VFF announces new members (21-01-2006) HA NOI — The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF)'s standing committee will announce name of the new vice chairman in charge of the technical mission in June as a decision in yesterday's meeting session. Last month, the VFF's vice chairman Le The Tho, who was deputy head of the Vietnamese delegation to the 23rd Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines, resigned last month after four members of the national under-23 side were detained on suspicions of match-fixing at the SEA Games. In the meeting yesterday, the standing committee also approved by ballots to fill the spot of Ngo Van Tran, the former director of Thua Thien Hue Sports Department who withdrew last November after a separate football scandal. The VFF's 39-member executive board also agreed to temporarily dismiss Nguyen Hong Thanh, who was prosecuted last week by the Supreme People's Procuracy for taking part in "buying" the championship title for the V-League team Pjico Song Lam Nghe … [Read more...] about VFF announces new members
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Vietnam’s new major expressway in poor condition before opening
Someone has been siphoning construction materials off a major highway project funded by foreign official development assistance Thanh Nien found shoddy construction on a section of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway. The section is scheduled to open on December 30. Photo by Dam Huy Only a couple of weeks before the launch of the first section of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway, an ex-worker from the project told Thanh Nien that many of its materials had been siphoned off. A subsequent investigation by the paper proved that what the worker, who wants to remain anonymous, said was true. The 55-km Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway connecting HCMC and Dong Nai Province broke ground in 2009, offering a major alternate gateway from HCMC to the southeast, central and northern regions to the current Hanoi Highway - National 1A route. The VND20 trillion (US$950 million) expressway, co-financed by the Asian Development Bank … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s new major expressway in poor condition before opening
Microsoft announces winners of Imagine Cup 2012 in Vietnam
Today Microsoft announced the winners of the 10th Imagine Cup Finals in Vietnam at the InterContinental Hanoi Westlake hotel where hundreds of Vietnamese students gathered to celebrate their unique innovations aimed at solving the world's toughest problems. Imagine Cup is recognised as the world's premier student technology competition which provides an opportunity for students to use their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to help solve the world's toughest societal challenges. "The Imagine Cup has become a global movement that allows students to be creative, explore their potential and learn from each other regardless of national boundaries or location. The competition also helps students find prospective solutions for specific real-world challenges and kick-starts their entrepreneurial development," said Vincent Quah, Academic & New Markets lead, Microsoft Asia Pacific. Since the first local competition in2004, Imagine Cup has been well-received by school … [Read more...] about Microsoft announces winners of Imagine Cup 2012 in Vietnam
Fabregas delighted with new Messi deal
Cesc Fabregas hailed Tuesday's announcement that team-mates Lionel Messi, Xavi and Carles Puyol had agreed contract extensions as "great news for Barcelona". Record-breaking Argentina playmaker Messi's new contract ties him to Barca until 2018, while Spain internationals Xavi and Carles Puyol have agreed extensions until 2016. The trio will sign their deals in the coming weeks, Barca announced. A delighted Fabregas, while also recognising that highly-rated winger Cristian Tello had on Monday put pen to paper on a new contract with Barca, tweeted: "Great news for FC Barcelona! Very happy for the renewals of @ctello91, @Carles5puyol, Leo and Xavi!" Fellow Barca midfielder Javier Mascherano was of a similar opinion, writing on his Twitter account: "Congratulations Puyi, Xavi and Leo for the renovations, great news for the team!!!" Messi's current deal runs until June 2016 and the new agreement will keep him at the Nou Camp beyond his 31st birthday. The forward has enjoyed … [Read more...] about Fabregas delighted with new Messi deal
New Greek PM pledges hope, coalition gov’t to be announced soon
Pro-bailout conservative New Democracy (ND) party leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in Wednesday as prime minister of debt-crippled Greece, and pledged to work hard to give people tangible hope. The announcement of the line-up of a coalition government, to be formed under an agreement between ND, the socialist PASOK party and the smaller Democratic Left, is expected to be announced Thursday and a swearing-in ceremony will follow shortly. In his first statement to the press after being sworn in at the presidential palace Wednesday afternoon, the 61-year-old winner of Sunday's national polls said, "we will do everything we can to take the country out of the crisis." One of the first actions of the new government, according to local reports, will be to call EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) auditors back to Athens and request a two-year extension of the stability and growth program to ease the pressure on recession-hit Greeks. The deal on the formation of a three-party … [Read more...] about New Greek PM pledges hope, coalition gov’t to be announced soon