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MUSIC & PERFORMANCES Creative Dance – METTLER Scholarship 2 semesters: 06 Feb – 29 May, 2022 Registration link From the organizer: Mettler-based Creative Dance Scholarship program provides an introduction to the underlying principles and teaching methods used in Mettler-based Creative Dance. The scholarship is provided by Mettler Studio Inc., USA & Vietnam Dance/Movement Therapy for professional and personal development. ____________________________________________________ EXHIBITION Until May 29, 08 am – 05 pm Hanoi-Solo Art Exhibition Phan Minh Chau: Rock ballad in Colors May 16 – 22 Hanoi-Signifiant Dream May 20 & 21, 08:30 pm Rooftop Manzi Exhibition Space, 2 ngõ Hàng Bún, Ba Dinh District From Manzi: “With the world being stretched, spread in connection, we’re in a tendency of being taken far from home” Signifiant Dream A site-specific staging by XplusX … [Read more...] about What’s on May 16-22/2022

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries over the weekend by Vietnam News Agency. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the summit. (Photo: VNA) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended ASEAN – US Special Summit on May 13 (US time), during which he said said he hopes major powers, who are all partners to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to work towards stable relations and responsible, healthy competition, for the sake of regional and global peace and security. Read full story PM Pham Minh Chinh (front, third from right) and other officials at the opening ceremony of the FPT Software office in New York on May 15 (Photo: VNA) - The Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of an office of FPT Software, a subsidiary of the FPT Group, in New York city on May 15, as part of his working visit to the US and the UN. This is FPT Software’s second office in New York, 10th in the US, and 58th … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest on May 16

Trucks arrive at Cat Lai port (Photo: SGGP) Director of the USAID-funded Trade Facilitation Project Claudio Dordi revealed that according to a survey of the current state of Cat Lai port operations conducted by USAID, four main difficulties have been threatening the stability and port performance including traffic congestion around the port, overload of administrative procedures, incomplete information technology infrastructure. Additionally, he said the city’s canal system is not capable of receiving a container ship capacity of over 3,000 TEUs. Many businesses also said that the clearance time at Cat Lai port has improved, but compared to other ports in the region, it takes 6.37 days to clear the shipment. As international trade recovers from the impacts of Covid-19, addressing congestion at Cat Lai Port has become a priority. However, this is difficult to improve because the volume of containers passing through Cat Lai port is about 6 million TEU (in 20-foot containers) each … [Read more...] about Action plan to be implemented to reduce congestion at Cat Lai port

A women's football match of SEA Games 31. (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Quang Ninh northeastern province on May 18 morning will offer 14,500 invitation cards for the women’s football semi-finals of the ongoing SEA Games 31, a local official has said. Director of the provincial Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Manh Ha stated that the move was finalised following a discussion with the Asian Football Confederation. The Thailand-Philippines fixture will kick off at 3.30pm and the Vietnam-Myanmar game at 7pm on the same day at the 16,000-seat Cam Pha Stadium of the province. The Culture and Sports Department will be responsible for the distribution of the cards. The plan for the final must be made on the basis of the results of the semi-finals, Ha added. SEA Games 31 , themed “For a Stronger South East Asia”, is being held in Hanoi and 11 neighbouring provinces and cities until May 23. It features 40 sports with 523 events, attracting around 10,000 … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Quang Ninh to offer invitation cards for women’s football semi-finals

Denver Barfield poses for a photograph on Hà Nội’s famous railway street. — Photos from Facebook HÀ NỘI — The family of a young man killed in a motorbike smash earlier this week in central Việt Nam say they have been overwhelmed by the generosity from both friends and strangers. In just a few hours, more than VNĐ374 million ($16,000) was donated to a JustGiving page set up to pay for the body of Denver Barfield to be repatriated to his home in the UK. The 24-year-old from Leicester in the East Midlands, died after losing control of the motorcycle he was riding from Hội An City to Điện Bàn township in the early hours of Monday morning. Another UK national, Beth Thompson, believed to have been from the Essex area of the UK, also lost her life in the accident. The 24-year-old after graduating from Aston University in the UK. His mum, Desby Clayton, told LeicestershireLive: "He was meant to be off to Cambodia and then Bali before finishing off in Perth. He was starting his … [Read more...] about Grieving family overwhelmed by generosity after motorbike crash

Fans queuing for the invitation cards in Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) – With thousands of fans queuing in front of the Cam Pha city stadium in the northern province of Quang Ninh from early morning on May 18, all invitation cards to the SEA Games 31 women’s football semi-finals have already been handed out. The matches will take place between Thailand and the Philippines at 3:30pm and between Vietnam and Myanmar at 7pm on the same day. Following a discussion with the Asian Football Confederation, Quang Ninh planned to distribute 14,500 cards to the semifinals held at the 16,000-seat Cam Pha stadium. More than 4,000 of them were earmarked for distribution at the venue. At the ongoing SEA Games 31, the women’s football attracts the participation of seven teams divided into Group A (Vietnam, the Philippines, and Cambodia) and Group B (Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Singapore)./. VNA … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Invitation cards run out for women’s football semi-finals

Finswimming makes splash on return Vietnamese muay fighters reach finals Cambodia win historic volleyball bronze More weightlifting records fall Việt Nam win handball treble An amazing effort from captain Huỳnh Như (9) beat Thailand's goalkeeper Waraporn and sealed the title for the hosts. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Linh HOÀNG HỒ QUẢNG NINH — Just a few months ago, after the historic campaign that saw Việt Nam's women qualify for their first-ever World Cup, head coach Mai Đức Chung announced his retirement at the end of this year. On May 21, at Cẩm Phả Stadium, Chung celebrated like a young man after his women made the nation proud with their seventh SEA Games title, a record. The head coach position has yet to be decided, but Chung's legacy, which was decorated by this 1-0 win against Thailand in the SEA Games 31 final, will stay forever in the hearts of the Vietnamese people. Defying fan expectations of a cautious final, Việt Nam bamboozled the visitor … [Read more...] about Hosts crowned football queens

The latest SEA Games gold is the 10th regional title that Vietnamese women have bagged - having won six SEA Games gold and three Women’s AFF Cup titles earlier. Saturday's victory at the Cam Pha Stadium in the northern province of Quang Ninh helped Vietnam move past nine regional titles won by Thailand. However, besides the Southeast Asian titles, Thailand also won one pan Asian title - the 1983 Asian Cup. Coach Mai Duc Chung has contributed to six of Vietnam's 10 regional titles. Chung has become the most decorated football coach in the country with nine titles to his credit. Apart from the six titles with the women’s team, he also won the National Cup with Saigon and the domestic double with Binh Duong. "This victory is really meaningful. The country had just overcome the pandemic, but we were still determined to host the SEA Games. This is also the third consecutive gold medal for the team at the SEA Games. For me, this is the most amazing and happiest moment in my coaching … [Read more...] about Vietnam stamp their regional dominance with SEA Games women’s football gold

The Vietnamese women earn SEA Games gold medals for the third consecutive times. Vietnam defeated Thailand 1-0 to win gold medals in SEA Games 31, the seven of its kind in Southeast Asia’s biggest sports tournament in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, and 2022. The Vietnamese women team with the victory on May 21. Photos: Thanh Nien Captain Huynh Nhu sent the ball to the net in the 59th minute after getting the pass from Duong Thi Van amid efforts from both sides at the match held on May 21 in Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh, east of Hanoi. Vietnam began the match with continuous attacks under the order of Coach Mai Duc Chung, but Nguyen Thi Van, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung, and Huynh Nhu missed at least five clear chances to open the scores. When Vietnam was slowing the pace to hold strengths for the remaining time, Thailand started to fight back but they made no clear phases. Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam (L) and Coach Mai Duc Chung at Cam Pha Stadium on … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Vietnam defend women’s football champions

Prime Ministe Pham Minh Chinh addresses the Centre for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS ) in Washington D.C. (Photo: VNA) Washington D.C. (VNA) – Prime Ministe Pham Minh Chinh has delivered a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C. during his ongoing working trip to US. The following is the full text of the speech. “SINCERITY, TRUST AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR A BETTER WORLD” Dear Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to visit the Center for Strategic and International Studies for the first time today, though this is far from the first time I hear of the CSIS, a top American think tank in the field of foreign strategies and policies and international issues. Seventy-seven years ago, President Ho Chi Minh, the national hero of Vietnam and great man of culture, prefaced the Declaration of Independence establishing the … [Read more...] about Remarks by PM Pham Minh Chinh at CSIS in Washington D.C