The Hanoitimes - The Golden Dragons record a comfortable win 3-0 over Indonesia in the final on December 10. Vietnam has for the first time won the gold medal at the men’s football at SEA Games after years participating in this regional multi-sport event. Vietnam wins the gold medal for 1st time at SEA Games. Photo: VietNamNet The Golden Dragons defeated Indonesia 3-0 in the final Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, the Philippines on Tuesday [December 10]. Vietnam ended that unwanted record at SEA Games 30 after losing five SEA Games football finals in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2009, according to the Straitstimes. Defender Doan Van Hau. Photo: Thethao247 Star Doan Van Hau, who plays as defender for Dutch top division side SC Heerenveen, scored Indonesian net after 39 minutes, opening up the scoring over the rivals. Do Hung Dung then buried his shot from the edge of the box. He calmly guided a low shot into the bottom corner in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam win gold medal for 1st time at SEA Games
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Saigon 1st metro line completion pushed back to 2022
It had been scheduled for a late 2021 start. The HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) said in a report to the city government that the elevated section from the Binh Thai intersection to the Long Binh depot in Thu Duc City’s District 9 is expected to be trialed in the fourth quarter of this year before a test of the entire line is done. It said meanwhile it would speed up other key tasks such as training and technology transfer. As of last year only 82 percent of the work had been completed against a targeted 85 percent. MAUR said progress was delayed last year as Japanese and European engineers who are installing the tracks were unable to enter Vietnam after international flights were suspended due to the pandemic. Vietnam closed its borders and suspended all international flights in March 2020. Besides, train cars originally scheduled to be delivered in April last year arrived only in October. Purchase and shipments of other equipment from abroad was also … [Read more...] about Saigon 1st metro line completion pushed back to 2022
Russia-Vietnam strategic partnership: natural result of long-term relations
The Hanoitimes - The two countries have determined to expand their bilateral ties in the new historical conditions. The Strategic Partnership between the Russia and Vietnam is a natural result of decades-long fruitful collaboration between the two countries, according to a Russian diplomat. The Vietnam-Russia relations upgraded to strategic partnership 20 years ago. Photo: Vietnam Briefing Maria Zakharova made the statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the bilateral strategic partnership, saying that the relations over the past 20 years has achieved impressive results. The declaration of the diplomatic relationship, which was signed in Hanoi on March 1, 2001, materialized the Russian and Vietnamese peoples’ wish to progressively strengthen their intergovernmental relations based on many years of friendship and mutually advantageous cooperation,” Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. She named the milestone is … [Read more...] about Russia-Vietnam strategic partnership: natural result of long-term relations
16-year-old Vietnamese student saves money to build automated bike
Mai Quoc Huy is neither an outstanding student nor a teacher’s favorite. However, the 16-year-old student used the skills he has learned through first-hand experience to earn first prize at the Ho Chi Minh City Informatics Competition for Youth 2018. Huy might spend most of his free time helping his father sell second-hand speakers and repairing his neighbors’ electric devices, but every now and then he finds a reason to sneak off to local bookstores and read up physics, electricity, and programming. Though he is just an ordinary student from a low-income family, his ability to remember even the smallest detail of electrical devices is a skill others can only dream of. A ninth grader who can turn bikes from manual to electric Thanks to his teacher’s proposition, Huy was chosen to represent Ban Co Middle School in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City at two municipal competitions: the Science Fair for Daily Inventions and Informatics Competition for Youth, both of which awarded him … [Read more...] about 16-year-old Vietnamese student saves money to build automated bike
Hanoians follow safety protocol in Lunar New Year pagoda visits
The Quan Su Pagoda in downtown Hanoi welcomed devout Buddhists Friday morning, the first of day the Lunar New Year. It is a tradition that Vietnamese go to pagodas on this day to pray for peace, luck and prosperity. Tet , the most auspicious festival in Vietnam, as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. Inside the pagoda, every devotee wore a face mask and tried to maintain the distance recommended. Unlike normal days, when the pagoda requires everyone to leave their shoes outside the sanctum sanctorum, the devotees were allowed to keep them on, so as to keep the crowd flow going and preventing the usual gathering in a cluster as people take off their shoes. At Phuc Khanh Pagoda in Dong Da District, notices reminding people to sanitize their hands and wear face masks were glued to all the pillars. The pagoda also switched all their meditation sessions and courses online. Outside the pagoda, a long table was set up with hand sanitizers, … [Read more...] about Hanoians follow safety protocol in Lunar New Year pagoda visits