80th senior national table tennis championship

During the five-day event, more than 1,000 athletes from 15 sport delegations from the corps’ regiments, brigades, divisions, schools, and agencies will compete in 20 events of 11 sport games. These competitions include strong soldiers, obstacle running course, 3,000 meters armed obstacle running course, swimming, sniper, unarmed combat martial arts, volleyball, football, table tennis, badminton, and tennis. Addressing the opening ceremony, Senior Colonel Le Van Huong, Second-in-Command and Chief of Staff of Army Corps 4 stressed the sport festival aims to review the training capabilities and quality, fitness practice and sport activities of the corps’ affiliates. With lessons drawn from the festival, the corps will adjust its training plans and methods to improve troops’ endurance, mobility and units’ combat strength to meet the task requirements of national construction and defense. Right after the launch, athletes joined several competitions. Below are several images of the … [Read more...] about Army Corps 4 opens sport festival 2022

Speaking at the Vietnam Circular Economy Forum 2022 last week in Hanoi, Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, suggested that the country needs to further promote renewable energy production. “We know that the cost of renewable energy has dropped dramatically, by 89 per cent over the past 10 years, and solar is currently the cheapest source of electricity,” she explained. In just five years, Vietnam has scaled up its solar capacity from virtually zero to over 16,000MW by 2022, far exceeding national targets, Wiesen added. “Vietnam also has rich wind power potential, especially offshore wind, with more than 3,200km of coastline,” she said. Meanwhile, over the past decades, the energy sector has been a fundamental enabler of inclusive economic development in Vietnam. The sector is well-positioned to lead the green growth ambitions of the country, Wiesen said, and can catalyse new investments, create new jobs, and … [Read more...] about Grand energy aims require direction

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) receives British Ambassador Gareth Ward . (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 6 hosted receptions for the outgoing ambassadors of the UK and Belgium, who came to bid farewell to the State leader. Receiving British Ambassador Gareth Ward, President Phuc highlighted the two important milestones in the diplomat’s term, namely the signing and enforcement of the UK - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) in December 2020 and the approval of the Joint Declaration on Vietnam - UK strategic partnership in September 2020, towards elevating the bilateral relations in the next ten years. The President appreciated the Ambassador for actively coordinating to arrange Vietnamese senior leaders’ visits to the UK, including Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s trip to the UK to attend the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s official visit to the … [Read more...] about Outgoing British, Belgian ambassadors bid farewell to President