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Deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, Nguyen Nam Nhan, announced that Chien, a billiards player from Vietnam, was invited to participate in a friendly tournament organized by the Union Mondiale de Billard (the World Union of Billiards) and the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association in Shanghai on the weekend. The tournament included three other top billiards players, namely Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands, Tayfun Tasdemir from Turkey, and Cho Myung Woo from South Korea. During the match between Chien and Dick Jaspers on Saturday, a live broadcast incorporated an image of China’s controversial ‘nine-dash line’ map, which China uses to assert its sovereignty over the East Vietnam Sea. Although Chien did not see the image during the match, he was later informed about it. Chien attended the tournament without a coach or assistant. After discussing the issue with Nguyen Viet Hoa, the head coach of the Ho Chi Minh City billiards team, Chien decided...

Delegates attending the meeting at the Ministry of Industry and Trade headquarters in Hanoi. Photo: MoIT Vietnam and Australia have shown strong resolve to effectively implement free trade agreements (FTAs) of which both are members in an effort to ramp up bilateral economic and trade cooperation. The agreement was reached during the fourth meeting of the trade working group within the framework of the Ministerial-level Vietnam-Australia Economic Partnership, virtually held on March 30, VOV reported. The online meeting brought together representatives of ministries in charge of foreign affairs, trade, investment, science, energy, agriculture, and natural resources of the two countries. The two sides shared the view that the Vietnam – Australia trade cooperation has grown considerably in recent times, with their two-way trade hitting USD 15.7 billion last year, making Australia the seventh largest trading partner for Vietnam. In the first two months of 2023 alone, bilate...

A lion dance performance at the event. Photo: VNA The Vietnamese Family Partnership (VFP), in coordination with the Vietnamese Association in the UK (VAUK), hosted a traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration for expatriates on January 15, VNA reported Monday . The event featured a variety of activities such as lion dances, martial arts performances, ao dai (traditional long dress) show and folk games. Visitors had a chance to buy traditional Vietnamese specialties for Tet namely jams, banh chung (square glutinous rice cake), pork paste, rice paper, among others. At the ceremony. Photo: Vietnamese Family Partnership Addressing the ceremony, the Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long appreciated the contributions of VFP and VAUK in organizing the biggest festival of the year for the Vietnamese community. He said that the Lunar New Year festival is part of a program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the ...