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Saigon Heat, the VBA champion in 2019 and 2020, had an outstanding performance at the VBA Premier Bubble Games - Brought to you by NovaWorld Phan Thiet 2021 after winning eight out of its nine games. Being the first professional basketball club in Vietnam, Saigon Heat has been focusing on developing local talents to build a strong foundation for its squad. A long-term foundation Coach Matt Van Pelt said he wants to develop his team in a comprehensive and sustainable manner by training his own players instead of hiring new foreign stars each season. Saigon Heat has invested a lot in its youth training program called Next Generation Heat and has begun to reap results in recent years with such rising stars as Vo Kim Ban, Antony Sundberg, and Hoang Tu, the coach continued. Coach Matt Van Pelt of Saigon Heat at the VBA Premier Bubble Games 2021. Photo: VBA Coach Van Pelt as well as his predecessor Kevin Yurkus and the team’s leadership have been able to build a … [Read more...] about Saigon Heat’s secret to sustainable success

Thousands of mourners congregated at a temple in Vietnam on Sunday morning to pay their last respects to Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world's most influential Buddhist figures, who died at the same place on Saturday at the age of 95. The shrouding ceremony for Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh took place at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue City in central Vietnam. The ritual, which lasted for around 30 minutes, was part of a seven-day funeral to be conducted in silence at the late monk’s will. After the ritual, monks and disciples paid their tribute to the Zen master at the Trang Ram (Full Moon) meditation hall of the temple. As announced by the temple and the Plum Village, the monastic organization the late monk founded in France, his body will be cremated on January 29 and his remains will rest at Tu Hieu Pagoda and Plum Village monasteries around the world. Before his passing, the Venerable told his disciples not to build any tomb tower for him when he died as such building … [Read more...] about Thousands mourn Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh at funeral in Hue