Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai (Source: football-tribe.com) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will compete in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U22 Championship 2019 to be held in Cambodia from February 17 to March 2, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced. The team will be in Group A with Thailand, Timor Leste, Laos, Brunei and the Philippines. Group B consists of Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Singapore. According to the VFF, Vietnam’s team will include many players who played in the FIFA U20 World Cup last year such as midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai, defender Doan Van Hau and striker Ha Duc Chinh. Hai, who plays his club football for champions Hanoi FC and is a key member of the U23 and Olympic squads, was named Young Player of the Season of the national premier league. Vietnam will meet Timor Leste in the opening match on February 17. The event will be a warm-up to prepare for the upcoming qualifying round of the AFC U23 Championship 2020.-VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam to compete in AFF U22 champs in Cambodia
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Vietnam, Cambodia forge cooperation in search for soldiers’ remains
The consensus was reached at the 17th meeting of the Special Working Committees of the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments in Ho Chi Minh City on October 18. At the meeting Sr. Lt. Gen. Le Chiem, Deputy Defense Minister and Chairman of the Vietnamese Government’s Special Working Committee, and Seang Lapress, Advisor to the Cambodian Government and Vice Chairman of the Cambodian Government’s Special Working Committee, co-chaired the event. Chiem spoke highly of the Cambodian committee’s coordination with the Vietnamese side in the search and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese martyrs who had fallen down in the neighboring country. Despite global uncertainties, the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia has been consolidated and developed in the spirit of “fine neighborliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability,” he said. The officer said during the 2017-2018 dry season, … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Cambodia forge cooperation in search for soldiers’ remains
Vietnam, Cambodia forge cooperation in search for soldier remains
The 17th meeting of the Special Working Committees of the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments takes place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 18 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to intensify their cooperation in searching and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during wartime. The consensus was reached at the 17th meeting of the Special Working Committees of the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments in Ho Chi Minh City on October 18. Sen. Lieut. Gen. Le Chiem, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chairman of the Vietnamese Government’s Special Working Committee, and Seang Lapress, Advisor to the Cambodian Government and Vice Chairman of the Cambodian Government’s Special Working Committee, co-chaired the event. Chiem spoke highly of the Cambodian committee’s coordination with the Vietnamese side in the search and repatriation of the remains of … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Cambodia forge cooperation in search for soldier remains
Binh Duong, Cambodia’s localities step up cooperation
At the signing ceremony (Photo: baobinhduong.gov.vn) Binh Duong (VNA) – The southern province of Binh Duong and two Cambodian provinces of Kandal and Kratie have agreed to enhance cooperation and twining activities for 2018-19 period. Under a document to this effect was signed in Binh Duong on October 17 between the two sides, the Military Commands of Thu Dau Mot city, and Thuan An, Di An, Tan Uyen and Ben Cat towns and their counterparts in Kandal and Kratie provinces will bolster collaboration in the exchange of delegations, information and culture-sports activities while working together in the search for and repatriation of remains of the Vietnamese volunteers and soldiers who laid down their lives during wartime in Cambodia. Regarding twining activities, they will share experience in building their organisations, coordinate to ensure security of both sides, while agreeing to hold meetings every six months or unscheduled meetings to address complicated issues. They will … [Read more...] about Binh Duong, Cambodia’s localities step up cooperation
Tay Ninh, Cambodia’s localities push up search for soldiers’ remains
At the signing ceremony (Photo: qdnd.vn) Phnom Penh (VNA) – The southwestern province of Tay Ninh and five Cambodian provinces of Tbong Khmum, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey will enhance cooperation in the search for remains of Vietnamese volunteers who died on battlefields in Cambodia during wartime. Under an agreement inked between the provincial Steering Committee on the Search and Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers (Steering Committee 515) and the five Cambodia localities in Oddar Meanchay on October 15, the Cambodian side will support and exchange information with Vietnamese competent authorities in the search and repatriation for martyrs’ remains. They will also give their opinion on the progress and achievements attained in the search and repatriation efforts. According to a report in 2017 by the Cambodia’s national committee for the search for martyrs’ remains, around 4,000 Vietnamese volunteers and … [Read more...] about Tay Ninh, Cambodia’s localities push up search for soldiers’ remains