Minister for Primary Industries Minister Goodhew is responsible for forestry, so this will be an opportunity to discuss opportunities for expanding trade in forestry products between New Zealand and Viet Nam and overcoming some of the challenges currently faced by importers in this area. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Viet Nam has been our fastest growing market in ASEAN over the past five years, and is becoming an increasingly important partner of New Zealand’s.  This includes $430 million in New Zealand primary products exported to Vietnam in 2014.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The relationship between Viet Nam and New Zealand has grown significantly in the last 10 years with close cooperation in areas such as agriculture, education, development assistance and defence.  In 2009, New Zealand and Viet Nam signed a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement and during Prime Minister Dung’s visit to New Zealand in March 2015, the two countries agreed to further deepen and intensify the existing Comprehensive Partnership toward the establishment of a Strategic Partnership in the coming time. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen/BHD</b></div>

Press Release – New Zealand embassy Ha Noi

New Zealand Minister for Food Safety and Associate Minister for Primary Industries, the Honourable Jo Goodhew, will pay a working visit to V...

FinanceAsia

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Established in 1996, FinanceAsia quickly developed into Asia's leading financial publishing company, based in Hong Kong. </b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYApzOcm2EYoxrEnL0nB8ShtkhieA78n8h-MhN-ufVYc_qZNjft49fLOequY-_nbIF5Q7sdQe4z8zRfPoEG5k9G_sHBObrw_estrqBjT8brANIFJ2Hm3aav4GP3XDXBJAqVo6ExXJ5Jw/s1600/FinanceAsia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYApzOcm2EYoxrEnL0nB8ShtkhieA78n8h-MhN-ufVYc_qZNjft49fLOequY-_nbIF5Q7sdQe4z8zRfPoEG5k9G_sHBObrw_estrqBjT8brANIFJ2Hm3aav4GP3XDXBJAqVo6ExXJ5Jw/s400/FinanceAsia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the end of 2005, FinanceAsia was acquired by Haymarket Media Limited, the largest privately owned publishing group in the UK. With bureaus in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney FinanceAsia covers Asia's fast moving financial and capital markets.  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Published 11 times a year, FinanceAsia magazine covers the region's capital and banking markets. With a mixture of in-depth articles, surveys, key interviews and blockbuster cover stories, we provide the professional reader with an intelligent, timely and subjective view of the markets. The website financeasia.com is updated daily ad features a mixture of the latest deals and financial news from the region's markets. </div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>

FinanceAsia

Established in 1996, FinanceAsia quickly developed into Asia's leading financial publishing company, based in Hong Kong. At the end of ...

Sheraton Saigon and Le Meridien to join Career Month 2015

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers and Le Meridien Saigon have announced to participate in the inaugural Starwood Careers Month 2015 to be held across Asia Pacific from this Wednesday (10 June). </i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The two are among  the 250 hotels that will be taking part in Starwood Careers Month which will feature a series of events and activities focusing on both recruitment as well as internal employees.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The event is a refreshed extension of the widely successful Starwood Careers Day – an Asia Pacific wide talent attraction exercise that has been running since 2012.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh-q-iJNOvKwps4EwK23pLuxFepK7hGwwypZnngUziSiUbtG0J_NYePqbPFDJDvU6tTrTgHEQyWrGDz1cDv6akypb9XX-0UhW44FTez4HnQHOg7ot3CSfUpbIugJUnTLY8z5zeGkvyhQ/s1600/sheraton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnh-q-iJNOvKwps4EwK23pLuxFepK7hGwwypZnngUziSiUbtG0J_NYePqbPFDJDvU6tTrTgHEQyWrGDz1cDv6akypb9XX-0UhW44FTez4HnQHOg7ot3CSfUpbIugJUnTLY8z5zeGkvyhQ/s400/sheraton.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The month consolidates the strengths of Starwood’s ten distinct hotel brands and offers potential and existing talents the unique opportunity to explore a career that offers highly sought-after regional and global exposure; and the chance to make a difference in the communities in which we operate.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year’s event will focus on the tenets of passionate people, best brands by design, belonging to something bigger and embracing what’s new. These focuses will be the driving themes throughout the month-long event – featuring not only a key ‘recruitment day’ with job openings but also comprising activities revolved around talent diversity, placing the spotlight on internal talent career growth and development. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“As Starwood forges ahead with footprint growth especially across the Asia Pacific we will continue to focus on our talent,” said Stephen Ho, president, Asia Pacific, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the event candidates will have the chance to discover career growth opportunities, and meet with Human Resources representatives to discuss career options.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Davi Nguyen</b></div><div><br /></div>

Sheraton Saigon and Le Meridien to join Career Month 2015

Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers and Le Meridien Saigon have announced to participate in the inaugural Starwood Careers Month 2015 to be h...

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