SEA Games 31: First medal for Vietnam comes
Ngo Phuong Mai (in red) becomes the first medalist for Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)Ngo Phuong Mai became the first medalist for Vietnam at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games 31 ) in the country after winning a bronze medal in diving on May 8.After the five dives in Hanoi, Mai scored a total of 224 points after Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Kimberly Bong, both of Malaysia, who scored 290.45 and 230 points, respectively.SEA Games 31, themed “For a Stronger South East Asia”, will be held in the capital and 11 neighbouring provinces and cities from May 12 to 23. The biennial event was initially slated for late 2021 but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Featuring 40 sports with 526 events, it is expected to attract around 10,000 participants./.
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May 08, 2022 16:49 UTC
Tax system reform strategy to 2030 approved
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has approved reforms to the tax system. The strategy aligns Vietnam’s tax policy with international practices to meet resource requirements and realise the 10-year socio-economic development strategy to 2030. It will help stabilise State budget collections from taxes and costs in association with socio-economic development strategies for 2021-25 and 2026-30. Taxpayer satisfaction with tax agencies is hoped to reach at least 90 percent by 2025, and support for people paying taxes electronically to top 70 percent. At a tax agency (Photo: VNA)The strategy also looks to fine-tune regulations related to value-added taxes on exports and services, and amend those on tax exemptions and refunds in a simple, transparent and concerted manner with related laws.
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May 08, 2022 12:54 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 8
The festival bring together more than 11,000 young people from the 11 regional countries and volunteers of SEA Games 31. At the Vietnam National Day celebration in London in September last year, the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK honoured the professor for his provision of policy advice for Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention and control. This is the second time Vietnam has hosted a SEA Games, after the first in 2003. Vietnam Fatherland Front petitions for history to be compulsory subjectThe Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front petitioned that History should be a compulsory subject, not an elective subject. With the utmost support from Gia Dinh People's Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, the Vietnam National Coordinating Center for Human Organ Transplantation, and the HCMC traffic police, the national carrier Vietnam Airlines created favorable conditions to help transport the heart as quickly as possible.
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May 08, 2022 10:51 UTC
Vietnam striving to remove bottlenecks from digital government development
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam recently signed a directive regarding e-Government development towards digital governance and transformation. Despite recent positive results, major bottlenecks remain in the implementation of the work, with data sharing being one of the main issues. People work with digital technology (Illustrative photo: baochinhphu.vn)They have been instructed to use data for the implementation of online public services by December. The evaluation of digital Government and digital transformation progress at agencies and organisations should be conducted in December annually. The development and use of ‘Made-in-Vietnam’ digital products and services must be promoted, with the deadline for assessment set in December each year./.
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May 08, 2022 03:22 UTC
Project underway to create food map of 100 Vietnamese dishes
Surveys were conducted in five northern localities of Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho and Hanoi late March. The association plans to build a list comprising 1,000 dishes next year to create a database of Vietnamese food map. The digital food map is projected to complete by 2024, towards the building of a Vietnamese cuisine museum in Hue former capital city. The project is hoped to promote Vietnamese cuisine and attract visitors to Vietnam, as gastronomy may serve as a core value of the country’s tourism./.
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May 07, 2022 17:26 UTC
Vietnam-Brazil trade growing: official
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Trade turnover between Vietnam and Brazil reached 6.35 billion USD last year, the highest value so far, said Ngo Xuan Ty, Head of the Vietnamese Trade Office in Brazil.In the first three months of this year, the figure stood at 1.7 billion USD, up 11.9 percent year-on-year, of which Vietnam’s export revenue was 533.2 million USD, a rise of 3.5 percent, Ty told a consulting session on export to Brazil held by the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency at the Ministry of Industry and Trade on May 6.The official said Vietnamese rice noodle has been favoured by local consumers as well as Asian people in Brazil , and suggested Vietnamese businesses increase the export of other products like garments-textiles and footwear.To access the market, the firms should pay attention to product quality, packaging and price, while stepping up trade promotion, especially through major fairs in Brazil, he continued.Pointing out the complicated tax system in Brazil, Ty asked Vietnamese enterprises to carefully study products, saying they should seek local partners or consulting firms in this regard./.
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May 07, 2022 14:25 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 7
National flag of Vietnam and SEA Games 31 fly at a stadium. The accused are Nguyen Thi Tuong Vi, Director of ATA Vietnam Consulting and Investment Co. Ltd., and Nguyen Thi Dung Hanh, Director of G Vietnam 19 Co. Ltd. He was previously chosen as flag bearer at the opening ceremony of SEA Games 29 in Malaysia in 2017 and SEA Games 30 in the Philippines in 2019. Vovinam to be performed at SEA Games 31’s opening ceremonyVovinam is the only martial art chosen to be performed at the opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 12, according to the Organising Committee of SEA Games 31. At the 22nd SEA Games, Minh was only 20 years old and a greenhorn in the sport.
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May 07, 2022 09:27 UTC
Vietnam’s fencers determined to secure success at SEA Games 31
Vietnamese fencers are promoting training with the aim of obtaining three gold medals. (Photo: VNA)– Vietnamese fencers are promoting training with the aim of obtaining three gold medals at the coming 31st Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games 31 ), according to the Organising Committee Over the past years, Vietnam has continually been among the best fencing teams in Southeast Asia.Vietnamese fencers pocketed eight of the 12 gold medals at the 28th SEA Games , held in Singapore in 2015. Twenty-four of them have been selected for competing in all the 12 categories at the Games, comprising six team and six individual categories.Coach Phan Anh Tuan said among the outstanding athletes, Vu Thanh An remains No. 2 in the region, and with his performance and constant training, An will still be able to advance to SEA Games finals even in the next three years. Young potential athletes who can succeed him include Xuan Loi, Duc Anh, and Van Quyet.Meanwhile, the key female fencers at this time’s Games are Nguyen Phuong Kim, Vu Thi Hong, and Nguyen Thi Trang, Tuan added.Fencing events with 12 sets of medals will take place at the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium from May 13 to 18./.
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May 07, 2022 05:15 UTC
Vietnam has huge biomass power potential, but more incentives needed
Vietnam expects to add 9,600 MW of power from biomass by 2030. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam expects to add 9,600 MW of power from biomass by 2030, but that will need added incentives. Pham Huong Giang, an official of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, pointed out the low rate of biomass power contributions to the national power grid. Huge investment capital and unattractive price mechanisms have also remained major obstacles, he said. According to the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period, with a vision towards 2045 (PDP VIII), the installed capacity of biomass power in Vietnam will reach 1,730MW by 2030.
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May 07, 2022 03:27 UTC
First group of Vietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1 deployed to Abyei
Taking into account the latest deployment, Vietnam’s military has sent a total of 76 officers on individual duties, and 436 soldiers in groups on UN peacekeeping missions. (Photo: VNA)The first group of Vietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1 arrived at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on May 5, according to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.The 28-member group was led by Colonel Mac Duc Trong, deputy head of the department, head of the Engineering Unit Rotation 1 and commander of the Vietnamese peacekeeping force at UNISFA.The officers and soldiers left for the UN peacekeeping mission on May 3. They have been assigned to take over barracks in the mission and equipment transported from Vietnam via the sea route, and make preparations to welcome the official unit of 156 people, to be deployed in mid-May.This is the first time Vietnam has sent military engineers to join UN peacekeeping operations. It is the unit-level formation with the largest number of members ever participating in UN peacekeeping missions.The staff members of the Engineering Unit Rotation 1, which debuted on November 17, 2011, will help provide humanitarian assistance and support the UN delegations in keeping and re-establishing peace in the area.They will also ensure transport, perform road maintenance, help reconstruct the UN base, and provide support for the local community by building community houses, schools, and other public facilities.Taking into account the latest deployment, Vietnam’s military has sent a total of 76 officers on individual duties, and 436 soldiers in groups on UN peacekeeping missions./.
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May 06, 2022 20:06 UTC
Vietnam scraps Covid-19 health declaration rule
The self-filled declaration form contains basic personal information, travel history over the past 14 days, potential exposure to people with suspected COVID-19 symptoms and COVID-19 vaccination status. The temporary abolishment of this requirement is the latest move in Vietnam’s attempt to live with the virus. According to the health ministry, COVID-19 has been put well under control across the country, with caseload and fatalities down significantly – the average number of deaths reported daily has stayed below 10 for several weeks now, while 96 per cent of the population aged 12 and older have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the inoculation of children aged five to 11 underway. It is noted that the current COVID-19 vaccines are still effective against known strains of coronavirus./.
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May 06, 2022 18:16 UTC
Vietnam thrash Indonesia 3-0 in SEA Games 31's Group A match
Forward Nguyen Tien Linh celebrates his goal. In the last 13 encounters at SEA Games, Vietnam won six, draw two and lost five against Indonesia. The previous SEA Games in 2019 in the Philippines saw Vietnam beating Indonesia 3-0 in the final to win the gold medal. During the game (Photo: VNA)In this SEA Games, Vietnam and Indonesia were put in group A together with Myanmar, the Philippines and Timor Leste. Four minutes later, Nguyen Tien Linh was closed to scoring a double after the ball found him from a corner, but he missed the shot.
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May 06, 2022 16:18 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 6
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam is stepping up surveillance and patrols to ensure security at airports for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31). SEA Games 31: flag-hoisting ceremony slated for May 11The flag-hoisting ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) will take place at My Dinh National Sports Complex in Hanoi on May 11. Finswimming was included in SEA Games 22 in Vietnam for the first time. At SEA Games 25 in 2009 in Laos, and SEA Games 26 in 2011 in Indonesia, Vietnam brought home four and six gold medals, respectively, breaking many Southeast Asian records. It has also mobilised 300 volunteers who are students of the Ha Long University to support SEA Games 31 works.
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May 06, 2022 14:54 UTC
Philippines beat Timor Leste 4-0 in SEA Games 31 opener
The footballers of the Philippines. (Photo: VNA)The Philippines defeated Timor Leste 4-0 in the first match of Group A in the men’s football at SEA Games 31 in northern Phu Tho province on May 6.Thousands of spectators attended the match at Viet Tri Stadium, which is set to host 10 games, including those of the hosts Vietnam, from May 6-21.Defender Christian Rontini gave the Philippines the lead in the 21st minute.The Philippines were then able to capitalise on errors by the Timor Leste defensive line to secure a 4-0 victory.On May 8, Timor Leste will face Myanmar, while the Philippines will play Vietnam.SEA Games 31, themed “For a Stronger South East Asia”, will be held in the capital city of Hanoi and 11 neighbouring provinces and cities from May 12 to 23.Featuring 40 sports with 526 events, it is expected to attract around 10,000 participants. The biennial event was initially slated for late 2021, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic./.
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May 06, 2022 13:50 UTC