Việt Nam’s Lường Thị Thảo (left) and Đinh Thị Hảo compete during the lightweight women’s double sculls heat at the 2021 World Rowing Asia-Oceania Olympic and Paralympic Continental Qualifying Regatta in Tokyo on May 6. They finish second in the final and secure Olympic berth. — AFP/VNA Photo Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Planks, squats and push up. Exhaustion, sweat and boredom. This is everyday life in the small hotel room in Hà Nội where Đinh Thị Hảo and Lường Thị Thảo are staying during their 21-day quarantine after returning home from an international tournament early this month. The rowing duo secured Việt…
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Refrigerators and medical supplies are transported to quarantined areas in Si Pa Phìn Commune, Điện Biên Province.— Photo courtesy Chảo Mắn On HÀ NỘI — Thousands of kind-hearted people and organisations across the country have donated money and medical supplies to ease the burden on frontline doctors, nurse, officers and people suffering from the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic’s fourth wave. In Điện Biên Province, sponsors have sent 15 refrigerators, 1.5 tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables, 110 handheld thermometers, 1000 N95 medical masks; 100 sets of medical protective suits; 40 packages of milk and instant noodle; 25,000 4-layer antibacterial masks; five fans…
Restaurants and beverage places in Hà Nội are asked to serve only takeout orders since Tuesday noon. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Đinh Tiến Dũng stressed today that a city-wide lockdown has not yet been considered, even though more restrictions have been imposed to deal with fresh COVID-19 outbreaks in the capital city. Hà Nội would continue to carry out localised lockdowns to contain outbreaks while minimising adverse impacts on businesses and production, Dũng said. Citizens could be reassured that the city still has good control…
Map of the best and worst places for expats in 2021. — Photo courtesy of InterNations HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is ranked the 10th best place in the world for expats, according to the recently released 2021 Expat Inside Survey by InterNations, considered the biggest global expat community. The survey delivers insights on 12,420 respondent expats’ satisfaction with the local quality of life, ease of settling in, working life, personal finance, and cost of living in 59 countries. All three places in Asia – Việt Nam (10th place), Malaysia (4th), and Taiwan (1st) – got the thumbs up from…
Coach Park Hang-seo announces a list of 29 players to compete at the 2022 World Cup’s second qualifier in the UAE next month. — Photo courtesy of VFF. HÀ NỘI — Coach Park Hang-seo has announced a squad of 29 players to travel to the UAE for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The squad includes three goalkeepers, 11 defenders, 11 midfielders and four strikers. Among them, 27 have been together in a training camp in Ha Noi since early this month. Đặng Văn Lâm who will join the team in Dubai after departing from Japan, where he plays for Cerezo Osaka FC, on May 26. The…
A scene in the Vietnamese famous movie Bao Giờ Cho Đến Tháng Mười (When the Tenth Month Comes). The film will be shown during the Vietnamese and International Films Week from June 21-25. Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — The 25th South East Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association Conference (SEAPAVAA) will be held in Hà Nội next month. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently approved holding the regional event from June 20-26. The conference will combine face-to-face and virtual formats due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the approved plan, the conference themed ‘Audiovisual Archiving in Changing Time: Successes, Failures…
Bùi Thế Bảo (right) and Đỗ Thị Minh Trang (left) hope to raise environmental awareness through VECA, a scrap trading app. – VNS Photo Diệp Phan Diệp Phan HCM CITY – A set of innovative applications named VECA launched last month has allowed users to call scrap collectors in HCM City. “VECA is an abbreviation for ve chai (scrap). We wanted the name to be simple and easy to remember,” Đỗ Thị Minh Trang, the co-founder of the app, told Việt Nam News. There are two versions of the app: one for sellers, which connects them to scrap…
Việt Nam skipper Tô Văn Vũ (right) tries to take a ball against midfielder Karim Abou Zeid of Lebanon during their FIFA Futsal World Cup’s Asian Playoff match on Sunday in Dubai. Match ended 0-0. Photo courtesy of United Arab Emirates Football Association Futsal HÀ NỘI — Coach Phạm Minh Giang said a 0-0 draw against Lebanon was a favourable result for Việt Nam before the second leg of the FIFA Futsal World Cup’s Asian Playoff tie on Tuesday in Dubai, the UAE. “The goalless score is an advantage for Việt Nam as we were considered the home team in the first…
Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Dung (second right) is hoping to end match-fixing. Photo VFF Peter Cowan Integrity in professional sport is everything, perhaps more so than any other type of entertainment, as without a level playing field, why would punters pay to watch and why would companies pay to advertise? It’s no secret that Vietnamese football has long been plagued by corruption at every level of the game, with scandals roiling the lower leagues right up to the V.League 1 and even at the national team level. However, as with all things Vietnamese football…
MDIS’s School of Engineering and Technology introduces more programmes to meet the increasing demand in the IT and engineering streams. — VNS Photo HCM CITY – HCM City needs to consider the creation of a museum system as an important aspect of the city’s cultural development, according to a report in Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper. The city has numerous museums and each offers a unique theme. While the Việt Nam History Museum, the Hồ Chí Minh Museum and the Southern Women’s Museum are go-to destinations for visitors who would like to learn more about the history of the southern region, the…