Day: May 17, 2022

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Vietnam athletics team close to gold medal target at SEA Games 31

Runner Nguyen Van Lai was the focus of attention on the third day of athletics competitions at SEA Games 31 after winning the men’s 10,000m – his second gold medal at this Games.

Lai and teammate Nguyen Van Thao supported each other effectively to overcome fierce competition from Felisberto De Deus of Timor Leste and Arthit Soda of Thailand.

He was the first to cross the finishing line in a time of 32:17:34, while Thao came third with a time of 32:37:66 to get the bronze.

Lai’s first gold was in the men’s 5,000m race.

With Lai’s triumph, the Vietnamese athletics team have won 16 golds medals at SEA Games 31, almost reaching the target of 15-17 gold medals set before the Games./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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SEA Games 31: One more silver for Vietnam in sepak takraw

The women’s sepak takraw team had a 2-0 win over Myanmar on May 17, bringing home another silver medal.

This is the last match of the team in the women’s team regu category. The Vietnamese earlier beat Malaysia and Cambodia but lost to Thailand, thus had to accept silver.

Thailand walked away with gold in the category, and Myanmar got bronze.

In the men’s team regu, the Vietnamese team could not enter the semifinals.

Thailand won gold, while silver went to Malaysia and both Indonesia and the Philippines got the bronze.

The Vietnamese Sepak Takraw players had earlier won a silver and a bronze.

Competitions in the doubles category will start on May 18./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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SEA Games 31: Vietnamese swimmers set record in men’s freestyle relay event

The Vietnamese swimming team set a new record at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), with a time of 7 minutes and 16.31 seconds, winning the gold medal in the men’s freestyle 4x200m relay event on on May 17, the 4th day of competition.

Swimmers Nguyen Huu Kim Son, Nguyen Huy Hoang, Hoang Quy Phuoc and Tran Hung Nguyen competed with their rivals from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia in this event.

This is the second time at SEA Games 31, Vietnamese swimmers have defeated Rio 2016 Olympic champion Joseph Schooling of Singapore and his teammates in the relay event.

On the same day, Vietnamese swimmers also brought home two more silver medals in the men’s 200m breaststroke and 100m butterfly events, and one bronze medal in the women’s freestyle 400m competition.

After the 4th day of competition, the Vietnamese swimming team pocketed 7 gold, 9 silver and one bronze medal.

At SEA Games 31, the team set a target of wining of from six to eight gold medals./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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SEA Games 31: Linh Na grabs gold for Vietnam in women’s heptathlon

With her excellent performance in heptathlon, Nguyen Linh Na of Vietnam made an impressive comeback on May 17, the second competition day of this sport at SEA Games 31, to pocket a gold medal.

On the previous day, Norliyana Kamarruddin of Malaysia took the lead in the women’s heptathlon with 3,237 points and became a strong contender for the gold. Nguyen Linh Na ranked second with 3,231 points.

Na still followed Kamarruddin in long jump on May 17, leading to an 18-point gap with 3,960 points for the former and 3,978 points for the latter.

However, thanks to her outstanding performance in the last two events, the Vietnamese athlete recorded 41.85 metres in javelin and 2 minutes and 25.35 seconds in the 800-metre run to secure 5,415 points in total, topping the women’s heptathlon.

With not-as-good-as-expected performance in these two events, Norliyana Kamarruddin of Malaysia dropped to the third place with 5,262 points and earned a bronze medal. Sarah Dequiman Noveno of the Philippines moved up to the second position with 5,381 points and won a silver.

The latest gold from Na added up to Vietnam’s 15 gold medals in athletics at SEA Games 31, meeting the target of at least 15 golds in track and field events./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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COVID-19: Vietnam reports 1,895 new cases on May 17

0020 A total 1,785 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 16 to 4pm May 17, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi reported the highest number of infections on the day with 419 cases, followed by Vinh Phuc with 119 and Phu Tho with 111.

The national tally reached 10,699,965.

A total 5,094 COVID-19 patients were given the all clear on May 17, bringing the number of recoveries so far to 9,364,857.

There are 206 patients needing breathing support, while four deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 43,071.

By May 16, the country had injected 217,377,159 doses of COVID-19 vaccines./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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American business community very optimistic about US-Vietnam economic ties

With Vietnam-US economic relations having grown steadily over time, the American business community is very optimistic and working very hard in Vietnam, according to Virginia B. Foote, President of the Board of the US International Centre.

The two countries have reached a new height of over 100 billion USD in two-way trade, Foote, who is also co-founder of the US-Vietnam Trade Council (USVTC) and President and CEO of Bay Global Strategies, told the Vietnam News Agency’s reporters on the sidelines of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s meeting with US enterprises in New York on May 16.

She highlighted the entrepreneurial spirit in Vietnam as well as its great workforce, better infrastructure and significant location in Asia as advantages for American firms doing business in the country.

“Our companies very much appreciate the talents in Vietnam and working with the Vietnamese people,” she said.

Foote also outlined several challenges facing US investors which include burdensome administrative procedures in some areas, and supply chain and logistical difficulties which are not unique to Vietnam.

“We’re hoping as we come out of COVID-19, these things will smooth out,” she stated.

Foote also hoped that US firms can get access to renewable energy which is increasingly important to their manufacturing in Vietnam.

The official later spoke highly of PM Chinh’s meeting with the US business community, saying he made several speeches which were all very interesting and insightful about Vietnam’s future. “I think he’s heard a lot from various companies,” she noted.

She added that the US is hoping to have Vietnam join the Indo Pacific economic framework. “There’s been discussion about that and how that might help build global standards and further deepen the relationship between the US and Vietnam.”

Foote was presented with a friendship order by the Vietnamese State in 2007 for her support for the signing of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), the agreement on Vietnam’s WTO accession and the US Government’s application of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Vietnam.

She served as Chair for the US Business Coalition for APEC and Chair of the US-Vietnam WTO Coalition in 2006. She was also Executive Vice President of the US-ASEAN Business Council from 2014 – 2017./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Can Tho eyes logistics, hi-tech agriculture cooperation with RoK

Officials of the People’s Committee of Mekong Delta Can Tho city on May 16 had a working session with a delegation from the Korea – Asia Economic Cooperation Association (KOAECA) led by its chairman Lee Kim-kee, focusing on logistics and hi-tech agriculture cooperation in the time to come.

The two sides discussed orientations for cooperation in the fields of tourism, investment in logistics and seaport infrastructure, aviation, and hi-tech agriculture, especially logistics and agriculture-farm processing projects that Can Tho is going to implement in the coming time.

Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Viet Truong said the city is preparing to invest in many projects and it hopes to cooperate with KOAECA in developing logistics systems serving the consumption of farm produce of the Mekong Delta region.

Can Tho has planned to set up a logistics centre for linkage, production, processing and consumption of agricultural products in the region, which will cover an area of 3,300 ha, he said.

The draft project is being urgently completed to submit to the Prime Minister for approval in May, he revealed.

In addition, the Government has also approved an another grade-II logistics centre in Can Tho, which will cover 242 ha of land in Cai Cui port in Cai Rang district, Truong said, adding that the city is also building a plan of a 1,000-ha airport city.

Truong suggested KOAECA help connect Can Tho with Incheon city of the Republic of Korea (RoK), and encourage RoK firms to research, survey, and invest in the “airport city” project in Can Tho.

Can Tho also asks KOAECA to invite Korean businesses to invest in the Can Tho hi-tech industrial park, especially in digital transformation, to help Can Tho speed up its development, Truong said.

Can Tho boasts the Vietnam – RoK industrial technology incubator, which has been operated for five year, Truong said, expressing the hope that KOAECA will visit and support activities of the establishment in the time to come.

KOAECA chairman Lee Kim-kee said that his agency will cooperate closely with Can Tho in terms of agriculture, logistics and seaports, and aviation and tourism.

In agricultural cooperation, KOAECA will transfer technology and provide finance, while Can Tho only needs to issue permits, and provide land and labour, he said.

KOAECA will also provide finance for developing airports, highways, and seaports to effectively speed up infrastructure building, he added.

Can Tho is home to 14 investment projects from the RoK with a total registered capital of 261 million USD. The RoK ranked second among countries and territories investing in the Mekong Delta city, mainly in production and trade./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency