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In Trang An, Ninh Binh (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – The National Tourism Year 2020 will be launched in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 20, 2020, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 10. The closing ceremony is scheduled for December 2020. According to the organising board, the year will take the theme “Hoa Lu – ancient capital of a thousand years” with 27 activities, including Bai Dinh pagoda festival that will open on January 30, Hoa Lu festival from April 1-3, and Trang An festival from April 10 to the late May 2020. The Miss Capital ASEAN 2020 final round, the “Yellow Tam Coc - Trang An” tourism week, an international workshop on “xam” singing, a music exchange between provinces having world heritages and twinning localities at home and abroad, the second Trang An marathon tournament, and Ninh Binh trade and tourism fair are also planned for. Other activities include Dau temple festival, Duc Thanh … [Read more...] about National Tourism Year 2020 to be launched in Ninh Binh

At the event (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – The eighth National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) for the 2019 – 2024 tenure officially opened in Hanoi on December 10. With 1,000 officials and outstanding youths at home and abroad taking part, the three-day event will review the VYF’s activities and youth movements during the seventh tenure, the implementation of the resolution adopted at the previous congress, and the movement “I love my country”. With the motto “Vietnamese Youth – Patriotism, Creativity, Volunteering, Integration, Development”, the congress plans to continue spreading the movement “I love my country” across the nation. During the 2014 – 2019 tenure, 80 percent of VYF chapters at communal and district levels and 100 percent of provincial-level chapters honoured youths with outstanding achievements in various areas. The VYF raised funds and built over 8,200 houses for … [Read more...] about Vietnam Youth Federation’s eighth national congress opens

U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Southeast Asia W. Patrick Murphy also said the United States was keen to help Pacific countries protect their sovereignty, in a region where the United States and is allies are competing for influence with China. "Our encouragement on countries that have relations with Taiwan is to maintain the status quo," Murphy told reporters in Canberra, on a three-day visit to Australia. China claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as sacred Chinese territory and merely a province with no right to state-to-state ties. Taiwan is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, which include a trade war, U.S. sanctions and China's increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea. "China is changing (the) status quo, and the Pacific is a good example where China is attempting to reduce Taiwan’s diplomatic relations in the region," Murphy said. "And that's kind of heavy handed." "Countries should be able to make their own … [Read more...] about US official urges Pacific Island nations to keep ties with Taiwan

Ha Thi Mai, mother of forward Tien Linh, applauds as the team scores the second goal. Photo by VnExpress/Phuoc Tuan. Fans celebrate Do Hung Dung's goal at his home in Hanoi's Gia Lam District. Photo by VnExpress/Tat Dinh. Do Huy Toan, father of midfielder Do Hung Dung, cheers as his son scores and puts Vietnam 2-0 ahead. Photo by VnExpress/Tat Dinh. Nation ecstatic as Vietnam fulfill SEA Games dream Cổ động viên ăn mừng  Fans scream in elation on Nguyen Hue Street in HCMC as Vietnam scores a goal. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa. Nation ecstatic as Vietnam fulfill SEA Games dream Cổ động viên ở Nhà hát lớn Hà Nội ăn mừng bàn thắng của Văn Hậu A fan leaps for joy in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District after Vietnam scores the first goal in the SEA Games final against Indonesia. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Tung. More foreigners show their … [Read more...] about Nation ecstatic as Vietnam fulfill SEA Games dream

Nguyen Huy Hoang, a 19-year-old swimmer from Quang Binh Province, set a new record in men’s 400m freestyle race with a time of 3 minutes and 49.08 seconds, beating the previous record of 3 minutes 50.56 seconds set by Malaysia's Sim Welson in 2017. While Hoang had the slowest start with a 0.72 second reaction time and was not in the top 3, things changed at the 150m mark when he was 0.01 second faster than his Malaysian rival and finished first with a 0.47 second lead. "This is my first gold medal and also the first gold medal for the national swimming team today. I hope this will boost the spirits of fellow team members," he said. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, nickednamed Vietnam's Little Mermaid, won another gold for Vietnam in the women's 200m individual medley by finishing in 2 minutes and 15.51 seconds, 1.33 seconds faster than silver medalist Permatahani Azzahra from Indonesia. This is Vien's 20th gold medal in the SEA Games. Pham Thanh Bao and Le Nguyen Paul bagged two silver … [Read more...] about SEA Games: Vietnamese swimmer sets new record as nation ups tally