After 2 years of establishment, Hustle Thao Dien has won two categories of Fitness Best Asia Awards 2021 (FBAA): Gym of the year and ROAR Award – Revolution of Asian Regime (Group Workouts). Boutique fitness is a training model where people can have a truly unique work out experience through a dynamic friendly atmosphere and vibrant routine, and it is on the rise. According to the IHRSA Report, membership of boutique fitness facilities grew by 121% in the 2013-2017 period, while industry-wide only made up 15%. By April 2021, LEK Consulting predicted that boutique studios would rebound slightly faster than…
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Việt Nam reports 13,770 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including 12 imported cases and 13,758 local cases. The local cases are in Hồ Chí Minh (1,554), Cần Thơ (913), Tây Ninh (719), Bình Dương (697), Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu (648), Đồng Tháp (608), Sóc Trăng (588), Bình Thuận (576), Trà Vinh (560), Vĩnh Long (559), Đồng Nai (548), Bạc Liêu (544), Bình Phước (516), Kiên Giang (443), Hà Nội (429), Cà Mau (396), An Giang (375), Bến Tre (335), Khánh Hòa (308), Hậu Giang (294), Bình Định (195), Lâm Đồng (174), Hà Giang (163), Bắc Ninh (145), Nghệ…
The Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB) and Switzerland Kaleido Bank officially signed a strategic co-operation agreement on developing Private Banking activities in Vietnam in Bern, on Friday. The event is the starting point in the relationship between the two sides, as well as a new step for MSB to optimize it’s business efficiency. The signing ceremony was under the framework of Vietnam – Switzerland high-level Business Forum. Under the co-operation agreement, Kaleido Bank will provide consulting support for MSB in the fields of market research, customer experience enhancement, product design, sales strategy development, investment in technology development and attracting…
Ho Chi Minh City was named Asia’s leading destination for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions at the annual World MICE Awards. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. It beat Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Seoul, and Singapore to claim the title, the organizing board announced Sunday. The Asian region only comprised countries as far west as Pakistan, with Iran and countries further west belonging to the ‘Middle East’. The Indian Ocean and Oceania were also separate categories. The awards were based on votes cast by industry professionals, the media and consumers. Sheraton Grand Danang Resort in the central…
Football Goalkeeper Phạm Văn Cường (left) will strike to have an official place and first chance to compete for the national team in the coming AFF Cup. Photo of VFF HÀ NỘI Phạm Văn Cường’s dreams of professional football seemed over when he was 15. Sixteen years later, and against the odds, he is a part of the national team preparing for the ASEAN Football Federation Cup next month. This is the first time that a national team practice has included five goalkeepers. Cường is under no illusions about how hard he will have to work…
Omicron variant detected in more countries as scientists race to find answers. More countries imposed travel restriction to try to seal themselves off. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was not yet clear whether Omicron, first detected in Southern Africa, is more transmissible than other variants, or if it causes more severe disease. “Preliminary data suggests that there are increasing rates of hospitalization in South Africa, but this may be due to increasing overall numbers of people becoming infected, rather than a result of specific infection,” WHO said. It said understanding the level of severity of Omicron “will take…
Vietnam mulls Covid-19 travel ban for southern Africa in response to the new Covid-19 variant Omicron. The ministry proposed that all air travel to and from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and Mozambique be halted, and entry permits for passengers coming from these countries be suspended. It announced the same day that Vietnam has not recorded any case of the Omicron variant so far. ###: Breaking: Many countries in Asia and Euro alarmed by new COVID variant Vietnam will step up surveillance to detect any sign of new variants early, it added. The National Institute of Hygiene and…
Members of a club named Câu Lạc Bộ Chuyến Xe Nghĩa Tình Chữ Thập Đỏ, run by the Vietnam Red Cross Society chapter at Quang Trung College in HCM City, transport a three-day-old baby to his relatives in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk after the parents tested positive for COVID-19. Photo courtesy of the club Gia Lộc HCM CITY — As someone who often takes part in many charitable activities, Nguyễn Đình Bá, chairman of the Vietnam Red Cross Society chapter at Quang Trung College in HCM City, wanted to do something to help others during the fourth COVID-19 wave this summer. “At that time, I saw that…
Books by many past winners at writing contests launched by organisations such as the HCM City Writers’ Association, Trẻ (Youth) Publishing House and Kim Đồng Publishing House have been reprinted and are popular with readers. Photo courtesy of Việt Nam Writers’ Association HCM CITY— Labourers and their lives will be featured in a writing contest that was launched this week by the Việt Nam Writers’ Association in co-operation with the Lao Động (The Labour) newspaper. Vietnamese at home and abroad are encouraged to participate the event called Cuộc Thi Sáng Tác Văn Học Về Người Lao Động (Writting Contest Featuring Labourers) as part of an effort to discover and support young writers. The…
Since childhood Frank Phạm has nurtured a passion for cooking. The turning point of his career came when he decided to study Culinary Art in Singapore. Photos courtesy of Frank Phạm. As a Vietnamese pioneer of ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) YouTube cooking videos, Frank Phạm (Phạm Thế Phương) inspires people around the world to stay calm and enjoy their meals through his wonderful cooking, creative camera angles and realistic cooking sounds. With 383,000 subscribers and 211 videos, the future looks tasty for this 28-year-old chef. Việt Nam News reporter Hoàng Hồ spoke with Phạm about his career…