Day: August 2, 2022

Vietnam’s swimming team earned five more gold medals at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia on August 2 morning, bringing their total to 11 so far.

Two of the new golds belonged to Danh Hoa, as he finished first in the events of men’s 200m freestyle S4 with a time of 4 minutes 11.12 seconds and of men’s 50m butterfly SB3 within 56.81 seconds.

Surpassing all of his opponents, Do Thanh Hai completed his race in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB3 event in 42.40 seconds, securing another gold medal for Vietnam.

Nguyen Hoang Nha and Vo Huynh Anh Khoa, both from Ho Chi Minh City, won their golds in the men’s 100m backstroke S6 and 100m backstroke S8 events, respectively. This was the second gold medal for Khoa at the sport tournament, with the first secured a day earlier.

As of noon on August 2, the swimming squad bagged 11 gold, four silver, and five bronze medals. The team has set a target of winning 13 golds.

Taking place from July 30 to August 6, the tournament features 14 sports with 907 competition events, and 1,286 athletes.

The Vietnamese delegation comprises 153 members, including 120 athletes who will compete in eight sports, namely athletics, swimming, powerlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and archery. The country is striving to be in the leading group of the Games, eyeing 35-40 gold medals./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnam secured 12 gold, nine silver, and 11 bronze medals as of 10pm on August 1, the first day it competed at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.

The Vietnamese swimming, athletic and weightlifting athletes had an excellent competition day, setting three new records.

Swimmers Vo Huynh Anh Khoa, Tran Quoc Phi, Vi Thi Hang, and Vo Thanh Tung grabbed their golds for their outstanding performances in the men’s 400m freestyle S8; men’s 100m breaststroke S13; women’s 100m freestyle S7; and men’s 50m backstroke S5 events, respectively.

Meanwhile, in the women’s 400m freestyle S8 event, Le Thi Dung won another gold medal, clocking 5 minutes 59.97 seconds, breaking the games’ previous record of 7 minutes 24.1 seconds. She later earned one more gold medal in the women’s 100m freestyle S8.

The swimming squad also obtained four silver and five bronze medals on the day.

In weightlifting, Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan and Dang Thi Phuong Linh of Vietnam each brought home a gold medal after completing the 50kg and 55kg categories with the weights of 104kg and 101kg, respectively. Both performances respectively broke the past records of 103kg and 100kg. Meanwhile, in the 61kg category, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy won a silver medal with a weight of 84 kg.

Vietnamese athletics, meanwhile, saw their efforts turning into four gold, four silver, and two bronze medals.

The remaining four bronze medals of the day were captured by the table tennis team.

Taking place from July 30 to August 6 in Surakarta city, the APG 2022 features 14 sports with 907 competition events, and 1,286 athletes.

The Vietnamese delegation comprises 153 members, including 18 coaches and 120 athletes who will compete in eight sports, namely athletics, swimming, powerlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and archery. The country strives to be in the leading group of the Games, targeting 35-40 gold medals

At the previous ASEAN Para Games in 2017, Vietnam won 40 gold, 61 silver, and 60 bronze medals, finishing 4th in the overall medal tally./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnam’s powerlifter Le Van Cong on August 2 successfully defended his title again in the under 49kg category at the ongoing 11th Southeast Asian Paralympic Games (ASEAN Para Games) in Indonesia.

This is the first gold medal obtained by Cong after five years of suspension of the sporting event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and his sixth gold medal in the regional event.

According to head coach Luu Quang Thai, the goal of the entire team is to win four golds at the Games and get tickets to the World Para Powerlifting Championships and the Asian Para Games.

Earlier, the Vietnamese swimming team continued an excellent performance on the third day of the ASEAN Para Games 11 by winning another five gold medals.

The 11th ASEAN Para Games, which takes place from July 30 to August 6 in the city of Surakarta, Indonesia’s Central Java province, features 14 sports and the participation of 1,286 athletes./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Vietnam, ranked 17th in Asia, is set to advance to the 2026 World Cup’s Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2, according to the Asian Football Confederation’s new qualification format for the region, which boasts 8.5 berths.

According to the announcement, the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament will comprise four rounds, in which 22 teams, ranked 26 to 47, will be drawn to play in a home-and-away format in the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1, where the 11 winners will progress to Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2.

In Round 2, 36 teams, ranked from 1 to 25, as well as the 11 winners from the first round, will be divided into nine groups to compete in a round-robin, home-and-away format, after which the top two teams from each group – 18 in total – will advance to the AFC Asian Qualifiers for the World Cup as well as the 2027 Asian Cup.

During the Asian Qualifiers, the 18 teams will be divided into three groups to compete in a round-robin, home-and-away format, with the top two teams from each group qualifying directly to the 2026 World Cup.

The final round will consist of the third and fourth placed teams from all groups of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – six teams in total. The six teams will be drawn into two groups of three teams each, competing in a single round-robin format.

The two first-placed teams from the Asian Playoff groups will advance to the FIFA World Cup 2026. The second-placed teams from both groups will compete in a playoff match to determine the side that will represent the AFC in the Intercontinental Playoff.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A workshop was held in the central city of Da Nang on August 2 to kick off the second phase of a project on waste classification at source and waste recycling funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the locality.

The event was jointly hosted by the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) of Japan.

According to Director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources To Van Hung, the first phase of the project, implemented for five years within JICA’s Development Partner Programme as part of the bilateral cooperation programme between Da Nang and Japan’s Yokohama city, has proven effective.

Officials of Da Nang have been trained directly in Japan, and many models piloted in Hai Chau and Thanh Khe districts.

Addressing the workshop, Tsukiji Makoto from IGES introduced a plan to implement the project’s second phase in 2022-2025, which will focus on establishing a sustainable resource recirculation system for urban solid waste in Da Nang; developing a map of “hotspots” of waste in the city; piloting activities in Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, and Lien Chieu districts; and developing policies on solid waste classification and treatment.

According to Dr. Pham Phu Song Toan from the University of Technology and Education (UTE) under the University of Da Nang, the city needs to build plans to collect, classify and treat organic waste at source, especially at restaurants and hotels; and develop a database system on waste.

Da Nang is striving to reuse and recycle 15% of solid waste by 2025./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The 26th VietFood, Beverage and Professional Packing Machines (VietFood & Beverage – ProPack) International Exhibition and the 20th International Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 11-13.

The two exhibitions will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in the city’s district 7.

Vietfood & Beverage – Propack Expo is expected to feature 400 booths of around 350 businesses from 18 nations and territories.

Meanwhile, as many as 260 firms from 20 countries and territories have registered to showcase their outstanding products at 320 stalls at the Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo 2022.

This year’s event will have five national promotion booths of India, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Turkey./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 2 called on Singaporean firms and Temasek in particular to expand their investment in Vietnam, particularly in technology, strategic infrastructure development, logistics and innovative startups.

At a reception for Singaporean Ambassador Jaya Ratnam and CEO of Temasek Foundation Ng Boon Heong in Hanoi, Chinh noted that the Vietnam-Singapore strategic partnership is developing strongly and dynamically across all spheres, especially economy, trade and investment, with two-way trade expanding over 23% to reach 8.3 billion USD last year despite COVID-19, and hitting 4.75 billion USD in the first half of this year.

Singapore has become Vietnam’s biggest investor in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with 2,959 projects worth 69.86 million USD, ranking second among 139 countries and territories investing in Vietnam.

According to the PM, the recent delegation exchanges and meetings by senior leaders of the two countries have created a new impulse for the bilateral ties, and helped to promote cooperation in post-pandemic recovery and sustainable development.

He used the occasion to thank Singapore and the Temasek Foundation for their support for Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic, and highly valued the foundation’s implementation of 27 cooperation and support programmes in Vietnam since 2008 with total funding amounting to some 10 million USD and the participation of around 3,000 Vietnamese officials.

Vietnam wishes to cooperate with Singapore and receive support from the country and Temasek during its development, Chinh continued, emphasising that Vietnam wants to enhance its bilateral strategic partnership and learn from Singapore’s experience in building an independent, self-reliant economy in tandem with intensive and extensive international integration.

The PM suggested the two sides roll out projects and activities marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, and the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership in 2023.

Attention should be paid to projects covering the areas of Vietnam’s priorities and Singapore’s strengths like the digital economy, digital government, digital society, digital citizens, green economy and innovation, he added, urging greater efforts to promote Vietnam-Singapore industrial parks.

He asked Temasek to step up cooperation and policy consultancy with Vietnam, assisting the country to implement programmes on high-quality personnel training and administration.

The Vietnamese government welcomes and stands ready to create favourable conditions for Singaporean businesses to invest in the country, the leader affirmed.

The Singaporean guests lauded efforts by the Vietnamese government in handling economic issues despite an array of challenges, as well as Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in pandemic containment.

They shared the view that investment attraction results have reflected investors’ strong confidence in Vietnam.

They agreed with PM Chinh’s suggestions to boost cooperation in economy, trade, investment, digital transformation, energy transition and public-private partnerships, thus contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

The CEO stressed that Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia Temasek has invested in, and that Temasek wants to expand its investments in Vietnam.

The ambassador conveyed an invitation from PM Lee Hsien Loong to PM Chinh to visit Singapore as soon as possible. The Vietnamese leader accepted the invitation with pleasure and suggested arranging the trip through diplomatic channels./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency