A pangasius processing plant in Cần Thơ. Seafood exports are expected to fetch US$2.1 billion in the second quarter, a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent. — VNA/VNS Phot Thanh Liêm HCM CITY — Seafood exports are expected to fetch US$2.1 billion in the second quarter, a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). With their agility in exploring and diversifying markets, enterprises would continue to expand exports, it said. It forecast shrimp export to top $980 million in Q2, a year-on-year increase…
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Quách Thị Lan is expected to compete in the Olympics for the first time in her career. Photo nld.com.vn Athletics HÀ NỘI — At the National Sports Training Centre in Hà Nội, Quách Thị Lan is training hard ahead of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. Last week, Lan was the only Vietnamese track and field athlete nominated to compete in the Tokyo Olympics through a wildcard entry by the Việt Nam Athletics Federation. If she is approved in early July, she will compete in the Olympics for the first time in her career in…
Đà Nẵng City’s Centre for Diseased Control conduct testing for people working at the Đà Nẵng International Airport. Photo nhandan.comm.vn HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals of Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District and Đà Nẵng City’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) for their outstanding work of COVID-19 prevention and control. Three collectives and four individuals of Đông Anh District were honoured for their three-layer pandemic prevention model including people and officials of Đông Anh District, Đông Anh District Health Centre, people and officials of Lỗ…
Stores closed and streets mostly empty on May 13, first day of city-wide social distancing order in the northern city of Hoà Bình, due to COVID-19 clusters. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt Health minister Nguyễn Thanh Long talks with local media about the current fourth wave of infections hitting the country and whether the time is right for another comprehensive lockdown. What is the current COVID-19 situation in the country? Up until now, most localities have controlled the outbreaks, but further effort is needed in the two northern provinces Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang. Because…
President Hồ Chí Minh during one of his trips to the home of resistance up in the northern mountains. May 19, 2021, is his 131st birthday. VNA File Photo Tom Wilber* I am an American of the generation in the wake of armed aggressors who attacked Việt Nam from 1964 until the peace accords were signed in 1973. I was a teenager then and too young to be conscripted. However, my father, Walter Eugene (Gene) Wilber, was very much a part of the American war of aggression against the Democratic Republic of Việt Nam. He…
Medical workers from Quảng Ninh Province’s Việt Nam- Sweden Uông Bí Hospital prepare to take testing sample at Quang Châu Industrial Park in Bắc Giang Province. Photo suckhoedoisong.vn HÀ NỘI — Rapid transmission of COVID-19 has been reported in the northern province of Bắc Giang, particularly at industrial parks, making testing and isolating to prevent infections from spreading a vital task. About 160,000 labourers from 14 localities nationwide work in industrial parks in Bắc Giang. With the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, about 200,000 people in the province need testing as soon as possible, beyond the capacity of the local health…
Striker Nguyễn Văn Toàn of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai seen in a recent match in the V.League 1. — Photo docnhanh.com.vn Football HÀ NỘI — Striker Nguyễn Văn Toàn has a chance to shine for the national team in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers thanks to his outstanding form in the V.League 1. Previously, head coach of the Vietnamese team Park Hang-seo told the media that the best strikers in Việt Nam are Hà Đức Chinh, Nguyễn Tiến Linh and Nguyễn Công Phượng. Toàn was conspicious by his abscense from the list. Although Toàn is a top domestic striker, the 25-year-old has struggled…
Fencer Nguyễn Tiến Nhật (right) is the first athlete of Việt Nam tested positive for COVID-19. Photo tdtt.gov.vn Fencing HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Sports Administration has confirmed what could be the first COVID-19 case concerning a Vietnamese athlete. Fencer Nguyễn Tiến Nhật tested positive after returning home from an Olympic qualification event. A six-strong fencing team took part in an Asian zone qualifying round in Uzbekistan late last month and returned home on May 7. All of them had negative results when they departed for the tournament and before flying home. However, when the team…
A drill involving the scenario of running a voting site at the quarantine area for COVID-19 patients was held in Đồng Tiến Commune, the northern province of Hoà Bình, on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has urged local authorities to ensure COVID-19 safety during the upcoming election. The election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils for the 2021-26 tenure, slated for May 23, will be held amid the fourth wave of infections, with the number of daily community-transmitted cases hitting record levels. In a document…
Nam Định’s players celebrate one of their 23 goals this season. Photo vietnamnet.vn Peter Cowan It’s been more than two weeks since a ball was kicked in anger in professional Vietnamese football and I think I’ve come down with a bad case of GWS. That’s goal withdrawal symptoms for the uninitiated. To try and get my fix of net-busting magic, I’ve pored over the goal statistics compiled by V.League Stats on Facebook to try and glean a few insights into how exactly V.League 1 teams are putting the ball in the onion bag.…