Ambassador Le Quy Quynh (centre, L) presents a flower basket to representatives of the Lao Embassy (Photo: VNA) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) –Ambassador Le Quy Quynh led a delegation of the embassy and representative agencies of Vietnam in Malaysia to visit the Lao Embassy in the country on November 30 to congratulate Laos on its 43rd National Day (December 2, 1975 - 2018). At the meeting, Quynh sent his best wishes to the Lao Party, State and people on the occasion. He said over the past 43 years, under the sound leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, Laos has attained significant achievements in all spheres, particularly in 2018 when it kept stable politics-security and socio-economic growth despite difficulties caused by natural disasters. For his part, Lao Ambassador to Malaysia Houmdaophone Soukhaseum thanked the Vietnamese Party, Stat and people for their support given to his country in the past struggle for independence as well as today development. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia congratulates Laos on National Day
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Football: Vietnam in No 3 seed group of ASIAD
Vietnam Olympic team. (Photo: thethaovietnam.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnam Olympic football team are in the No 3 seed group to prepare for the draw of the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD), the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced. Joining Vietnam in the No 3 group are Malaysia, Laos, Jordan, Yemen, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Hong Kong. The No 1 seeded group consists of Indonesia, Japan, Syria, the Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. The No 2 seed group includes China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan and Thailand. Nepal, India, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Tajikistan, Singapore, Myanmar and Palestine are in group four. As planned, Vietnam will convene on July 22 to prepare for the event, which will be held in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2. The team will train at the PVF Centre in Hanoi and play three friendly matches to hone their skills. They will meet … [Read more...] about Football: Vietnam in No 3 seed group of ASIAD
Vietnamese businesses to explore opportunities in Malaysia
HCM City (VNA) - Many Vietnamese firms are set to participate in the 2018 Selangor International Business Summit (SIBS) in Malaysia to exchange information and seek business opportunities, a meeting heard in Ho Chi Minh City on April 16. To be held from September 6 to 16 at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur, it will feature three main events – the 2018 Selangor International Expo, the 2018 Selangor-ASEAN Business Conference, and the 2018 Selangor Smart City and Digital Economy Convention. Dato’ Hasan Azhari Haji Idris, CEO of Invest Selangor Berhad, the event’s organiser, said amid the current global economic situation it was imperative for ASEAN members to operate as a united community and support each other. As the gateway to ASEAN, Selangor would act as a centre point that hosts and connects a rich network of trade industry players globally by leveraging a solid platform like SIBS, he said. Sofian Akmal Abd. Karim, the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese businesses to explore opportunities in Malaysia
Vietnamese in Malaysia donate to send body of Tran Thi Mai home
Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur (Source: AFP/VNA) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy and expatriate community in Malaysia have raised enough funds to send the body of suicide victim Tran Thi Mai to Vietnam. Mai cut herself using a knife at the waiting room of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia on April 2. She died of blood loss the same day. Before the incident, Mai, born in 1981 in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, came to the embassy with a man to apply for a travel permit to return home. The two argued at the embassy’s gate just before the woman entered the waiting room. The man was said to have been violent with Mai. Early reports showed he was a Vietnamese middleman, hired to assist Mai to travel to Malaysia. The embassy is working with Malaysian police to investigate the case.-VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Malaysia donate to send body of Tran Thi Mai home
Vietnamese woman stabs herself to death at embassy in Malaysia
By Vu Minh  April 4, 2018 | 10:51 am GMT+7 The Vietnamese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo courtesy of the embassy The embassy will be working with local authorities to clarify the cause of the incident. A Vietnamese woman stabbed herself to death at the Vietnam embassy in Malaysia on Monday morning, an official statement said. Tran Thi Mai, 37, is believed to have gone to the embassy to apply for a travel permit so that she could return home. However, in the waiting room, she appeared agitated, and started screaming and kicking tables before pulling a knife from her bag and stabbing herself, Vietnam's foreign ministry said. Guards and officials at the embassy were unable to stop her. Mai was taken to hospital immediately but by that point she had lost too much blood. Police in Malaysia have examined the scene and interviewed witnesses, and Vietnam’s embassy has provided them with camera footage for their investigation. The embassy will … [Read more...] about Vietnamese woman stabs herself to death at embassy in Malaysia