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Vietnamese taekwondo martial artist Chau Tuyet Van (centre) (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Vietnamese taekwondo martial artist Chau Tuyet Van along with nine other prominent athletes and sports officials in ASEAN have been appointed as ASEAN Women in Sports Ambassadors . This initiative is part of the Japan-funded ASEAN #WeScore Campaign. The ambassadors will use their influence to promote gender equality and women empowerment through sports, across the region and spread encouraging messages to the ASEAN Community. Together with Van, other ambassadors are Princess ‘Azemah Ni’matul Bolkiah (polo athlete) of Brunei, Sokha Pov (traditional martial arts athlete) of Cambodia, Leani Ratri Oktila (para-badminton athlete) of Indonesia, and Soulamphone Kerdla (head coach of Lao national swimming team). Malaysian gymnast Farah Ann Abdul Hadi, Myanmar taekwondo athlete and referee Soe Soe Myar, Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, Singaporean fencer Amita Berthier, and Thai … [Read more...] about Vietnamese taekwondo athlete appointed among ASEAN Women in Sports Ambassadors

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has appointed ten prominent athletes and sports officials as Ambassadors of ASEAN Women in Sports. This initiative is part of the Japan-funded ASEAN WeScore Campaign. The ten appointed ASEAN Women in Sports Ambassadors (Photo: asean.org) The ambassadors will use their influence to promote gender equality and women empowerment through sports across the region and spread encouraging messages to the ASEAN Community. The ten appointed ASEAN Women in Sports Ambassadors are HRH Princess ‘Azemah Ni’matul Bolkiah (polo athlete from Brunei Darussalam), Sokha Pov (traditional martial arts athlete from Cambodia), Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesian para-badminton athlete), Soulamphone Kerdla (head coach of Lao PDR’s national swimming team), Farah Ann Abdul Hadi (Malaysian gymnast), Soe Soe Myar (Myanmar taekwondo athlete and referee), Hidilyn Diaz (Filipino weightlifter), Amita Berthier (Singaporean fencer), Panikpak Wongpattanakit … [Read more...] about ASEAN appoints ten sports ambassadors to promote gender equality

Vietnam to actively contribute to Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Photo: Getty Images) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will make positive contributions to the successful organisation of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022, said Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN). The Vietnamese diplomat made the affirmation during a meeting of the UN General Assembly on December 2 where the General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled “Sport for development and peace:  Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”. She emphasised the importance of sport, expressing her belief that sport can create positive social changes, thus contributing to peace and development. The Olympics is the most important global sporting event that helps promote peace and development, the diplomat said, adding that the Olympic spirit is the common aspiration of the people around the world for friendship, peace … [Read more...] about Vietnam to actively contribute to Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games: diplomat

According to the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the program, themed “Vietnam - Thailand Gala Night: 45-year Friendship,” will be jointly held by the Hanoi Opera House, Vietnam’s relevant units and Thai Embassy in Vietnam. Through artistic performances, audiences will learn more about special cultural features of Vietnam and Thailand as well as the fine bilateral friendship and cooperation. The program is expected to contribute to strengthening the Vietnam - Thailand strategic partnership. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested  that  the programs feature the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand as well as cultural specialties of the two countries. While preparing and organizing the event, Hanoi Opera House should seriously implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures, including providing rapid COVID-19 tests for members of the organizing panel, participating artists and audience. Translated by Tran Hoai … [Read more...] about Artistic program to highlight Vietnam – Thailand relations

The Complex of Hue Monuments received recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision approving a programme on the digitalisation of Vietnam’s cultural heritage in the 2021-30 period. The programme aims to build a national database system on cultural heritage on a consistent digital platform , which serves the archive, management, research, conservation and introduction of heritage, thereby fostering sustainable tourism development . It is also to step up digital transformation and integration of national digital data on cultural heritage. The programme has set a target to digitalise all tangible, intangible and documentary heritage items recognised by UNESCO; together with national special relic sites and national treasures. People working in the sector will receive training on digital transformation skills. To realise the set targets, the programme will strive to complete … [Read more...] about Vietnam steps up digitalisation of cultural heritage

Photo for illustration PANO – The Command of Army Corps 4 and the Ho Chi Minh Music Association recently organized a program to introduce 19 musical compositions on the revolutionary war and armed forces of Cuu Long Corps, under Army Corps 4, on the 68 th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army. These works are the result of a music composing movement on the revolutionary war and armed forces launched by the Command of Army Corps 4 and the Ho Chi Minh Music Association in June, with the participation of 16 musicians from the Association. The compositions were appreciated by experts, cadres, troops and audiences for their impressive content and artistic value, and their authors were also presented with certificates of merit by the Command of Army Corps. Translated by Tran Hoai … [Read more...] about Musical compositions on Vietnam’s revolutionary resistance war and armed forces introduced