Vietnamese goalkeeper Đặng Văn Lâm is still waiting for a chance to play at Cerezo Osaka after signing with the J1 League side in January 2021. Photo courtesy of Cerezo Osaka HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam national team goalkeeper Đặng Văn Lâm has admitted to struggling so far at Cerezo Osaka but remains positive about his journey in the J1 League this season. Lâm moved to Osaka from Thailand’s Muangthong United in January 2021 and has yet to make his debut. “Everything was new to me,” Văn Lâm told NHK WORLD-JAPAN Vietnamese. “This is the first time I’ve been to Japan.…
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HCM City receives two trains from Japan for its metro line No. 1 at Khánh Hội Port yesterday morning (May 10). – VNA Photo Tiến Lực HCM CITY – HCM City has received two more trains for its metro route No 1 between Bến Thành and Suối Tiên, scheduled to begin commercial operations next year, making for a total of three so far. The six carriages meant for the two trains arrived on Monday morning at a port in District 4 after leaving Japan on May 1. One three-coach train each will be transported on Tuesday morning to Long Bình…
Participants at the talk held in HCM City on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — Activists are determined as ever to continue the fight for justice for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Việt Nam. Participants in a roundtable talk on Saturday, including Vietnamese-French woman Trần Tố Nga, who is pursuing a lawsuit against the US companies that provided the chemical toxins used by the US army during the war in Việt Nam, said they would press on regardless of the court’s rulings. The talk in HCM City was part of a project to support Nga’s…
Duck meat is popular all over the world. In Việt Nam not only you can enjoy the delicious grilled-duck dish, but also try it with noodles. The grilled-duck is tender and perfectly mixed with the tasty dipping sauce. What are you waiting for? It would be a waste if you are in Hà Nội and don’t try this dish. — VNS SportNews / Times24H
A mechanical component manufacturing factory in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — With industrial production recovering month after month HCM City enterprises are confidently resuming investment and restoring production, especially of key industrial products, according to the city Department of Industry and Trade. The index of industrial production (IIP) went up by 9.7 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of the year, a positive signal at a time when the global economy has been hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, it said. Bùi Tá Hoàng Vũ, the department’s director, said in April the IIP increased…
Nguyễn Thị Hồng Cúc ( right) at the thesis defence in May last year. Photo the Voice of HCM City People HCM CITY — Nguyễn Thị Hồng Cúc proves that education truly is a lifelong process. In May last year, Cúc earned her doctorate from HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities with a doctoral thesis on the development of non-public universities in HCM City at the age of 68. She was named on the list of 20 most inspirational women in Việt Nam in 2021 released by Forbes Vietnam magazine recently. “Not giving up her passion, at the age of 68 and…
Hà Nội Highway and Metro line No 1 in HCM City’s District 2. The city Department of Transport has called for solutions to speed up major transport projects in the city. Photo sggp.org.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Transport has called for solutions to speed up the progress of major projects, including ring roads and railway stations, as part of its effort to develop a modern, highly connected transport system. “At least five key transport projects are behind schedule due to a lack of capital and tardiness in site clearance,” the department said. Ring Road No. 3, a national key project…
As of April, the market benchmark VN-Index jumped 12.4 per cent compared to the beginning of the year, outperforming all the major regional benchmarks. — Photo tapchitaichinh.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s stock market is expected to continue to grow, helped by strong economic growth and increasing local liquidity. The positive outlook will attract foreign investors back to the market, according to HSBC. In the Asia Frontier Insight – Việt Nam report, the research team from HSBC believe that foreign investors cannot ignore Việt Nam’s market any longer as it offers a favourable risk-reward opportunity in one of the most resilient growth economies…
A medical worker takes a sample of a man in northern Bắc Ninh Province’s Thuận Thành District for COVID-19 testing after the province discovers more new cases of COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has sent an official dispatch to chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees, directors of provincial and municipal Departments of Health and heads of medical facilities nationwide, asking them to raise the alert against the COVID-19 pandemic to the highest level and actively conduct COVID-19 testing at hospitals. The document highlights the current serious developments of the pandemic, with outbreaks seen…
Swimmer Võ Thanh Tùng has been elected as the outstanding disabled athlete of the country for 10 years in a row. — Photo tienphong.vn Swimming By Lâm Giang Swimmer Võ Thanh Tùng, 35, has been one of Việt Nam’s top disabled athletes for the last 10 years, and he has no plans to slow down. Throughout his 16-year career, the wheelchair-bound Tùng won a Paralympic silver medal in 2016 and secured the top position in short course races in many Asian Para Games. He has won more than 200 medals from tournaments both domestic and international.…