As Vietnam views vaccinating foreigners as part of the country’s drive to achieve herd immunity, all foreigners who are living, studying, and working in the key cities will be supported to take jabs and treatment of all illnesses regarding the pandemic. The capital of Hanoi had opened more than 1,200 vaccination facilities to ensure all local and foreign citizens aged 18 and above can receive their first COVID-19 vaccine shot before September 15. These are also places where samples will be taken for testing, according to Vietnam News Agency. Hanoi has just received more than one million additional doses of…
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Việt Nam Olympic Committee’s Vice President Hoàng Vĩnh Giang died at the age of 75 in Hà Nội on September 11. — Photo vietnamnet.vn. HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam Olympic Committee Vice President Hoàng Vĩnh Giang died on Saturday. He was 75-years-old. Giang’s family announced his passing, saying he died at his home in Hà Nội in his sleep. He had a history of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Details of his funeral arrangements will be announced in the coming days. “His death is a big loss to his family and Vietnamese sport,”…
Đỗ Duy Mạnh receives his marching orders against Saudi Arabia. — Photo 24.com.vn. Peter Cowan In an era when expected goals, data analysis paralysis and gegenpressing proliferate the airwaves and Twittersphere, it’s easy to forget the outsized role luck plays in football. A weird bounce here, a tweaked hamstring there, or a gust of winder over yonder are still the difference between winning and losing a lot of the time, no matter how much we may want to believe that everything that takes place on a football pitch has a logical explanation. To…
VNS Infographic Bảo Ngọc Việt Nam take on Australia tonight in the national team’s first match at home in Mỹ Đình Stadium for the first time in almost two years! The second match of the third round of World Cup qualifying will kick off at 7pm, follow our live blog for minute by minute updates. SportNews / Times24H
Rising star: Châu Đoàn Phát poses with the national flag after winning a World Cup slot in May. — Photo courtesy of VFF Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — “In our recruitment in 2011, we found an amazing talent. He had all the qualities of a good futsal player. We were lucky to discover him,” said coach Trương Quốc Tuấn. Tuấn, who was then a scout of national futsal champions Thái Sơn Nam FC, is talking about Châu Đoàn Phát, a key player in the national team that will compete in their second FIFA Futsal World Cup later…
By Hoàng Hồ The increasing number of coronavirus cases in Việt Nam in the past months means fighting the pandemic with all available resources has become the top priority. Millions of lives are affected with countless plans having to be delayed until everything gets back to the “new normal”. And among them, there are many young artists who have had to temporarily put their dreams aside for the better good of the nation. For Lê Viết Thi, the past few months should have been a vivid moment in the young writer’s career after publishing his debut…
Illustration by Trịnh Lập by Nguyễn Mỹ Hà The school year is set to soon begin, and it is clear to millions of students across Việt Nam that their first day back and several weeks after will be held online. Students in Việt Nam spent last semester studying online from the end of April when the first cases of the fourth coronavirus wave emerged. Students study online, teachers teach online and parents have to adapt to new circumstances by providing new tools for their children to study. Even teacher-parent meetings are held online. A…
Nguyễn Thị Hải (in yellow jersey) competes in the women’s shot put on Thursday morning. Paralympics Sport TV TOKYO — Nguyễn Thị Hải finished in 10th place in the women’s shot put at the Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday morning. Her best throw was a seasonal best of 8.20m after six attempts to finish 10th out of 19 athletes. This was the first tournament she could compete in over the past two years because of interruptions to domestic and international events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this category, Djelal Safia of Algeria bagged gold medal with a…
Vietnamese forward Nguyễn Tiến Linh is featured on the FIFA’s promotional image. — Photo courtesy of FIFA HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese forward Nguyễn Tiến Linh is among outstanding footballers featured in a special poster of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). The promotional image is published on the FIFA’s Facebook page as the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers’ final round approaches. FIFA has highly valued Linh for his performance at the second round of the qualifiers where he was Việt Nam’s top scorer with five goals. He was named among three…
Goalkeeper Đặng Văn Lâm is ready to play in the match between Việt Nam against Saudi Arabia on September 2 in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. Photo courtesy of VFF Football HÀ NỘI — Goalkeeper Đặng Văn Lâm is ready to play for Việt Nam against Saudi Arabia on September 2 in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. After nearly two years of not playing for the national team, Lâm is not afraid of losing the opportunity to Bùi Tấn Trường who has played well in…