Singapore (VNA) – Vietnamese swimmers on December 4 made a splash at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore, bringing home three gold medals while setting two new Games records. Nguyen Thanh Trung won the first gold medal for Vietnam by finishing the SB4-class men’s 100m breaststroke event with a time of 1:48.93, ahead of Voravit Kaewkham of Thailand and Ye Tun of Myanmar. The second gold medal was won by swimmer Do Thanh Hai, who completed the SB5-class men’s 100m breaststroke event at a time of 1:43.07, which is a new Games record. Ly Huynh, another Vietnamese swimmer, came in second at 1:48.79 and Taweesook Samuksaneeto of Thailand finished third. The third gold medal and second Games record was achieved through Le Tien Dat, who needed only 1:37.55 to complete the SB6-class men’s 100m breaststroke event, breaking the old record. Yongyoot Tabthong of Thailand took the silver medal and Suriansyah of Indonesia settled with a bronze medal. Also the … [Read more...] about Bản in : ASEAN ParaGames: Vietnam claims four golds, setting new records
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Nha Trang: new record for banh tet
Nha Trang: new record for banh tet By Khue Viet Truong in Nha Trang Yasaka-Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel will make a new record banh tet, a cylindrical glutinous rice cake filled with green bean paste and pork, following its annual traditional activity of making this record Vietnamese rice cake. The procession and cooking ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on January 24 and the cake will be fished out of the boiling pot at 9 a.m. on January 25. The cake-cutting ceremony to pray for spring luck will be at 7 p.m. on Lunar New Year's Eve (January 25). This is the fifth time the hotel will break its record for banh tet. The first record cake was 29 meters long marking the occasion of Nha Trang Bay's recognition as one of the world's top 29 bays. This Lunar New Year, the hotel offers Tet food and folk games in its countryside hotel garden. … [Read more...] about Nha Trang: new record for banh tet
New record set for biggest sticky-rice ball
Size matters: Members of the jury measure the dimension of a fried, sticky-rice ball at the Taste of the World festival held in HCM City. — VNS File Photo HCM CITY — Binh Quoi Tourism Village has won first prize for making the biggest fried sticky-rice ball at the Taste of the World Festival in HCM City. The ball was 187cm in circumference, 59.9cm in diametre and 41.5cm high. Vo Van Truong, representative of the Permanent Council of the Centre for Viet Nam Record Books, said the was a new record in Viet Nam. Binh Quoi Tourism Village competed with five other teams from Binh Duong Hotel, Van Thanh Tourism Park, Dong Nai Tourism Company, Hai Bi and Thao Ngoan restaurants. Thousands of visitors watched the cooks as they made the golden-brown, sweet-smelling fried-rice balls. In another contest, the chefs of Binh Quoi Tourism Village and Hai Bi Restaurant won the gold medal for their best sticky-rice dish, followed by Binh Duong Hotel with the silver medal, and Van Thanh … [Read more...] about New record set for biggest sticky-rice ball
FDI disbursement hits new record
The Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) at the Ministry of Planning and Investment has announced that disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) had reached a new record for this year as at December 20, of $17.5 billion, up 10.8 per cent year-on-year.After standing at $11-12 billion for a number of years, last year’s figure of $15.8 billion was a record. The continued increase this year proves that Vietnam remains an attractive investment destination.Total foreign investment capital in Vietnam, including newly-registered, added, and capital contributed by foreign investors, is at $35.88 billion for the year, up 44.4 per cent year-on-year.Some 2,591 new projects were granted investment licenses with total registered capital of $21.27 billion, up 42.3 per cent year-on-year.There were also 1,188 existing projects adding capital totaling $8.41 billion, up 49.2 per cent year-on-year.Data from the FIA also show that 115 countries and territories have investment projects in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about FDI disbursement hits new record
Queen of Speed sets new record at National Athletics Championship
After nearly one year of rest because of injuries, runner Vu Thi Huong on September 16 returned impressively, setting a national record in the women’s 100m race at the National Track and Field Championship 2009. The new record was 11.43 seconds, while her previous record at the 24th Southeast Asian Games was 11.47 seconds. Notably, Huong left the silver-medal winner, Le Ngoc Phuong, several metres behind. She also helped her team, An Giang province, to win the gold medal in the women’s 4x200m relay race. Meanwhile, Hanoi’s Bui Duy Thuong obtained a gold medal in men’s 100m category. Nguyen Van Lai of the Military Team won the gold medal for men’s 500m race. Lai has just returned from China after one year of training. The Military team also took the gold medal for men’s 4x200 relay race. Other gold medals presented on the first day of the National Track and Field Championships 2009 include: a triple jump gold medal for … [Read more...] about Queen of Speed sets new record at National Athletics Championship