Vietnamese fans eagerly await good games from their men’s football team at the AFC Asian Cup 2019 held in United Arab Emirates (UAE) from January 5 to February 1. Vietnam will compete at the AFC Asian Cup 2018 as the Southeast Asian champions. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong For this tournament, coach Park Hang-seo has rung in a few changes in the 23-man squad, leaving out some AFF Cup heroes including forward Nguyen Anh Duc and midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet. He has added younger faces in their stead. The Vietnamese team’s best Asian Cup outing was in 2007, when they reached the quarterfinals. For the first time, the Asian Cup tournament will be contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015. Under the new format, six groups of four teams each will contest the first stage, followed by a knockout stage of 16 teams. Australia are the defending champions, having won the previous competition in … [Read more...] about A bigger challenge: Vietnam’s schedule for AFC Asian Cup 2019
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Airlines adjust domestic flight schedules due to Typhoon Usagi
Vietnam’s airlines have announced their plans to adjust flights on November 24 to avoid impacts from Typhoon Usagi, which is forecast to make landfall the south central region in the night of November 24 or the morning of November 25 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s airlines have announced their plans to adjust flights on November 24 to avoid impacts from Typhoon Usagi, which is forecast to make landfall the south central region in the night of November 24 or the morning of November 25. Accordingly, national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will delay the departure of six flights, including VN1556, VN1557, VN1944, VN1945, VN1344 and VN1345, on the routes between Hanoi/Da Nang/Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang city of Khanh Hoa province by 40 minutes to two and a half hours on November 24. Meanwhile, two flights BL344 and BL345 on November 24 morning of the low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat city were cancelled. The carriers … [Read more...] about Airlines adjust domestic flight schedules due to Typhoon Usagi
Training course provides updated knowledge for CPVCC members
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong on August 14 attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of a training course providing updated knowledge for CPVCC members. The event also saw the attendance of President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, members of the CPVCC’s Political Bureau and Secretariat, and 94 CPVCC members who were elected to the CPVCC for the first time. Chairman of the CPVCC’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh said the course aims to update the participants on the Party’s policies and guidelines as well as the State’s laws and policies in the fields of Party building, socio-economic development, defence-security and foreign affairs. It will also provide … [Read more...] about Training course provides updated knowledge for CPVCC members
Vietnam Airlines adjusts flight schedule due to typhoon Prapiroon
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will adjust flights from/to Busan of the Republic of Korea and Fukuoka of Japan on July 3 due to typhoon Prapiroon which is raging in the Korean Peninsula (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will adjust flights from/to Busan of the Republic of Korea and Fukuoka of Japan on July 3 due to typhoon Prapiroon which is raging in the Korean Peninsula. Accordingly, four flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Busan on July 3 will be cancelled, which are VN426, VN427, VN422 and VN423, along with two flights from Hanoi to Fukuoka - VN356 and VN357. Vietnam Airlines will launch make-up flights from Vietnam to Busan on the night of July 3 and flights from Busan to Vietnam on July 4. The carrier will use Airbus A350 for those flights instead of A330 to serve affected passengers. Flights from/to Fukuoka will be operated on July 4, and passengers of affected flights will be put on the new ones free of charge. Vietnam … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines adjusts flight schedule due to typhoon Prapiroon
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)