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Runners competing in the men's 100m event on May 18. Puripol Boonson of Thailand took top place. VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng Thanh Hà Thailand and Việt Nam earned the same three gold medals on the next-to-last day of athletics while the Philippines added one on May 18. Puripol Boonson completed his hat-trick after winning the men's 100m event with a time of 10.44sec. He earlier took golds in the 200m and 4x100m relay, setting a Games record for the 200m in the process. Another Thai, Soraoat Dapbang, finished second with 10.56, followed by Singaporean Marc Brian Louis with 10.56. Their team came first in the men's 4x400m event, kicking reigning champion Việt Nam off the top of the podium. Joshua Atkinson, a naturalised runner, added the fourth gold to his collection at his first SEA Games. Singapore finished third. The last gold of the powerhouse was in the men's high jump as Kobsit Sittichai made a 2.21m to top the podium. Malaysian duo Nauraj Singh … [Read more...] about Thailand, Việt Nam dominate athletics on May 18

Blockchain-based projects in all kinds of sectors promise enticing income opportunities, Photo: FOTA Vietnam is emerging as one of the blockchain hubs in Southeast Asia and across the globe as the number of startups in this field increases significantly. At the Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai last month, two non-fungible token (NFT) games developed by Vietnamese enterprises were in the top 10 GameFi projects with the highest revenue in the Binance ecosystem. Often bringing in billions of dollars in profits, blockchain is becoming a fertile land that attracts investors and developers, and also those who have the need to find new job opportunities. A report from LinkedIn confirmed that the hiring demand for blockchain programmers will continue to explode in 2022. Positions such as blockchain engineer and blockchain programmer alone account for 15.6 per cent of all LinkedIn job openings, proving the undeniable attractiveness of the blockchain industry in the market. The data … [Read more...] about Blockchain industry yearns for new talent

At the meeting, the two officials expressed their delight at the flourishing development of the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership and effective cooperation in different areas, including bilateral defense ties. They emphasized that over the past time, despite the COVID-19-caused impacts, the bilateral defense cooperation has been maintained and boosted, especially in exchange of delegations, military medicine, training, U.N. peacekeeping operations, and mutual support at multilateral forums. Both Vietnamese and Japanese deputy defense ministers consented to strengthen concrete and substantive defense cooperation with a focus on all-level delegation exchange, war legacy settlement through projects using the Japanese Government’s official development assistance (ODA) and non-refundable aid, and improvement of maritime law enforcement capacity. The two sides also agreed to continue to consult with and support each other at multilateral forums, and closely work together to … [Read more...] about Deputy Defense Minister Hoang Xuan Chien meets Japanese counterpart

Assoc Prof and PhD Đinh Trọng Thịnh. The corporate bond market is expected to become a major source of capital for businesses in the long term, alleviating the pressure on the banking system in supplying capital to the economy. However, recent scandals involving bonds issued by property developers as well as uneven quality of corporate bonds have weakened investor confidence in the market. Assoc Prof and PhD Đinh Trọng Thịnh, a senior economist from the Academy of Finance, spoke to Vietnam News Agency Television about the loopholes in this market and solutions to make the market healthier and grow well. How do you evaluate the current state of the corporate bond market after a number of controversies related to corporate bonds? After some scandals involving corporate bond issuance, the corporate bond market has slowed down. Previously, the market grew about 46 per cent on average in the 2017-21 period and in 2021, the growth rate was 56 per cent. It still kept growing … [Read more...] about Fixing loopholes to improve health of the corporate bond market