Hoàng Anh Gia Lai players (in white) try to nick the ball from striker Nguyễn Văn Quyết of Hà Nội in a recent match in the 2021 V.League 1. Hoàng Anh Gia Lai team currently sit at the top of the table. Photo vtc.vn Football HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has proposed that the Việt Nam Professional Football Jointstock Company (VPF) and clubs consider stopping the 2021 V.League 1. At the online meeting on Saturday, the executive committee of the VFF agreed with the proposal to end the 2021 professional…
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A timber and wood manufacturing factory in HCM City. Prolonged COVID-19 prevention measures have forced factories in southern Việt Nam to shut down, raising concerns about supply chain disruption. — Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Industry and Trade HCM CITY — Prolonged COVID-19 prevention measures have forced many factories in southern Việt Nam to shut down, raising concerns over supply chain disruption among businesses, especially foreign direct-invested (FDI) companies. Experts said at an online conference last Friday that FDI enterprises in HCM City were facing challenges implementing the “3 on-site” model, which requires eating, sleeping; and working on site. Most FDI firms said the model was not as…
Emperor Hàm Nghi pictured with a painting in Algeria. Photos courtesy of the Huế Cultural Heritage Research and Development Association Though Vietnamese Emperor Hàm Nghi (1871-1944) was popularly known as an anti-French emperor, who was exiled to Algeria, he was also a little-known painter that held exhibitions in Paris, France. According to painter Đặng Mậu Tựu, vice chairman of Huế Cultural Heritage Research and Development Association, Emperor Hàm Nghi was not so much seen as a painter but an exiled patriotic king, but with an impressive body of work he deserved to be honoured as a painter. Hàm Nghi was the…
After dying, the grass is given a new vitality with many familiar and special colours, including cobalt blue, orange and purple. — Photos courtesy of Marie’s Cỏ bàng (Lepironia), a kind of sedge, is no longer just a wild grass but is being turned into artistic items of beauty through the ingenious hands of local artisans and a passionate businesswoman. The grass, which is widely grown in Phò Trạch Village in the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế’s Phong Điền District, is now the foundation for a series of beautiful traditional handicraft products such as wallets, bags, hats and backpacks, which bring a stable income for…
FOOD TO GO: Free lunch boxes with rice, peanuts, green beans, stewed fish and egg are ready to be picked up at 11am every day in Hà Nội. Photo courtesy of Hồng Nhung by Nguyễn Mỹ Hà Since early in Hà Nội’s lockdown, we have run information on ‘Zero Đồng’ kitchens that cook fresh food every day for medical workers in city hospitals — people tirelessly helping others in need, showing the true spirit of the Vietnamese people. However, over the past few days there have been many stories of people making up pathetic…
Members of Bình Thuận Provincial Youth Union unloads food items before distributing them to foreigners living in blockade area in Phan Thiết City. — Photo binhthuan.gov.vn BÌNH THUẬN — Foreigners who are living within blockaded areas in Phan Thiết City in the central province of Bình Thuận have received support from local authorities via the Sharing Our Love with Foreigners programme. The programme, launched and implemented by the Provincial Youth Union, presented gifts and money to 36 foreigners who have lost their jobs or been living in difficulties due to the effects of the pandemic.…
HCM City will provide food, medicine and essential goods for people at home under new social distancing regulations in HCM City. Photo tphcm.chinhphu.vn/ HCM CITY — The military force will establish rapid reaction teams to provide food, medicines and essential goods for people in HCM City beginning on Monday (August 23), according to Senior Lieutenant General Võ Minh Lương, head of the Government’s Special Working Group and Deputy Minister of National Defence. The teams will work with the city’s War Veterans’ Association, Women Veterans’ Association, Women’s Union and the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union to carry out food delivery and supervise locked-down and quarantine areas. Lương has asked military and police forces, Government…
City residents on Saturday morning stand in line at the Co.op Food store in HCM City’s District 10. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — A 50-year-old resident from Phú Nhuận District in HCM City said he left his home at 5:30am on Saturday to get a document that would allow him to buy goods at a nearby supermarket. After one hour of waiting, the man finally got the paper for a 7am appointment. The man and other customers waited an hour in a queue before the supermarket opened. Some people at other food stores, however, had to return home as they were too crowded. Mega Market An Phú in Thủ Đức City, for example, opened at 7am but…
Việt Nam’s timber and wood products raked in $9.6 billion in the first seven months of this year, up 55 per cent year on year. Photo congthuong.vn HÀ NỘI — Suspension of production at local wood processing enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic is having effects on exports, according to the Việt Nam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFOREST). Many enterprises processing and exporting furniture and handicrafts under the HCM City Fine Arts and Woodworking Association (HAWA) had received orders from foreign importers until the end of 2021, said the association Vice Chairman Nguyễn Chánh Phương. Nguyễn Văn Sang, director…
Paralympics Top national athletes Cao Ngọc Hùng and Nguyễn Thị Hải will compete at the Tokyo Paralympics on August 24-September 5. — Photo webthethao.vn Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Cao Ngọc Hùng and Nguyễn Thị Hải are one of the world’s most famous disabled athlete couples. The world-class duo will represent Việt Nam at the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, aiming to bring home medals in para athletics. The couple have been well-known since they were young through their numerous national championship titles. The husband and wife have also won many regional, continental and world championships. Inborn…