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Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung. (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) - Vietnam bagged 36 gold, 35 silver and 56 bronze medals, ranking third in the tally as of 21:15 on June 6 - the third official competition day of the 12th ASEAN Para Games that is taking place in Cambodia . On June 6, Nguyen Van Hung obtained the two golds for the best weightlifting performance of 155kg and a total weight of 458kg after three successful lifts in the men’s 72kg event. The athletics team also secured an additional five golds on the day thanks to the outstanding performances of Vo Van Tung, Truong Bich Van, and Trinh Cong Luan. In track-and-field , Nguyen Ngoc Hiep and Nguyen Khanh Minh finished first in the men’s 400m T11 and 400m T12 events, respectively, to bring home gold medals. In the afternoon, swimmer Trinh Thi Bich Nhu earned a gold medal in the 200m individual medley SM6 . After the three competition days, Indonesia now ranks first in the medal tally with 92 golds and a total of … [Read more...] about ASEAN Para Games 12: Vietnam ranks third after three competition days

On the morning of November 30 last year, Minh, now 29, received an email from his employers at DoorDash, the largest online food delivery company in the U.S. The company announced that it was letting him go. Just a day earlier, Minh was still the leader of one of the company’s finance management team. When he received the email, Minh had already studied and worked in the finance field in the U.S. for over a decade. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s in data science, is a certified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), as well as a Certified Public Accountant. "Though the layoff wave at that time was staggering many tech firms, I still couldn’t believe my eyes. I was aware of the financial situation of the company [DoorDash], and it was good," Minh said. The next thing he did was call his manager, hoping the letter may have been a mistake. The manager said they were surprised by the news and promised to look into the matter. Ten minutes later, it was … [Read more...] about Vietnamese worker back on feet after US layoff

Vietnamese track-and-field athletes at 12th ASEAN Para Games.(Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) Phnom Penh (VNA) – As of 9:30 pm on June 7, the Vietnamese delegation bagged 58 gold, 49 silver, and 74 bronze medals, ranking third in the medal tally after Indonesia and Thailand at the 12th ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia. Notably, on June 7 alone, swimmers Trinh Thi Bich Nhu brought home three gold medals and Vi Thi Hang, two. From the start of the Games, Vietnamese swimmers have won 25 gold medals and set six new records. A swimming event at 12th ASEAN Para Games (Photo: VNA) Also on the day, Vietnamese track-and-field athletes bagged 10 gold medals. In addition, the chess team also brought home two more golds in the individual and team standard events. The Vietnamese sports delegation to the event consists of 164 members, including 122 athletes, who are competing in eight out of the 13 sports at the tournament, namely track-and-field, swimming, weightlifting, badminton, table … [Read more...] about ASEAN Para Games 12: Vietnam bags 58 gold medals

Illustrative image (Courtesy of AFD in Vietnam) The European Union (EU) and France, through the French Development Agency (AFD), recently offered 20 million EUR (23.6 million USD) in aid to Vietnam to help improve resilience, water and natural resources management . On May 11, Ambassador of the EU to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti and AFD Director in Vietnam Fabrice Richy signed an agreement to enhance cooperation to improve resilience to climate change and natural disasters in Vietnam, moving towards a “green future”. Under the agreement, the EU will provide a non-refundable aid of 20 million EUR for AFD. Via coordination with central and local authorities, AFD will call on the Water and Natural Resources Management (WARM) Facility to prepare and launch projects co-financed by AFD’s loans and Vietnam’s resources during the 2011-2029 period with total estimated capital of 200 million EUR. As planned, the WARM will back the preparation and implementation of more … [Read more...] about EU and France help Vietnam towards a green future

Several enterprises in the northern region of Vietnam have decried repeated power outages after a region-wide electricity cut paralyzed their production activities. A representative of state utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) said that power would be cut in the region by up to 30 percent. According to a representative of an apparel firm active in Viet Hung Industrial Park in Ha Long City under Quang Ninh Province, the firm’s production was in a turmoil due to unstable power supply. Power outages have forced the company to constantly run its own generators, leading to a surge in production costs, the representative said, adding that the firm might halt operations if the blackout continues. “Due to global economic difficulties, we have adopted various measures to secure orders to maintain work for over 1,000 employees, but massive power outages have prompted us to use generators,” said the representative. However, it is hard to lengthen the situation, the representative added. … [Read more...] about Companies in northern Vietnam voice outcry over power cut

According to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV), on June 2, the EU extended the safeguard action towards imported steel on tariff rate quotas (TRQ) for certain steel products for a further year, from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024). TRAV said that Vietnam, along with other countries, was subject to quarterly TRQ for eight product groups, including hot-rolled steel plate, electrical engineering steel plate, galvanised steel plate, organic-coated steel plate, stainless cold-rolled steel plate, large steel pipes, and other steel pipes. Vietnam is precluded from other categories of steel products based on the requirement that a developing nation have a negligible share of the import market of less than 3 per cent. The affected nations may request discussions with the EU between June 5 and 13. If the market share of another group of steel products imported from Vietnam into the EU exceeds 3 per cent, this group will be added to the list of TRQ-applicable products during … [Read more...] about EU extends import restrictions on steel

Clients at a transaction office of BIDV. The bank's shares tumbled nearly 1.5 per cent on Thursday, leading the down trend. — Photo vietnamplus.vn Shares retreated from the morning trade on Thursday, weighed by strong selling activities after the VN-Index surpassed the key psychological level of 1,100 points. The market benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) ended the recent rallies to trade lower at 1,101.32 points, down 8.22 points, or 0.74 per cent. It had gained more than 34 points in the last five days. The breadth of the market switched to the negative zone, with 216 stocks slumping, while 127 ticker symbols finished higher. Liquidity, however, soared to the highest in the last six months. Particularly, the trading value on the southern bourse was nearly VND23.7 trillion (US$1 billion), equivalent to a trading volume of more than 1.3 billion shares. Many stocks in the VN30 basket, which tracks the 30 biggest ticker symbols in market … [Read more...] about Market corrects on profit-taking activities

Nhập A swimming event at ASEAN Para Games 12 in Cambodia. (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) –  Vietnamese swimmers bagged 11 gold medals and set six records on June 7 – the fourth competition day at the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which is taking place in Cambodia. Nhu set two records at the two former events, clocking 41.50 seconds and 1 minute 51.77 seconds respectively. Para Games 12 in the women's 50m freestyle S7 event after clocking 36.46 seconds while her Cambodian runner-up Changtha Thoeun finished at 51.71 seconds. In the morning of June 7, Hang also won a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke SB6 with timing of 1 minute 51.41 seconds. She set two new records of the Games in these events. On the men's 50m freestyle  S6 event, Le Tien Dat won the gold medal when he finished first with 33.29 seconds. Earlier, on the morning, he set a record in the men's 100m breaststroke SB5 event with 1 minute 33.69 seconds, winning a gold medal. Another swimmer, Pham Thanh Dat, broke … [Read more...] about ASEAN Para Games 12: Vietnamese swimmers bag 11 gold medals in June 7