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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the format for Women’s Asian Cup 2022, with Vietnam hopeful of using the competition as a route to obtain World Cup qualification. Female football players will compete for World Cup berth during Lunar New Year (Photo: AFC) The schedule will see 12 others to compete in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals, set to take place between January 20 and February 6 in India. The timeframe coincides with the Lunar New Year holiday in Vietnam. The best 12 teams are Japan, Australia, China, Taiwan (China), Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Iran, Thailand, and hosts India. They will be divided into three groups of four, with the first and second- placed teams and two best third-placed teams qualifying for the quarterfinals. The event will also serve as a qualifying round for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. As a result, the top five teams in the AFC Women’s …

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Five Vietnamese have been listed in the world’s top 10,000 scientists in 2021, the Vietnam News Agency quoted the findings of a study by researchers from U.S.-based Stanford University as saying. This year, Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc from Vietnam National University-Hanoi again takes the lead among the Vietnamese scientists, ranking 5,949th in the world and 96th in the field of engineering. Associate Professor Le Hoang Son, who is also from Vietnam National University-Hanoi, ranked 6,766th. Professor Nguyen Xuan Hung from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology stood at 6,818th. Meanwhile, Professor Bui Tien Dieu from Duy Tan University and Professor Vo Xuan Vinh from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City were placed at the 9,488th and 9,528th positions, respectively. This is the third consecutive year that Prof. Duc, Prof. Hung, and Assoc. Prof. Son have entered the list of the top 10,000 scientists in the world. More than 20 other representatives from …

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MUSIC & PERFORMANCES HCMC- New play for children to be staged at dance school May 9, 3pm HCM City Dance School, 155 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, D3 The play is based on the short story collection for children The World’s Worst Children, by English bestselling author David Walliams. The collection revolves around five beastly boys and five gruesome girls. The performance will feature young actors from the Dragonfly Youth Theatre. Tickets: VND150,000 and can be bought at https://forms.gle/RMVEpMT7wmi1X2Fa7. French musical ‘Les Misérables’ tours Mid-April - June. April 16-18, Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi EXHIBITION Hanoi-I’m Feeling Lucky Hanoi-The Subtle Moves Ninh Thuan Province-Exhibition of Ninh Thuan - Quang Nam Cham culture Until May 15, Displaying nearly 80 artifacts, including photos, statues, pottery, over 1,500 tools, traditional handicrafts, costumes, jewellery, …

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Speakers at the online workshop "Step-up for women in economic recovery against COVID-19”. — Photo courtesy of the organisers Countries around the world are moving from targeting zero COVID-19 cases to living safely with the disease, and Viet Nam is no exception. In this critical moment, co-operation among businesses and socio-economic organisations to empower women is motivation for the journey towards economic recovery and improvement of living qualities, while enhancing women’s roles and positions in families and society, delegates said at a recent online workshop. Held by Unilever Vietnam in partnership with the United Nations for Women, National Women’s Union, British Embassy, Standard Chartered Bank and Facebook, the workshop "Step-up for women in economic recovery against COVID-19” aims to raise public awareness of the impact caused by the pandemic on Vietnamese women and young girls, and to share women’s inspirational stories amid the pandemic. The organisers also …

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Medical workers at HCM City’s People’s Hospital 115 and Hung Vuong and Thu Duc hospitals receive a donation of more than 50,000 Fami milk packs from Vinasoy on the occasion of Vietnamese Women’s Day on October 20. — Photo Courtesy of Vinasoy Vietnam Soya Products Company (Vinasoy) has donated more than 50,000 Fami milk packs to medical workers at the People’s Hospital 115 and Hung Vuong and Thu Duc hospitals in HCM City to mark Vietnamese Women’s Day, October 20. It was done as part of a campaign called ‘Yeu thuong la se chia’ (To love is to share). Vinasoy, established in 1997, ranked among the five largest soymilk companies in the world for three continuous years until 2020, according to GlobalData UK, which provides unique data, expert analyses and solutions to companies in the world's largest industries. It set up a soybean research and application centre in 2013. — VNS …

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Passenger buses at Giáp Bát station in Hà Nội. The transport companies are planning to operate at their maximum capacity to compensate for the sales lost in the last three months. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu By Mai Hương HÀ NỘI — As the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted the implementation of Việt Nam’s economic development plans, the National Assembly (NA) and Government have been proactively and urgently deploying stimulus packages to quickly restore the economy and leverage growth. The latest Resolution 406/NQ-UBTVQH15, issued by the National Assembly on October 19, is regarded as a correct and timely policy, and was well received by enterprises. The Resolution offers support for enterprises and individuals affected by COVID-19 through tax reductions with a total value of up to VNĐ21.3 trillion (US$926 million). The beneficiaries will enjoy direct tax reductions which is considered more practical than the extension of tax payments in previous support packages. …

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VPBank signs US$100 million loan with JICA and SMBC World Luxury Hotel Awards 2021 honours 5 high-class hotels and resorts of Sun Group CapitaLand again recognised as global sustainability leader in property sector “Vaccine passport” – both citizens and businesses are waiting impatiently "Western City" in the heart of the capital – regarded as the coordinates of the international community Assoc. Prof. PhD. Doctor. Pham Duc Huan, Director of the Center for Gastroenterology - Hepatology (Vinmec Times City Hospital) with a team of doctors at the centre are treating many cases of acute gallstone disease at present. The treatment method of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy by laser, applied by the Center for Gastroenterology - Hepatology, is a breakthrough with a minimally invasive technique, preserving the gallbladder, resulting in preserving the digestive function and helping patients with a fast recovery process. The medical procedure is less painful, does not leave …

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Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, spoke at a general debate of the Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee). — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has called on the United Nations and other countries to pay greater attention to ensuring security and safety for UN peacekeeping forces, strengthening the application of information technology in operations, and defining tasks and resources for missions. Addressing a general debate of the Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) on Monday (US time), Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, underlined that peacekeeping operations were one of the important tools of the UN in maintaining peace and international security. Mentioning Việt Nam’s contributions to UN missions in Central Africa and South Sudan recently, he said that the ratio of Vietnamese female peacekeepers in the missions now stood at 20.6 per …

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Economic experts say that for over 30 years of development, Vietnam has not yet built a strong team of private enterprises which play the role of a "launch pad" for the country's economic development. The report on "Strengthening the private sector’s capacity in the new period" published recently by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) shows an increasing number of private enterprises in the list of the top 500 largest enterprises in Vietnam in the past five years. Six private corporations are included in the list of large groups in Asia and the world. In addition, the private sector contributes up to 40% of the country’s GDP and creates millions of jobs. It has an increasingly important position of in the Vietnamese economy. In 2015-2020, the number of newly established private enterprises increased steadily every year, from about 70,000/year on average in the period of 2006-2014, to 120,000 in the period of 2015-2020. In 2011, there were about …

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Ha Thanh Hau of Thu Duc City said she has gotten used to working from home during five months of social distancing. She is just one of many office staff in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City who want to continue remote working when social distancing comes to an end. Office staff working from home in HCM City. Hau is a single mother to a six-year-old girl, who still has to stay at home and learn online instead of going to school. Hau said working from home allows her to have more time to take care of her daughter, monitor her learning and keep up with the housework. As the pandemic is still not over she does not want to hire a domestic helper to take care of her daughter. “I prefer to work from home for a while longer, until my daughter is allowed to go back to school,” she said. Nguyen Ha An, who works in an office in Hoan Kiem District in Hanoi, said she has asked her boss to allow her to continue working from home after social distancing ends in Hanoi. An …

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