Job fair for students on Saturday

Vietnam Centre Point Education & Media Group in conjunction with the HCMC University of Social
Sciences and Humanities will hold a job fair for students at the university on Saturday.

All students, who are looking for a part-time job to gain experience, are invited to the event to meet with enterprises that are seeking employees.  A free course on communication skills will also be offered.

Students could win the lucky draw with a special prize of English learning scholarship.

Huynh Trong Hieu, director of Viet Huy Ltd, Co.; Le Xuan Khue, executive director of Hang Viet Company; Tran Huu Phuc Tien, director of Vietnam Centre Point Education & Media Group and Huynh Thi Kim Hoan, lecturer of the Business Edge teaching program will be giving talks.

The job fair will be at Hall C at the university at 10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang Street in HCMC’s District 1 at 8 a.m..

For further information, contact the Vietnam Centre Point at 8E Luong Huu Khanh Street, District 1, HCMC or tel: 3925 3183 or 0919 751 275, email: dtsv@vietnamhopdiem.edu.vn, website: http://www.vietnamcentrepoint.edu.vn.

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Vietnamese toy makers off to the fair

HA NOI — Vietnamese toy makers have registered to join an International Toy Fair to be held in Germany on February 2-8 next year, said Spielwarenmesse, a fair organiser and marketing services provider for the toy sector.

Nguyen Van Dung, a Ha Noi toy maker, said by attending the fair he would learn from foreigners making toys to help promote the local toy industry.

Ernst Kick, Spielwaremesse CEO, said at a meeting with toy makers in Ha Noi yesterday the fair would display more than 1 million different toys, plus toy know-how, innovation and networks.

The fair aimed to show sustainability in the toy industry, Kick said.

More toy manufacturers were pursuing environmentally compatible paths, he said. They were setting up ecological production lines or strengthening children's environmental awareness through play themes linked with nature.

The Nurnberg Toy Fair had the motto Toys go Green, Kick said. It would present ideas to encourage toy professionals to run their business operations in a more sustainable way.

Toy manufacturers already making products complying with ecological aspects or acting in line with social standards would provide best practice examples.

Forums on the toy business and special introductions on the most up-to-date toys would be held, while product managers, educators and psychologists would contribute their views on the design of the packages, product and colour to the role of dolls, action figures and technical toys, Kick said.

The fair was expected to welcome more than 78,000 visitors and 2,500 reporters.

For further information visit the website www.toyfair.de or www.yourtoycom.com . — VNS

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Phuong Nam Cultural Corporation book fair opens in HCMC

More than 4,000 foreign publications, mostly of medicine and economics, are on display at selected city locations as part of Phuong Nam Cultural (PNC) Corporation’s book fair that opened in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday.

McGraw-Hill publishing house’s selection include marketing, finance-credit, business administration, foreign trade, and accounting publications with popular titles such as “Strategic Bond Investor: Strategies and Tools to Unlock the Power of the Bond Market”, “Appreciative Leadership”, “Bond Portfolio Investing and Risk Management”, “Carrots and Sticks Don't Work”, “Competitive Selling: Out-Plan, Out-Think, and Out-Sell to Win Every Time”, and “Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned From Google”.

They are on shelf on the second floor of Saigon Center, 65 Le Loi Street, District 1.

The event also showcases 2,000 new medical reference publications from various publishing houses like Elsevier, Lippincott and McGraw Hill including Harrison's “Nephrology and Acid-Base Disorders”, Rutherford's “Vascular Surgery”, Williams’s “Hematology” and, Ferri's “Fast Facts in Dermatology”.

Medical titles are on display at the bookstore of the HCMC Medicine and Pharmacy University.

The book fair, which PNC hopes to organize twice every quarter, offers discounts of 10-50 percent.

The fair ends on October 15.

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Taiwan shows off its tourist attractions in HCMC

Taiwan shows off its tourist attractions in HCMC

The first ever Taiwanese tourism fair in Vietnam opened in Ho Chi Minh City today.

The two-day “Charming Taiwan” is being attended by 12 travel companies from Vietnam and Taiwan who will seek to exchange information.

The highlight will be video clips of Taiwan’s architecture, mountains and hills, Hakka culture, art of tea-drinking, and some popular destinations.

Visitors will have a chance to see traditional dancers performing in elaborate costumes and masks.

Also on show will be handicrafts made by artisans, including painted sugar figures, paper carving, and ocarina, an ancient flute-like wind instrument.

Visitors will get free souvenirs besides refreshments like snacks, tea, and cookies.

Taiwan has a plethora of attractions like health – wellness tourism, rail tour, offshore island, ecotourism, and luxury tours.

At a press conference held in HCMC yesterday to introduce “Charming Taiwan,” Lin We Sung, the head representative of the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, said that since countries in the region only know Taiwan as an Asian dragon and not an attractive destination with friendly people, the fair will aim to promote Taiwan to Vietnamese tourists.

“We will offer special discounts and attractive promotions at the exhibition.”

The fair is on at Nowzone Fashion Mall on 235 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 1.

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Get bookish at Hanoi fair

The third Vietnam International Book Fair will be held at the Vietnam Exhibition & Fair Center, 146 Giang Vo Street in Hanoi from September 17-21 as part of activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city.

The event, held every two years, will display publications of nearly 80 publishing houses, book distribution companies, book stores and printers across the country.

The fair has been expanded with participation of foreign publishing houses and book distributors. The Frankfurt center for international book fairs and exhibitions will bring 800 books to the fair with plans to present them to the National Library. Meanwhile, the Chinese press and publication general office will bring over 2,000 titles.

Publishing associations from Southeast Asia will also have displays.

A special feature of this year’s fair will be the Thang Long-Hanoi display with maps, carved wood blocks, old books, the full text of King Ly Thai To’s decree to relocate the capital city to Hanoi, many artifacts and about 2,000 publications on Thang Long-Hanoi.

During the event, children can read books at the booths of Kim Dong Publishing House. There will be short talk and seminars with renowned writers such as Tran Dang Khoa, Ma Van Khang, Nguyen Xuan Khanh, Nguyen Nhat Anh, Phan Hon Nhien and Nguyen Vinh Phuc.

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Vietnam international book fair to opens in Hanoi

Photo: VNA

The third Vietnam International Book Fair will be held in Hanoi from Sept. 17-21 as part of activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city.

Nearly 80 publishing houses, book distribution companies, book stores and printing establishments across the country will display their publications at the event.

The Frankfurt centre for international book fairs and exhibitions will bring 800 books to the fair and plans to present them to the National Library.

Meanwhile, the Chinese press and publication general office will bring to the fair 2,610 book titles and 2,685 books.

In addition, about 30 foreign publishing houses and book distributors will take part in the event.

Prominent at the fair will be the historic book which includes the full text of King Ly Thai To’s decree to relocate the capital city to Hanoi, and many objects and publications on Thang Long-Hanoi.

During the biennial fair there will be seminars, exchanges between writers, publishing houses and readers and a ceremony to launch the book on the 1,000th celebration of Thang Long-Hanoi.

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Vietnam international book fair to opens in Hanoi

Photo: VNA

The third Vietnam International Book Fair will be held in Hanoi from Sept. 17-21 as part of activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the capital city.

Nearly 80 publishing houses, book distribution companies, book stores and printing establishments across the country will display their publications at the event.

The Frankfurt centre for international book fairs and exhibitions will bring 800 books to the fair and plans to present them to the National Library.

Meanwhile, the Chinese press and publication general office will bring to the fair 2,610 book titles and 2,685 books.

In addition, about 30 foreign publishing houses and book distributors will take part in the event.

Prominent at the fair will be the historic book which includes the full text of King Ly Thai To’s decree to relocate the capital city to Hanoi, and many objects and publications on Thang Long-Hanoi.

During the biennial fair there will be seminars, exchanges between writers, publishing houses and readers and a ceremony to launch the book on the 1,000th celebration of Thang Long-Hanoi.

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