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Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Vietnam’s top female swimmer, is set to compete in three events in the upcoming 18th FINA World Championship, which is scheduled to take place in the Republic of Korea on July 12-28. Vietnam’s top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien Vien is one of seven Vietnamese swimmers who will compete in the event. The Can Tho native is the nation’s most successful swimmer after winning a total of 19 golds, seven silvers, and two bronze medals, in addition to breaking 11 records at the SEA Games. She also won two bronze medals at the Asian Games as well as a one silver and two bronze medals during previous FINA World Cup competitions. Tran Duc Phan, deputy director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, said Vien is a key member of the Vietnamese swimming team that will take part in the SEA Games. She has set a target of winning eight gold medals during the course of the tournament. At the FINA World Championship in 2017, Vien … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top swimmer Anh Vien ready to compete at FINA World Champs

A proposal to raise the retirement age in 2021 will be tabled for discussion at the 34th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, which is scheduled to take place on May 8-10. Vietnam plans to increase retirement age amid rapid aging Two scenarios for increasing retirement age Employees work at an apparel firm in this file photo. The National Assembly Standing Committee will discuss a proposal to raise the retirement age in 2021 on May 8 The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs previously, in a draft revision of the Labor Code, proposed two options for adjusting the retirement age. Under the first option, the retirement age would be 60 years and three months for men and 55 years and four months for women, starting from 2021. In the following years, three months will be added annually for men and four months for women until they reach 62 and 60 years old, respectively. Under the second option, the retirement age would be 60 years plus four months for … [Read more...] about Retirement age discussion set for tomorrow

Four restaurants by Hoi An City’s An Bang Beach have caught fire, causing a great loss. According to Le Tan Viet, chairman of Cam An Ward, said that the incident occurred at around 2 o’clock this morning. The restaurants destroyed by the fire Cong Binh Family of four killed after house fire Four members of the same family, including two children, have died after a house fire in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong. Man sentenced 7 years in prison for careless trash burning causing forest fire The People’s Court in Nghi Xuan district, the North Central province of Ha Tinh yesterday sentenced a 46 year old local man to seven years' imprisonment for breaking regulations on fire prevention and fighting on November 29. … [Read more...] about Fire ravages beach restaurants in Hoi An

Dam Huy Hoang’s heart skipped a beat as the second pink line started appearing on his client’s HIV test strip. Hoang shows a client how to use oral stab test for HIV. — VNS Photos Khoa Thu Grabbing a jacket, he took the young man to Thai Nguyen's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention for a confirmatory test. The accuracy of screening tests using finger prick blood samples is up to 97 per cent, and it had Hoang worried. In his early 30s, Hoang leads a double life – a cashier for a local water treatment plant by day, and an HIV tester in his free time whenever there is a need. Four years ago, Hoang and his friends established Family – a self-help group working to promote the rights of the LGBT community. Their initiative quickly caught the eye of the provincial centre for HIV/AIDS prevention. A partnership was created in 2016 that made Family responsible for administering community-based HIV testing for high-risk groups, including men having sex … [Read more...] about In Thai Nguyen, communities help to ease HIV/AIDS burden

Education for Nature, Vietnam (ENV), has urged heavy sanctions on leaders of wildlife trafficking rings dealing in elephant tusks. From 2010 to 2018, ENV found 150 cases with violations related to elephant tusks, in which the amount of elephant tusks seized by agencies was up to 53 tons. Of these, 30 cases were discovered when ivory was carried to seaports and border gates. In ‘hot spots’ such as Nhi Khe, ivory is no longer traded in the open air, but this doesn’t mean the trafficking has cooled. The police and agencies seized a large amount of ivory last year. More seriously, traffickers now can advertise and sell ivory on line, via social networks, which makes it more difficult to discover trafficking rings. In ‘hot spots’ such as Nhi Khe, ivory is no longer traded in the open air, but this doesn’t mean the trafficking has cooled. The police and agencies seized a large amount of ivory last year. Bui Thi Ha from ENV said Vietnam is not … [Read more...] about Vietnam struggles to crack down elephant ivory trafficking