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Nha Trang Dolphins has had a disappointing performance at the VBA Premier Bubble Games - Brought to you by NovaWorld Phan Thiet, with the team’s no-win season attributed to the inconsistent performance from the team’s key players. Tommy Huynh’s forgettable season In the season opener, Nha Trang Dolphins’ Tommy Huynh had an underwhelming performance with only six points, sinking a mere three out of 39 shots. Huynh continued to disappoint in the following games despite consistently making it into the starting line-up. He was rarely able to move the ball beyond the opposing team’s three-point line and had minimal assists. It was not long before the 19-year-old eventually lost his spot on the starting line-up. He did not even make it on to the roster in Dolphins’ decisive game against Hanoi Buffaloes. Nha Trang Dolphins’ Nguyen Phu Hoang sits on the bench in Game 38. Photo: VBA Disappearance of experienced defender In this year’s season, Nguyen Phu …

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The Ministry of Health confirmed 13,698 new COVID-19 infections throughout Vietnam on Thursday, alongside 13,258 recoveries and 210 deaths. The latest cases, including 21 imported and 13,677 domestic transmissions, were reported in 60 provinces and cities, the ministry said, noting that 7,538 patients caught the pathogen in the community. Ho Chi Minh City registered 1,738 of the latest infections, Can Tho City 985, Tay Ninh Province 768, Soc Trang Province 747, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 637, Dong Thap Province 606, Binh Thuan Province 502, Hanoi 499, Dong Nai Province 475, Binh Duong Province 414, Khanh Hoa Province 394, Lam Dong Province 197, Thua Thien-Hue Province 143, Da Nang 82, Quang Nam Province 66, Hai Phong City 37, and Quang Ninh Province 16. Vietnam had recorded 14,506 locally-acquired infections on Wednesday. The country has detected 1,261,035 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave erupted on April 27. A combined …

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Ho Chi Minh City recently made it into the top 10 cities for expats according to data collected in a survey of more than 12,000 expat respondents from across the globe. The Expat City Ranking 2021, which was released on Wednesday, is part of the Expat Insider 2021 survey launched by international online expat community InterNations in January. According to InterNations, Expat Insider 2021 respondents were invited to share their opinions on their current city of residence through questions like ‘Does it have a convenient public transportation system?’ ‘What is the local housing market like?’ and ‘How do they view their career opportunities, and how would they rate their social life?’ Thanks to their insights, the Expat City Ranking 2021 offers an overview of the 57 best- and worst-rated cities for expats worldwide. The overall ranking for the cities is categorized into five indices, including quality of urban living, getting settled, urban work life, finance and housing, and …

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Police in Vietnam solved more than 25,000 drug-related crimes across the country from January to November, with more than 37,000 suspects arrested. The anti-narcotic police division under the Ministry of Public Security organized a press meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday to review their missions in 2021. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, drug-related crimes in Vietnam, as well as in the region and the world, remained serious and unpredictable, as criminals have been using new methods and technologies to avoid getting caught, said Major General Nguyen Van Vien, head of the anti-drug police division. Major General Nguyen Van Vien, head of the anti-narcotic police division under the Ministry of Public Security, speaks at a press meeting on December 1, 2021. Photo: Than Hoang / Tuoi Tre Between January and November this year, officers detected over 25,000 drug-related crimes across the country, arresting over 37,000 suspects and confiscating 596 kilograms of heroin and 2.4 …

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Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow on Wednesday as part of the framework of his official visit to Russia from November 29 to December 2. During their talks, PM Mishustin stated that President Phuc’s official visit is of great significance to the relationship between Vietnam and Russia. The Russian premier praised the outcomes of the talks between President Phuc and President Vladimir Putin one day earlier, as well as the joint statement on the vision of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership by 2030, which was issued following the meeting of the two presidents. Phuc affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and state are appreciative of Russian assistance to Vietnam in both the past and the present, and attach importance to their comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia. Vietnam considers Russia a leading partner in its foreign policy, he added. The two leaders discussed measures to bolster …

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A total of 86 students aged 15 to 17 were hospitalized over their reactions after COVID-19 vaccination in a province in Vietnam on Wednesday, before being discharged one day later. Authorities in Hoang Hoa District, Thanh Hoa Province began administering first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 6,690 students from 15 to 17 years old in 37 communes and towns on Wednesday, according to the district’s steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. The inoculation campaign was planned to run through Thursday, according to the district’s plan. On Wednesday evening, 86 students were hospitalized due to postvaccinal reactions, the steering committee said. School administrators and families rushed them to the nearest medical facilities after they showed signs of nausea, headache, dizziness, and chills. The students are being monitored at three hospitals in Hoang Hoa, with their health having stabilized. They were thus discharged from the hospitals, health authorities …

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Customs officers at Hai Phong Port in the namesake northern Vietnamese city confirmed on Wednesday that they had discovered nearly 20 kilograms of rhino horns inside two shipping containers from the Philippines. The four animal horns, weighing a combined 19.5 kilograms, were separated into two packages and transported by sea from Manila Port in the Philippines to Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port in Hai Phong City, according to a customs representative. The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology identified the four animal horns seized by the Hai Phong Port customs officers as rhino horns. This supplied photo shows four rhino horns illegally transported from the Philippines to Hai Phong City, Vietnam. Each kilogram of rhino horn fetches over VND1 billion (US$44,000) on the black market. Vietnam’s monthly per capita income in 2020 was estimated at VND4.23 million ($180), according to the official VGP News . The …

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Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a listing that will set the tone for other regional offerings. The backdoor listing on Nasdaq marks the high point for the nine-year-old Singapore company that began as a ride-hailing app and now operates across 465 cities in eight countries, offering food deliveries, payments, insurance and investment products. The biggest U.S. listing by a Southeast Asian company follows Grab's April agreement to merge with U.S. tech investor Altimeter Capital Management's SPAC, Altimeter Growth Corp and raise $4.5 billion, including $750 million from Altimeter. There is scope for many players in the fragmented food delivery and financial services markets in Southeast Asia, a region of 650 million people, but the road to profitability could be a long one, analysts say. Grab's flotation "will provide a bigger …

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The Australian-based Study Melbourne on Wednesday formally opened an educational center in Ho Chi Minh City, which is the fourth of its kind in the world, offering a vibrant and friendly space with opportunities to experience Melbourne. Located in District 3, the Study Melbourne Hub Ho Chi Minh City spans an area of 320 square meters, providing a maximum capacity of 150 people. The center has classrooms, meeting rooms, and equipment to support students in participating in online learning and in connecting with services and study programs of educational institutions from the Australian state of Victoria. The inauguration of the Study Melbourne Hub Ho Chi Minh City added a fourth center of its kind to the global network of the educational space, after the ones in China and Malaysia, as well as a virtual version in India, according to the Study Melbourne website. Speaking at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, Commissioner for Victoria to Southeast Asia Rebecca Hall said that some …

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