Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam will send its four best athletes to compete for medals at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 in Kazakhstan later this week. It is the first continental tournament in which Vietnamese competitors will participate after three years of the pandemic. All four have performed impressively in recent tournaments, including the 31st SEA Games and the ninth National Sports Games (NSG) in 2022. Multi-time SEA Games winner Nguyen Thi Huyen will compete in the women's 400m event. Huyen successfully defended her 400m and 4x400m titles at the regional sports event in May in Hanoi. Seven months later, her domination continued at the NSG in the capital city, setting her seasonal best of 53.37sec. The SEA Games record breaker Nguyen Thi Oanh will participate in the women's 1,500m and 3,000m events. While the 3,000m steeplechase is usually her preferred event, the 3,000m is held instead in the indoor tournament. Oanh had a … [Read more...] about Four athletes to represent Vietnam at Asian indoor tournament
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Vietnam: the place to innovate with tech
Could you give an update about Antler’s portfolio? Magnus Grimeland It boasts about 680 companies in 25 locations across the world including Brazil, the United States, and Canada. In Europe, we are in most of the big capitals. In Africa, we’re in Nairobi. Asia is obviously a big focus for us with most of the major tech ecosystems in India, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. We’re the world’s second most active early-stage investor now, and back the top 1 per cent of founders. We got 65,000 applicants last year from founders who want to work with us. Antler backs the best of the next generation of great companies, supporting their access to co-founders, supporting business model validation, putting in the first bit of capital with advisors across the globe, helping internationalise, and then we continue to back them. We also have a later stage fund, which enables us to invest directly into later stage companies. I’m incredibly … [Read more...] about Vietnam: the place to innovate with tech
Lao newspaper praises growth of Communist Party of Vietnam
The article wrote that since he was young, witnessing Vietnam being oppressed, poor and hungry, Nguyen Tat Thanh (President Ho Chi Minh) nurtured an aspiration to find a way to save his country and bring independence to the Vietnamese people. After a 30-year journey abroad searching for national salvation with revolutionary activities in 28 countries globally, he always held a strong belief and aspiration for national independence. In 1941, he returned to the country and directly led the Vietnamese revolution. From 1941 to 1945, he led the Vietnamese people through myriad difficulties to the great victory of the August Revolution in 1945. After the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was established, President Ho Chi Minh wished to make the country wealthy, bring freedom, well-being and happiness to the people, it stressed. In his Testament, President Ho Chi Minh expressed his final wish that “the entire Vietnamese Party and people stay united and build a peaceful, unified, … [Read more...] about Lao newspaper praises growth of Communist Party of Vietnam
Taxing housing necessary but challenging: experts
The government plans to enact a new law on real estate taxation in place of the Law on Agricultural Land Use and the Law on Non-Agricultural Land Use, and separating houses and land for tax purposes. There is currently a very low tax on lands and, unusually for any country, none on houses. The Government is on course to submit the bill to the National Assembly for comments in October 2024 and approval in May 2025. Several experts told VnExpress they agree that taxing houses and lands is necessary in the context that the property market is opaque and plagued by speculation, lack of systematization and ineffective management. Le Hoang Chau, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association, said taxing housing and land would help make the real estate market fairer and more transparent. Nguyen Van Duoc, general director of Trong Tin Accounting and Tax Consulting Company, supported an increase in the tax rates on lands but warned it is necessary to safeguard the … [Read more...] about Taxing housing necessary but challenging: experts
Vietnamese circus brothers perform in Milan after setting last world record
Their first destination was the Milan Cathedral, built in 1386, which is the third-biggest church in the world on February 3. The brothers walk around while balancing head-to-dead in formal clothing at the Victor Emmanuel II Monument at the Piazza del Doumo Square. Quoc Co takes a walk with Quoc Nghiep standing on his shoulders at the Giureconsulti Palace. The two pose nonchalantly at Arco della Pace, the city gate of Milan. Performing at Sforzesco Castle. Co holds his brother in the air with one arm on Dante Street. The brothers said they were taking time to relax and visit Milan before returning to Vietnam on Tuesday. On February 2, the two brothers walked the 50-cm wide and 10-m long surface in 1 minute and 55 seconds in Milan to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese circus brothers perform in Milan after setting last world record
PM orders banks to smooth credit flows to property sector
He was cited in a resolution passed at the January meeting of the Cabinet. Real estate accounts for 11% of the country’s GDP and, being closely related to many other industries, creates a large number of jobs. But the sector has recently faced difficulties as credit has been tightened and demand has slumped. Many projects have stalled due to a lack of capital. Recent statistics from the Ministry of Construction show that nearly 40% of real estate businesses went bankrupt last year. In the resolution, the PM also tasked the ministry with coming up measures to mitigate the difficulties and report to him before February 15. Last December the PM had once called on banks to cut costs to be able to reduce loan interest rates and foster economic recovery. He instructed the State Bank of Vietnam to get banks to speed up disbursement of loan subsidies. In January interest rates on loans to the property sector ranged from 4.99% to 13%. … [Read more...] about PM orders banks to smooth credit flows to property sector
Three undersea Internet cables to be repaired from March
Representatives of Vietnam’s Internet service providers on Tuesday said the NOC (Network Operation Center) system of international undersea cables announced that three undersea cables: the APG (Asia Pacific Gateway), the AAG (Asia, America Gateway) and the IA (Intra Asia) are expected to undergo reparation in either mid-March or early April, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The APG would see two segments being prepared, one from March 22 to March 27, and the other from April 5 to April 9. The AAG would be repaired from March 30 to April 4. The IA meanwhile is expected to be repaired in mid-March. Reparation schedule for the AAE-1 cable (Asia-Africa-Euro 1) has yet to be announced. Vietnam is currently connected with seven undersea cables: SMW3, AAG, IA, APG, AAE-1, SJC2 and ADC. The SJC2 and the ADC are yet to be officially operational, while the SMW3 cable is outdated and about to be decommissioned. It means Vietnam has five active undersea cables that connect it to the … [Read more...] about Three undersea Internet cables to be repaired from March
Committed to empowering a brighter future
ASEAN countries like Vietnam are not spared from the impact of climate change. Rapid economic development also means increasing demand for energy and power to meet the pace of growth, which leads to an increase in CO2 emissions. The journey to a cleaner future Takeshi Masuyama, Managing director, regional head of Vietnam, MUFG Bank, Ltd. The Vietnamese government has announced in various international forums its commitment to address environmental issues, and has firmed up its national net-zero target. In addition, the announcement of the Vietnam Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in last December is another milestone and will further rally the private and public sectors towards accelerating the country’s green transition. MUFG is part of the working group convened by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) supporting the JETP initiative for Vietnam. The sustainability mission Since announcing our Carbon Neutrality Declaration in 2021, MUFG … [Read more...] about Committed to empowering a brighter future