Vietnamese restaurant, Bun Dau Tuan Troc opens new branch

It has been three months since Vietnamese restaurant, Bun Dau Tuan troc opened in Tay Ho district, Hanoi. The opening day was on March 9 and the address is 16/56 Vu Mien, Yen Phu, Tay Ho, Hanoi.    The restaurant is in Yen Phu in the east Tay Ho area, which is famous for incense. The first restaurant is in Ba Dinh district, and this one in Tay Ho is their second branch. There is a garden inside the restaurant. Customers can see a large star fruit tree that 100 years is old. The restaurant is in the courtyard of the building and has terrace-like table seats surrounding a 100-year-old star fruit tree.  The main dish is the traditional Vietnamese “Bun dau mam tom” set (60,000 VND). This set includes rice vermicelli, deep-fried tofu, pork, and aromatic herbs. Bun dau mam tom is served in a bamboo colander with sauce. In the old days, bun dau is eaten only with noodles and tofu. However, it got popular to do with pork, liver, and herbs nowadays. The restaurant is known for its fragrant dipping sauce made from fermented shrimp. Moreover, a set with liver, sausage, and vegetables (65,000 VND) and a vegetarian set (30,000 VND) will be also available.  Opening hour is from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.   

Napoli style, Pizza Bella opens in Ba Dinh Hanoi

Pizza Bella opened in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on February 25. The address is 45 Nguyen Khac Hieu, Truc Bach, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.  The restaurant is on Ngoc Ngu Xa island in Tay Ho area. They offer thin Napoli-style pizza with homemade tomato sauce. The dough is fermented for 48h.   The menu includes salami and tomato sauce pizza, Bologna sausage “mortadella” and arugula tomato sauce pizza, and seafood pizza using an octopus, shrimp, and scallops. Besides, they also have pizza topped with plenty of mushrooms, and other pizza with salami, and truffles. The price is around 250,000 VND. Customers can choose half and half as well.     On the day of opening, there was a pizza contest. They gave 1 million VND cash and a coupon as a gift.   The opening hour is from 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. 

Blackbird Coffee using Vietnamese coffee beans opens new branch in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi

Blackbird Coffee opened in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on February 23. This cafe offers authentic coffee using Vietnamese coffee beans. The address is 11 P.Dang Dung, Quan Thanh, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi. The coffee shop locates in the Southern area of Tay Ho. There are two of their cafes in the city. The cafe advocates color, flavor, and taste of coffee change depending on the coffee beans and how they roast. Inside the cafe, visitors realize orange is an accent color of the interior, and there is a big black bird painted on the wall. On the first floor, there is a cashier and counter, and tables and Terrance are on the second floor. The menu includes espresso (25,000 VND), cappuccino, latte, cafe mocha (more than 55,000 VND), three types of traditional Vietnamese coffee with milk (around 40,000 VND), and egg coffee. Sweets such as chocolate croissants and brownies are also available. The opening hour is from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Relaxation salon opens in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi – Massage and nail menu are also available

Relaxation salon, Luala spa opened in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi on March 6. The address is 26 Hang Manh, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi.   The salon locates next to Holiday Emerald Hotel. It is a yellow and brown color building and the interior is Vietnamese resort style. There are steam baths and lava hot stones inside. At the same time, they offer a spa menu such as facial massage, body scrub, hand/foot care, nail care, and wax for men.  A lot of European and American customers visit this salon. Package menu including three hours to half-day courses. The price is 31,500 VND. The couple and group courses are also available.   The opening hour is from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 

Online seminar, market development in Vietnam will hold in October

The event organizer, SHINSEN VIETNAM (Ba Dinh district, Hanoi) will hold an online seminar on October 16. The theme is market development in Vietnam. The target of the seminar is companies that would like to expand their business in Vietnam. The seminar includes two-part. The first topic is what companies should know about Vietnamese culture and the market. The second topic is the Basics of transportation, custom, and tariffs. Local experts conduct this seminar in Japanese. In the first session, Ta Huong Ly, who is the CEO of SDS consulting will explain the cultural differences between Japan and Vietnam, the working culture, and study cases in terms of Japanese companies. SDS consulting is specialized in investment, HR, and admin for Japanese companies. In the second part, Luong Quoc Anh who is the CEO of GK LOGISTICS VIETNAM will talk about trade and the latest trends in the logistics industry. GK LOGISTICS VIETNAM has 12 years of experience in Japan-Vietnam logistics. The target audience is companies and individuals who are interested in developing sales channels in Vietnam. The organizer also will send invitations to corporations that offer general products including food, frozen, health product, liquor, cosmetics, daily goods and baby items. The event will be held from 15:00 to 17:00 (Japan time). Free admission. The capacity is about 100 people (up to 1 person per company). Applications will be accepted on the special website until September 29.

Pottery exhibition under the theme of paper money, Money Pot displays 20 items

Trinh Vu Hieu holds a Pottery exhibition, Money Pot in Hanoi. The venue is Thao Vien Botanic Garden which is a restaurant with gallery space. The address is So 2 Ngo 31 Hoang Cau, Dong Da, Ha Noi. The exhibition under the theme of money started on June 20. It displays more than 20 potteries that paper money printed on them. Trinh says “The value of money is temporary. It loses its authority once people stop using it. I would like to call a period when each paper money is used through exhibiting pottery. At the same time, I wish for this place where I can connect art and history.” Trinh also adds “The design of money is artistic. It expresses historical people, heritage, and landscape by designing unique patterns.” Art pieces recreate paper money used before 1954. This is a breaking-through era in Vietnamese history. Trinh says “I chose soil, mixing enamel, shaping on a rotating table, which is perfect for pottery. ” Trinh comments “The image of the past paper money remains in people’s memory. It also can be a memorial. Besides, every paper money has a story. I hope visitors know more about money through this exhibition. ” The opening hour is from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Free admission. The exhibition opens until August 10.

Interior shop, Mimasi Home opens in Hanoi – Offering aroma candle and furniture

Interior chain shop, Mimasi Home opens two new stores in Hanoi on March 8. The chain offers modern-designed furniture, interior goods, and bed linens. There are four stores in Ho Chi Minh city, and others in Ha dong district and in Aeon mall, Long Bien district in Hanoi. This month, they opened a new shop in Ba Dinh on March 8, and the other one in Hai Ba Trung (commercial facility, Imperia Sky Garden) on March 10. The shop offers both Vietnamese and imported interior goods. For bed linens, they have various line-ups such as HomeFabrics by Keith Tran from Ho Chi Minh city. They also deal with room fragrances, selling candles and essential oils from the Swiss perfume maker Giavaudan. There are pineapple kiwi candles and light blue sky candles. The price range is from 499,000 VND. Besides, they have tableware, kitchen article, and bathroom items.

Relaxation salon opens in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi – Massage and nail menu are also available

Relaxation salon, Luala spa opened in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi on March 6. The address is 26 Hang Manh, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi.   The salon locates next to Holiday Emerald Hotel. It is a yellow and brown color building and the interior is Vietnamese resort style. There are steam baths and lava hot stones inside. At the same time, they offer a spa menu such as facial massage, body scrub, hand/foot care, nail care, and wax for men.  A lot of European and American customers visit this salon. Package menu including three hours to half-day courses. The price is 31,500 VND. The couple and group courses are also available.   The opening hour is from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 

Vietnamese restaurant, Bun Dau Tuan Troc opens new branch

It has been three months since Vietnamese restaurant, Bun Dau Tuan troc opened in Tay Ho district, Hanoi. The opening day was on March 9 and the address is 16/56 Vu Mien, Yen Phu, Tay Ho, Hanoi.    The restaurant is in Yen Phu in the east Tay Ho area, which is famous for incense. The first restaurant is in Ba Dinh district, and this one in Tay Ho is their second branch. There is a garden inside the restaurant. Customers can see a large star fruit tree that 100 years is old. The restaurant is in the courtyard of the building and has terrace-like table seats surrounding a 100-year-old star fruit tree.  The main dish is the traditional Vietnamese “Bun dau mam tom” set (60,000 VND). This set includes rice vermicelli, deep-fried tofu, pork, and aromatic herbs. Bun dau mam tom is served in a bamboo colander with sauce. In the old days, bun dau is eaten only with noodles and tofu. However, it got popular to do with pork, liver, and herbs nowadays. The restaurant is known for its fragrant dipping sauce made from fermented shrimp. Moreover, a set with liver, sausage, and vegetables (65,000 VND) and a vegetarian set (30,000 VND) will be also available.  Opening hour is from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.   

Interior shop, Mimasi Home opens in Hanoi – Offering aroma candle and furniture

Interior chain shop, Mimasi Home opens two new stores in Hanoi on March 8. The chain offers modern-designed furniture, interior goods, and bed linens. There are four stores in Ho Chi Minh city, and others in Ha dong district and in Aeon mall, Long Bien district in Hanoi. This month, they opened a new shop in Ba Dinh on March 8, and the other one in Hai Ba Trung (commercial facility, Imperia Sky Garden) on March 10. The shop offers both Vietnamese and imported interior goods. For bed linens, they have various line-ups such as HomeFabrics by Keith Tran from Ho Chi Minh city. They also deal with room fragrances, selling candles and essential oils from the Swiss perfume maker Giavaudan. There are pineapple kiwi candles and light blue sky candles. The price range is from 499,000 VND. Besides, they have tableware, kitchen article, and bathroom items.

Japanese language school, LOTUS opens in Long Bien, Hanoi

It has been a month since Japanese language school, LOTUS opened in Long Bien district, Hanoi on March 1. The address is No2, 49Thach Ban Street, Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien Dist, Hanoi.  Lotus Education, the subsidiary company of Care 21 in Kita ward which works for social welfare, Osaka runs this school. They accept international students and trainees for welfare industry in Japan. As a fact, those foreign young workers perform much better than the company imagined. Therefore they have decided to establish this school to train their Japanese language skill.  The school is five story building. There are 11 classrooms that can accommodate 15 students. They aim to provide education which is not only for Japanese language skill but also life experience. At the same time, the school holds cultural events such as Japanese calligraphy, and teaching how to wear yukata. In February, they made demon masks and threw beans under the theme of Setsubun. At the cafeteria on the 5th floor, students learned how to make Japanese food such as pork miso soup and rice balls.    The school runs as an educational consignment institution for students who have already decided to go to Japan as technical intern trainees or exchange students at this moment, but they plan to recruit general students in the future. 

Napoli style, Pizza Bella opens in Ba Dinh Hanoi

Pizza Bella opened in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on February 25. The address is 45 Nguyen Khac Hieu, Truc Bach, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.  The restaurant is on Ngoc Ngu Xa island in Tay Ho area. They offer thin Napoli-style pizza with homemade tomato sauce. The dough is fermented for 48h.   The menu includes salami and tomato sauce pizza, Bologna sausage “mortadella” and arugula tomato sauce pizza, and seafood pizza using an octopus, shrimp, and scallops. Besides, they also have pizza topped with plenty of mushrooms, and other pizza with salami, and truffles. The price is around 250,000 VND. Customers can choose half and half as well.     On the day of opening, there was a pizza contest. They gave 1 million VND cash and a coupon as a gift.   The opening hour is from 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. 

Japanese language school, LOTUS opens in Long Bien, Hanoi

It has been a month since Japanese language school, LOTUS opened in Long Bien district, Hanoi on March 1. The address is No2, 49Thach Ban Street, Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien Dist, Hanoi.  Lotus Education, the subsidiary company of Care 21 in Kita ward which works for social welfare, Osaka runs this school. They accept international students and trainees for welfare industry in Japan. As a fact, those foreign young workers perform much better than the company imagined. Therefore they have decided to establish this school to train their Japanese language skill.  The school is five story building. There are 11 classrooms that can accommodate 15 students. They aim to provide education which is not only for Japanese language skill but also life experience. At the same time, the school holds cultural events such as Japanese calligraphy, and teaching how to wear yukata. In February, they made demon masks and threw beans under the theme of Setsubun. At the cafeteria on the 5th floor, students learned how to make Japanese food such as pork miso soup and rice balls.    The school runs as an educational consignment institution for students who have already decided to go to Japan as technical intern trainees or exchange students at this moment, but they plan to recruit general students in the future. 

Contemporary Art Gallery opens at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, renovated former exhibition space

On February 25, the Contemporary Arts Gallery opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum (66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi). The museum preserves Vietnam’s historical cultural heritage and works of art. It has collected and archived approximately 20,000 pieces from the Bronze Age to the present day. In response to the rapid growth and diversification of the contemporary art field, the second and third floors of Building B, which used to hold special exhibitions, have been renovated into a gallery dedicated to contemporary art. Currently on display are more than 65 paintings (lacquer and oil paintings), graphic arts, and sculptures (steel and iron) created since 1980. Exhibiting artists include Trinh Cung, Nguyen Trung, Bui Tien Tuan, and Vu Dinh Tuan. “We want to provide a place that inspires artists,” said Nguyen Anh Minh, the director. “We hope that art lovers can also feel the message to people today and the dynamic of life from the multifaceted viewpoints of artists.” Opening hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays. Admission is 40,000 VND for adults, 20,000 VND for university and junior college students, 10,000 VND for those aged 6 to 16, and free for children under 6.

Ohisama kindergarten in Hanoi starts online program –Offering same hours as a normal course

It has been four months since Ohisama kindergarten (46 Ngo 445 Lac Long Quan, Xuan La, Tay Ho, Ha Noi, TEL 0971049172) in Tay ho District, Hanoi started the online program. The kindergarten is run by Eikoh Vietnan.CO.,Ltd (Don Da district). The company also operates the Eiko seminar Hanoi branch and the student’s family said “We wish if there is another school that their siblings can go to.”　Therefore they have decided to open the kindergarten in April 2017. In January 2020, they moved from Lac Long Quan street to the current place and restarted programs with a kids’ room that is designed by staff, lunchroom, and sports field. The school started online programs on May 4. They develop the special program with the same amount of time as the normal course because kids do not have enough opportunities to exercise and play due to the pandemic. At the same time, childcare workers think kids should have a chance to do many experiences as much as possible when they are young. The curriculum contains Physical exercise (stretch, rhythmic and play); Memorizing game; Card game; Experiment using water, colors, vegetables, flowers, and plants; Creative activities using scissors and glue; Washing hands and throats; Living training such as folding sox and towels; Nutrition education; Music class; Vietnamese language class; and Evacuation training. The online program is held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. If parents wish, kids can join in the voluntary time which is from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The fee is depended on how many times kids participate in the course; 13,600,000VND for 5 times/week; 11,400,000VND for 4 times/week; 9,100,000VND for 3 times/week; 6,800,000VND for 2.5 times/week; 4,600,000VND/week. Parents can register to participate in the course via the website and phone calls. Yuya Abe, who is the CEO of this company says “We offer the program that can be the tip of raising kids such as what kind of activity that promotes independence, and what works for kids to maintain their courtesy while they play. Also, everyone in the family can join together in our courses. We would like to provide appealing activities that kids can continue their growth.” Closed on Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays.