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With the three victories, Viettel advanced to the knockout round of the tournament while earning 5.14 points for Vietnam in the rankings. With HAGL earlier garnering five points, Vietnam have 10.14 in 2022. Vietnam have scored 26.892 over the last four seasons to surpass Jordan (24.807), Thailand (22.410) and Tajikistan (22.195) and enter the top 10. The contributors are Hanoi FC (14.28 points), Viettel (11.14), Becamex Binh Duong (7.22) and HAGL (5). The nine countries above Vietnam in the AFC club ranking are Malaysia, UAE, Qatar, Hong Kong, Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. Malaysia are first in the Southeast Asian region with 27.875 points. If Viettel go further in the AFC Cup and Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta'zim fail to do so in the knockout round of the AFC Champions League (ACL), Vietnam will go past Malaysia to ninth position. The AFC club ranking at the end of the 2022 season will be the basis for allocating slots to countries in 2024-2025 … [Read more...] about Vietnam enter top 10 of AFC club football rankings

The TIA Wellness Resort on My Khe Beach in Da Nang is an ideal spot for a post-Covid vacation and fortification. The resort has 22 spa treatment rooms, two beauty care rooms, a steam room, a sauna and an outdoor swimming pool. The resort is currently offering two packages for 4 days and 3 nights, which include two intensive care treatments per night, each lasting 80 to 120 minutes. Guests can also join pranayama (breathing exercises), tai chi or yoga classes/sessions guided by personal trainers. The resort has 87 rooms and a night's stay costs from VND5.9 million ($253.32) per person. Also in Da Nang, the Naman Retreat on Truong Sa Street along Non Nuoc beach has 113 villas amidst lush greenery. The resort has private gardens for guests to exercise and join other wellness services to improve their health. … [Read more...] about 4 resorts offer wellness boost in pandemic times

The intensive care unit (ICU) has 22 beds, but is having to serve 29 now. Doctors have had to set up extra beds in the unit. Previously, every patient that experienced second septic shock was immediately be transferred from the general ward to the ICU but now, the unit is only taking patients who have experienced the second septic shock and need to be on a ventilator. In the past three weeks, the number of admissions to the ICU has risen to three times the normal at six-seven cases per day, and doctors have been overwhelmed. Doctors set up equipment to treat a 19-year-old woman transferred Thursday from Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province. Five days before she was admitted Tuesday to the provincial General Hospital, the woman had high fever and muscle pain for five days. She … [Read more...] about HCMC ICU overwhelmed with dengue fever patients

Total visitors to Ho Chi Minh City exceeded 11 million in the first six months of this year, the city’s deputy chairwoman Phan Thi Thang reported at a seminar held in north-central Nghe An Province on Friday afternoon. The figure, including nearly 500,000 international arrivals, represented an increase of 43 percent over the same period last year. The southern metropolis’ total tourism revenue hit nearly VND50 trillion (US$2.14 billion) during the January-June period, up nearly 30 percent year-on-year. “The connection [between Ho Chi Minh City and other localities] has created a resilience of tourism in each province and city, thereby contributing to improving their tourism competitiveness and Vietnam’s on an international scale,” Thang said. Friday’s seminar marked the introduction of the sixth joint tourism development program linking with Ho Chi Minh City after the first five between the southern city and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta, the southeast region, … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City greets over 11 million visitors in first half of 2022

Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang. (Photo: VNA) Answering a reporter's query on Vietnam’s reaction to the live-fire drills conducted by Taiwan on June 28 and 29, Hang said the exercises seriously violated Vietnam’s territorial sovereignty over the Truong Sa archipelago; threatened peace, stability, safety and security of navigation; induced tensions and complicated the situation in the East Sea. She stressed that Vietnam's stance on Taiwan's live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam's Truong Sa archipelago is clear, consistent and affirmed over the past years. Vietnamplus … [Read more...] about Vietnam opposes and demands Taiwan to cancel live-fire drills on Ba Binh island

"It is a serious violation of Vietnam's territorial sovereignty over the Spratly Islands, threatens peace, stability, safety, and maritime security, and escalates tensions and complicates the situation in the South China Sea," Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told the media Saturday. Taiwan announced there would be live-fire drills in Itu Aba, known as Ba Binh in Vietnam, on June 28 and 29, and said vessels should stay away from the area. Hang said Vietnam's stance for years has been that it opposes Taiwan's live-fire exercises in the sea around Ba Ninh and Taiwan should stop its illegal actions. Vietnam has full legal basis and historical evidence to assert its sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel Islands in accordance with international law, she pointed out. … [Read more...] about Vietnam tells Taiwan to desist from live-fire military exercises near Spratlys