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The national football squad’s South Korean chief coach Park Hang Seo has returned to his work after quarantine. The coach faces challenges and great expectations. Although the remaining matches in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers have not yet taken place, the sideline information about the preparation of the opponents may worry the Korean football expert. The first rival of the Vietnamese team will be Malaysia. Their game is scheduled on June 11. Malaysia has recently employed Brazilian-origin striker De Paula. This is the 8th foreign football player nationalized in Malaysia. Meanwhile, members of the Vietnamese team are familiar faces who have been used by coach Park for the last 2-3 football seasons. However, the V-League 2021 will return this month and coach Park will have opportunities to find out new talents. According to Mr. Park, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may be the host of the remaining matches of Group G of the second-round World Cup 2022 qualifiers in Asia. During their first meeting this year, coach Park Hang Seo, his assistants and officials of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) discussed the key tasks of Vietnamese football in 2021. This year, Vietnam aims to win the card of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, and defend the AFF Cup championship, while the U23 team is set to enter the U23 Asian Championships 2022 and the U22 team to defend its championship at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Among these missions, coach Park Hang Seo is particularly interested in the 2022 World Cup qualifying. According to schedule, the Vietnamese team will face Indonesia on June 7, then Malaysia on June 11 and finally the UAE on June 15. Coach Park Hang Seo said: "I am ready to start preparation for it. First is to find out and update information about the Indonesian, Malaysian, and the UAE teams and then information on weather conditions in the UAE, the country that is likely to host the remaining matches of Group G." Park asked …

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Singapore 's Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen (left) and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd A us tin. (Photo: Ng Eng Hen/Facebook) Singapore (VNA) - Singaporean Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen has held phone talks with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, during which they reaffirmed strong bilateral defence ties between the two countries and their desire to further deepen the relations. In his Facebook post on March 3, Ng Eng Hen said that during their phone talks, the two sides discussed security challenges in the region, including the persistent threat of terrorism. The minister said that he looks forward to working closely with Austin to ensure that the region continues to enjoy stability, peace and progress. The phone talks was a meeting of minds, shared perspectives and values on the foundations of stability and progress - the rule of law, peaceful settlement of disputes, multilateral cooperation and mutual benefits, according to the Singaporean minister. Meanwhile, in a statement on March 4, the US Department of Defence said the two ministers reaffirmed their mutual commitment to the US-Singapore bilateral defence relationship. Austin also expressed appreciation for the regional access that Singapore provides to US forces, and both leaders expressed interest in further collaboration on counterterrorism./. VNA …

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The National Economic and Social Development Council  upgrades its export growth forecast to 5.8 percent from 4.2 percent. (Photo: VNA) Bangkok (VNA) – The Thai government has pledged to revitalise tourism, stimulate domestic spending , and spur exports and investment to help economic growth reach its 4-percent target this year, local media reported. Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said the government still maintains an economic growth target of 4 percent this year although various economic forecasting agencies have downgraded their outlook to only 2.7-3 percent growth. The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) recently slashed Thailand's economic growth forecast to 2.8 percent this year, down from 4.5 percent in October 2020, while the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking maintained its economic outlook at 1.5-3.5 percent, despite the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Supattanapong noted three factors, namely exports, domestic tourism and the government's stimulus measures, will help speed up Thailand’s economic growth in the remaining 10 months. The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) in February upgraded its export growth forecast to 5.8 percent from 4.2 percent, despite downgrading its economic growth forecast for this year to 2.5-3.5 percent from 3.5-4.5 percent, mainly because of a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections. Thailand's exports, notably those bound for emerging markets, should be sped up, said Supattanapong, adding that the government also aims to stimulate domestic tourism as fast as possible to generate incomes for the country. Domestic tourism revenue fell substantially to 600 billion baht (19.7 billion USD) in 2020, down from 1 trillion in 2019, because of the pandemic. To boost domestic tourism, the Deputy PM said the Thai government looks set to implement additional stimulus measures to increase activities./. VNA …

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