SEA Games 31: Viettel Cambodia offers 700 free SIM cards to Cambodian delegation
World Laos to develop expressway linking Houaphanh with Vietnam The Government of Laos has agreed with contractors to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of an expressway from Houaphanh province to the border with Vietnam under an agreement signed recently, Vientiane Times reported. World Thailand to host APEC trade ministers’ meeting this month Thailand will host a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) from May 19 to 22 to push for the digital economy and post-pandemic economic revival among several goals, a senior Thai Commerce Ministry official said on May 5. World Cambodia to host consultative meeting on ASEAN humanitarian aid to Myanmar on May 6 Cambodia, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2022, will host a consultative meeting on ASEAN humanitarian assistance to Myanmar on May 6 in a hybrid format, according to a press statement by the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. World SEA Games 31: Thailand's U23 team pins hope on Coach Alexandre Polking Head coach of the Thai national football team Alexandre Polking has been appointed to guide the country’s U23 squad for the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) hosted by Vietnam.
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May 05, 2022 19:51 UTC
World’s longest glass-bottomed bridge in Vietnam wows int’l media
The South China Morning posted an outstanding headline: “Vietnam hopes to take tourism to new heights with world’s longest glass bridge”. The France’s AFP said “if you have an acrophobia, this latest tourism hotspot in Vietnam is definitely not for you”. The German Press Agency, meanwhile, quoted an expert from the World Guinness Records as saying that “the bridge can withstand the weight of at least 500 people walking across it”. Numerous foreign fans have shown their interest and said they cannot wait to touch their bare feet on the glass bridge. The relative height between the bridge deck and the ground is about 150 meters./.
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May 05, 2022 19:19 UTC
German newspaper highlights Vietnam’s post-pandemic economic recovery
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Germany’s newspaper Finanzmarktwel t has run an article on Vietnam’s full reopening post the COVID-19 pandemic, with rosy signs seen in all sectors.According to the article, Vietnam faced a range of difficulties in the fight against the pandemic last year due to the spread of the Delta variant . However, the Southeast Asian nation has fully opened and shifted to living safely with the pandemic despite Omicron waves this year.The country’s export-import value hit a record 67.37 billion USD in March, of which 34.71 billion USD came from exports, surpassing the previous record in July 2021.The article cited a forecast by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as saying that Vietnam’s economy will expand about 6.5 percent this year.It also highlighted Vietnam’s export of electronic products, especially mobile phones, garments-textiles and timber products.Tim Lee Lahaphan, an economist from Standard Chartered Bank, said more and more foreign firms have planned to move their supply chains to Vietnam that is dubbed as a centre of electronics, garments-textile and footwear in the region, the article noted.Apart from production and trade, the domestic tourism is also bouncing back, the article said, adding that since mid-March, Vietnam announced its complete resumption of tourism activities.Tourism has significantly contributed to Vietnam’s economy, making up 9.2 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP) last year, the article said./.
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May 05, 2022 10:24 UTC
VNA launches special website on SEA Games 31
At the launch, VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang said VNA has started an information drive on the regional sporting event early. According to her, the national news agency has signed a communication cooperation agreement with the Information-Communication Sub-Committee of the SEA Games 31 Organising Committee. The SEA Games 31 website of VNA provides latest information in numerous forms, from text, photo, video clip to infographic and other new media forms, in two languages – Vietnamese and English. It is linked with the multi-media system and the content management network of the VNA, and the website of the Organising Board of SEA Games 31 for the timely update on official information about the event. The VNA’s information about SEA Games 31 in English has also been shared with foreign news agencies that are the VNA’s partners, and published on the website of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies./.
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May 04, 2022 15:40 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 4
Vietnam pins hope on Chess Grandmasters at SEA Games 31Chess Grandmasters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are gold medal hopefuls of Vietnam at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31). SEA Games 31: Tickets sold out for Vietnam-Indonesia clashAll the tickets for the upcoming men’s football match between Vietnam and Indonesia as part of the SEA Games 31 have completely been sold out. Brunei to send 23 athletes to SEA Games 31Brunei will send 23 athletes to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be hosted by Vietnam this month, according to the country’s Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Its contingent was 370 at the SEA Games 20 - its largest ever, followed by that of 271 to SEA Games 23 hosted by the Philippines in 2005. It obtained the best results at SEA Games 20 on home soil, clinching four golds, 12 silvers and 32 bronzes.
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May 04, 2022 14:31 UTC
Vietnam News Agency launches special website on SEA Games 31
The website is avaiable in Vietnamese and English. (Photo: VNA)Officials launch the special website on SEA Games 31 on May 4. Information about SEA Games 31 in English has also been shared with foreign news agencies that are the VNA’s partners, and published on the website of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). Press agencies are provided with an embed code to automatically get updates from the VNA's special website.The VNA has also coordinated with the Sub-Committee for Information and Communications of SEA Games 31 to organise a photo exhibition displaying 100 large-size photos that integrate hundreds of smaller photos featuring impressive moments of the Vietnamese delegation during different versions of SEA Games. The photo exhibition will be held at the press centre for SEA Games 31, located in the National Convention Centre./.
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May 04, 2022 13:10 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 3
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that Vietnam run out of around 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. The Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, held a seminar with the Vietnam - Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork). COVID-19: Vietnam confirms 2,709 new cases on May 3Vietnam reported 2,709 new cases of COVID-19 and no death in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 2 to 4pm May 3, according to the Ministry of Health. The annual tourney, held by the Vietnamese People Association in Shizuoka, coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam. Vietnamese students in Russia compete in sportsThe 2022 Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival kicked off in Moscow on May 1.
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May 03, 2022 22:16 UTC
Vietnam crowned Asian handball champions, qualify for World Championship
Championship title after a 2-0 win over Thailand in Bangkok last weekend.Thanks to their victory, the team secured a spot in the World Women’s Beach Handball Championship, which will be held in Greece in June.It was the second meeting between the two teams. In the previous matches, Vietnam lost 2-1.India came third and took bronze.In Greece, Vietnam will join 15 international powerhouses as they compete at the highest level of handball for the second time.At their first world event in 2018, Vietnam grabbed a historic 2-1 win over New Zealand and finished ninth in the overall ranking, the best result from the Asian representatives./.
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May 03, 2022 17:24 UTC
Nearly 120 million USD to be used to build 4 aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh airport
An aircraft maintenance workshop - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)– The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently submitted to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal and approval four investment projects on building and operating aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh International Airport with a total investment of more than 2.75 trillion VND (119.7 million USD).The facilities all meet the standards of the CAAV, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).Each project is expected to be constructed within 24 months from the effective date of the project contract, and the estimated operation time is 25 years from the date of completion of the project.Located 40km to the east of Ho Chi Minh City, Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai province is expected to relieve overloading at the southern metropolis’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, which is currently the largest in Vietnam.Covering more than 5,580 hectares, it will spread across six communes in Long Thanh district. Its construction has been divided into three phases.In the first phase, a runway and one passenger terminal along with other supporting facilities will be built to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year. This phase is scheduled to be completed in 2025.The project started in 2021. Once fully completed by 2050, the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo annually./.
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May 03, 2022 15:36 UTC
Vietnam - important partner of Chile in Southeast Asia: Chilean FM
– Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Pham Truong Giang on May 2 paid a courtesy call to newly-appointed Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola Noguera who affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Chile in Southeast Asia.Both sides shared delight at the progress in the relationship between the two countries over the years.Despite impacts of COVID-19, two-way trade hit 1.59 billion USD in 2021, maintaining Vietnam's postion as Chile ’s top partner among ASEAN countries, they noted.Minister Noguera said she hopes Ambassador Giang will continue making contributions to the promotion of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.She suggested that the ambassador coordinate closely with relevant agencies to hasten the signing and implementation of memoranda of understanding between Vietnam and Chile, especially in agricultural cooperation. She asked for Vietnam's support to Chile to join the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and become a member of the UN Human Rights Council in the 2023-2025 tenure.For his part, Ambassador Giang pledged to continue to work hard to connect ministries, sectors, localities and business communities of Vietnam and Chile, thus optimising the collaboration potential of both sides. He proposed that Chile share experience with Vietnam in COVID-19 response, climate change and green energy transition.The diplomat said he hopes the two countries will increase the exchange of delegations at all levels, while strengthening the existing annual dialogue and cooperation mechanisms, including the political consultations between the two Foreign Ministries, consultations between the two trade ministries and the Vietnam -Chile Free Trade Council./.
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May 03, 2022 14:31 UTC
National strategy on environmental protection to 2030 approved
(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the National Strategy for Environmental Protection to 2030 with a vision until 2050, in which the Government sets targets to prevent the increasing trend of environmental pollution, solve urgent environmental problems, and step by step improve and restore the quality of the environment. To this end, the strategy gives a number of key solutions, including actively preventing and controlling negative impacts on the environment and environmental incidents, encouraging ecological and circular economic development, green growth, promoting sustainable production and consumption. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)At the same time, environmental zoning will be conducted, along with the enhancement of the efficiency of strategic environmental evaluation, environmental impact assessment, and environmental management based on environmental permits. Facilities with high risks of causing environmental pollution will be strictly monitored, while transboundary environmental problems will be managed, according to the strategy. Besides, the strategy focuses on solving key and urgent environmental issues, settling environmental pollution and degradation; maintaining and improving the environment quality and hygiene; conserving the nature and biodiversity, promoting environmental protection in the exploitation and use of resources; proactively protecting the environment to contribute to improving the capacity to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions./.
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May 03, 2022 08:54 UTC
Digital transformation in logistics: Key for competition in 42-billion-USD market
Business HCM City asks to tighten credit in high-end property The Ho Chi Minh City branch of the State Bank of Vietnam has asked credit institutions to tighten the management on credit flow into the real estate sector and the transfer of money collected from real estate transactions abroad. Business Infographic Sustainable Macadamia Development Scheme The government recently promulgated Decision No. 344/QD-TTg approving the Sustainable Macadamia Development Scheme in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050.Business Lai Chau developing cultivation area for medicinal crops Farmers on Sin Ho Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have shifted from inefficient crops to the cultivation of key medicinal crops. Agricultural processing facilities have been gradually set up locally, bringing high economic value for farmers. Business Vietnam’s exports to UK up 16.4 percent last year After being heavily impacted by COVID-19 for two years, trade between Vietnam and the United Kingdom (UK) has recovered, reaching nearly 6.6 billion USD at the end of 2021, up 17 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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May 03, 2022 07:36 UTC
Vietnamese cultural centre opened in Italy’s Venice city
Renato Darsie (first, right), Chairman of the Italy - Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in the Veneto region, hands over the right to use the cultural centre to a representative of Vietnamese students. (Photo: VNA)– A Vietnamese cultural centre has been opened in Venice city, Italy, expected to help promote cultural cooperation and exchange between the two countries.Renato Darsie, Chairman of the Italy - Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in the Veneto region, affirmed the importance of the coming into being of the centre, noting that together with the teaching of the Vietnamese language at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, this will help foster bilateral cultural exchange.He also expressed his hope that through the centre, Vietnam’s cultural cooperation with Italy, including the Veneto region, will record concrete strides in the time ahead.Pham Hung Vuong, a Vietnamese student in Venice , said there are about 50 Vietnamese students in the city, but they previously lacked a venue for learning with international friends. This cultural centre will be a good place for them to study and popularise the Vietnamese culture to their Italian and international peers.Addressing the launch, Ambassador Duong Hai Hung thanked the official and the sub-association for their efforts to coordinate with regional and municipal authorities to open the cultural centre.He said the opening is important to the two countries’ friendship and cooperation as the centre will help enhance bilateral cultural understanding.The diplomat said he hopes the students will hold activities to introduce the culture of Vietnam to Italian friends and encourage more Vietnamese youths to come to study in this European country. He described Vietnamese students in Italy as the “cultural ambassadors” of Vietnam and “cultural bridges” between the two peoples./.
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May 02, 2022 21:45 UTC
COVID-19: Ministry orders no obstruction to issuance of vaccine passports
Health officials enter information of COVID-19 vaccine recipients into national database. (Photo: VNA)The Ministry of Health has demanded no obstruction to nor profiteering from the issuance of COVID-19 vaccination certifications and “ vaccine passport ”, according to a notice released on May 1.The notice was sent to provincial health departments, the ministry’s bodies and telecom group Viettel, the developer of the national digital platform for COVID-19 vaccination database management.The ministry began issuing digital vaccine passports last month. To protect rights of the holders of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and vaccine passports, the ministry requests relevant units to not make difficulties nor profiteer from these services.It also plans to accelerate communications campaigns to raise people’s awareness of the rights to be granted with vaccination certificates and vaccine passports in case they have been fully vaccinated.It emphasised that violators must take full responsibility before the law./.
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May 02, 2022 17:21 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 2
Japanese media spotlight PM Kishida’s Vietnam visitJapanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam on April 30 - May 1 has grabbed the headlines of the media in Japan. Currently, they are practicing hard towards SEA Games 31, targeting at least three gold medals, Tuan said. Organising committee calls for protection of SEA Games 31 brandThe Organising Committee of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) has called on organisations, enterprises, and people to respect and jointly protect the brand of the Games. It made the appeal in the face of recent infringements of the brand of SEA Games 31. Singapore to send 427 athletes to SEA Games 31Singapore has confirmed 427 athletes taking part in 33 sports at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be held in Vietnam from May 12 - 23.
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May 02, 2022 16:25 UTC