As many as 277 badminton players from 23 countries and territories will take part in the Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open, to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from August 22-28. The field will compete in five events including men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The host country’s team consists of 25 male and 17 female players. Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh is seeded No.1 in the men’s singles event and will meet world No.203 Shesar Hiren Rhustavio from Indonesia in the first round. Minh’s supporters will have high hopes for him reaching the final, where he could face his Japanese rival Sho Sasaki, who defeated him in the final of the US Open Grand Prix Gold. … [Read more...] about Minh seeded No.1 in Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open
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Chapter 7: Leave something in the classroom before you go home – Part 1
Following is part 1 of chapter 7 "Trước khi đi học về hãy để quên một cái gì đó" (Leave something in the classroom before you go home) from the children novel "Open the window, eyes closed" by Nguyen Ngoc Thuan presented in both English and Vietnamese only published on Tuoitrenews: The English translation is provided by Tre publishing house. We hope you would have an enjoyable experience reading this lovely piece of writing. The other day something happened that puzzled all of us in my class. Nobody noticed it at first, but then it became obvious – Tí was arriving in the classroom very early. This was especially weird because he was never a particularly hard-working student. And yet he wasn’t even calling round for me to go with him to school any more. This repeated itself a couple of times and I decided I would get up early and follow him and see what was going on. What was he up to? I didn’t know yet. All I knew was that he was heading for school much … [Read more...] about Chapter 7: Leave something in the classroom before you go home – Part 1
Chapter 5: Open the window, eyes closed – Part 1
Following is part 1 of chapter 5 "Vừa nhắm mắt vừa mở cửa sổ" (Open the window , eyes closed) from the children novel "Open the window, eyes closed" by Nguyen Ngoc Thuan presented in both English and Vietnamese only published on Tuoitrenews: The English translation is provided by Tre publishing house. We hope you would have an enjoyable experience reading this lovely piece of writing. Remember to frequently visit Tuoitrenews to follow the next chapters. My family had a very large garden. Dad grew a lot of flowers. When he was home from the fields in the afternoon, Dad would take me to the garden to help him with the watering. He’d made me a small watering can out of a used paint pot, which I found very handy. He even made a shower head from another tin can. Dad would tell me to close my eyes before he placed my hands on every flower. Then he’d ask, “What flower is this?” I used to give the wrong answer. But Dad said it was OK, little by little I would get … [Read more...] about Chapter 5: Open the window, eyes closed – Part 1
$1.38bil. used in new-style rural area building
About 31.4 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) was used in building new-style rural areas in 2017, heard a conference held by the Central Coordination Office on New Rural Development on January 8. About 31.4 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) was used in building new-style rural areas in 2017. As a result, 2,884 communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were recognised as new-style rural areas, surpassing the target of at least 31 percent.Of the total, 326 communes have met the new national criteria on new rural communes during 2016-2020.Besides, 43 district-level units in 24 centrally-run cities and provinces have been certified as new rural areas, up 13 districts compared with the end of 2016 and exceeding the target of 38.The General Statistics Office revealed that as of the end of 2016, 99.4 percent of communes nationwide have auto-accessible roads to commune centres. All communes and 97.8 percent of villages are connected with the national power grid. Meanwhile, 99.7 … [Read more...] about $1.38bil. used in new-style rural area building
Vietnam to raise minimum salary on May 1
>> Vietnam raises minimum salary requirements for labourers>> Minimum salary rises not a bother for foreign businessesPrime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to raise minimum wage for state employees to VND830,000 (USD39.67).The salary hike will benefit state officials, labourers of state-owned enterprises, together with those who work for state military and politic agencies.Together with the increase in the minimum salary, allowances will also be recalculated in early May. The PM allowed raising allowances for social insurance buyers by 13.7% for an employee with six dependents. The same increase will be applied to pensions from May 1.Part of funding for the salary hike will come from state budget while local budgets will contribute the rest.In the past, salary increases, or even rumours of them, have resulted in the increase in prices of goods, diminishing the actual pay raise.After the increase in petroleum prices on March 29, prices of a wide range of staples … [Read more...] about Vietnam to raise minimum salary on May 1