Miss Việt Nam H’Hen Niê made it into the top five in the Miss Universe 2018 competition. — Photo toquoc.vn Viet Nam News 1. Beauties shine Vietnamese beauties were honoured in the world. For the first time, Miss Việt Nam H’Hen Niê made it into the top five in the Miss Universe 2018 competition. The top five is the furthest Việt Nam has ever achieved at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Nguyễn Phương Khánh was crowned Miss Earth 2018. She was the first woman from Việt Nam to win the prize since the pageant began in 2001. Nguyễn Hương Giang won at the Miss International Queen held in Thailand at one of the world’s top beauty pageants for transgender women. Việt Nam’s representative, Vương Ngọc Loan, beat 30 other contestants from around the world to take the crown in the final round of Mrs International 2018 held in Singapore. James … [Read more...] about Top 10 culture and tourism events of the year, voted by Việt Nam News
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Martial artist Nam shines for Viet Nam at ASIAD
Viet Nam News Pencak silat was played at the Asian Games (ASIAD) for the first time ever in 2018. Vietnamese martial artist Trần Đình Nam, 26, brought home a gold medal. He met Khalid Mohd Rauzi from Malaysia, who beat Nam in the finals of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games last year, again in the men’s tanding under-75kg final. This time, nothing prevented Nam from taking the gold. Thanh Nga talks to Nam. Inner Sanctum:You have won the Asian Games gold medal. This result helped Việt Nam break the domination of the hosts Indonesia in pencak silat. Việt Nam is also the only country, besides Indonesia, to take a gold medal in pencak silat. Are you still happy with this result? Yes, it is my noble medal so I am really still happy. I had achieved the target of pencak silat as a sport as well as met my goal. Inner Sanctum:Did you have any special tactics to compete withKhalid Mohd Rauzi, who defeated you in the SEA Games last year, in the final of this … [Read more...] about Martial artist Nam shines for Viet Nam at ASIAD
Viet Nam shares recover after sharp global falls
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese shares bounced back on Friday following sharp falls earlier this week that had lowered stocks to attractive prices, triggering investors to bottom-fish. The benchmark VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange gained 2.56 per cent to close at 970.08 points, reversing its loss of 4.84 per cent in the previous session. For the whole week, the VN-Index fell in three out of five sessions. The index dropped 38.31 points or 3.8 per cent this week. The minor HNX Index on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange rose 2.41 per cent to end at 109.76 points after having decreased by 5.79 per cent on Thursday. More than 291.6 million shares were traded on the two local exchanges, worth VNĐ5.9 trillion (US$252 million). The trading figures were down 36 per cent in both volume and value compared to Thursday’s numbers. The market trading condition was positive with 355 gaining stocks against 115 declining, while 276 other stocks were unchanged. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam shares recover after sharp global falls
Hospitality firms see Viet Nam’s potential
Tran Phu Cuong, general director of the International Cooperation Department under the Viet Nam National Administration Tourism, speaks at the Second Annual Global Hotels and Resorts conference, which opened yesterday in HCM City. — VNS Photo Van Chau Viet Nam has emerged as a promising market in the hospitality sector among ASEAN-member countries, especially for luxury hotels and resorts, speakers said at a hotel and resort conference held on Monday in HCM City. Nearly 100 officials representing State agencies, hotel and resort developers, design and architecture firms, and solution providers worldwide are taking part in the Second Annual Global Hotels and Resorts conference. Vanya Tran, general director of Viet Nam Hotel Resort Pro (VHRPRO) and the chair of the meeting, told Viet Nam News on the sidelines of the event that Viet Nam had great potential but lacked the “know-how and professionalism to offer world-class products and services” in the hospitality field. … [Read more...] about Hospitality firms see Viet Nam’s potential
Viet Nam enhances diabetes screening
Doctors advise elderly patients about blood sugar levels and diabetes in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương VyViet Nam News HCM CITY— Việt Nam has instituted many screening programmes for diabetes and pre-diabetes as part of efforts to reduce the rate of undiagnosed diabetics and protect people from cardiometabolic disorders which are intrinsically linked with diabetes and a major cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide, according to experts. Prof Ernesto Maddaloni of University Campus Bio-Medico in Italy cited an estimation by the International Diabetes Federation that in Việt Nam 53.4 per cent of diabetes patients were undiagnosed as of last year. Globally, one in two adults with diabetes is undiagnosed, according to the professor. “Diabetes is a silent disease … [without] any symptoms in the early stages,” he told Việt Nam News on the sidelines of an international conference on “Cardiometabolic disorders … [Read more...] about Viet Nam enhances diabetes screening