Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s sports sector is doing all it can to turn difficulties into advantages for athletes in the race for berths at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of many international sporting events, hindering the Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA)’s plans for athletes to train abroad. The VSA is now assessing the achievements by athletes and Olympic qualifying standards to devise specific training plans for promising ones. Vietnamese athletes have also been preparing for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on their home turf scheduled for November and December next year. Vietnam sent 23 athletes to the Rio Olympics in Brazil in 2016 and now aims to have up to 20 athletes attend the Tokyo Games. Only five, however, have secured their tickets to Tokyo, including gymnast Le Thanh Tung, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang, archers Do Thi Anh Nguyet and Nguyen Hoang Phi Vu, and boxer Nguyen Van Duong. The Olympic Games were … [Read more...] about Vietnam strives to secure more Olympic berths

Since the fortnight-long Lunar New Year holiday that started January 17, most students at secondary level and under have not gone back to school with their break being extended multiple times on safety considerations. This could be a factor that has prevented infections in this age group. Vietnam has not reported any school-related infection so far. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 demographics: majority of patients in Vietnam under 50

On a larger scale, the ministry said that Vietnam’s electronics industry will be greatly affected in the next quarters of 2020, with demand falling in the U.S. and the European Union due to the complicated developments of the pandemic. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 to slash Samsung Vietnam’s 2020 export target by $5.8bn: trade ministry

Sustainability, food safety management vital for Vietnam: AmCham As Vietnam’s population continues to grow, coupled with increasing incomes and the rising demand for new food and beverage markets, issues related to sustainability and food safety management standards have become crucially important. … [Read more...] about The US business community in Vietnam concerned on impact of corona virus

Hai Yen, a designer in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, is working from home. Initially, she felt secure because she signed up for a high-speed internet package, but after a few days, the network kept flickering. "Previously downloading files of 100 MB took less than a minute, but now it takes more than five minutes, and still doesn’t finish downloading. It even gets interrupted in the middle," Yen said. She called the operator and was advised to "reboot the modem," but the condition did not improve much. … [Read more...] about Internet crawls in Vietnam as undersea cable disrupted again