Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN. VNAVNS Photo HÀ NỘI – One of Việt Nam’s top priorities in its agenda as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for 2020-2021 is to strengthen the role of regional and sub-regional organisations, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý told the Vietnam News Agency on Thursday. Quý, who is also Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, made the statement following an April 29 meeting to review Vietnam’s rotating month-long UNSC presidency in April. During the first time serving as UNSC President last year, Việt Nam successfully hosted an open…
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Anti-erosion dyke being built alongside Ô Môn River, Cần Thơ City in Mekong Delta region. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Disaster prevention should be a radical, long-term strategy, based on new technology such as forecasting and remote sensing to minimise damage. That was the message from Lê Minh Hoan, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and deputy chairman of the Central Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Control who was speaking at a disaster prevention this week. According to a report last year by the Central Steering Committee on Flood and Storm Control,…
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers search men at a road checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul on April 29, 2021. AFP/VNA Photo PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan – At least 21 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded Friday when a car bomb exploded in an Afghan city south of the capital that President Ashraf Ghani blamed on the Taliban. The blast occurred in a residential area of Pul-e-Alam, capital of Logar province, as people were breaking their Ramadan fast, and came on the eve of the formal start of the US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told reporters…
Vietnamese players compete at the current National Futsal Championship. Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — National coach Phạm Minh Giang said Việt Nam are happy with the Futsal World Cup playoff draw in which Việt Nam will play Lebanon searching for a second visit to the global tournament. The Asian Futsal Championship which is a qualifier of the World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, organisers decided Japan, Iran and Uzbekistan got automatic places in the final based on results in recent tournaments. Four teams will compete for two remaining berths. Iraq will face Thailand, while…
Hòa Bình FC players at their sending-off ceremony last week. Hòa Bình will play Vĩnh Phúc in the opening match of the Asanzo Cup next month. Photo courtesy of VFF Football HÀ NỘI — The national second division football tournament will kick off early next month with the participation of 14 teams. The third tier tournament, sponsored by the electronics firm Asanzo, will see teams competing in two groups in two legs in a round-robin format. The first leg is from May 4 to June 6 and the second from July 5 to August 4. The opening match will be between Hòa Bình and…
Harvesting the 2020-21 winter-spring rice in Tiền Giang Province’s Gò Công Đông District. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Trí TIỀN GIANG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang will grow only two rice crops a year in coastal districts and Gò Công Town to mitigate the impact of saltwater intrusion and drought. Nguyễn Văn Mẫn, director of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the coastal districts of Gò Công Đông, Gò Công Tây and Tân Phú Đông, and Gò Công Town will grow only winter-spring rice and summer-autumn rice, and no longer grow…
The new jerseys of VBA teams, which will join the 2021 VBA season. VNS Photo Diệp Phan HCM CITY — Vietnamese basketball fans will see new teams, new formats and new tournaments during the 6th VBA season beginning in early June. At a press conference in HCM City recently, all attention was focused on the new team this season. The new team was revealed as the Vietnam National Basketball team with a roster of all star players. According to the organiser, the decision to allow the Vietnamese national team to participate in the VBA is to give the team more opportunities to practice and…
The Việt Nam Trail Marathon started in Mộc Châu today. — Photo courtesy of the organisers Marathon MỘC CHÂU After being postponed due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in January, today almost 4,300 Việt Nam-based runners from 41 nations will race from 5km to 70km in the Việt Nam Trail Marathon (VTM). Athletes will run on trails through the orchards and tea fields of Mộc Châu District, Sơn La Province. The route includes stunning trails through orchards, remote ethnic minority villages and will eventually finish at the Đồi Chè Trái Tim (Heart Shaped Tea Field). “Our team has…
Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyễn Quốc Dũng at the conference. VNA/VNS Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI – Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Vietnam ASEAN SOM Nguyễn Quốc Dũng attended the 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting via a videoconference on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Dũng expressed his belief that India will soon overcome difficulties and control the COVID-19 situation, while affirming solidarity and willingness to stand side by side with India at this hard time. He underscored the importance of maritime cooperation to security environment, economic growth, sustainable development of countries and the life of…
Football Despite poor results this season, Hồ Chí Minh’s star Lee Nguyễn still describes his team’s performance as “the best in V.League”. Photo Laodong.vn HÀ NỘI HCM City FC star Lee Nguyễn reckons his team is playing well and puts their poor results down to bad luck. Despite big spending in the offseason, City have struggled this season and most recently lost 3-2 to Nam Định at Thiên Trường Stadium. After the first 10 matches of the V.League season, HCM City are 12th in the table on 10 points, just one point away from the relegation zone. But despite the poor form, Vietnamese American…