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Master One Trade bookcase launch in the offing

Master One Trade bookcase launch in the offing

Books in the Master One Trade bookcase of the Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group, in the fields of mechanical engineering, electricity and plastic, are in the process of being translated and edited.

Thousands join flower, book roads

Thousands join flower, book roads

The flower road on downtown Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Hue Street officially opened to visitors from 7pm yesterday, with thousands taking part

Tet flower, book roads to officially open 6.30pm

Tet flower, book roads to officially open 6.30pm

Since early this morning, hundreds have flocked to flower roads in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for sightseeing as the festival is to open at 6:30pm today

Tet book road features HCMC’s tradition, present and future

Tet book road features HCMC’s tradition, present and future

Besides displaying books, this year’s book street festival also showcases spectator activities that reflect Vietnam’s traditional culture

Samsung’s Readathon collects over 5,000 books for pupils

More than 5,000 books for outlying regions’ pupils were collected in a festive reading day called Readathon held by Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co. last weekend at the Crescent Mall in Phu My Hung new urban area in HCMC’s District 7.

Two jailed over anti-state documents

Two jailed over anti-state documents

A court yesterday jailed two men including a 71-year-old for trying to spread documents wrongly accusing the Vietnam gov’t of human rights abuse

Hanoi night market offers reasonably priced books

Hanoi night market offers reasonably priced books

The market is held from 5pm to 9pm every day at the Hanoi Post-office at 4 Dinh Le Street and sells many kinds of books which are discounted from 40% to 70%

Ho Chi Minh City to host book festival

Ho Chi Minh City to host book festival

More than 10 million copies of 100,000 books will be on sale at the 7th Ho Chi Minh Book Festival next March

Book fair in town

Youth Publishing House will open Canh cua mo rong (Doors wide open) book fair from Thursday to Monday at 161B Ly Chinh Thang Street in District 3.

City Sterling exhibition from Thursday

An exhibition on Sterling books is set to take place at Xuan Thu Bookstore in the city from Thursday to November 10 under the cooperation of FAHASA Corp. (HCMC Book Distribution Corporation) and the U.S.-based Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

From Business

Firms advised to focus on TPP

HN — Domestic businesses should positively build plans and methods to grow marketplaces in nations joining the Trans-Off-shore Partnership (TPP) Agreement.Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy director from the Secretary of state for Industry and Trade's Multilateral Trade Policy Department, made the suggestion in a conference in Ha Noi yesterday.The TPP pact, also called the Trans-Off-shore Proper Economic Partnership Agreement, is really a multilateral free trade deal that aims to help liberalise the financial systems

Blue chips lead share plunge

HN – Blue nick declines ongoing to tug shares lower around the HCM City Stock Market today.As much as 80 percent from the top 30 shares by market capitalisation and liquidity sank, which the 2nd biggest share PV Gas, HCM City Infrastructure Investment (CII), Sea Group (OGC) and Sacombank Investments (SBS) fell through the daily limit of 5 percent.Only mixer Masan Group (MSN), property developer Quoc Cuong Gia Lai (OQC) and Song Da Urban & Industrial Zone Investment and Development (SJS) bucked the