Photo courtesy of the World Health Organization Bích Hường HÀ NỘI — More than a year after being infected with SARS-CoV-2 and recovering from COVID-19, the woman known as Patient 14 in Việt Nam can’t get over what she experienced. “Almost everyone accused me of spreading the disease to my village. Everyone including my relatives kept away from me and said bad words to me,” the woman from Sơn Lôi Commune, Bình Xuyên District in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc said. Many people told her that she was so irresponsible towards the community for partly…
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The HCM City-based boy band 365 made their name in the local industry after their music video (MV), called Bống Bống Bang Bang, became the first MV to reach 500 million views on YouTube five years after its release. Photo courtesy of the producer HCM CITY— The HCM City-based boy band 365 made their name in the local industry after their music video (MV), called Bống Bống Bang Bang, has become the first MV to reach 500 million views on YouTube. The MV is about young men in love, based on a Vietnamese fairy tale. Bống Bống Bang Bang was first written for children by Only C, one of Hà…
Vietnamese players are in a training in preparation for the second 2022 World Cup qualifier in Dubai. They will play Indonesia on Monday night. Photo courtesy of VFF Football HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam resume their World Cup qualification bid against Indonesia tonight in Dubai, the UAE, and kicking off with three points is a must. “We will fight our best (to beat) Indonesia and then update results of other matches of the group before thinking about how to play Malaysia in the next game,” Việt Nam’s head coach Park Hang-seo said. “We will prepare for…
A scene in the documentary series Sài Gòn – Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh: 50 năm thực hiện di chúc Bác Hồ (Sài Gòn – HCM City: 50 years of implementing Uncle Hồ’s testament) which is being broadcast on HTV9. Still photo taken from the film HCM CITY – The HCM City Cinema Association has presented the documentary series Sài Gòn – Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh: 50 năm thực hiện di chúc Bác Hồ (Sài Gòn – HCM City: 50 years of implementing Uncle Hồ’s testament) on HCM City Television (HTV). The film, consisting of nine episodes, is directed by seven experienced filmmakers…
People from HCM City and neighbouring provinces entering Đồng Nai underwent temperature checks at a checkpoint on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Xuân HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Saturday issued a dispatch to ministries and local authorities on avoiding excessive COVID-19 measures that cause negative impacts on business and production activities. The dispatch states that a number of localities have implemented social distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, others have carried out measures to manage people returning or arriving from outbreak-hit regions, however, some have “imposed rigid, even extreme measures” that heavily…
A truck driver from HCM City has his temperature taken and hands disinfected in Đồng Nai on Saturday morning. The province has eased a 21-day quarantine requirement for experts and workers entering from HCM City who have a “good reason” to visit. Photo vnexpress.net HCM CITY — Đồng Nai Province authorities have decided to relax their quarantine requirement for experts and workers from HCM City who cannot work from home just a few hours after it took effect at midnight on Friday. They had earlier ordered that all arrivals, estimated at around 6,000, from the city had to be quarantined…
Lê Thị Quỳnh Trang, chairwoman of Vietnam International Fashion Week and President of the Council of ASEAN Fashion Designers (CAFD). Photo courtesy of Multimedia JSC Lê Thị Quỳnh Trang, chairwoman of Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) and president of the Council of ASEAN Fashion Designers (CAFD), talks with Phương Mai about her new plans to promote Việt Nam’s fashion industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as cooperation with the Italian fashion industry. Inner Sanctum: You are the first person working in the fashion industry in Việt Nam to be awarded the Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.…
A succulent Indian delivery meal from Foodshop 45 ready to be devoured. VNS photo Amanda Carlea By Peter Cowan It says a lot about the global reach of Indian cuisine that a good curry is what someone from Northern Ireland craves when he’s missing home. There are few things that can bring people from across the UK together these days, but I think it’s safe to say we all have our fond memories of nights out or in, accompanied by spicy, rich curries and good company. Portadown doesn’t have much in common with…
Egy Maulana (second left) could be the future of Indonesian football. Photo thejakartapost.com via Antara By Peter Cowan On Monday, 566 days since their last competitive fixture, the Việt Nam national football team will resume their World Cup qualification campaign against Indonesia. Park Hang-seo’s men will also take on Malaysia and hosts the UAE as they attempt to advance to the third and final round of qualification for the first time in history. A lot has changed for the teams of Group G since the pandemic forced the suspension of international football, so…
The idea of ASEAN nations joining hands to host the 31st SEA Games in the context of a complicated COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the noble spirit of sport and the solidarity of countries in the region. — Photo thethaovanhoa.vn HÀ NỘI — According to Lim Teck Yin – CEO of Sport Singapore, ASEAN countries could co-host the SEA Games 31. The event, scheduled to be hosted by Việt Nam this winter, is facing the risk of being cancelled or moved to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of 2019, Việt Nam has faced many difficulties organising the…