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Cyclist Nguyen Thanh Tam has decided to retire from road racing to move to the BMX category. Tam wins overall yellow jersey of HCM cycling event I’m really the best in the eighth Nguyen Thanh Tam celebrates a win in the yellow leader's jersey during the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament in 2018. — Photo sggp.org.vn Tam, who is one of Vietnam’s best sprinters on the road, left the Loc Troi Group team early this week and will ride for An Giang’s BMX team. The national team member competed in BMX for short time before he switched to road racing. “Being a road cyclist means that I have to be away from home regularly,” said Tam. "I am now a married man and I want to spend more time with my family. An Giang team is based in Tinh Bien District which is near my home." VNS … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top cyclist moves from road racing to BMX

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has sent a complaint to the Asian Football Federation about allegedly insulting behaviour by a Thai coach towards Vietnamese team coach Park Hang Seo during a recent match. Thai coach Sasa Todic allegedly makes rude hand gesture towards coach Park Hang Seo after a match between the two national teams at My Dinh Station on November 19 After the match between the two teams at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium on November 19, coach Park Hang Seo came to shake hands with coach Akira Nishio of Thai team. Goalkeeper coach Sasa Todic was said to have made hand gestures referring to the diminutive height of Park Hang Seo.  Park was angry and a fight was prevented by Vietnamese assistants and a referee. During the press meeting afterwards, Park said the assistant smiled at him. He was angry and said he would fight against Thai coaching staff. Language assistant Le Huy Khoa wrote on Facebook about the apparent rude behaviour of the Thai coaching staff in … [Read more...] about Vietnam Football Federation files complaints over Thai football coach behaviour

Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam’s top badminton player, endured an early exit at the BWF World Championships which are currently underway in Basel, Switzerland. Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh During the first round of the men’s single event on August 19, Minh, world No.59, faced off against strong Chinese opponent Lin Dan, world No.17. Things appeared to be going to plan for Tien Minh who successfully controlled the first set and beat Lin Dan 21/16. The Chinese player upped his game during the second and third set, winning with a score of 21/12. Due to the disappointing result, Minh has lost his chance to get a ticket to enter the second round. Elsewhere in the tournament Pham Cao Cuong, World No.105, also suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Kento Momota of Japan, world No.1. In the women’s single event, Vu Thi Trang, world No.72, earned a slot to compete against Line Kjaersfeldt of Denmark, world No.17, after recording a victory 2-0 over … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top badminton player suffers early elimination from BWF World Champs

All 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta region are seeking investment in 128 culture, sports and tourism projects at an investment promotion conference today, September 4.  A view of Cai Rang floating market, one of the tourist attractions in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. All 13 provinces and cities in the region are seeking investment in 128 culture, sports and tourism projects - PHOTO: VNA Preferential policies to attract investors will be put in place. An Giang Province expects to raise funds for 24 projects, while the province of Bac Lieu will call for investment in 20 projects and Kien Giang will seek funding for 15 projects, according to the organizing board. Of the megaprojects, a mangrove eco park project in Ba Dong Sea in Tra Vinh Province is in need of over VND1.3 trillion, while an ecotourism zone project on the Tan Loc river islet in Can Tho City requires VND915 billion, and a shopping mall and entertainment complex project in An Giang is seeking VND900 billion … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Mekong Delta seeks investment in tourism facilities

Websites with pornographic content have been inaccessible from Vietnam for days as a number of mobile network and Internet service providers have allegedly blocked access to the “unhealthy” sites. Many people using mobile network and Internet services provided by Viettel said that they have been unable to access several porn sites, including xvi**** and porn***, from November 15, Zing reported. The issue persisted even after switching devices and browsers, the news site said. Such Internet users reported having been able to log on to the sites before. “I made several attempts to enter those sites, but could not get through,” a Viettel mobile network subscriber in Ho Chi Minh City, told Tuoi Tre News. Users of FPT Telecom have also faced the same issue since November 18, according to Zing. Another VNPT network subscriber in Ho Chi Minh City also confirmed to the same connection problem to Tuoi Tre News. Viettel, FPT, and VNPT are major … [Read more...] about Vietnam Internet service providers allegedly block access to porn sites