Detailed program for Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary

VietNamNet Bridge – The organizing board of the Thang Long-Hanoi Great Anniversary has announced detailed activities for the ten-day anniversary (October 1-10).

October 1

8am: Opening ceremony at Ly Thai To Flower Garden (in front of Hoan Kiem Lake)

9.30am: Art shows at five stages around Hoan Kiem Lake

2pm: Exhibition of literary and art works about Hanoi at 2 Hoa Lu, Hai Ba Trung Street

3pm: Photo exhibition about Hanoi at 45 Trang Tien

7.30pm: Exhibition of Vietnam and Hanoi’s economic-social achievements at 138 Giang Vo

7.30pm: Film week at National Cinema Center, 87 Lang Ha

8pm: Video conference between Hanoi and other provinces on VTV channel, special arts show and ao dai performance around Hoan Kiem Lake

October 2

8am: Exhibition of artifacts about Hanoi’s 1,000 years at the Thang Long Royal Citadel, 9 Hoang Dieu and 19 Nguyen Tri Phuong

9am: Introduction of a bookshelf about Thang Long-Hanoi at National Library, 31 Trang Thi

2pm: Announcement of a comprehensive scientific research work about Hanoi at the Hanoi Opera House

8pm: Introduction of new songs about Hanoi at Ba Kieu Temple

8pm: Thang Long-Hanoi International Tourism Festival to open at Bao Son Heaven Park

October 3

7am: Ha Noi Moi newspaper marathon race around Hoan Kiem Lake

Final match of Thang Long-Hanoi Football Cup at My Dinh Stadium

8pm: Thang Long-Hanoi in Ho Chi Minh Age art show at Hang Day Stadium

October 4

8.30am: Award ceremony of the contest about knowledge of Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000 years and the city’s heroes at the Hanoi Opera House

3pm: Exhibition of Vietnamese heroes and great men in Vietnamese culture at the Revolutionary Museum, 25 Ton Dan

3.30pm: Exhibition of famous battles and military campaigns in Vietnam’s military history at the Vietnam Military History Museum, 28A Dien Bien Phu

5pm: Calligraphy exhibition and festival at the Temple of Literature

8pm: Award ceremony of the national press contest about Thang Long-Hanoi’s 1,000 years at 8 Huynh Thuc Khang

8pm: Thang Long-Hanoi ancient dance show at Ly Thai To flower garden

October 5

9am: Introducing the Hanoi ceramic road on Yen Phu road

2pm: Bat Trang ceramic – Tradition and Modernity exhibition at Bat Trang village

2pm: Hearts for Thang Long-Hanoi exhibition at Hanoi Cultural Friendship Palace

8pm: A music show of famous Vietnamese artists at the Hanoi Opera House

8pm: A great show entitled “Thang Long Spirit – Song for the Country” at Hang Day Stadium

October 6

8am: Hanoi Kite Festival at My Dinh square

8am: Martial arts performance at Quan Ngua Sports Palace

8.30: Inauguration of Hanoi Museum

2pm: Inauguration of Hoa Binh Park at Tu Liem district

2pm: Inauguration of President Ho Chi Minh – President Ton Duc Thang statues at Thong Nhat park

2pm: Old Hanoi photo exhibition at Hanoi Museum, Pham Hung road

2.30pm: Inauguration of Kim Dong Theatre at 19 Hang Bai

8pm: Inauguration of Worker Theatre at 42 Trang Tien

8pm: Inauguration of Dai Nam Theatre at 48 Hue Street

8pm: Hanoi food festival at Ho Tay Water Park

October 7

8am: International workshop on Hanoi’s sustainable development at 11 Le Hong Phong

9am: Award ceremony of international contest about Hanoi at the Hanoi Opera House

8pm: Traditional music show at Hanoi Opera House

October 8

7am: Cultural and arts program for youngsters at outdoor stages around Hoan Kiem Lake

8pm: Meeting of 1,000 heroes and heroic mothers at the National Convention Center

8pm: Street festival at State Bank of Vietnam Square, 49 Ly Thai To

October 9

8am: Inauguration of Thanh Tri and Vinh Tuy Bridges

9.30am: Inauguration of Thang Long Avenue

8pm: Shows by international art troupes at outdoor stages in Hanoi

October 10

8am: Meeting and marching at Ba Dinh Square

8pm: Cultural and art festival at My Dinh Stadium

Activities at districts in Hanoi from October 1-10:

245 shows by Vietnamese art troupes and 38 shows by international art troupes at outdoor stages, theatres, and cultural houses in district and town centers

Thang Long-Hanoi Football Cup at My Dinh stadium from September 20-24

Thang Long-Hanoi craft village and street festival at Bach Thao park from September 16-24

Kuwait's KUFPEC eyes BP's Vietnam assets

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HANOI - Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company is interested in buying BP's stake in the Nam Con Son gas project off the coast of Vietnam, a Vietnamese newspaper reported on Friday.

State oil group PetroVietnam and KUFPEC, a unit of Kuwait Petroleum Corp , were ready to discuss buying the stake with BP and other partners in the project, PetroVietnam Chairman Dinh La Thang was quoted by the state-run Dau Tunewspaper as saying.

BP plans to sell its 35 percent stake in the Nam Con Son gas project as part of its goal of selling $30 billion in assets to cover costs for containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Apart from KUFPEC, several firms have also expressed interested in buying BP's assets, such as Russia's No. 3 oil company TNK-BP and India's state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp.

ONGC already holds a 45 percent stake in the project and PetroVietnam owns 20 percent.

KUFPEC currently has production sharing contracts in three blocks off Vietnam's coast.

Hanoi’s 1000th anniversary opens

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VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chair Nguyen Phu Trong lit a torch at 8am this morning, October 1, to the sound of gongs, opening the 1000^th anniversary celebrations in Hanoi.

The opening ceremony took place at Ly Thai To garden across from Hoan Kiem Lake, with the attendance of 1000 guests. The road along Hoan Kiem Lake is closed today for the anniversary.

After Hanoi Party Chief Pham Quang Nghi made the opening speech, UNESCO General Director Irina Bokova and UNESCO Vietnam chief Katherine Muller Marin presented the UNESCO certificate of world cultural heritage for Hanoi’s Thang Long Royal Citadel to Hanoi Chair Nguyen The Thao.

The opening ceremony closed with the release of pigeons from a globe-shaped cage.

Thousands of people surrounded the five outdoor stages along the Hoan Kiem Lake to watch special shows, performed by thousands of artists.

Workers, concerned about gridlock, went to their offices earlier. At 7am, many roads were crowded. More traffic police officers were also on the road today.

The opening day in photos:

UNESCO General Director Irina Bokova and UNESCO Vietnam chief Katherine Muller Marin presented the UNESCO certificate of world cultural heritage for Hanoi’s Thang Long Royal Citadel to Hanoi Chair Nguyen The Thao.

State and government leaders at the ceremony.

Heroic mother Dang Thi Nhung, a guest at the opening ceremony.

Drum performance.

Thousands of people attended the ceremony.

The opening ceremony closed with the release of pigeons from a globe-shaped cage.

Singer Trong Tan

Hanoian girls

Dragon dance

The legendary turtle rose to the surface on Hanoi’s great day:

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Vietnam motorbike company in trouble over Vespa lookalike

A Vietnamese motorbike company is courting trademark conflicts by selling scooters that look like Vespas and use the Honda brand name, the companies said Monday.

The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry and Motorbike Corporation (Vinashinmotor) launched its Honda Diamond Blue motorbike in early September. The motorbike looks almost exactly like the Vespa LX, which is assembled in Vietnam by the Italian company Piaggio & C SpA.

At a price of some 50 million dong (2,600 dollars), Vinashinmotor's version costs roughly half as much as a Vespa LX.

'If you didn't look at the name plate, you'd be absolutely sure it was a Piaggio Vespa LX,' said Nguyen Thanh Trung, a mechanic at Honda's warranty centre in Hanoi.

Vinashinmotor says the 'Honda' in the name refers to the motor, which it says is manufactured by Sundiro Honda Motorcycles in Shanghai.

But in a press release Monday, Honda said the motor was not manufactured by Sundiro Honda or any other Honda branch. The company said it had 'no relation' to the motorbike being sold under the name 'Honda Diamond Blue.'

Piaggio issued a press release Saturday noting that a number of Vietnamese companies had 'imitated' its designs, but could not match its quality.

Vinashinmotor General Director Vu Manh Ha said the company had complied strictly with intellectual property regulations.

Ha said Piaggio could not sue Vinashinmotor, because it had not copyrighted the Vespa LX design in Vietnam.

Honda did not say whether it would pursue a claim of intellectual property violations against Vinashinmotor. Piaggio's representative in Vietnam declined to comment.

Vietnam is a signatory of all the treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization, a UN body which aims to promote the international protection of intellectual property.

After press reports in early September noted the Vinashinmotor motorbike's resemblance to the Vespa LX, Vietnam's Institute for Intellectual Property investigated the case.

In a statement issued last week, the institute said there was no reason to believe the motorbike violated Piaggio's copyright.

Vinashinmotor is a subsidiary of the troubled Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Company (Vinashin), a state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate.

Vinashin is being reorganized by a government committee after an audit in June revealed huge debts and corporate misconduct. Six of the company's officers, including two former chief executives, have been arrested.

TransViet joins global travel management firm

HCMC - TransViet Travel, a member of TransViet Group, has partnered with GlobalStar Travel Management, a worldwide network consisting of more than 75 market leading enterprises around the world and representing over US$13 billion in sales.

The Taiwan Tourism Bureau stages a traditional dance show of Taiwan at a press conference held in HCMC on Monday to introduce the Charming Taiwan in Vietnam - Photo: Mong Binh

Doan Van Truong, sales manager of TransViet Travel, said his company had become the only entity in Vietnam to join the worldwide travel management company, and that this would enable the local firm to handle more inbound guests and those corporate customers of the network in Vietnam.

TransViet Travel now is able to use the GlobalStar brand to attract clients and win more guests via introductions and proposals by the global company, which can create solutions to fit individual needs and delivers quality services in a multinational environment, Truong told the Daily on the phone on Monday.

Truong said the name of TransViet had been widely recognized at home and overseas through United Airlines and other some 10 foreign airlines that have chosen the local business as their general sales agent in Vietnam.

TransViet Travel has emerged as a leader in business travel in Vietnam after over 15 years of existence on the domestic market.

TransViet Travel said in a statement that joining GlobalStar Travel Management would bring the company more opportunities to expand its corporate client base and strengthen the position of a Vietnamese company in the global front.

Mark van Iersel, director of marketing and partner recruitment at GlobalStar, said in the statement that the company had seen an increase in demand for a local travel management corporation in Vietnam. “We feel that with the addition of TransViet Travel we can now meet our client demands by adding the best national choice in Vietnam.”

* The Taiwan Tourism Bureau will organize a two-day festival in HCMC from on Tuesday to highlight tourist attractions among Vietnamese travelers who are looking for new destinations for their leisure and business trips.

Suzy Yeo, who is a representative of the bureau, told reporters in HCMC on Monday that Taiwanese and Vietnamese travel companies would participate in the event entitled “Charming Taiwan” at the Now Zone shopping center in the city.

The participating companies will introduce their tours featuring cityscape, white-sand beaches, resorts and spas, a wide selection of foods, and shopping malls in Taiwan. Visitors can watch video clips about Taiwan as well as enjoy its foods, tea, games and traditional dances.

Yeo said the bureau expected at least 1,000 Vietnamese people would come to the event on the two days to explore what Taiwan could offer to local travelers.

Tank Lin from the bureau told the Daily after the press conference that this agency promoted Taiwan’s tourist attractions in Vietnam as the number of Vietnamese leisure and business travelers was increasing.

Lin put the number of Vietnamese visitors to Taiwan at 20,000 a year. He said Taiwan was small but presented charming offers, from scenery to foods and culture.

Ben Young, chairman of the travel firm Simba, said week-long package tours to Taiwan cost around US$750. But, Yeo said the price would change depending on hotel accommodations and services included in the tours.

The bureau put on the two-day festival in order to gauge the market demand and map out plans to promote Taiwanese attractions in Vietnam.