Volleyball asian championship 2017

Lan, 23, finished with a time of 52.63 seconds. She was followed by Nadeesha Ramanayaka of Sri Lanka in 53.24 seconds and another Vietnamese, Nguyen Thi Hang, in 53.29 seconds. In April, Lan won the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Also on Tuesday Vietnam’s Le Thi Tu Chinh won the bronze medal in the women’s 100 meters hurdles while Bui Thi Thu Thao won a silver medal in the long jump. The Asian Athletics Federation invited 16 Vietnamese athletes to event in Chongqing from June 4-7. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese star Lan wins women’s 400 m at Asian Grand Prix Series

Solo travel is on the rise as a growing number of holidaymakers opt for trips that allow them to "do what they want".  Travel publication Big7Travel, which targets mobile-using millennials, recommends a solo vacation in Hanoi, which it describes as "a very safe destination especially for women with street food markets and cultural museums to scenic freshwater lakes. "It’s a wonderful base from which to explore the north of Vietnam, including Ha Long Bay and Sa Pa, while also enjoying the comforts of a modern vibrant city." An aerial view of Hanoi. Photo by Shutterstock/Andy Tran. Around four hours east of Hanoi, the UNESCO heritage site of Ha Long Bay features thousands of limestone karsts formed over 500 million years. The world-famous bay has been earning one laurel after another over the past years, with infrastructure improvements fueling a tourism boom. Sa Pa, a cool town perched at 1,600 meters, or nearly one mile above sea level, around 300 kilometers (186 … [Read more...] about Italian travel site names Hanoi among seven best Asian places for solo travelers

Tran Minh When I was still a journalist and worked for sports magazines, I would pitch profile stories of athletes who were talented and also good-looking. But they would invariably be rejected. The reason? "No one would know who they are." Thus, non-footballers, dreaming of standing on the podium, continue to shed sweat and tears in their training rooms and in the arena, but it remains sweat and tears "no one would know" about. Last Sunday might have been the most memorable day in the life of Vuong Thi Huyen, 27, when she won Vietnam's first gold medal at the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines. She lifted 77 kg in the snatch and 95 kg in the clean and jerk to defeat Indonesia’s formidable Lisa Setiawatia in the 45 kg category. To get that far, Huyen had to overcome the pain of losing her father just a couple of weeks before she left for the games and the anxiety caused by the injury she picked up in April at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships. In all fairness, it should … [Read more...] about Where football is king, other athletes are part of the great unwashed

The book, translated into Vietnamese, is titled "We Are Vietnam – We Are One," charts Park’s inspirational journey with Vietnam's national men’s football teams. It is written in the form of conversations between the author and Park and depicts that latter as a strategic manager. Park himself has written the book’s preface. He says he has had a "brand new life" in Vietnam. "I came to Vietnam and received assistance and support from many people. I am a very lucky man in winning several matches in a row," he writes. "With Vietnamese associations and football players believing in me, I have been able to make many wishes come true and I am truly happy about it. I have been moved to tears many times by the affection I have received from Vietnamese people."  Book cover of "We Are Vietnam – We Are One". Park chose the title for the book saying its aim should be to highlight Vietnam’s united spirit, which is the main reason behind the success of … [Read more...] about S.Korean professor writes book on coach Park’s Vietnam tenure

The number of foreigners visiting Vietnam in the first 11 months of this year is estimated at 16.3 million, a record high, up 15.3 percent from a year ago, according to the General Statistics Office. Most visitors arrived by air, accounting for over 80 percent of the total, up 14 percent year-on-year. The tourism growth is mainly driven by Asian tourists who account for nearly 80 percent of total foreign arrivals. About 13 million Asians visited Vietnam in the January-November period, up 18 percent from a year ago. China remained the biggest source of visitors with more than five million traveling to Vietnam so far this year, up 15 percent year-on-year, accounting for more than 30 percent of all foreign arrivals. South Koreans came in second with nearly four million arrivals, surging 22.3 percent and accounting for nearly one fourth of the total. China and South Korea were Vietnam's top feeder markets last year with 4.9 million and 3.4 million visitors respectively. In terms of … [Read more...] about Vietnam set to welcome 18 million foreign visitors this year