Day: June 18, 2021

Vietnam won one gold and one silver medal at the Asian Taekwondo Championship which closed in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 17.

Truong Thi Kim Tuyen won gold in the women’s 49kg category. The No 1 seed defeated No 2 Mannopova Madinabonu of Uzbekistan 25-24 in the final.

It was Tuyen’s second Asian title in a row after her first in the 46kg class three year ago held in Vietnam. She is the first Vietnamese fighter to have won the continental competition. Madinabonu also took part in that event and grabbed a bronze.

Tuyen received a bye in the first round. She beat Munisa Oimatova of Tajikistan, No 9 seed, in the quarter-finals and No 5 Hung Yu-Ting of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. Hung and Tuyen will have a chance to fight again next month as both have qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo.

On June 16, Nguyen Thi Anh Tuyet pocketed a silver in the women’s 57kg class. The unseeded player shocked No 4 Laetitia Aoun of the hosts 12-0 in the quarter-finals before beating No 1 Chen Yu-Chuang of Chinese Taipei 5-4 in the last four. Chen previously knocked Tuyet out of an Olympic qualification tournament last month.

Tuyet however fell 28-11 to No 3 Kim Yu-jin of the Republic of Korea in the final.

Ho Thi Kim Ngan, who was seeded No 4 in the women’s 53kg pool, had an unsuccessful event as she was eliminated in the first round by Ghazal Soltani of Iran.

The Asian championship, which was on June 14-18, lured nearly 340 athletes from 28 countries and territories competing in 16 pools for both men and women.

Vietnamese players will fly to Kazakhstan to continue their training until July 10 when Tuyen and her coach Kim Ki-tae take part in the Tokyo Games./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on June 18 officially announced the recognition of A Level membership for the VFF related to the AFC Coaching Convention.

This is good news for the VFF following its endeavours in organising football coach training courses at all levels in line with the AFC’s standards. Particularly in 2020 and 2021, despite impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the VFF has still organised a full range of courses as planned, thereby making a positive contribution to the training of human resources for Vietnamese football.

It was attributed partially to the efforts of Technical Director Yusuke Aachi, who have been proactive in making plans.

Adachi is known as one of the elite coaches of the AFC. He was appointed as a lecturer in the AFC professional football coach training course held in Vietnam for the first time in 2017. This is the highest certified coaching course in the AFC training system.

Being recognised as a A level membership of AFC, the VFF can organise its courses and grant certificates to the trained coaches. These certificates are valid throughout Asia.

After six months, depending on the ability and training programmes, the VFF can continue to apply for PRO membership from the AFC so that they can organise their own Pro-Diploma Coaching Courses – the highest level of coaching accreditation issued by the AFC./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Indian Embassy in Vietnam announced on June 18 that it will launch the seventh International Day of Yoga (June 21) online with the message “Be With Yoga, Be At Home”.

On the occasion of the day themed “Yoga For Wellness”, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a letter to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and thanked Vietnam for its support to hold the event annually.

To mark the event, the embassy’s Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre will work with partners to hold a series of activities from June 19-27, including online yoga sessions in collaboration with the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, the Vietnam – India Friendship Association in Hanoi, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics’ Centre for Indian Study, the Vietnam Institute of Indian and Southwest Asian Studies under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Indian Business Chamber in Hanoi.

The centre is also offering online yoga courses and a series of lectures on the benefit of the sport. An online quiz test for yoga lovers is also available on the fanpage https://www.facebook.com/IndianCultureInVietnam.

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly designated June 21 as International Day of Yoga, following an appeal by PM Modi in his speech to the assembly on September 27, 2014.

Since 2015, the Indian Embassy has worked closely with the provincial authorities and socio-economic organisations to hold the event.

Due to COVID-19 last year, small-scale activities in response to the event were held in Ha Long Bay – an UNESCO cultural heritage, and in Vinh Phuc, Ninh Thuan, Phu Yen, Thanh Hoa and Ho Chi Minh City./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnam were placed in the No. 6 seed group, together with Lebanon, among six seed groups for the upcoming draw of the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s third Asian qualifiers.

With two wins and one loss in the final matches in group G of the second qualifiers in the United Arabian Emirates (UAE), Vietnam earned 2.79 more points and ranked 11th among 12 teams competing in the third qualifiers. Lebanon ranked in the 12th position.

The No. 1 group comprises Japan and Iran. Meanwhile, Australia and the Republic of Korea are in the No. 2 group, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the No. 3, Iraq and China in the No. 4, and Oman and Syria in the No. 5 groups.

The 12 teams will be divided into two groups, each has six teams.

The draw is scheduled to take place on July 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency