Aircraft parked at Nội Bài International Airport. The plan to expand the airport’s capacity by 2050 is under discussion. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Transport has announced an airport development plan that would expand Hà Nội-based Nội Bài International Airport to serve 100 million passengers per year, but has denied a request for a second airport in the capital city until at least 2030. A dispatch from Hà Nội’s People’s Committee, signed by Deputy Chairman Dương Đức Tuấn, was sent to the ministry earlier this month and proposed that the airport should be able to handle…
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Oympics An infographic of Việt Nam Team at the coming Tokyo Olympic Games. VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Olympics Team last night (July 18) left for Tokyo carrying the hopes and dreams of the nation. The 43-strong contingent with 18 athletes will compete in 11 sports. Of which weightlifting, shooting and taekwondo are the favourites to bring home a medal. Veteran badminton player Nguyễn Tiến Minh has the most experience at the Olympics. This will be his fourth trip to the Olympics. At the age of 38 Minh is the oldest player in the men’s…
A woman in Thanh Đông Village collects vegetables at an organic farm near Hội An. VNS Photo Công Thành Công Thành CENTRAL REGION — While the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the tourism industry and hit industrial production hard, agriculture and community-based agro-forest production have proven resilient in the tourism-intensive central region. Despite an average reduction at 30 per cent of revenue, farmers in suburban Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi have maintained stable incomes compared to other sectors thanks to food chain distribution channels. Traditional fishing and self-sufficient farm production have helped residents in the…
Football Deputy captain Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung says the door is open for Việt Nam to qualify for the 2022 Asian Cup but they still need to focus to win every match in the qualification tournament in September. Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s women’s football team trained together for the first time yesterday. The team is aiming to secure a berth in the finals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 and further a slot in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Head coach Mai Đức Chung has picked 34 players who…
A volunteer in Hà Nội is receiving a shot of Nano Covax, the frontrunner in the race for a domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, as part of the ongoing phase 3 of human trials. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam strives to have at least one successful domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine this year, deputy health minister Trần Văn Thuấn said at a meeting of the special working group on COVID-19 vaccine development and clinical trials on Saturday. After hearing the general report from the health ministry’s Department of Science, Technology and Training on the current progress of research and clinical trials of…
Thanh Xuân practises her fire belly dance. — VNS Photo Minh Phuong Minh Phuong & Kieu Trinh As the sun begins to fade over the Red River, signalling the day is drawing to a close, a flickering flame can be seen in the distance on its banks. An offering perhaps? A relative marking an anniversary of the passing of a loved one from time gone by? That would be most peoples’ first guess. But these flames are far more rhythmic, dancing almost in time to the faint sounds of music that can be heard slightly…
By Lương Thu Hương What do you do first when COVID-19 restrictions, that have kept you housebound for weeks, finally lift? Surely it must be to go and hang out with your friends and enjoy some tasty food or a cup of coffee as you watch the world go by. As soon as social distancing measures were relaxed in Hà Nội early this month, my friends and I immediately took the opportunity to get together. We met at a small restaurant nestled on Nguyễn Khắc Cần Street, a narrow, peaceful street between Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake…
The Labour Federation in HCM City’s Gò Vấp District provides daily necessities to workers who face difficulties amid the ongoing stringent distancing mandate. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has instructed ministries and local administrations around the country to create favourable conditions for local people who went to HCM City, Cần Thơ and southern provinces for work and other reasons to return home since the COVID-19 outbreak remains unpredictable. Provinces and cities should streamline their administrative processes to enable this, and ensure transportation but also safety, he said. Following his instructions, many…
Olympics Runner Quách Thị Lan is selected as co-Olympic flag bearer for Việt Nam at the Tokyo Games. — Photo baothanhhoa.vn HÀ NỘI — For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and Quách Thị Lan and Nguyễn Huy Hoàng have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming Tokyo Games’ opening ceremony. The new tradition, with every nation to be led out by both female and male athletes, is part of the International Olympic Committee’s efforts to push gender equality. The honour is bestowed upon…
Sellers livestream on social networks. — Photo thanhnien.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed that only licensed social networking sites and accounts should be allowed to livestream to generate revenue. The ministry is currently seeking comments on the draft decree on amending and supplementing Government Decree 72 on the management, provision, and use of internet services and online information. The Ministry of Information and Communications emphasised that types of information available on the internet have become increasingly diverse since Decree 72 was issued in 2013. Users have gradually turned away from traditional news outlets and…