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Nguyen Thanh Liem wins a gold medal for Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vovinam ( Vietnamese martial arts ) artists won additional two gold medals on May 19 – the second competition day of Vovinam at the 31st Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games 31 ). In the men’s 60kg combat event, Nguyen Thanh Liem knocked out his Cambodian rival Eh Ammarin Phouthong to pocket the gold medal. Meanwhile, Do Phuong Thao triumphed in the women’s 65kg combat event after defeating Cambodia’s Chuk Somali. In the performance category, duo Pham Thi Bich Phuong and Truong Thanh won a silver medal, while the gold belonged to Mala Chanthalacksa - Phiksamay Insoumuang of Laos. After two days, the Vietnamese Vovinam team added three golds and three silvers to the national medal tally. The sport’s competitions will continue on May 20./. VNA … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Two more golds for Vietnam’s Vovinam fighters

Hanoi art performance marks President Ho Chi Minh ’s birthday (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – An art performance was held in Hanoi on May 18 to celebrate the 132nd birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh. Hosted by the Van hoa (culture) Newspaper under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with relevant agencies, the event was broadcast live on H1 TV channel of the Hanoi Television, with the participation of many famous artist s. It spotlighted the late President’s life and career, and the love of Vietnamese people for the homeland and the late leader. Many valuable documentary images about him were screened interspersed with songs during the event, highlighting his care for children and soldiers, farmers, intellectuals, and workers. President Ho Chi Minh was born on May 19, 1890, in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province. He devoted his whole life to the cause of national liberation, while tirelessly striving for peace and … [Read more...] about Hanoi art performance marks President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday

Hồ Thị Thu Hiền (right) competes with Ceyco Georgia Zefanya of Indonesia in the women’s under-68kg kumite final on May 19. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng Thanh Nga HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese karate martial artists bagged four gold medals on the second competition day on May 19. In the women’s kata (performance) team, the trio of Nguyễn Thị Phương, Lưu Thị Thu Uyên and Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm won gold. Phương continued her excellent performance after winning gold in the women’s individual kata event on May 18. In the women’s under-68kg kumite final, Hồ Thị Thu Hiền crushed Ceyco Georgia Zefanya of Indonesia 5-1 to win gold for Việt Nam. In the men’s -84kg kumite final, Vietnamese Đỗ Thành Nhân also claimed gold after beating Thodny Phongsamphan of Laos 8-0. Bùi Thị Thảo brought Việt Nam's third gold medal in the women’s over-68kg kumite final, as she bested Dessyinta Rakawuni Banurea of Indonesia 1-0. In the women’s under-55kg kumite final, Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani of … [Read more...] about Việt Nam karate martial artists bag 4 golds

Ambassador Luong Thanh Nghi and DAVIFO President Trine Glue Doan (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador Luong Thanh Nghi has suggested the Vietnamese Embassy in Denmark and the Denmark-Vietnam Friendship Association (DAVIFO) coordinate with relevant agencies in organising forums for young people of the two countries to serve as nucleus for their bilateral ties. The two sides should join hands in launching activities like cuisine festivals, photo exhibitions and dialogues between prestigious writers and artists, and audiences to promote the Vietnamese and Danish cultures, he said at a meeting with DAVIFO President Trine Glue Doan on May 17. The diplomat noted with pleasure the close coordination between DAVIFO and the Vietnam-Denmark Friendship Association under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), with practical activities held in Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City and other Vietnamese localities. Vietnam always pays attention to improving living … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Denmark forge people-to-people exchange

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand led by Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh visits Ho Chi Minh Museum in Phichit province. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on May 19 held an incense-offering ceremony to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on his 132nd birthday. In his remarks, Ambassador Nguyen Huy Tang called on the embassy’s staff and Vietnamese people in Cambodia to follow the late President’s ideology, morality and lifestyle. They should seriously observe local law and support each other, he said, lauding Vietnamese firms and agencies in Cambodia for their support to Cambodia ns of Vietnamese origin and local people during the COVID-19 fight. The Vietnamese community in Hungary and Hungarian friends on May 18 also gathered at a ceremony in Zalaegerszeg city where President Ho Chi Minh’s statue is located to pay homage to the late leader. Góra Balázs, Chairman of the Hungarian Socialist Party’s Zalaegerszeg branch, recalled … [Read more...] about President Ho Chi Minh remembered abroad

A visitor uses a remote guide app on her mobile at the National Fine Arts Museum. —VNS Photo Le Huong The tourism sector must apply digital transformation to secure sustainable development, according to dozens of participants at a forum on the topic held in Ha Noi on May 18. Titled "Green Light for Tourism to Take Off Part 2: Digital Transformation: Diving Force for Sustainable Development", the forum gathered dozens of experts from State management agencies, tourism authorities, localities, and IT. The first part of the forum held in March focused on opening doors to international tourists. Hoang Quang Phong, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce Industry, said at the end of 2018, the Prime Minister issued Decision No 1671/QD-TTg approving the “Master plan on applying informatics technology in the tourism field for 2018-2020, with orientation to 2025.” “Informatics technology has been applied in various tourism companies, especially hotels, resorts and big … [Read more...] about Forum held on digital transformation for sustainable tourism