Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc awards U23 Vietnam members and chief coach Park Han-seo (Photo: VGP) On Sunday night, Mr. Phuc had a meeting with U23 Vietnam members and chief coach Park Han-seo, after they had a long journey on numerous streets of Hanoi. The PM awarded the first class Labor Order to U23 Vietnam football team and third-class Labor Order to chief coach Park, a Republic of Korean national, midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and goal keeper Bui Tien Dung for their excellent achievements at the AFC U23 Championship. On the behalf of the U23 Vietnam squad, the head coach presented a ball with signatures by the coach and all players to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Phuc praised the team’s solidarity, physical strength, bravery, and self-confidence to compete for Vietnam. He appreciated the special role head coach Park Hang-seo in leading and inspiring confidence in the team and promoting their potential, thus making a wonder for football. Fans welcome the national young football squad at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi (Photo: Truong Giang) Later in the night, tens of thousands of football fans enthusiastically welcomed the national young football squad at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi. Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent flowers to congratulate the team. Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said that over the past 2 weeks, the Vietnamese have lived in joy, happiness, and pride of the U23 football… [Read full story]
(Cinet)- After a failure in AFF Cup 2010, the Vietnam national football team has set a purpose for an afford of making a young football team gain a new success in 2011 and the up-coming years. In the list of 22 footballers in AFF Cup 2010, the age of them is not too old (about the average age is 26.6). In AFF Cup 2010, the style of the footballers is not good in both tactics and a loss of the footballer. Besides, the instability of the number of the footballers in AFF Cup 2010 is a question of the level…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - According to Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, if Vietnamese people's physical strength and height is not improve, they cannot meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization. On Wednesday, July 31, in the cabinet regular meeting, the government discussed the draft project on "Comprehensive innovation of education and training to meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization." Giving suggestions for the project, Minister Hoang Tuan Anh stated the alarming situation of physical stature of Vietnamese people. Accordingly, the average height of young men is 1.61 m, of young women is 1.53 m, respectively lower…... [read more]
Twelve young football players from the three regions FC team have won the chance to attend the 2010 Coca Cola Football Camp in South Africa. They will attend training sessions at the Thanh Long Centre from June 3-13 and coach Nguyen Hoang Buu and South African footballer Philani who is playing for Becamex Binh Duong will be accompany them in South Africa. The 2010 Coca Cola Football Four of the players are from Hanoi, three from Ho Chi Minh City and the others are from Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Ninh Thuan and Dong Nai. Camp will take…... [read more]
Vietnam's prime minister expressed deep appreciation for the Vietnamese Bishops' Conference's active participation in national construction and social activities during a meeting with Conference members Friday. PM Nguyen Tan Dung congratulated the Vietnam Bishops' Conference (VBC) on their successful congress, which wrapped up recently. The Party and the State have always respected the people's democracy and religious freedom, Dung stressed. The PM praised the Catholic community's contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS, in reducing traffic accidents and in improving the quality of training and education. He said he hoped the VBC and the 6-million-strong Catholic community in Vietnam would continue…... [read more]
PANO – 700 athletes from units under the Air Force Officer Training School of the Air Defence and Air Force Service on December 19th took part in a sport festival in celebration of the 71st founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and 26th anniversary of the whole people’s defence festival. During the four-day event, the participants will compete in various categories, including unarmed martial arts, 100m, 1500m, 3000m runs and pull-up. The sports festival is to evaluate units' physical and sport training over the year as well as to augment troops’ physical strength to meet the requirements of training,…... [read more]