Tu vi nam 2015

Olympics Boxer Nguyễn Văn Đương (left) practises with teammate Nguyễn Thị Tâm in Tokyo. Đương will compete in the men's 57 kg category. — Photo courtesy of Việt Nam Olympics Team Thanh Hà & Bảo Hoa HÀ NỘI — It is time to show off, raise our voices and show that Việt Nam packs a mean punch when it comes to boxing. Vietnamese boxer Nguyễn Văn Đương plans to give it his all for his Olympic debut in Tokyo. Đương brought an Olympic slot home after 32 years of waiting, with a successful bronze medal from a qualification tournament last March. "I’m feeling very hopeful and excited. I’m looking forward to the day I get to compete," Đương told Việt Nam News via Zoom. "I feel pretty good about what I have prepared for the games up to this moment. I can harness more than 100 per cent of my strength." It will be the first and biggest tournament in the career of the 25-year-old whose best achievement is a silver medal from the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. …

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A package to be delivered by Tiki.vn, a popular online retail platform in Việt Nam. — Photo baodautu.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will emerge as the third largest start-up ecosystem in Southeast Asia next year, according to “The Southeast Asia Ecosystem 2.0”, a new report by venture capital (VC) firm Golden Gate Ventures. “It has already solidified its growing prominence, and we expect to see stronger signs of SEA-focused VC funds putting more effort into early stage investments in Việt Nam,” said the report. In 2022, the number of SEA-focused VC funds will put more effort into early stage investments in the country, and it will continue to grow in the next 10 years. These five industries in Việt Nam, which are expected to grow, include e-commerce, financial services, online media, online travel and food & transport. More start-ups in Southeast Asia are expected to go public, with the annual number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the region expected to cross 300 …

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Olympics Nguyễn Thùy Linh takes Việt Nam's first win at the Olympics after her 2-0 victory in the women's singles badminton event on July 24. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Olympic Team has made a brilliant start at the Tokyo Games, pocketing two wins in badminton and taekwondo this morning, the first official day of competition. Badminton hopeful Nguyễn Thùy Linh took part in her first Olympics but was unsettled at the prospect of being in the same group as world No 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei. However, Linh, 23, was superb on the court with a win 21-11, 21-11 over  Qi Xuefei of France in the Group P opener that lasted 34 minutes. The win will give her a much-needed confidence boost moving in the next match against Tai who is seeded No 2. "I am over the moon because I have not played for a long time. This victory is worth all that I have done to prepare for the tournament," said Linh. "My coach and I researched her carefully and knew her weaknesses. …

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Scientists from the Institute of Oceanography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have completed a collection of more than 20,000 specimens of sea creatures, with many new creatures discovered for the first time in Vietnamese waters or entirely new species. Bamboo coral, collected around the Song Tử Tây Islands of the Spratly Archipelago, are on display at the Institute of Oceanography. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Oceanography This is the result of the national Project on Building a National Collection of Natural Creature Specimens. Deputy Director of the Institute of Oceanography Hoàng Xuân Bền, who is responsible for directing the project, said that this is a large-scale and long-lasting piece of research. The project aims to obtain a set of specimens of about 50 per cent of all marine species in the southern region for display and research that meet the standards of the Vietnam National Museum of Nature, and contribute to completing …

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The Temple of Literature Complex is the place that witnessed and retained the development of Dai Viet ’s education, and a historical and cultural relic that promotes the country’s cultural values to international friends. During the Ly Dynasty, especially from the King Ly Nhan Tong onward, recognising the significance of education to the nation, the court decided to build Quoc Tu Giam (the first national university of Viet Nam), carrying out exams to choose the talented, which opened a milestone for the nation’s Confucian education. Of note, in February of the 4th year of Thai Ninh era (1075) under the reign of King Ly Nhan Tong, the court held the “Minh kinh bac hoc” exam to look for well-educated people to be appointed as the court’s officials. This is the ever first exam in Viet Nam history. Over hundreds of years of development, the education system, despite ups and downs, has successfully carried out the mission passed down by the ancestors, to foster the nation’s …

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A package to be delivered by Tiki.vn, a popular online retail platform in Viet Nam. — Photo baodautu.vn Viet Nam will emerge as the third largest start-up ecosystem in Southeast Asia next year, according to “The Southeast Asia Ecosystem 2.0”, a new report by venture capital (VC) firm Golden Gate Ventures. “It has already solidified its growing prominence, and we expect to see stronger signs of SEA-focused VC funds putting more effort into early stage investments in Viet Nam,” said the report. In 2022, the number of SEA-focused VC funds will put more effort into early stage investments in the country, and it will continue to grow in the next 10 years. These five industries in Viet Nam, which are expected to grow, include e-commerce, financial services, online media, online travel and food & transport. More start-ups in Southeast Asia are expected to go public, with the annual number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the region expected to cross 300 by 2030, said the …

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A production line at Tien Hung Garment and Textile JSC in the northern province of Hung Yen. Apparel is one of the products that can be successfully exported to Africa. — VNA/VNS Photo Pham Kien There remains room for Vietnamese exports to the African market, experts said at a virtual workshop on Viet Nam-Africa trade promotion held by the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Le Hoang Tai, deputy head of the agency, said Viet Nam has established trade relations with all 54 African nations whose population amounted to some 1.3 billion. Bilateral trade between Viet Nam and Africa has grown positively over the past year, hitting US$6.7 billion in 2020, he added. Nguyen Minh Phuong from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department said Viet Nam has recorded a trade surplus to this regional market. She noted South Africa is Viet Nam’s main export market with a turnover of $681 million last year, followed by Egypt, …

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Apartment buildings in Hoang Mai District, Ha Noi. Mid-end apartments remained the most popular products offering to the Ha Noi market in the second quarter of this year.— VNS Photo Doan Tung The domestic property market has continued to show steady increases in the second quarter of this year. This, according to the Ministry of Construction, is because of a lack of new supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry said in the second quarter, housing prices in Ha Noi and HCM City continued to increase by 2-7 per cent quarter on quarter due to the low new supply, while many localities saw a slight rise of 3 per cent. House prices in Hai Phong, Binh Duong and Dong Nai increased by 5-9 per cent quarter on quarter. Rental prices for serviced apartments and offices continued to fall at a rate of between 1-3 per cent. In some big cities, rental prices for retail space decreased by 10-30 per cent quarter on quarter. Regarding the land plot segment, the ministry said that at …

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Ph.D Vu Thanh Tu Anh from the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management under Fulbright University Vietnam The group has eight members, including its head, Ph.D Vu Thanh Tu Anh from the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management under Fulbright University Vietnam and deputy head, Ph.D Truong Minh Huy Vu from Information Technology Park (ITP) under Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM). The remaining members area Assoc. Prof., Ph.D Tran Hoang Hai, Principal of the HCMC University of Law; Assoc. Prof., Ph.D Hoang Cong Gia Khanh from the University of Economics under Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM); Ph.D Nguyen Ngoc Nha Nam from the Integrated Telecommunication Technology Company Limited (VNIT) and ITP under VNU-HCM; Assoc. Prof., Ph.D Pham Duy Nghia and Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh from the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management under Fulbright University Vietnam; and Assoc. Prof., Ph.D Do Van Dung from HCMC University of …

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Trần Văn Nam, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Bình Dươnng Province. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Police has launched legal action against Trần Văn Nam, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Bình Dương Province, over allegations of wrongdoings. Nam is accused of “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, which causes loss and wastefulness” under Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code. He is alleged to be linked with the case at the Bình Dương Producing and Trading Corporation. This case is currently under the investigation of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption. Earlier this month, the Party Central Committee decided to dismiss Nam, who was then member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and head of the 14th National Assembly deputies’ delegation of Bình Dương, from all of …

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