Day: March 2, 2023

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2023 AFC U20 Asian Cup finals: AFC praises Vietnam’s victory against Australia

Vietnam’s March 1 triumph at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Asian Cup finals gives them an early boost while the rivals Australia will have to bounce back in their remaining matches to stand a chance of advancing to the knockout stage, said an article published on the AFC’s official site.

According to the article, Australia started brightly in the opening minute but Vietnam were able to contain the threat.

“Despite having to defend deep, Vietnam scored against the run of play in the sixth minute when Khuat Van Khang released Quoc Viet, who burst through the Australian defence before finding the space to slot home the opener,” it added.

The AFC also posted a video capturing Viet’s goal in a tweet, praising him as “a strike worthy enough to win any match”.

“Vietnam open their #AFCU20 campaign in style with an impressive victory at the Istiqlol Stadium!” it tweeted earlier.

With this result, Vietnam claimed three precious points in the race for the top two spots to qualify for the quarterfinals, and will go through if they beat Qatar U20s on March 4.

Vietnam are in Group B together with Iran, Australia, and Qatar in the tournament’s finals. Sixteen squads are competing in the tournament, namely Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Japan, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Oman, Tajikistan, Iran, Australia, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, China, Iraq, and Syria.

Among Vietnam’s rivals in Group B, Qatar won the tournament in 2014, Iran triumphed four times (in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976), while Australia were the runners-up in 2010./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Revenue from tourists reaches over 3.6 billion USD in two months

Total revenue from domestic and foreign tourists in the first two months of 2023 reached 85.6 trillion VND (over 3.6 billion USD), the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) reported on March 2.

The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached nearly 933,000 in February, most of them were from the Republic of Korea, the US, Taiwan (China), China, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia and Australia.

The number of domestic tourists during the month was estimated at 7 million, about 4.6 million of them had at least one night’s stay.

On a two-month calculation, Vietnam served 1.8 million foreign tourists and 20 million domestic visitors.

As China reopened outbound tours from January 8, 2023, VNAT launched a number of activities to welcome Chinese holidaymakers to Vietnam.

On the sidelines of the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023 in Indonesia, VNAT leaders held a working session with a delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during which they proposed that China consider adding Vietnam to the list of pilot destinations for Chinese tourists to travel in groups.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, China was the largest source of tourists to Vietnam, recording over 5.8 million arrivals in 2019. The figure trended up, from 23% in 2015 to 32% in 2019.

At present, VNAT is actively working with the Vietnam Tourism Development Support Fund and the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany to best prepare for its participation in the ITB Berlin 2023 – the world’s leading travel trade show, from March 7-9, 2023.

Vietnam’s stall will cover a site of 450sq.m at the event, apart from sideline tourism promotion activities./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency