Nguyen Thanh Loc secured two titles at the seven-day competition.He won the men’s 200m surface with a time of 1min 21.39sec – a new Asian record. Left trailing in Loc’s wake were Jang Seonghyeok and Park Jaeho, both from the Republic of Korea.He then went on to triumph in the 100m surface category with a time of 35.28sec.Tran Thi Trang Diem claimed her gold in the women’s 1,500m surface event with a time of 1:46.03.Luu Nguyen Duc Tam, meanwhile, bagged the men’s 1,500m surface title, clocking 1:37.60.The Asian Junior Finswimming Competition has also been organised to take place at the same time and same venue.The young Vietnamese athletes have won three golds, two silvers, and three bronze medals.The winners are Nguyen Duy Anh with a double in the men’s 100m and 200m surface, and Cao Thi Duyen in the women’s 100m bi-fins.The two silver medallists progressed to the mixed groups of 4x50m surface and 4x100m bi-fins.Tran Trung Thanh brought home … [Read more...] about Finswimmers in medals sweep with new record at Asian champs
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New Le Van Sy bridge opened to traffic
New Le Van Sy bridge opened to trafficLe Anh By Le Anh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - HCMC has opened to traffic a newly built Le Van Sy Bridge, facilitating traffic between districts 3, Tan Binh and Phu Nhuan and the city’s downtown area. The new 60-meter-long, 19-meter-wide bridge in District 3 over Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal was completed two months ahead of schedule. Work began on the bridge last November and was planned for completion in July this year. Tat Thanh Cang, director of the HCMC Department of Transport, said that the new Le Van Sy Bridge connects Hoang Sa and Truong Sa roads to Le Van Sy Street, thereby easing traffic congestion on these roads. The old bridge was built in 1950 and upgraded for the first time in 1994. Due to the increasing traffic, the bridge deteriorated. Le Van Sy Bridge is part of a project to build four bridges, namely Bong, Kieu, Le Van Sy and Hau Giang using loans of the World Bank. These new bridges are constructed to replace the old … [Read more...] about New Le Van Sy bridge opened to traffic
Aeon to have new mall in Binh Duong
Aeon to have new mall in Binh Duong Kinh Luan By Kinh Luan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Japanese-invested firm Aeon Vietnam has said it will open a new shopping mall in the southern province of Binh Duong with a total investment of US$95 million in the near future. Its operational Aeon Shopping Mall Tan Phu Celadon in Tan Phu District in HCMC needed total capital of US$106 million while the forthcoming facility in neighboring Binh Duong will cost less but have a larger area, Aeon general director Yasuo Nishitohge said. Aeon is working on a third mall plan in the country. The Long Bien shopping mall in Hanoi will be up and running in the third quarter of next year through a joint venture with local firm Him Lam Group. Three months after the opening of the mall in Tan Phu District, Nishitohge said it had reported good sales. However, he admitted Aeon is facing an increasingly fierce competition from other store operators. More than one-third of products at the first Aeon … [Read more...] about Aeon to have new mall in Binh Duong
‘Terror’ bomber strikes New York subway, 3 hurt
Akayed Ullah told police investigators he wanted to avenge US airstrikes on the Islamic State group and was also inspired by Christmas terror plots in Europe, and chose the location for his attack by the Christmas posters on the subway walls, US media reported.His bomb failed to detonate properly, leaving him the only one seriously injured in the incident.President Donald Trump used the attack to call for tougher US immigration rules, saying the current "lax" policy "allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country.""Today's attempted mass murder attack in New York City - the second terror attack in New York in the last two months - once again highlights the urgent need for Congress to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people," Trump said in a statement.BOMB ONLY PARTIALLY DETONATEDThe blast took place in the subway station at the Port Authority bus terminal, not far from the city's iconic Times Square, sparking commuter panic … [Read more...] about ‘Terror’ bomber strikes New York subway, 3 hurt
New target in search for missing Argentine sub
BUENOS AIRES — Workers used sonar equipment Monday to get the facts on objects found 26 days after an Argentine sub went missing with 44 crew members aboard. President Mauricio Macri and the navy consider the crew to have been tragically lost. But family members desperate for closure have been pushing for the search to continue until the vessel is located and questions about its fate are answered, despite a series of false hopes. "A new object has been found at 1,000 meters with sonar search equipment in the South Atlantic. And it is being looked at to determine if it could be the Argentine sub," along with a second object at about 700 meters, navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters. They were spotted by the US vessel Atlantis. Authorities have not set any date for when the search might be officially abandoned. The navy’s final contact with the German-built ARA San Juan, a 34-year-old diesel-electric sub, came on November 15, when it was sailing in the South … [Read more...] about New target in search for missing Argentine sub