The nominations include World’s Leading Cultural Destination 2018, the World’s Leading Destination 2018, the World’s Leading Tourist Board 2018 for Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), and the World’s Leading City Destination 2018 for the capital city of Hanoi. The voting portal on the website of the World Travel Awards’ organizing board is set to close on October 24. Hanoi’s Department of Tourism has launched the voting for Hanoi via the link https://sodulich. hanoi.gov.vn/binh-chon-awards. VOV Related news Vietnam Airlines wins two prestigious prizes at World Travel Awards 2017 Vietravel triumphs again at World Travel Awards … [Read more...] about Four nominations for Vietnam at 2018 World Travel Awards
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International rugby reportedly set for a new 12-team championship featuring the world’s best sides in major overhaul
A report in Britain’s The Sunday Times says global rugby administrators have agreed to a new annual world championship featuring 12 international teams in a major shake-up of world rugby. It would involve six teams from each hemisphere, and would likely also have a second division with promotion and relegation available from the top tier. Test rugby’s major shake-up looks set to go with the 12-team inter-hemisphere plan and could be introduced as early as 2020. While the game’s bosses left a Sydney meeting late last week without revealing their intentions, The Sunday Times reports that the controversial plan first aired by World Rugby Agustin Pichot is the favoured option. It would take place in the July and November international windows and involve a 12-team competition. There would be six teams from each hemisphere – England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales from the north, and South Africa, Australia, Argentina and New Zealand from the south, … [Read more...] about International rugby reportedly set for a new 12-team championship featuring the world’s best sides in major overhaul
Doomsayers start seeing cracks in world economy
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Over the last decade, the world’s major economies floated themselves out of recession on oceans of easy money and low, or even negative, interest rates. For the moment, policymakers and analysts talk of a “Goldilocks economy” in the United States, which is enjoying low unemployment, brisk growth, improved household finances and a strengthened banking system. But with much of the pain having subsided and US interest rates steadily rising, prominent investors and economists are shining a light on the issues that could trigger the next recession.They point not to risky subprime mortgage lending, which sparked the last crisis 10 years ago, but instead to voracious borrowing by corporations and emerging market economies. Martin Feldstein, chief economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, paints a grim picture where rising interest rates could pop a debt-fueled Wall Street bubble, gutting investment portfolios and consumer confidence, and causing … [Read more...] about Doomsayers start seeing cracks in world economy
Former Navy SEAL commanders say the ‘4 laws of combat’ are easily adapted to the business world
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are former Navy SEAL commanders with a new book, “The Dichotomy of Leadership.” They have worked with more than 400 businesses since founding their leadership consulting firm, Echelon Front, in 2010. They said the principles that governed their approach to combat are easily applicable to business. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin have proven that the leadership principles they learned as Navy SEALs are just as effective in the business world. Willink was the head of US Navy SEAL Team 3 Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated US special operations unit of the Iraq War, and Babin was one of the two platoon leaders who reported to him. After their service, Willink and Babin founded Echelon Front in 2010 as a way to bring what they learned in the military to the business world. They have spent the past eight years working with more than 400 businesses and putting on conferences. The “laws of combat” that they developed in the … [Read more...] about Former Navy SEAL commanders say the ‘4 laws of combat’ are easily adapted to the business world
Doomsayers begin to see cracks in healthy world economy
WASHINGTON - Over the last decade, the world's major economies floated themselves out of recession on oceans of easy money and low, or even negative, interest rates. For the moment, policymakers and analysts talk of a "Goldilocks economy" in the United States, which is enjoying low unemployment, brisk growth, improved household finances and a strengthened banking system. But with much of the pain having subsided and US interest rates steadily rising, prominent investors and economists are shining a light on the issues that could trigger the next recession. They point not to risky subprime mortgage lending, which sparked the last crisis 10 years ago, but instead to voracious borrowing by corporations and emerging market economies. Martin Feldstein, chief economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, paints a grim picture where rising interest rates could pop a debt-fueled Wall Street bubble, gutting investment portfolios and consumer confidence, and causing "another long, deep downturn." … [Read more...] about Doomsayers begin to see cracks in healthy world economy