Hanoi, (VNA) – The following is a briefreview of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on May 9.
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has handed thesecond-class Independence Order to poet Huu Thinh at a ceremony at the HanoiOpera House. The May 8 event was jointly held by the Vietnam Union ofLiterature and Arts Associations and the Vietnam Writers’ Association. Read full story
– A delegation of the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour (VGCL) attended the 18th congress of the WorldFederation of Trade Unions (WFTU) that took place in Rome from May 6 to 8.
Opening the event that was participated by 435 delegates from 106 countries,WFTU General Secretary Georges Mavrikos highlighted the federation’s strongdevelopment in both quantity and quality over the past years, noting that since2005, the WFTU membership has surged by 175 percent to over 105 million in 133countries, making it the world’s largest organisation of trade unions. Read full story
– A story-telling competition on Vietnam-Laosfriendship was launched in Hanoi on May 9, as part of a special communicationscampaign for the 60th founding anniversary of the nations’ diplomatic relations(September 5, 1962-2022).
Co-organised by the Vietnam-Laos and Laos-VietnamFriendship Associations, the Lao Embassy in Vietnam, and Vietnam Timesmagazine, the contest receives entries in the forms of writing or video clipsuntil August 31. Read full story
– Matches of men’s football at the ongoingSEA Games 31 are drawing large crowds of spectators, even in the absence of thehome team Vietnam in some games. ASEAN Football page recently published photosof Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh province on May 7 when it hosted two gamesof Group B - while Vietnam are in Group A.
“What an atmosphere! 30,000 fans inThien Truong Stadium tonight!” it wrote. Read full story
- #Seagamesnoplastic and #Greensport are thehashtags of a campaign launched during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames 31) to raise public awareness of environmental protection, according tothe Organising Board.
The drive is jointly held by the communicationscentre at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and theVietnam Sports Administration. Read full story
– Vietnamese athlete Hanh Nguyen came first inthe female category at the VNG IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam, which took place in thecentral coastal city of Da Nang on May 8.
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has handed thesecond-class Independence Order to poet Huu Thinh at a ceremony at the HanoiOpera House. The May 8 event was jointly held by the Vietnam Union ofLiterature and Arts Associations and the Vietnam Writers’ Association. Read full story
– A delegation of the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour (VGCL) attended the 18th congress of the WorldFederation of Trade Unions (WFTU) that took place in Rome from May 6 to 8.
Opening the event that was participated by 435 delegates from 106 countries,WFTU General Secretary Georges Mavrikos highlighted the federation’s strongdevelopment in both quantity and quality over the past years, noting that since2005, the WFTU membership has surged by 175 percent to over 105 million in 133countries, making it the world’s largest organisation of trade unions. Read full story
– A story-telling competition on Vietnam-Laosfriendship was launched in Hanoi on May 9, as part of a special communicationscampaign for the 60th founding anniversary of the nations’ diplomatic relations(September 5, 1962-2022).
Co-organised by the Vietnam-Laos and Laos-VietnamFriendship Associations, the Lao Embassy in Vietnam, and Vietnam Timesmagazine, the contest receives entries in the forms of writing or video clipsuntil August 31. Read full story
– Matches of men’s football at the ongoingSEA Games 31 are drawing large crowds of spectators, even in the absence of thehome team Vietnam in some games. ASEAN Football page recently published photosof Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh province on May 7 when it hosted two gamesof Group B - while Vietnam are in Group A.
“What an atmosphere! 30,000 fans inThien Truong Stadium tonight!” it wrote. Read full story
- #Seagamesnoplastic and #Greensport are thehashtags of a campaign launched during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames 31) to raise public awareness of environmental protection, according tothe Organising Board.
The drive is jointly held by the communicationscentre at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and theVietnam Sports Administration. Read full story
– Vietnamese athlete Hanh Nguyen came first inthe female category at the VNG IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam, which took place in thecentral coastal city of Da Nang on May 8.
Attracting more than 2,500athletes, this international triathlon covered 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cyclingand 21.1 km running. Read full story./.
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