Striker Nguyen Tien Linh has become the first Vietnamese player to achieve the top scorer title at an ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) championship. With six goals, Linh shared the title of Top Scorer with Thailand’s Teerasil Dangda at the 2022 AFF Championship. Many of his six goals came at crucial times. In the group stage, the Vietnamese striker scored three goals in the matches against Laos, Malaysia, and Myanmar. In the knockout round, Linh continued to shine with three goals, including two in the semifinal second leg against Indonesia. In the final first leg against Thailand, he opened the scoring for the Golden Stars, marking his sixth goal in the tournament. In the final second leg on Monday evening, Linh had several opportunities to improve his record but failed to convert any. If he had succeeded, the Vietnamese player would have definitely become the only top scorer of the championship, as Dangda was not playing in the match. Nevertheless, Linh’s achievement … [Read more...] about Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh achieves historic top scorer title
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HCM City: 11 flyover stations of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro to be completed by March
All main parts of the HCM City National University Station are nearly completed. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - It is expected that by March this year, all 11 flyover stations of the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro will be completed, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR). Engineers and workers are installing and finishing the station elevators, including metal frames, ticket offices and glass balustrades at the main entrances of the stations. The MAUR said that it was cooperating with the Hitachi Company to complete automatic and safety systems at the stations. Ho Tran Cong Trieu, from the NJPT consultants, said that about 600-700 workers were finishing construction . It is scheduled that the workers will be off for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday from January 20 and back to work on January 27. The Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project was initially scheduled for completion in late 2021 to run commercially in 2022. However, it … [Read more...] about HCM City: 11 flyover stations of Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro to be completed by March
Ho Chi Minh City: 11 flyover stations of Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro to be completed by March
Engineers and workers are installing and finishing the station elevators, including metal frames, ticket offices and glass balustrades at the main entrances of the stations. The MAUR said that it was cooperating with the Hitachi Company to complete automatic and safety systems at the stations. Ho Tran Cong Trieu, from the NJPT consultants, said that about 600-700 workers were finishing construction. It is scheduled that the workers will be off for the Tet (lunar New Year) holiday from January 20 and back to work on January 27. The Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro project was initially scheduled for completion in late 2021 to run commercially in 2022. However, it has been delayed several times due to the pandemic and procedural problems. With an expected investment of more than 43.7 trillion VND (1.89 billion USD), the metro line is funded by Japanese overseas development assistance and Vietnamese counterpart funds. It is about 19.7km in length with three underground stations, … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City: 11 flyover stations of Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro to be completed by March
Husbandry groups tackle profit dips
Livestock firms will also have to compete with China again after its reopening, Photo: Le Toan In the first days of the new year, many husbandry companies revealed that 2022 business results were deeply affected by losses. “We earned no profit despite working hard the entire year. The husbandry sector has suffered from deep losses, while revenues and meagre profits in the animal feed sector cannot make up for it,” said a representative of Japfa Comfeed Vietnam. He further explained that cheap selling prices, high costs of importing animal feed material, and African swine fever (ASF) have blown profits away. “These issues have forced most farms to scale down their size. Demand for animal feed and bioproducts dropped sharply, and capacity of sector production dipped. Meanwhile, the more breeding we carried out, the more losses were thrust upon us,” he added. Being the leading player in the industry, business results for C.P. Vietnam in 2022 were seemingly less gloomy than … [Read more...] about Husbandry groups tackle profit dips
Sustainable development key to success of Vietnamese coffee
A farmer harvests coffee cherries in Kon Tum province. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese coffee industry has made steady headway in the international competitiveness rankings with a processing capacity of 2.36 million tonnes per year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien. Tien was speaking at the international conference on coffee on December 11. The Deputy Minister said Vietnam had 710,000ha of coffee with a yield of 2.7 tonnes per hectare in 2021, three times higher than the average global yield. Between 2021 and 2022, the country produced 1.7 million tonnes and exported 3.9 billion USD worth of coffee, up 31.3% year-by-year. "With farmers of great industry and firms of great adaptability, Vietnam has moved up to the top of the world's largest robusta coffee producers," said Tien. Amid the unfavourable global conditions, he urged the Vietnam Coffee Cocoa Association (Vicofa) to push ahead with sustainable … [Read more...] about Sustainable development key to success of Vietnamese coffee
Cross-border business busy after China’s reopening
Container trucks cross the Kim Thanh 2 international border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai. — VNA/VNS Photo Quoc Khanh As soon as China reopened its border on January 8, business between Viet Nam and China became busy again after a nearly three-year disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy head of the border station based at the Kim Thanh International Bordergate in the northern province of Lao Cai Senior Lieutenant Hoang Minh Du said that from January 8, the volume of goods traded via the border gate increased daily. Particularly, on January 11, the border gate saw 71 trucks carrying goods for export and 158 trucks carrying imported goods. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 200 trucks travelled through the border gate daily. However, at the border gate, China still maintains the delivery of import and export goods by specialised drivers who can drive trucks through the border gate from China to Viet Nam and vice versa but the drivers are … [Read more...] about Cross-border business busy after China’s reopening
☀️ Morning digest February 1
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency. - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 31 chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat to review the organisation of Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations and look into major tasks in the time ahead. The leader lauded Party Committees and administrations at all levels for their serious implementation of directives issued by the Secretariat and the Prime Minister regarding the organisation of Tet, the biggest and longest festival in Vietnam. Read full story |- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will hold a dialogue with young people in Hanoi on March 26, the Government Office has announced. Ministries, agencies and units concerned were assigned to perform tasks in the event organising plan issued by the Minister of Home Affairs. Read full story - The vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) AVAC ASF LIVE developed and produced by AVAC Vietnam … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest February 1
“UK ready to boost CPTPP’s economic firepower”: UK Trade Minister
UK Minister of State The Rt Hon Gregory Hands of the Department for International Trade arrived in Hanoi on February 1 to hold high level trade talks on how the UK joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will boost the economic firepower of the world’s most dynamic trade bloc. Minister Hands meets with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Quoc Khanh. Upon his arrival in Hanoi, Minister Hands met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Quoc Khanh. With the next round of CPTPP negotiations upcoming, the UK Minister expressed. his country’s desire to finalisze accession at the earliest possible opportunity. The occasion also provided an opportunity to mark 50 years of UK-Vietnam diplomatic relations and discuss the thriving bilateral trade relationship which has increased by 12.4% over the last year and is valued at £5.9 billion. As a founding CPTPP member state, Vietnam marks the first leg of the UK … [Read more...] about “UK ready to boost CPTPP’s economic firepower”: UK Trade Minister
Challenges persist for small and medium-sized domestic packaging companies
Despite the hard work of small and medium-sized domestic packaging companies to stay in tune with market demands and apply the latest production technologies, they continue to face a host of challenges. Packaging being produced for export at Sao Mai JSC in Ha Tinh province. (Photo: VNA) According to Ngo Duc Nhat, co-founder of HCM City-based Hoang Phat Packaging Co, which specialises in carton packaging production, this market segment had slowed down during the social distancing period due to restrictions in good transportation and import and export activities. Similarly, the glass packaging segment was also affected when consumption of cosmetic products and high-end drinks in glass bottles slowed down as bottled water producers preferred to use plastic packaging, Nhat told thesaigontimes.vn. In the post-pandemic period, Vietnam’s major import markets faced many difficulties and the risk of economic recession, so they cut back on goods imports and … [Read more...] about Challenges persist for small and medium-sized domestic packaging companies
WorldSteel Group opens second office in Long An
WorldSteel Group has just opened its second office building in Long An Province, marking a strong turning point in the development journey of the company. The Board of Directors and distinguished guests cut the ribbon to inaugurate the building. The Board of Directors and employees at the inauguration ceremony. Long An WorldSteel Group Building is located at Lot Q9-10-15-16, St. No.7, Hai Son Industrial Park (Phase 3+4), Duc Hoa Ha Commune in Duc Hoa District. Over the past 10 years, World Steel has developed many projects in industrial parks nation-wide, including the Tien Giang Tongwei, Hai Duong Tongwei, Hau Giang Sunpro Steel Complex, Tay Ninh Brotex yarn factory, among others. In addition, World Steel has also participated in the Long Son petrochemical project with the package H&I-8 warehouse 2. The company has also exported steel structures to some Southeast Asian countries, Australia, USA, etc. World Steel is currently the … [Read more...] about WorldSteel Group opens second office in Long An