2022 fifa world cup teams

More than a year after breaking their own world record in Spain, the Giang brothers – a Vietnamese acrobat duo – set a new record of head-to-head balancing walk in Milan, Italy on Friday. Circus artists Giang Quoc Nghiep, 38, and Giang Quoc Co, 34, successfully walked up 10 stairs to a height of two meters, then passed through a crossbar that is 0.4 meter wide and 10 meters long, and then walked down 10 stairs in their performance in Milan on Friday afternoon (local time). After receiving the invitation to perform at the Guinness World Record Show in Milan from the event’s organizer, Banijay S.p.A Company, the acrobatic duo had three weeks for their preparation. The Giang brothers said that they had failed several times during training before coming to a success to earn another place in the Guinness Book of World Records. At a workout session at home, Co fell down but there was a thick cushion under him, while during their record-setting performance in Milan, there was no such … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Giang brothers set new world record in Italy

Hoang got to go first and he won the first two rounds without giving Szewczyk a turn. The 36-year-old didn’t make any mistakes in the next five rounds, using every single chance he had to clear the table and lead 7-0. Szewczyk only got one round back before losing another four. Overall, Hoang won 11-1, his biggest win so far in the tournament. This is the first time he has advanced to round 16 of the tournament. "It’s such an excellent performance," a Matchroom commentator said. "I hope he can speak English to comment on the game. What a masterful 9-ball performance." Poland’s Szewczyk was the 10-ball world champion in 2022. He’s currently 25th on the 9-ball world ranking. Hoang’s opponent in round 16 is the defending 9-ball world champion, Shane van Boening, the American who defeated Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp 11-9 in round 32. The match between Hoang and Boening will begin at 8 p.m. (Hanoi time) on Saturday. Hoang is the only Vietnamese cueist left in the tournament. Luong Duc … [Read more...] about Vietnamese cueist thrashes world champion at int’l tournament

The movie, released during the Lunar New Year holiday, immediately dominated the domestic box office and broke many records. According to Box Office Mojo, the global box office tracking site of IMDb, "Nha Ba Nu" recorded the sixth highest revenue in world box offices (excluding North America) from January. 27 to 29. "Nha Ba Nu" generated over $4.3 million during the three-day period. This put the movie at sixth among the highest-grossing movies in 2023. As of Thursday, the movie had reached the VND300 billion ($12.8 million) mark in Vietnam. And it is predicted to soon reach the VND400 billion mark that "Bo Gia" (Dad, I’m Sorry), which also starred Tran Thanh, achieved in 2021. Film experts and distributors said "Nha Ba Nu" contributed greatly to the revival of the Vietnamese box office during the Lunar New Year holidays ( Tet ). According to a representative of Box Office Vietnam, a film data site, the total revenue of movies released during Tet (from January 22 to 31) is … [Read more...] about Vietnamese movie enters world’s top 10 box office on weekend

On Thursday night the much-loved coach, who just ended a successful five-year stint as coach, opened his heart to the gathering. "Thank you for coming here today. I apologize for not being able to spend much time with the fans. I see many familiar faces here. "My son sent me a video of a Vietnamese fan drawing me on the sand. It made me emotional. I don’t know if I deserve the love that people gave me. I just know I tried my best." He led Vietnam in 98 games, winning 57 (55.8% win rate). "I just found out today that I had 98 games. If I knew that earlier I would have tried to make it 100," he joked. At the meeting were a few dozen selected fans, correspondents and national players Nguyen Hoang Duc and Nguyen Van Toan. Park said: "There is not a single moment that I regret in my five years of working in Vietnam because I have lived my life to the fullest and I really love the players." He turned to Toan and Duc and apologized for not being able to continue as coach. His … [Read more...] about This is not the end: coach Park

Ko, now 39, launched himself into a career in the renewables industry about 15 years ago, working on green projects in a dozen countries before returning home to the capital Kuala Lumpur. There he teamed up with two school-friends in 2012 to co-found Plus Xnergy, a company that helps homes, businesses and buildings to develop their own solar power systems or source clean energy supplies from elsewhere. The entrepreneur - who has worked with the likes of furniture retailer IKEA, logistics giant DHL and entertainment conglomerate Sony and has developed six solar farms across Malaysia - said awareness about renewable energy among his country folk is the highest he has known. Nonetheless, Ko and other energy experts warned that Malaysia is trailing its Southeast Asian neighbors on clean energy expansion, as a lack of financial incentives and investment, coupled with red-tape, hold back the big projects needed for the country to meet its ambitious climate goals. "Malaysia is … [Read more...] about Malaysia faces ‘inconvenient truth’ on clean energy goals

During the first six days of work after China's Lunar New Year holiday, job openings in the hotel and catering sectors surged 40% from the same period a year earlier, according to a survey published on Friday by Zhaopin, one of the county's biggest recruitment firms. Passenger vehicle and freight truck drivers and airplane and train crews are also badly needed, with job openings jumping by 85.2% over the same period, due to busy transport and logistics sectors following China's post-Covid reopening. Openings in tourism services industry grew 58.9% on the abandonment of the zero-Covid regime as well as on resurgent demand during the festival season, while posting for workers in the manufacturing sector also rose 42.2%. The survey was taken over Jan. 28-Feb. 2 in 38 major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Foshan, Guangzhou and Dongguan cities in southern economic powerhouse Guangdong province saw rapid year-on-year growths of overall job openings at 43.2%, 19.6% … [Read more...] about China hotel, catering job openings surge on post-Covid demand recovery: survey

Vietnam should focus on accelerating urbanization and the development of a network of national smart cities with links with their peers worldwide. Vietnam’s policies on developing smart cities and promoting digital transformation have played a very significant role in the country's socio-economic development, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission Nguyen Duc Hien said at the Vietnam Sustainable Urban Development Forum 2022 held in Hanoi this week. With the theme “Sustainable urban development towards green, smart cities, adaptation to climate change, prevention, and control of natural disasters and epidemics,” the forum is one of the largest which are held annually on urban sustainable development in Vietnam. An overview of the forum. Photo: Nguyen Ngan The vice chairman noted that developing smart cities in Vietnam have only focused on the application of smart-city services, while issues related to smart urban planning and … [Read more...] about Vietnam eyes smart cities and sustainable urban development

A photo of her university transcripts was widely shared in many beauty pageant community groups at the end of January. The photo showed that Chau did not graduate due to failing to complete the academic requirements. Both the last name and student ID number of that student matched those of Chau. The information caught the attention of netizens but the beauty queen and her management team remained silent. 2022 Miss Universe Vietnam Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau. Photo by Thanh Hue Netizens think that Chau deceived them into thinking she already graduated from university. Society expects beauty queens to have both physical and intellectual beauty. So in the past, this has led to a great deal of speculation that some beauty pageant contestants have lied about their ages or educational backgrounds. A representative from UniMedia, Ngoc Chau's management company, confirmed Thursday for the first time that Chau had not yet obtained her bachelor's degree. The representative noted … [Read more...] about Miss Universe Vietnam denies lying about education

For U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper, the bilateral relationship between Vietnam and the United States is already fundamentally strategic in nature. He is “extremely hopeful” about the possibility of upgrading the relationship to a strategic partnership. Elevating Vietnam – U.S. relations to a strategic partnership has been a prospect for a long time, and will certainly be one of the top priorities in the agenda for 2023 as the two countries celebrate the 10th anniversary of the existing comprehensive partnership. This will also be a milestone for Ambassador Knapper, who started his tenure at a special time. The role of the U.S. as a superpower has become even more important as global politics have witnessed ups and downs with economic difficulties, armed conflicts, and geopolitical tensions. In this context, the relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam, widely seen as a country with an important geopolitical position in the Indo-Pacific, is worth considering as a … [Read more...] about Vietnam – US relations naturally strategic: ambassador

The geographical proximity along with similarities in culture and history are a solid foundation for Vietnam and Cambodia to cultivate and enhance one of the long-lasting traditional relationships in Southeast Asia. This tie has been enriched by generations of leaders and people of the two countries, with the efforts and blood of many generations of Vietnamese and Cambodian people. It is a precious, sacred and durable treasure of the two nations. Since 2005, following the motto “sound neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, long-term sustainability,” the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia has been continuously consolidated and developed extensively in all fields, generating practical benefits for the two countries’ people and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world. Despite the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on all fields, the bilateral defense cooperation has obtained positive results. … [Read more...] about Defense cooperation – important pillar in Vietnam-Cambodia ties