The capital city club only needed to win one match to take the trophy, but it was not a walk in the park playing away at SLNA’s Vinh Stadium. With a thick, crowded defense, SLNA made it very difficult for Hanoi FC to score. Key players like Nguyen Quang Hai, Pape Omar and Nguyen Van Quyet were marked so tightly that they could not play the way they would have liked. The first real whiff that Hanoi got was as late as in the 44th minute when Nguyen Van Quyet passed the ball back to Truong Van Thai Quy as he ran up to get a shot. But it hit a SLNA defender and the chance went abegging. The game was also interrupted several times because of injuries. Pham Van Nam, in his first start for Hanoi, damaged his knee after a wrong landing. He only played for 16 minutes and was subbed out for Pham Viet Truong, who hasn't played any minute in V. League this season either. SLNA also had to sub their players out because of injuries. Tran Dinh Dong after trying to tackle Nguyen Van Quyet got … [Read more...] about Hanoi FC script history with fifth V. League 1 title
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Water levels at record low in Vietnam’s biggest hydropower dam
The volume of water at 37 reservoirs of the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant in the northern province of Hoa Binhhad had fallen to 14.7 billion cubic meters by the end of August, 11.2 billion cubic meters lower than the same period last year and the lowest in the past 30 years, national power utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) said Thursday. The Da River is the biggest branch of the Red River, which flows from Yunnan in Southwest China through northern Vietnam to the Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnam. This time of the year is normally the peak of the flooding season on the river, but so far, there have been no significant water flow, EVN said, adding that the situation posed serious difficulties for electricity production. Owned by EVN, the Hoa Binh dam is the second largest in Southeast Asia, measuring 128 meters (420 feet) in height, and 970 meters (3,182 ft) in length. Power is generated by utilizing eight turbines with a capacity of 240 megawatts. The plant produces up to 8.16 billion kilowatt … [Read more...] about Water levels at record low in Vietnam’s biggest hydropower dam
Forest fire haze clears over Singapore ahead of F1
Singapore's skies were clearer Friday and air quality improved as smog from Indonesian forest fires drifted away, easing fears that this weekend's Formula One race may be affected. Petronas Twin Towers are shrouded by haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 9, 2019. Picture taken on September 9, 2019. (Reuters/Lim Huey Teng) Raging blazes in Indonesia have been spewing toxic haze over neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia, with Jakarta deploying security forces and water-bombing aircraft to tackle them. The Indonesian fires are an annual problem during the dry season when farmers use illegal slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for agriculture, but this year's are the worst since 2015. Thick smog had been hanging over Singapore since last weekend, pushing air quality to unhealthy levels, obscuring the waterfront skyline and sparking fears that Sunday's showpiece F1 night race could be affected. But on Friday the skies were largely clear, with only a light haze over … [Read more...] about Forest fire haze clears over Singapore ahead of F1
Three women caught transporting, trading 26kg of heroin
While two were caught in the northern province of Nam Dinh, the third was detained in the northern highlands province of Dien Bien. They said Nguyen Thi Le Anh, 38, was the mastermind behind the ring and Thach Thi Van, 56, as well as Dang Thi Hoa, 58, were her accomplices. Investigations reveal that on Monday, Anh bought an unknown amount of drugs from Laos and instructed Van to deliver them to a customer in Nam Dinh. On Tuesday, Van collected 26.4 kilograms of heroin from Anh's house in Dien Bien and delivered them to Nam Dinh by bus and motorbike taxi. As she delivered the drugs to Hoa in Nam Dinh, police arrested them both. Around the same time, Anh was arrested in Dien Bien. An investigation is ongoing. Vietnam is a key trafficking hub for drugs from the Golden Triangle, an intersection of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, which is the world's second largest drug producing area after the Golden Crescent in South Asia. Drug trafficking and consumption have persisted and worsened in … [Read more...] about Three women caught transporting, trading 26kg of heroin
Chinese access land use rights near Da Nang military airbase
At a meeting with the city's National Assembly delegates on Thursday, Da Nang voters expressed concern over Chinese entities' acquisition of seaside land in the city and requested that authorities take actions to resolve this issue. To Van Hung, director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said the city has reviewed its project areas and identified 21 cases of Chinese nationals having land use rights near the Nuoc Man Airbase in Ngu Hanh Son District. "These 21 cases have happened because the land use rights certificates for these plots were previously granted to Vietnamese nationals. However, during the subsequent land exploitation and use process, Chinese nationals used several methods including buying shares and contributing capital to have land use rights transferred to them," Hung explained. The stretch of land along Nuoc Man Airbase has one side facing the sea on Vo Nguyen Giap Boulevard, which includes 246 plots. Hung asserted that the granting of … [Read more...] about Chinese access land use rights near Da Nang military airbase