Futsal team

The Vietnamese female football players (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The national women's football team on June 27 departed for France for a short training session right before entering the 2022 AFF Women's Championship, which is expected to take place in the Philippines in early July. Head coach Mai Duc Chung said he is satisfied with the training results of the whole team so far. A total of 25 players are heading for the training in France and the AFF tournament. The group is scheduled to move to the Philippines on July 2. The championship will run from July 4-17, with the participation of a record 11 teams. The Vietnamese footballers are set meet their opponents from Myanmar, Timor Leste, Laos and Cambodia in Group B. Vietnam are current champions after defeating Thailand in the finals of the AFF Cup 2019./. VNA … [Read more...] about National women’s football team leaves for training in France

A fight for the ball between players of the two teams (Source: vff.org.vn) New Delhi (VNA) - The national women’s football team of Vietnam lost 0-3 to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the first match at the group stage of the 2022 Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) Women’s Asian Cup in India on January 21. RoK team ranked 18th in the World Football Federation (FIFA) rankings, 14 places higher than Vietnam, qualified for three FIFA World Cups, and won the bronze medal at the Asian Cup in 2003. Vietnam will play Japan on January 24./. VNA … [Read more...] about Women’s team lose first game to RoK at Asian Cup

Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung, Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of Military Region 4, attended the event. The Search and Collection Team was founded on April 18, 1984 and tasked with gathering and repatriating remains of fallen troops in Nghe An province and three Lao provinces of Xiengkhouang, Vientiane, and Xaysomboun. Over the past years, the Search and Collection Team of the Political Division under the Nghe An provincial Military Command has worked closely with Lao localities to search, collect and repatriate home remains of Vietnamese volunteer troops and advisors who sacrificed their lives in the war in Laos in a thorough and safe manner. At the event, General Dung handed over the third-class Feat-of-Arms Order to the Search and Collection Team. The same day, the Steering Board 515 of Nghe An province held a conference to review the search and collection of remains of fallen troops in the 2021-2022 dry season. Reportedly, in the period, the … [Read more...] about Noble order presented to Nghe An’s search and collection team

At the event (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) need to beef up cooperation and investment in the post-COVID-19-pandemic period, said Joo Si-bo, president of the RoK-Vietnam economic cooperation association, at a conference in Seoul on June 24. Co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( VCCI ) and the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), the event promoting Vietnam’s business climate took place as part of activities marking the 30th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relations. In his opening speech, Joo Si-bo suggested a series of potential fields for bilateral collaboration such as public healthcare, smart city development, the digital economy, and green industries. VCCI Chairman Pham Tan Cong said over the past 30 years the chamber has actively worked with RoK partners, particularly the KCCI, to hold similar events. During the discussions, representatives of Vietnamese and RoK businesses … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, RoK firms advised to team up for post-pandemic recovery

During this month, payment systems were the most common phishing cases detected by Kaspersky, representing 11.77 percent of all phishing and over 44 percent of financial phishing. The increase in online transactions in Vietnam during the pandemic has facilitated the proliferation of phishing with pages impersonating popular payment systems such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and more. The percentages are from anonymised data based on the triggering of the deterministic component in the Kaspersky’s Anti-Phishing system on user computers. The component detects all pages with phishing content that the user has tried to open by following a link in an e-mail message or on the web, as long as links to these pages are present in the Kaspersky database. As more and more users shop online, phishing attempts targeting e-shops also increase, accounting for 30 percent of financial phishing cases. Bank-related phishing, with the example below showing pages impersonating Vietcombank, … [Read more...] about A quarter of phishing attempts in Vietnam last April are financial-related

The event drew the participation of 13 teams with 26 batteries from military regions, army corps, the Artillery Corps and the Hanoi Capital Command. During the six-day event, starting April 19, participating batteries competed in different night and day events, including maneuvering along the course of 5km; mortar firing, SPG-9 gun, RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launcher, and AK submachine gun; and overcoming six obstacles. Even though the competition took place with high intensity, in both day and night time, and in scorching and harsh weather conditions, participating teams overcame all difficulties, competed with high sense of responsibility and determination, and excellently completed the competition’s contents. According to the competition’s organizers, the competition was successful, meeting the set plan, and ensuring substantiality, objectivity, fairness, and absolute safety. As a result, Military Region 2 team won first in the military region group. Army Corps 1 ranked first … [Read more...] about Competition for whole-military artillery batteries in 2022 concludes

Photographs on Afghan media showed houses reduced to rubble, with bodies swathed in blankets lying on the ground. Helicopters were deployed in the rescue effort to reach the injured and fly in medical supplies and food, said an interior ministry official, Salahuddin Ayubi. "The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details." Wednesday's quake was the deadliest since 2002. It struck about 44 km (27 miles) from the southeastern city of Khost, near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGC) said. Most of the confirmed deaths were in the eastern province of Paktika, where 255 people were killed and more than 200 injured, Ayubi added. In the province of Khost, 25 were dead and 90 had been taken to hospital. Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the ruling Taliban, offered his condolences in a statement. Mounting a rescue operation could prove a major test for the … [Read more...] about Afghan quake kills 950, toll seen likely to rise

Located to the south of the Central Highlands region, Dak Nong shares a 141km border section with Mondulkiri. The province has so far worked with the Cambodian side to organise numerous cultural and people-to-people exchange activities, including New Year visits, free medical check-ups, assistance to poor pupils and provision of medical supplies, food and necessities during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2021, Dak Nong has provided Mondulkiri with aid worth over 1.7 billion VND (73,000 USD). Vo Mich, Chairman of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association of Dak Nong province, said it has organised regular communication campaigns for the sides’ residents and armed forces along the border. According to Mich, the two provinces have teamed up to speed up land border demarcation and marker planting; hold joint patrols to ensure security and defense along the shared border; and exchange information and support in building a borderline of peace, friendship, and mutual … [Read more...] about Dak Nong works to strengthen ties with Cambodia’s Mondulkiri

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 920 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Photographs on Afghan media showed houses reduced to rubble, with bodies swathed in blankets lying on the ground. Helicopters were deployed in the rescue effort to reach the injured and fly in medical supplies and food, said an interior ministry official, Salahuddin Ayubi. "The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details." Wednesday's quake was the deadliest since 2002. It struck about 44 km (27 miles) from the southeastern city of Khost, near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGC) said. Most of the confirmed deaths were in the eastern province of Paktika, where 255 people were killed and more than 200 injured, Ayubi added. In the … [Read more...] about Afghan quake kills at least 920; toll expected to rise

This is a remarkable end for Vietnam as the majority of the team were infected with Covid-19 before the tournament took place in India on January 20. On February 6, Vietnam defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the Women’s Asian Cup playoffs to attend the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 for the first time. FIFA praises the Vietnam team. The opening goal from Chuong Thi Kieu at the 6th minute and Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy’s goal at the 56th minute increased the Vietnamese team’s lead in the match that Vietnam enjoyed the bulk of the possession (61%) and put pressure early on Chinese Taipei. Vietnam played for the most part of the game in the belting sun and humidity in Mumbai, India. “An aggressive Vietnam side left little room for Taipei to relax in a physically and vocally charged encounter that found players constantly reaching for a wet towel to deal with the conditions,” The Hindu reported. “Vietnam were undaunted and pushed forward with their positive play rewarded … [Read more...] about Vietnam book place in Women World Cup for first time