Members of the special task forces shop on behalf of residents in HCM City on August 24. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — Special task forces in wards in HCM City that do grocery shopping for locked-down residents took 74,033 orders to supermarkets and groceries stores on August 24, almost half more than the previous day, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade. The numbers are expected to increase sharply in the coming days, it said. Amid the city’s stricter COVID-19 prevention measures from August 23 to September 6, people have been told to “stay where they are”…
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Lê Văn Công of Việt Nam won silver in the men’s 49kg powerlifting event on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Vũ Trong Hải HÀ NỘI — Lê Văn Công of Việt Nam has won silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the men’s 49kg powerlifting event on Thursday morning. Defending champion Công lifted 173kg which is as heavy as Omar Sami Hamadeh Qarada from Jordan. But Công is about 100 grams heavier than his arch-rival so finished in second place. Qarada came behind Công at the Rio Olympics five years ago. Parvin Mammadov of Azerbaijan won bronze with a lift of…
Construction site for the upprading project at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of Ministry of Transport HCM CITY — The Ministry of Transport has asked HCM City to resume the upgrade on Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport during the two-week stay-at-home period that started on Monday to ensure that it is completed by the end of the year. The ministry has asked the municipal People’s Committee to include the work on a list of urgent projects. Tân Sơn Nhất, one of the two largest airports in the country, has been overloaded for many years and has visible cracks and subsidence of asphalt surfaces. Since the pandemic has put a halt to most international…
Staff at Indian restaurant Baba’s Kitchen in Thảo Điền Ward, Thủ Đức City, HCM City, on August 22 cook meals to donate to COVID hospitals for patients and frontline workers. Photo courtesy of Robin Deepu Gia Lộc HCM CITY — Many expatriates in HCM City are providing meals and milk to hospitals and disadvantaged people suffering from the COVID-19 outbreak. On Monday, when the city started stricter social distancing and the implementation of preventive measures to contain the outbreak, staff at Indian restaurant Baba’s Kitchen in Thảo Điền Ward in Thủ Đức City were…
Singapore-based gaming startup Storms and KaiOS Technologies, maker of the leading mobile operating system for smart feature phones, today announced their partnership to bring the instantly playable version of mobile hit games – “Fruit Ninja” and “Jetpack Joyride” – to over 150 million KaiOS-powered smart feature phones globally, offering iconic and exciting gaming experience for new internet users for all ages. Smart feature phones running on KaiOS are a hybrid of feature phones and smartphones that require limited memory and are optimised for the non-touch interface. While these phones have a similar look and feel compared to 2G basic phones,…
Trịnh Thị Bích Như (lane 8) finished last in heat 2 of the Women’s 50 metre freestyle S6. — Photo screenshot of Webthethao.vn TOKYO — Trịnh Thị Bích Như and Võ Thanh Tùng were unable to make any surprises on the opening day for the Việt Nam team at the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games, after finishing last out of eight and seven swimmers, respectively. Competing in heat 2 of the Women’s 50m freestyle S6, Như finished with a time of 39.14 seconds. While Tùng’s result was 3 minutes and 14.11 seconds in heat 2 of the men’s 200m freestyle S5. Finishing first in Như’s…
Imported cars at a showroom on Phạm Hùng road. – VNA/VNS Photo Thế Duyêtj HÀ NỘI – A recent Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) proposal to halve registration fees for domestically-manufactured automobiles has stirred debate between local manufacturers and importers. If approved, the move will give domestic vehicles a price advantage over imports. So, while it has found support among domestic manufacturers and assembly companies, who see it as an opportunity to increase sales amid the pandemic, importers believe it is unfair. The fee cut is part of a decree drafted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)…
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính (right) held meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo on Tuesday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam treasures the traditional friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, considering it a stop priority in the country’s external policies, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has declared. During a reception Hà Nội on Tuesday for Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo, the PM stressed that Việt Nam consistently pursues the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of ties, proactive and active international integration, and being a responsible member of…
Powerlifter Lê Văn Công is in Tokyo and only has one thing on his mind… winning. The 37-year-old is defending Paralympic champion after picking up gold at the Brazil games. Now he’s determined to do all he can to lift his spirits, and the weights, to new levels and retain his top prize. Plus, he has the weight of the whole country right behind him. VNS SportNews / Times24H
People line up in front of a Bách Hóa Xanh store in HCM City to buy food while maintaining a 2-metre distance. — Photo laodong.vn HÀ NỘI — Food and grocery retailers are doing particularly well during the pandemic, or at least they are on paper, according to recent reports from securities traders and financial analysts. Domestic food and grocery retailers have been reporting strong numbers in July. Bách Hóa Xanh’s financial statement for the month of July recorded over VNĐ4.2 trillion (US$184 million) in sales, a 55 per cent increase from June and a massive bump of 133 per…