Coach Park Hang-seo’s language assistant Lê Huy Khoa (right) also called the rumours that coach Park is negotiating with a Thai club “fake news”. Photo Thethao247.vn HÀ NỘI Both Việt Nam national team manager Park Hang-seo and the VFF (Việt Nam Football Federation) have rubbished reports the South Korean strategist is plotting a move to a football club in Thailand. On August 22, the future of coach Park was thrown into doubt when Thai media claimed he was in negotiations for a move. According to reports, a top team from the Thai League 1 sent an offer to the Korean…
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Văn Trần Hoàn isn’t shy about letting his opinion be known. Photo thanhnien.vn Peter Cowan The Pope’s a Catholic, water is wet, and the 2021 V.League 1 season is over. News came out over the weekend that the Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has ended the season after 12 games, weeks after the Việt Nam Professional Football (VPF) company had announced a postponement until February next year. As sad as it was to have the final nail put in the coffin, with COVID-19 case numbers continuing to increase and lockdowns becoming stricter it…
HCM City People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong hands over essential items to households in Phú Nhuận District. — Photo www.sggp.org.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has approved an additional COVID-19 support package worth nearly VNĐ2.6 trillion (US$112.3 million) targeted at more than one million poor workers and 600,000 self-employed workers’ families. Of the amount, VNĐ1.6 trillion ($69.8 million) is meant for the former and the rest for the latter. Both permanent and temporary residents will benefit, and regardless of occupation. Authorities plan to disburse the relief amount quickly, with each family expected to receive VNĐ1.5 million ($65.4). Local officials have been told…
Chinese ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo hands over the 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Vietnamese deputy defence minister Hoàng Xuân Chiến at Nội Bài International Airport on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on Monday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines and 201,600 single-use syringes donated by their Chinese counterpart. Hoàng Xuân Chiến, Vietnamese deputy defence minister and member of the Government’s working group on COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy, and Chinese ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo, chaired the reception ceremony at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà…
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam (middle) speaks with the Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, Nguyễn Văn Nên (right), and Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn at a COVID prevention meeting on Sunday HCM CITY — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has called on people, especially those in HCM City, who have recovered from COVID-19 to volunteer to work on the frontlines with medical workers. Đam, also head of the National Steering Committee on Covid-19 prevention and control, said they could register with community COVID teams in 312 communes, wards and townships. The city is treating 34,605 patients…
Painting Việt Nam Niềm Tin Chiến Thắng (Việt Nam’s Belief in Victory) by Trần Nguyễn Uyên Nghi has won special prize. Photo courtesy of the organising board HCM CITY Trần Nguyễn Uyên Nghi, an 8th-grade student from the Sài Gòn Practice School in HCM City’s District 5 has won the special prize at a drawing contest on the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work titled Việt Nam Niềm Tin Chiến Thắng (Việt Nam’s Belief in Victory) surpassed 150 works selected from hundreds of thousands of entries to win the national contest Ngày hội sắc màu (Colorful Festival), phase I, in 2021, with the theme Vững tin Việt Nam (Việt Nam’s Strong…
Chinese ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo hands over the 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Vietnamese deputy defence minister Hoàng Xuân Chiến at Nội Bài International Airport on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on Monday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines and 201,600 single-use syringes donated by their Chinese counterpart. Hoàng Xuân Chiến, Vietnamese deputy defence minister and member of the Government’s working group on COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy, and Chinese ambassador to Việt Nam Xiong Bo, chaired the reception ceremony at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội this morning. The…
The online event AI Day 2021 – Empowering Innovations, organized by VinAI Research (the tech arm of Vingroup) will be held on August 27, 2021, aiming to unlock solutions to developing artificial intelligence in Vietnam. The event anticipates up to 2,000 participants, for the first time bringing together the world’s top-tier experts in AI and leading researchers in Vietnam to share ideas and perspectives. The event will be held online for 2 days, August 27- 28, 2021. The goal of AI Day 2021 is to promote AI research, development and application; contribute to solving challenging problems in the socio-economy; and help Vietnamese…
The State continues to manage retail prices of telecommunications services through price declaration and post-inspection management. — Photo vneconomy.vn HÀ NỘI — The State will manage competition in the markets of fixed broadband services and terrestrial mobile communication services. The Ministry of Information and Communications compiling the draft said the two services were direct communication needs of society and important for domestic and socio-economic development. Accordingly, they need State management to promote competition and create a healthy competitive environment among businesses. This is a supplement to the list of important telecommunications service markets that the State needs to manage competition under the draft amending…
Sài Gòn’s familiar and vivid images are depicted beautifully through sketches of Nguyễn Tăng Quang and friends. Photos courtesy of Nguyễn Tăng Quang Thanh Hà Sài Gòn is sick, seriously sick. The pandemic has messed life up, made things disordered and left people strongly affected. A new art project is aiming to highlight the plight of the city, while encouraging the people to be strong and raising money for good causes. Project founder, artist and architect Nguyễn Tăng Quang misses the real Sài Gòn, a city of fascinating culture that is dynamic and open-minded, kind, energetic and proud of its people. “Entering another period of social distancing, Sài Gòn…