Tu vi nam 2017

On the 69th Anniversary of Egypt’s National Day  (23rd July Revolution 1952) Egyptian Ambassador to Việt Nam Mahmoud Hassan Nayel writes to Việt Nam News On July 23rd, Egypt commemorates the Revolution of 1952, celebrating its 69th anniversary this year. The revolution, which became the key event that shaped modern political history in Egypt, significantly influenced other countries in different parts of the world. Notably those who were struggling to achieve their independence and take a stand against colonialist and imperialist domination. The first Egyptian republic was established to soon assume a leading role among developing nations. This manifested into Egypt becoming one of the central founding nations of important international movements and regional organisations, including the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), today’s African Union (AU). A few years earlier, the revolutionary leader and late President of Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh visited …

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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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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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Dung stressed the need to stop fishing vessels operating without licences and cruise control devices, strictly punish any violations, and arrange personnel on duty around the clock at Ha Lan, Ninh Co and Day ports until the end of 2021 to promptly detect violations of IUU fishing regulations. According to statistics of the local agricultural sector, as of July 22, only 86.22 percent of the province’s fishing vessels had been equipped with cruise control devices. Since the beginning of this year, border guards have imposed administrative punishments related to fishing at a total fine of VND 247 million (USD 10,750). At the conference held by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, participants pointed to the shortcomings and limitations of the local fishery industry in recent years and made proposals to remove difficulties to make the European Commission soon remove the yellow card warning against Vietnam’s seafood industry. In late 2017, the European Commission …

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Côn Đảo Airport in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province. — Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Transport BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — Côn Đảo Island’s airport in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is expected to be expanded to receive larger aircraft and increase its capacity to two million passengers a year. The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has submitted to the Ministry of Transport a planning adjustment for Côn Đảo Airport by 2030 for approval. The initial planning for the airport’s upgrade and expansion was approved by the Minister of Transport in 2006. The Côn Đảo Airport located in the province’s Côn Đảo Island District was built during the French colonial period. The airport was upgraded in 2003 and put into operation a year later, serving both civil and military flights. In the 2010-16 period, it achieved an average growth of 22.7 per cent annually. Demand for flights to Côn Đảo Island has increased sharply. In recent years, the growth rate of passengers …

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Leading Vietnamese jazz saxophonist Trần Mạnh Tuấn performs at field hospitals no 3 and 6 in Thủ Đức City to pay tribute to frontline workers and encourage people to get well soon. File photo from the artist’s Facebook page Phương Mai HCM CITY — Dozens of musicians and artists of HCM City have given special performances to inspire frontline workers and people staying in concentrated quarantine zones and COVID-19 treatment hospitals. These performance are part of a programme to bring music to people in concentrated quarantine zones and COVID-19 treatment hospitals during the pandemic. It is initiated by MC and songstress Quỳnh Hoa, deputy director of the HCM City Youth Cultural House. The programme has attracted more than 20 singers and artists like Phương Thanh, Nguyễn Phi Hùng, Quốc Đại and Hoàng Bách who have performed favourite songs, and MC Nguyên Khang and Miss Universe Việt Nam 2017 H'Hen Niê. Hoa said that when the artists gave support at Củ Chi field …

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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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