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The Vietnam National University's Hoa Lac campus is ready with all facilities and equipment for educational and research activities. The Vietnam National University (VNU)’s headquarter has been relocated to its newly built campus in Hoa Lac on Hanoi's outskirt this week. The campus is expected to be the most modern and advanced university town in Southeast Asia. Planned to cover about 1,113.7 hectares, the campus includes the Polytechnic School, a research center, and offices of the management board. Built with a total investment of VND22 trillion (nearly US$950 million), the college town consisting of nine member universities, eight institutes, 13 research centers, and four specialized high schools will provide training for more than 41,000 students. A bird's eye view of the Center for Library Information and Digital Knowledge in the  VNU-Hanoi campus in Hoa Lac. Photo: VNU Currently, the VNU-Hanoi student population on the Hoa Lac campus has numbered … [Read more...] about Vietnam National University moved to Hanoi’s outskirt

This year’s event will take place at the Hanoi-based My Dinh Water Sports Palace from May 21-22. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s finswiming pioneers are aiming to claim 6-8 out of the 13 gold medals on offer at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asia Games ( SEA Games 31 ). When the sport was introduced at the 2003 SEA Games, Vietnam as the host swept 13 out of the 16 golds at stake, while in Laos 2009 and Indonesia 2011 took four and six golds, respectively. Besides Thailand and the Philippines, Indonesia is growing stronger in the sport with many talented athletes, whose stats are on par with Vietnam’s top finswimmers in some categories. According to coach of the Vietnamese finswimming team Hoang Quoc Binh , Vietnam ranks first in the sport in not only Southeast Asia but also Asia. Binh said that Vietnam has prolific and talented finswimmers who have gained great achievements in regional and global arenas. Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines will be … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Vietnam hope to rule finswimming events

Pham Thi Thu Hien (centre) secures one more gold medal for the Vietnamese taekwondo team (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Pham Thi Thu Hien secured one more gold medal for the Vietnamese taekwondo team in the final of the women’s under-62kg Kyorugi event at the ongoing 31st SEA Games on May 19. Sasikarn Tongchan of Thailand got the silver in the event. In other competitions the same day, Pham Minh Bao Kha of Vietnam won one silver medal in the men’s 80kg Kyorugi event, while Vu Thi Dung brought home a bronze medal in the women’s 49kg category. After the four day of competition at SEA Games 31 , Vietnamese taekwondo athletes pocketed nine gold medals, far exceeding the target./. VNA … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Vietnam exceeds gold medal target in taekwondo

Pham Le Thao Nguyen of Vietnam, who secures a gold medal in the women’s individual blitz chess (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Vietnamese players Le Tuan Minh and Pham Le Thao Nguyen bagged golds in the men’s and women’s individual blitz chess at the ongoing SEA Games 31 on May 20. Minh topped the event by surpassing another veteran Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem after two intense matches. This is Minh's first gold medal since he started the chess career. As a result, Liem secured the silver medal; and the bronze medals went to Tin Jingyao of Singapore and Megaranto Susanto of Indonesia. Meanwhile, Nguyen stepped on the highest podium after defeating Indonesian player Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias in women's individual blitz chess. Frayna Janelle Mae of the Philippines and Gong Qianyun of Singapore each obtained a bronze medal. Both events saw the participation of 24 players from seven nations – host Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Host Vietnam pocket new gold medals in individual blitz chess

An additional 1,587 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Friday, raising the national tally to over 10.70 million, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 48 out of 63 localities in the country with some localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (373), Phu Tho (102), Vinh Phuc (92), Nghe An (66), and Yen Bai (65). As of Friday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to over 10.70 million. The country now stands 12th among 227 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections. On May 20, an additional 7,151 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 9.39 million. On Friday evening, two deaths related to Covid-19 was announced, raising total fatalities to 43,075. By May 19, the country had injected more than 218 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including over 3.25 … [Read more...] about Vietnam confirms 1,587 new Covid-19 infections on Friday

After three days of competition, Vietnam swept seven out of 15 golds, surpassing the target of four gold medals in the sport. (Photo: VNA) Ninh Binh (VNA) – Four Vietnamese girls took the women’s kumite team gold on May 20, also the last competition day of karate at the 31st Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games 31 ). Ho Thi Thu Hien, Hoang Thi My Tam, Nguyen Ngoc Ngoan and Trang Cam Lanh won the gold during a match in the northern province of Ninh Binh. Indonesia bagged the silver, and Malaysia pocketed the bronze in this category. Vietnamese athletes also won bronzes in the men’s kata team event and the men’s kumite team category. In the men’s kata team, Indonesia brought home the gold, while Thailand fetched the silver. The men’s kumite team gold went to Malaysia, the silver came to Indonesia, and the bronze was earned by Thailand. After three days of competition, Vietnam swept seven out of 15 golds, surpassing the target of four gold medals in the … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Vietnam secure another gold in women’s kumite team