Participating teams at the event (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – The first sports event of the Vietnamese People’s Association in the Republic of Korea was held at Osan city’s stadium on May 6. Through the event, the organising board hoped that the Vietnamese community will get closer and continue supporting each other in the host country. The event was expected to help local authorities and people understand more about the solidarity and friendship of Vietnamese people. According to the association, there are about 170,000 Vietnamese people living and working in the country. The number is forecast to increase sharply in the time ahead. Over the past years, the association has organised a lot of social, cultural and sport activities to connect the community.-VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnamese People’s Association in RoK holds first sports event
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A sports enthusiast’s love affair with Hà Nội
Viet Nam News By Thanh Nga I met Britisher David Lloyd by chance during a mountain marathon in Sa Pa in Lào Cai Province last year where he was the race director. I was surprised to learn that besides his love for sport, the tall, thin and brisk man was also a cyclist, travel journalist, photographer and writer. I have had the chance to meet him again in Hà Nội. I got to know that he has been living in Việt Nam for seven years and has fallen in love with the country. “I moved here with my wife in 2011. At that time, we had planned to stay for perhaps a year, but we both soon fell for this country. It was my wife’s idea to come here; she had visited before and was confident that we would both enjoy living here. It’s fair to say seven years later that she was right,” says Lloyd, director of sports for Topas Travel, a Danish and Vietnamese travel company that organises unique sports events in Việt Nam, … [Read more...] about A sports enthusiast’s love affair with Hà Nội
Referee’s death raises concerns in sport sector
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Sports people are normally extremely healthy, yet death can still come for them at any moment, despite warnings and preventive measures, experts warn. The recent death of a Vietnamese football assistant referee, Dương Ngọc Tân, has raised an alarm for all people, from amateurs to and professional sportspeople and sport management officials, according to Dr Nguyễn Văn Phú, Vice Chairman of the Việt Nam Football Federation and Deputy Director of the Việt Nam Sports Hospital. The referee passed away last weekend days after he collapsed following a fitness test organised by Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) to select referees for the second tier of the national football league. Phú told Việt Nam News that the incident was a tragedy for not only Vietnamese football but also the whole sport sector. Having worked as an international medical expert for the Asia Football … [Read more...] about Referee’s death raises concerns in sport sector
HCMC speeds up construction of Rach Chiec sports complex
The city’s government has also asked the People’s Committee of district 2 to delegate the project construction investment management board of the district to finish site clearance and compensation payment for the affected households for the sport complex project soon. The city’s authorities has conducted the Department of Investment and Planning to coordinate with relevant departments to call on investors into deployment, and operating and investing works in the complex. The Rach Chiec Sports Complex following the international modern standard will be built in district 2 of Ho Chi Minh City. The construction covers over 180 hectares of land with total investment capital of VND 34,000 billion, aiming to serve sport and culture activities of the city and the country, contributing to boost the city's economic, society and culture development . it can be called the two-decade project because it has been launched since 1994 but just approved until now. Rach Chiec … [Read more...] about HCMC speeds up construction of Rach Chiec sports complex
Sport festival raises public awareness of autism
The activity was held as part of the third Vietnam Autism Awareness Day held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in collaboration with the Vietnam Autism Network (VAN), the Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population and the Rubic Collaborative voluntary organisation. VAN President Hoang Ngoc Bich said that the event aimed to raise public awareness of autism and campaign more efforts to integrate autistic children into the society. Also, it served as a venue to share information on how to take care of autistic children as well as call for more public’s interest in autistic kids, she added. According to Deputy Director General of the Department of Social Assistance under the MoLISA To Duc, as the number of autistic children is increasing in cities and it has become a pressing issue, the MoLISA will work to complete legal documents on people with disabilities, focusing on establishing standards to examine, evaluate and identify autistic … [Read more...] about Sport festival raises public awareness of autism