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Female footballers in a training session (Photo: VFF) Hanoi (VNA) – Twenty-eight players will be called to prepare for the final round of the 2022 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup in India, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). Head coach Mai Duc Chung said aside from some new faces like Tran Thi Hai Linh and Dao Thi Kieu Oanh, those who have recovered from injuries such as Pham Thi Tuoi and Nguyen Thi Lieu will also be gathered. Most of the ones attending the qualifiers are maintained since Vietnam will face strong rivals in the final round, namely Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Myanmar. The squad are still being rejuvenated, but this time’s task needs footballers experienced in playing at international tourneys, Chung noted. The women’s national football team will have their first training session at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi on November 28. VFF Secretary-General Le Hoai Anh said the federation is …

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According to the regulations, the V. League champion will directly qualify for the ACL group stage. However, V. League 2021 was canceled without a champion. Vietnam Football Federation proposed HAGL be made eligible for ACL since the club led the table when the league got canceled, and it was approved by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This is HAGL's return to ACL after 17 years. The club's head coach Kiatisuk Senamuang used to play for HAGL in ACL at the time, but the club got eliminated during the group stage. "It's coming home," Kiatisuk wrote on his Facebook page after receiving the news. HAGL have prepared two different jerseys for ACL. The club also plan to renovate their home stadium Pleiku for the tournament. The ACL group stage is set to take place from April 15 to May 26, 2022. …

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Demand for industrial, logistics estates at core of enquiries next year: Savills Demand for industrial and logistics estates in addition to ready-built factories and warehouses will continue to be the core of enquiries next year, according to an expert from property consultancy Savills Vietnam. “However, in terms of new trends, data centres and cold storage facilities are in demand and have gained traction in 2020 and 2021,” John Campbell, manager of Industrial Services at Savills Vietnam told the Vietnam Investment Review. “Next year, we expect this to continue, as Vietnam is now on the radar for hyperscale facilities.” Low-value industries are beginning to set up elsewhere in Southeast Asia as Vietnam no longer offers the same incentives, he said, adding that these industries such as textiles and furniture struggle to source affordable labour and land in Vietnam. However, foreign and high value-added investors remain bullish on Vietnam’s long-term growth, …

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During the working session, Ngoc highly valued the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on legal and judicial cooperation (MOU) in 2018 between the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP), and thanked the FDJP for its practical implementation of this MoU. He said that apart from international justice, the two ministries should expand cooperation to other areas within their functions and tasks such as civil status, nationality, international adoption, especially Switzerland's acceptance of Vietnam's accession to the Hague Convention on Taking of Evidence. Ngoc suggested the Swiss side continue to support Vietnam in studying the experience of joining and implementing the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; implementing the U.N. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958, and experience in formulating and implementing international judicial laws, …

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Nhi and another boxer, Sam Minh Phat, had been registered by Can Tho for the national championship 2021, to take place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6 in the northern Bac Ninh Province. However, HCMC opposed the move. Both boxers used to compete for HCMC before asking to leave in July. HCMC accepted their request, but asked the athletes to not compete for another team this year without HCMC approval. VBF had subsequently ordered Can Tho to withdraw their registration for the tournament. But Nhi told VnExpress that after working things out, HCMC has withdrawn its complaint against Can Tho. "Therefore, Vietnam Boxing Federation (VBF) has accepted my registration for the tournament." "I'm in Bac Ninh now, well prepared and ready to give my best for Can Tho," she said. Nhi is worried because her eye still hurts after the WBO belt fight with Japan boxer Etsuko Tada. "After the national championship, I will prepare for SEA Games, Asian Games and defend my belt. These are my most …

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Benfica's Primeira Liga match at Belenenses on Saturday was abandoned amid extraordinary scenes after their COVID-19-hit opponents were forced to name a team of nine players - including two goalkeepers. Benfica took advantage of their numerical superiority to rack up seven goals by halftime before Belenenses returned with only seven players for the second period. The match was then called off two minutes after the break when Joao Monteiro, a goalkeeper playing in midfield, sat down on the down unable to continue, forcing the referee to abandon the game which requires a minimum of seven players. Following a positive COVID-19 test in the squad earlier in the week, a total of 17 cases were reported among Belenenses players and staff, the club's president Rui Pedro Soares told a news conference on Saturday before the match. The Belenenses players shared a message on social media before the game that said: "Football only has heart if it is competitive. Football only has heart if it …

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On the September 3 flight that brought the Vietnamese football team home from the Saudi capital Riyadh, there were also women domestic workers who had been stuck for months in a deportation center. One of them was Lang Thi Thu, an ethnic Thai from Con Cuong, Nghe An Province. Thu had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2017 on a two-year contract. However, after the contract expired, she continued to work for her employer to earn enough money to build a house for her family. During her six years as a domestic worker, she had no days off and had to work from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thu says: "I asked my employer to let me go home, I wanted a break to go home since my limbs had become numb; I could not feel them any more." But after many unsuccessful requests, she decided to run away and complain to the police. However, under the abusive Kafala sponsorship system that governs migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, people like Thu do not have the right to quit or change jobs, except in certain special …

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On the September 3 flight that brought the Vietnamese football team home from the Saudi capital Riyadh, there were also women domestic workers who had been stuck for months in a deportation center. One of them was Lang Thi Thu from Con Cuong, Nghe An Province. Thu had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2017 on a two-year contract. However, after the contract expired, she continued to work for her employer to earn enough money to build a house for her family. During her six years as a domestic worker, she had no days off and had to work from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thu says: "I asked my employer to let me go home, I wanted a break to go home since my limbs had become numb; I could not feel them any more." But after many unsuccessful requests, she decided to run away and complain to the police. However, under the abusive Kafala sponsorship system that governs migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, people like Thu do not have the right to quit or change jobs, except in certain special cases, or even …

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