The US team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. (Source: NBC Sport) The team of 107 women and 135 men will be seeking to earn the US their 100th Olympic gold and 300th medal. With 10 African-Americans, 11 Asian-Americans and the first two openly gay male athletes, the 2018 team is the most diverse US team ever.
Ba Ria – Vung Tau (VNA) – Tan Cang– Cai Mep International Terminal in southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau province on June23 welcomed the cruise ship Majestic, carrying the largest-ever number ofpassengers to land at the port.The luxury liner arrived at the dock at 6:15am with 1,532 crew members and 3,452 passengers, who will visit Ba Ria – VungTau and neighbouring provinces.The province’s border guard force has sentstaff to greet passengers at the dock and help them with customs clearance.The ship travelled from Thailand to Vung Tauprovince and will depart for China this evening.-VNA... [read more]
Rescue teams, doctors and soldiers rushed by land, sea and air Thursday to help drag survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake from the rubble and bring its people life-saving food and medicines. US President Barack Obama promised Haitians they would not be forgotten, offering 100 million dollars to buy life-saving equipment, food, water and medicine, and every element of US power to help them. "This investment will grow over the coming year as we embark on the long-term recovery from this unimaginable tragedy," he pledged. But more than two days after disaster struck there was no sign of desperately needed heavy-lifting…... [read more]
Vietnam’s Olympic team arrived in London on July 10 to start their preparations for the 2012 summer games, the 30 th in modern times. They were welcomed by Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Quang Minh, Charge d’affaires Bui Duc Minh and other representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in London . The athletes will attend an intensive training camp at Bradford College in the run up to the games. The organising board at the Olympics has also provided nearly 40,000 USD to support the Vietnamese team during their stay in the UK . The opening ceremony for the Olympics Games will be held…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - The five-member Street Legends team, established by former player of the Dutch national football team Edgar Davids and the Australian team will have friendly matches in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 10, on the occasion of the Tiger Champions 2010 football festival. The first qualifier round of Tiger Champions 2011 international football festival will be held in Can Tho city on August 9-10 and in the central city of Da Nang on August 17-18, to choose the best 32 teams for the final round. The champion will represent at the international finale in…... [read more]
This is largely because most ofthe seven-member team to be sent to the ASIAD in Incheon, the Republicof Korea are rookies. The veterans have been sidelined by injuries. Anotherfactor is the change in the coaching staff. After 13 years at the helm,Le Cong, the head coach, was replaced last March by Sayed Hassan ofIran. While Hassan is expected to bring the team to new heights,he is still adjusting to the athletic training process in Vietnam, aswell as the training style of Cong, who handled the team for more than adecade.After more than a month under Hassan, the team made aremarkable…... [read more]
