Things hoped for

Local residents come to the charity house in Huồi Tráng 1 Village, Bắc Lý Commune, the central province of Nghệ An. —Photo truyenhinhnghean.vn NGHỆ AN — Mong Văn Thành, a seventh-grader of Bắc Lý semi-boarding school for ethnic minorities, browses second-hand books and warm clothes at the charity house in Huồi Tráng 1 Village, Bắc Lý Commune, the central province of Nghệ An. Thành said he arrived at the charity house in the early morning. He said he did not have enough books to study, so he hoped he could find some that he needed and more warm clothes to wear during the cold days. Hundreds of other people from the two communes of Bắc Lý and Mỹ Lý also came to the charity house in recent days to search for necessities. Bắc Lý and Mỹ Lý are poor communes of the province’s Kỳ Sơn District where many ethnic minority people live. The charity house opened on January 10 thanks to the efforts of soldiers of Mỹ Lý Border Guard Station under the provincial Border Guard Command to share difficulties with local poor residents. Major Hoàng Thế Tài, of the border guard station, said the idea to open the charity house came after the station learned that more than 90 per cent of the local population were on the list of poor households. Tài said local people mainly earned a living by farming. The charity house, with the spirit of 'Whoever needs, come to get it; whoever has enough, come to share it' opens between Friday and Sunday every week. A person can take two items for free each time.  The items include books, clothes, rice, noodles, eggs and vegetables, he said. The charity house, covering an area of 100 sq.m, was built by the soldiers over two months, he said. Cụt Văn May, deputy chairman of the People’s Committee of Bắc Lý Commune, said the commune authorities welcomed the meaningful work of the border guard station and supported the soldier's efforts. Major Nguyễn Xuân Sơn, of Mỹ Lý Border Guard Station, who is in charge of running the charity house, …

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Passionate Bình Định FC supporters ahead of their match with Sài Gòn FC earlier this season. Photo laodong.vn Peter Cowan Legendary Celtic manager Jock Stein once said that football without fans is nothing, or something to that effect. Even my Rangers supporting friends would have say he hit the nail on the head with that one and most people the world over would agree that the beautiful game is best served in front of a pair of baying mobs chanting bloody murder at each other. While we’ve all gotten somewhat used to watching matches without a crowd due to the pandemic, even the money men in big-time football who normally couldn’t give a flying you-know-what about the punters are desperate to get the crowds (and their wallets) back in the grounds when it’s safe. Everyone is itching for fans to return, except it seems, the VPF. The organisers of domestic football recently announced that V.League 1 teams would return to action in two short weeks and also released fixture dates up until mid-April. The announcement included the sad but probably sensible news that fans won’t be allowed to attend at least initially due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak, but that’s not what’s got my panties in a bunch. If things keep trending as they have been regarding control of the pandemic here, I reckon it won’t be too long before fans are allowed back onto the terraces. Well, the supporters who can get off work will be able to go watch their team. By my count, more than a whopping 35 per cent of the 54 matches scheduled for the month of action kick-off between 5pm and 6pm on a weekday. To say this is treating the loyal fans of V.League 1 clubs with disregard would be putting it mildly. Football is meant to be a working-class sport and clubs here are by and large supported by working people, so how exactly are they supposed to attend the third of matches that start before the working day even ends? Such kick-off times are tough enough …

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Nguyen Duc Hieu - the winner of the First Prize at the Nationwide Dance Performance Talent competition 2020 Born in Hanoi in 2000, from a young age, Nguyen Duc Hieu soon revealed his qualities of a professional dancer. Before turning to ballet, Nguyen Duc Hieu was known as a talent in the dance sports field with more than 50 domestic and international gold, silver, bronze medals. In 2020, after graduating with a good degree from the Vietnam Academy of Dance, Duc Hieu was admitted to the dance troupe of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB). When he was sent by the VNOB to participate in the Nationwide Dance Performance Talent competition, he won first prize in the category of European classical ballet and modern ballet. Nguyen Duc Hieu shared: “2020 can be considered as the moment to mark many of the best things for myself, even though Covid-19 pandemic has been raging around the world. Hopefully with my dancing, I can bring great stories to the public”. Vu Viet Hoa - Young talented theatre actress Born in 1996, in Yen Bai, Vu Viet Hoa graduated from Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema as a young actress in the Vietnam National Drama Theatre. She made a mark in 2020 with many impressive roles, especially having excelled to win the Gold Medal in the contest for national young theatre actor talent with the role of Phon Y in the play named 'Loi Vu'. For television audiences, Viet Hoa has made a mark in the movies "Nhung Ngay Khong Quen" (Unforgettable days), "Nhung Thien Than Nha S6" (Angels of the S6), "Co Gai Nha Nguoi Ta" (The girl of another family) and most recent movie "Tro Ve Giua Yeu Thuong" (Return between love) . In "Nhung Ngay Khong Quen", the role "Dao" as a hairdresser, who is sister of a teacher named Uyen (played by Phuong Oanh), is a role with depth. The role "Uyen" is tender, meanwhile the role "Dao" is so sharp. However, behind her personality, Dao is still rich in love and kindness. It can be said that the …

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