A Vietnam Airlines’ aircraft taking off. The carrier is the worst performer in business operations in Q1 due to COVID-19. Photo baogiaothong.vn HÀ NỘI — Despite Vietnamese companies’ total net profit growing 81 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, many still posted big losses. The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (HVN) reported the biggest loss of nearly VNĐ5 trillion in the first three months of 2021. This amount increased over 90 per cent against the same period last year. The COVID-19 pandemic was the main reason severely affecting the carrier’s business operations. As of March 31, Vietnam Airlines recorded accumulated…
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Health minister Nguyễn Thanh Long. Photo moh.gov.vn Health minister Nguyễn Thanh Long recommends all localities must remain on high alert – even those who have not yet reported any new community COVID-19 infections while talking to Sức khoẻ và Đời sống (Health and Life) newspaper. Can you please evaluate the current COVID-19 pandemic in our country? After three waves of COVID-19 pandemic, we all found that the fourth outbreak is more complicated than the previous ones. The fourth wave began on April 27, so far recording 528 cases in 26 provinces and cities. The latest outbreak is more complicated…
Brazilian striker Claudecir left SHB Đà Nẵng after only two matches. Photo bongda24h.vn HÀ NỘI Brazilian forward Claudecir dos Reis Rodrigues Júnior has left SHB Đà Nẵng after only two matches, the club has announced. Coach Lê Huỳnh Đức signed Claudecir to play for Đà Nẵng, but after his resignation earlier this month and with Phan Thanh Hùng coming in as his replacement, the Brazilian striker has found himself surplus to requirements. “I played two games for the team, but Đà Nẵng lost twice. I was unlucky during that time and that’s why I decided to leave,” Claudecir told thethao247.vn. “Currently, I…
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lê Thị Thu Hằng. — Photo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is ready to have “frank, open, and constructive” talks with the US on the differences regarding freedom of beliefs and religion. Lê Thị Thu Hằng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Việt Nam, was answering questions regarding the US State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices launched late March during the virtual press conference held on Thursday. Hằng said the report has acknowledged some of Việt Nam’s efforts in protecting and…
Heavy smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in central Gaza City, on May 12, 2021. The second day of fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group ruling the Gaza Strip left massive damage in Gaza and an increasing number of casualties on both sides on Wednesday. — XINHUA/VNA Photo NEW YORK — The UN Security Council (UNSC) held the second emergency meeting this week on Wednesday (US time) to discuss escalating tensions between Israel and Palestine in recent days, during which Việt Nam expressed serious concerns and opposed related violent acts. Delivering a briefing on the situation, Tor Wennesland, UN…
This file photo from 2011 shows children suffering from Agent Orange-associated diseases being taken care of at Làng Hoà Bình (Peace Village) at Từ Dũ Hospital, HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO) (VAVA) has said it will provide spiritual and material support to Vietnamese-French campaigner Trần Tố Nga to continue her lawsuit against US firms that manufactured the toxic AO defoliant used by US forces during the war in Việt Nam. This week, her lawsuit was rejected by the Crown Court of Evry City of France…
National Cancer Hospital’s Tân Triều facility in Thanh Trì District, Hà Nội, went under lockdown on May 7. — VNA/VNS Photo Bùi Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI — Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên has said that the COVID-19 outbreaks at two major hospitals in Hà Nội are still within control. He was speaking during a virtual meeting on Wednesday with medical staff and leaders of the two facilities currently under lockdown after a cluster of infections were found at the Kim Chung facility of the frontline COVID-19 treatment hospital National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in…
As of the growing download and use more phone applications from COVID-19 pandemic, MoMo e-wallet has reached more than 20 million users, becoming the largest e-wallet in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of MoMo HÀ NỘI — The COVID-19 pandemic in the last half of 2020 saw Vietnamese people download and use more phone applications than in 2019, according to the Mobile Application 2021 report from Appota Group. Appota’s annual series of mobile market reports, released on Tuesday, said TikTok boomed with 16 million downloads in 2020, making short video applications a new entertainment trend in Việt Nam. The report forecast the market for short…
Quách Thị Lan was nominated to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by wildcard entry due to her 400 metres hurdles gold medal at ASIAD 2018. Photo sport5.vn HÀ NỘI The Việt Nam Athletics Federation has nominated athlete Quách Thị Lan to compete in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics through a wildcard entry. Lan is the track and field team’s last hope of being represented at the Games, as the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay team were unable to attend the World Athletics Relay in Poland in early May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, in other categories,…
Laos’ top player Soukaphone Vongchiengkham has thrown his support behind the Việt Nam national football team. Photo nld.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Laos national team star Soukaphone Vongchiengkham says his country will stand alongside Vietnamese fans to cheer for Việt Nam in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Vongchiengkham, nicknamed the ‘Laos Messi’ in his home country and considered the country’s greatest ever player, currently plays in Thailand’s third tier for Uthai Thani and has thrown his backing behind Park Hang-seo’s team. “The whole country of Laos will cheer on the Việt Nam to attend the World Cup,” Vongchiengkham told thethao247.vn. “We always…