Top female Vietnamese swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên. — Photo plo.vn HÀ NỘI — The top female Vietnamese swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên failed to advance from the qualifying round of the 200 metre individual medley at the ongoing 18th FINA World Championship in South Korea on Sunday. Viên finished with a time of 2:17.79 to rank 26th out of 36 swimmers. This result left her 10.77 seconds behind Hungarian Katina Hosszu in first place. Viên’s performance during the event this year was also slower than her personal best which she achieved at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, in which she beat two Chinese rivals to gain the gold medal with a time of 2:09.78. In the 400m freestyle, Viên also failed to reach the semi-finals after ranking 19th out of 43 swimmers with a time of 4:13.35. Viên, who was born in the southern province of Cần Thơ, has won a total … [Read more...] about Viên fails to advance at World Swimming Champs
Trophy of world cup 2018
Pele’s last Brazil jersey sells for 30,000 euros in Italy
The last Brazil jersey won by football legend Pele sold at the Bolaffi auction house in Turin AFP/Marco BERTORELLO The three-time World Cup winner wore the jersey in a friendly against Yugoslavia at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in July 1971, the last time he played for Brazil. Pele, 79, regarded as among the greatest footballers of all-time, scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 appearances. The shirt was the highlight of objects which went under the hammer at the Bolaffi auction house in Turin on Thursday. Other sporting memorabilia included the yellow jersey won by Italian cycling star Fausto Coppi on his way to victory in the 1952 Tour de France, which sold for 25,000 euros. A rare blue Juventus jersey worn by Italian defender Luciano Spinosi in the final of the 1971 UEFA Cup sold for 9,400 euros. Another shirt worn by Argentina legend Diego Maradona during his time playing for Napoli in the 1989-90 season sold for 7,500 euros. A bat used by US basketball great Michael … [Read more...] about Pele’s last Brazil jersey sells for 30,000 euros in Italy
$14 million invested in start-ups at Techfest
Multi Glass was the winner of Techfest's start-up contest this year. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết QUẢNG NINH — Around US$14 million in investment was pledged during the national innovative start-up day, Techfest 2019, in Hạ Long City, Quảng Ninh Province. A series of seminars were organised by 12 technology villages during the three-day event, attracting 250 foreign investors and experts, and nearly 300 start-ups. The first prize in the National Innovation Talent Contest for Start-ups was awarded to MultiGlass, a start-up providing smart technology to help people with disabilities use computers. The smart communication device combines iris recognition technology and Artificial Intelligence. MultiGlass will represent Việt Nam at the Start-up World Cup 2020 in San Francisco, US. At the Techfest closing ceremony on Friday, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Trần Văn Tùng said the … [Read more...] about $14 million invested in start-ups at Techfest
New Report Shows Use of Modern Contraception on the Rise in Nepal
Over 1.2 Million Unintended Pregnancies and Over 480,000 Unsafe Abortions Prevented Since July 2017KIGALI, RWANDA - Media OutReach - 13 November 2018 - A groundbreaking international report shows the use of modern contraception on the rise in Nepal, preventing over 1.2 million unintended pregnancies and 489,000 unsafe abortions between July 2017 and July 2018. The report shows Nepal is on track to achieve its goals for modern contraception use by 2020, as the Government boosts spending on family planning. However, over one quarter of married women aged 15-49 in Nepal still have unmet need for modern contraception. Beyond Nepal, the report shows more women and girls than ever before are making the voluntary choice to use contraception in the world's 69 lowest-income countries. The report entitled FP2020: Catalyzing Collaboration has been produced by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) - a global partnership that supports the rights of women and girls to freely decide … [Read more...] about New Report Shows Use of Modern Contraception on the Rise in Nepal
OPEC agrees oil output cuts after much ‘brain squeezing’
Crude prices rallied after Iraq's oil minister said OPEC and other top producers could consider File photo of a crude oil pipeline. (Photo: AFP/DAVID MCNEW) Friday's so-called OPEC+ meeting included Russia, the world's second-largest oil producer and not a member of the cartel. It ended with a deal for a cut effective as of Jan 1 which sets an output target 1.7 million barrels per day lower than October 2018 levels, with Saudi Arabia and Russia making almost half the additional reductions between them. In a surprise move, the bloc also announced that several participating countries, "mainly Saudi Arabia", would make additional voluntary cuts bringing the overall cut to more than 2.1 million barrels per day. World oil prices surged in response, with US benchmark WTI and its European counterpart Brent both rising two percent in an initial reaction before settling down at levels around 1.3 per cent higher on the day in the late European afternoon. On Thursday, a meeting of OPEC … [Read more...] about OPEC agrees oil output cuts after much ‘brain squeezing’
