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  Fireworks lights up the sky during the closing ceremony of the SEA Games at the athletics stadium in Clark, north of Manila yesterday. AFP/VNA Photo SEA Games THE PHILIPPINES The 30th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games ended on Wednesday with a rocking closing ceremony in the 20,000-seater purpose-built stadium in Clark. After a chaotic start beset by organisational gaffes, a presidential apology and online mockery, the Games were briefly hit by a deadly typhoon, but organisers worked round the clock to get the schedule back on track. The ASEAN member-flags along with athletes march during the closing ceremony of the SEA Games yesterday. AFP/VNA Photo "This year, Christmas has come early," chairman of the organising committee Alan Peter Cayetano said to thousands of flag-waving fans in the stadium after each country's athletes had paraded by. "We Southeast Asians, we Filipinos, have shown the world that we can do it with world-class quality." Around 8,750 athletes and … [Read more...] about Philippines hails ‘world class’ SEA Games despite stormy start

International Jesus hat-trick gives Man City 4-1 win at Dinamo The Saigon Times Daily Thursday,  Dec 12, 2019,07:36 (GMT+7) Jesus hat-trick gives Man City 4-1 win at DinamoThe Saigon Times Daily Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus scores their third goal to complete his hat-trick at Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia December 11, 2019 – PHOTO: REUTERS ZAGREB (REUTERS) - Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus netted a superb hat-trick as they came from behind to beat Croatian title holders Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 away in an entertaining Champions League Group C clash on Wednesday. City, who had already secured the group’s top spot, finished with 14 points from six games, seven ahead of Atalanta who joined them in the last 16 after a 3-0 win at Shakhtar Donetsk. Third-placed Shakhtar, who collected six points, will carry on in the Europa League’s last 32 while Dinamo (five points) were eliminated from European … [Read more...] about Jesus hat-trick gives Man City 4-1 win at Dinamo

"I believe it is completely baseless," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a press meeting Thursday. She was responding to an inquiry about Vietnamese nationals leaving Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the only place they have been allowed to stay since migrating during the Vietnam War and before that, and buying land plots elsewhere. Vietnam understands Cambodia’s intention to pursue sustainable socio-economic development in general and its need to relocate people living on Tonle Sap in particular, said Hang. "Vietnam’s representative offices in Cambodia keep close track of the relocation (of people in Tonle Sap) and (stand ready) to provide timely support measures for Vietnamese nationals who are relocated, while calling on them to abide by Cambodian law," she said. Since last year, authorities of Cambodia’s Kampong Chhnang Province have relocated many floating villages from Tonle Sap where Vietnamese nationals lived. Earlier this year, the authorities … [Read more...] about Vietnam rejects ‘baseless’ information on citizens undermining Cambodian sovereignty

Vietnam is not listed in the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) ranking, though it had better overall results than previous years. On December 3, 2019, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced the assessment results of international students from 79 countries and territories. According to theh Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam had 505 scores from reading comprehensive, the 13th highest score out of 79 countries and territories (it ranked 19th out of 65 countries in 2012 and 32nd out of 70 countries in 2015). However, Vietnam was not included in the 2018 ranking for two reasons. Chi Mai VN gets high scores but not named in PISA 2018 ranking Vietnam has missed out in the ranking of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 despite getting high scores.   IT Olympiad for students, int’l programming contests conclude The 28th Informatics Olympiad for Students, the … [Read more...] about Discrepancy in PISA test results leaves Vietnam out of PISA ranking

Vietnam has achieved many successes in socio-economic development, contributing to maintaining regional and international peace and stability, and creating an important basis and prerequisite to ensure and enforce human rights. In the current trend of globalization, human rights are a matter of great concern of many countries. The Government of Vietnam always recognizes that respect, protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms are the basic principles of all socio-economic development strategies of the country, and at the same time the accomplishment of its commitments to international and institutional frameworks to which Vietnam is a member. The fact shows that, by proactively and actively integrating with the world, Vietnam has achieved many successes in socio-economic development, contributing to maintaining regional and international peace and stability, and creating an important basis and premise for ensuring and enforcing human rights. The white paper on … [Read more...] about Vietnam actively integrates with the world in ensuring human rights