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Addressing the event, Vice Director of the provincial Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Thi Anh Hong said that the International Day of Yoga is a chance for yogis to meet, exchange experience and spread Yoga spirit to the community, but also an opportunity for the Vietnamese and Indian people to foster cultural exchanges, thus enhancing the sound relations between the two countries as well as Ba Ria - Vung Tau and India in particular. Hong said that currently, the province is home to nearly 60 Yoga clubs and 80 training facilities. Yoga has been practiced by a large number of local residents, she added. For his part, Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Madan Mohan Sethi said that Yoga connects the mind and body of humans, and is a gift that ancient India handed down to today. He believed that the connections among sport lovers of Vietnam and India as well as the two governments will be further strengthened in the future. The official invited participants to visit … [Read more...] about International Day of Yoga marked in Ba Ria – Vung Tau

Children with disabilities are taught to play hockey The summer camp taking place on July 2 at the Ho Chi Minh City Sports and Sports Training and Competition Center in District 11 aims to reduce the anxiety of families with children with intellectual disabilities, and Down syndrome and help children integrate into the community. Special children including children with intellectual disabilities, children with Down syndrome, and autism often have difficulties in communicating and controlling language, behavior, and emotions when interacting with society and the world around them. However, they have a need for sports activities. Through these activities, disabled children are physically trained as well as helped to enhance social interaction and communication. Mr. Tuan Nghia, a parent of a disabled son named Thien Phuoc, shared that thanks to useful activities such as the Para hockey summer camp, children with disabilities have more playgrounds, and meet and interact with more … [Read more...] about Summer camp for children with disabilities

Students are reading books in their high school library Regularly going to the General Science Library of Ho Chi Minh City with his friends, student Tran Minh Nam of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City said that he is paying attention to a digital library, also called an online library because he will continue studying after graduation. Digital libraries help him to save travel time and are a trend that needs to be updated with modern applications to meet the needs of readers. Vietnamese Prime Minister issued a decision approving the Program on the digital transformation of the library industry to 2025, with orientation to 2030 on February 21, 2022. In which, the target by 2025, all public libraries will be invested by the State, together with the National Library, the public libraries of provinces and centrally-run cities, to complete and develop digital infrastructure, digital data, and interoperability for … [Read more...] about Libraries race for digital transformation to promote reading culture

A Vietjet flight (Source: Vietjet) Hanoi (VNA) - Budget airline Vietjet Air on July 1 resumed its air route linking Hanoi and Busan, a beautiful coastal city in the Republic of Korea (RoK). Initially, Vietjet will operate three return flights per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, which will be made daily from July 12. On the occasion, the airline has offered a an unprecedented price of 280,000 VND (12 USD) per leg, excluding taxes and fees, for tickets in air routes between Vietnam and the RoK. Tickets are available for sale with many promotions every day on website www.vietjetair.com, Vietjet Air mobile app, Facebook www.facebook.com/vietjetvietnam or nationwide and international tickets offices and official agents. In particular, when booking and paying via Vietjet SkyClub, passengers can enjoy free payment fees. Not only having beautiful beaches with stretching white sand and charming natural scenery, the coastal city of Busan is also an endless shopping … [Read more...] about Vietjet reopens Hanoi – Busan (RoK) air route