After touching bottom in the first quarter of 2020 because of COVID-19, Vietnam’s stock market staged a strong comeback in the following quarter, allowing securities firms to enjoy sharp increases in both revenue and profit.
The Olympic Games, one of the most-anticipated sporting events on the planet, was originally scheduled to start later this month in Tokyo but was postponed to July 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, on June 16, engaged in two online talks with Jody Thomas, Deputy Minister of Canada’s Department of National Defence, and Peter Tesch, Deputy Secretary for Strategic Policy & Intelligence at Australia’s Department of Defence.
Police of Thailand said three men were killed and another was wounded by a gunman at a state-run radio station in the northern province of Phitsanulok on May 27.
The music video Khong The Cung Nhau Suot Kiep (We Can’t Be Together Eternally) by singer Hoa Minzy has wowed viewers thanks to its accurate depiction of the wedding ceremony of Emperor Bao Dai and Empress Nam Phuong, the last royal family of Vietnam.
Due to filming delays caused by the COVID-19 crisis, TV-serial makers in HCM City are rushing to finish their works and offer their films to viewers at home.
Boxer Nguyen Van Duong is proud to be heading to Tokyo next year after defeating the renowned Chatchai-decha Butdee from Thailand in the Olympics qualifiers in Jordan in March, quenching Vietnam’s 32-year thirst for its next boxer to attend the world’s largest sporting event.
Photos of a bloody protest against the war by US forces in Vietnam at Kent State University in Ohio are now on display on the university’s online platform to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the event.
Securing a berth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been a turning point in the sporting careers of Do Thi Anh Nguyet and Nguyen Hoang Phi Vu - the first Vietnamese archers to qualify for the world’s largest sporting event.
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports to Thailand were 50.51 million USD in the first quarter of 2020, shooting up 308.77 percent from the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has extended his condolences to Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne over the April 19 mass shooting in the North American country.
Alongside the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another battle that is also as fierce and challenging – the battle against the waves of fake news. In this front, journalists have to rush into “hot spots” of the disease and use their photos, videos and articles as weapons to fight fake news.
A gunman killed one person and wounded another at Century The Movie Plaza, near the Victory Monument in the Thai capital Bangkok, reported the Thai police on February 18.
The Thai Government is considering the extension of the traditional Songkran New Year Festival in April to stimulate the economy which is facing numerous difficulties.
Thai people have been raising funds in support of victims of a shooting rampage in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima last weekend that left 30 people, including the gunman, dead and 58 others wounded.
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