Vietnamese marksman Hoàng Xuân Vinh competes in the men’s 10m air pistol at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today. — AFP/VNA Photo Olympics HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese marksman Hoàng Xuân Vinh failed to defend his Olympic gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday, but there were big wins in the boxing ring and on the badminton court for Vietnamese athletes. Vinh was ousted from the qualifying round of the men’s 10m pistol category after scoring just 573 points to rank 22nd, not enough to progress. Five years ago, he won the country’s first ever…
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Olympics Nguyễn Thùy Linh takes Việt Nam’s first win at the Olympics after her 2-0 victory in the women’s singles badminton event on July 24. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Olympic Team has made a brilliant start at the Tokyo Games, pocketing two wins in badminton and taekwondo this morning, the first official day of competition. Badminton hopeful Nguyễn Thùy Linh took part in her first Olympics but was unsettled at the prospect of being in the same group as world No 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei. However, Linh, 23, was superb on the court with a win…
Olympics Boxer Nguyễn Văn Đương (left) practises with teammate Nguyễn Thị Tâm in Tokyo. Đương will compete in the men’s 57 kg category. — Photo courtesy of Việt Nam Olympics Team Thanh Hà & Bảo Hoa HÀ NỘI — It is time to show off, raise our voices and show that Việt Nam packs a mean punch when it comes to boxing. Vietnamese boxer Nguyễn Văn Đương plans to give it his all for his Olympic debut in Tokyo. Đương brought an Olympic slot home after 32 years of waiting, with a successful bronze medal from a qualification…
The online booking service by Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation. New technology uses are a growing trend for the real estate sector.— VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made digital tools such as live streaming, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) essential to real estate transactions, according to real estate broker Tran Minh. Minh no longer regularly meets customers face-to-face and now uses online exchange applications such as live stream on Facebook, video calls on Messenger, Zalo or Viber to connect with his customers. Minh told Đầu…
The e-commerce market of Việt Nam is seeing the rapid expansion of foreign-invested platforms while domestic online markets find it difficult to compete. — Photo ictnews.vietnamnet.vn HÀ NỘI — Policies are needed to support local e-commerce platforms and counter the might of cashed-up international e-commerce giants entering the Vietnamese e-commerce market, says chairman of Nextech, Nguyễn Hòa Bình, who owned chodientu.vn. “When foreign enterprises with huge resources flood in, it is difficult for domestic enterprises to compete and domestic enterprises can soon run out of steam,” he said. Domestic online market chodientu.vn which pioneered in online shopping in Việt Nam…
The Vietnamese sports delegation marches at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Leading the Vietnamese contingent, athletes Quách Thị Lan and Nguyễn Huy Hoàng, proudly carried the national flag aloft during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics last night. For the first time in the history of the Games, each nation that took part was led by both a female and male athlete, as part of the International Olympic Committee’s efforts to push gender equality. Swimmer Hoàng and runner Lan were bestowed the honour…
A chart showing the labour structure based on skill levels at foreign-invested businesses in manufacturing. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — With the increasing foreign investment in Việt Nam, the human resource structure will see a fundamental change since FDI generally goes into industries that require medium to very skilled workers, experts have said. “The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to be more complicated in 2021 and the world is still in the ‘new normal’ phase,” Bùi Tôn Hiến, director of the Institute of Labour and Social Affairs, told a webinar on July 22. “Businesses have to optimise their operation and production to…
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam speaks at an online meeting with the Government’s Special Working Group and representatives from six southern provinces on Thursday about the COVID-19 situation in the south. Photo courtesy of the HCM City Press Centre HCM CITY — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged southern provinces to work with HCM City to enforce strict COVID-19 prevention measures and be ready to aid the city in the fight against the virus. Đam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said it was important to prevent the spread of the virus between HCM City and neighbouring provinces while ensuring circulation…
Vietnamese archer Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt competes in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Women’s Recurve. Photo baovanhoa.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese archers Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt and Nguyễn Hoàng Phi Vũ have made their debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Nguyệt finished 49th among a total of 64 competitors with 628 points in the qualifying round of the Women’s Recurve event. Nguyệt, however, will progress to the next round to compete against the host nation’s Hayakawa Ren. This year marks the first time that the 20-year-old archer has competed in the Olympics.…
Locals in HCM City are vaccinated at Lãnh Binh Thăng Sport Stadium in District 11 as part of the fifth phase of the city’s vaccination drive. VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Giang HCM CITY— The HCM City Department of Health has changed from a four-level to five-level admission and treatment plan for COVID-19 patients. First-level treatment is for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients with no underlying medical conditions and no obesity. They are brought to quarantine facilities in districts where they are screened by local health officials to determine if they can spend quarantine at home. The number of patients in this category is estimated to account for nearly 50 per cent of…