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VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 23

University filing lawsuit against its scholarship winners

 

Mother naturally gives birth to one of largest babies ever born in Vietnam

A 33-year-old mother in Tan Ky District of the central province of Nghe An naturally gave birth to a baby girl weighing 5.5kg yesterday.

 

Private movie studio opens in HCM City

A private movie studio has opened in HCM City’s Binh Chanh District after three years of construction.

About 62,000 foreign labourers join compulsory social insurance in Vietnam

After 10 months since compulsory social insurance collection applied, as many as 62,000 foreign labourers have joined social insurance in Vietnam.

Singapore referees to officiate V.League matches

Referees from Singapore will take charge of two key matches in the V.League’s last round this week.

Hanoi's railway cafe owners ask for permission to reopen business with safety measures taken

The owners pledged to comply with regulations on prohibited commercial activities within a minimum distance of 1.5 m from the railway, as well as to draw safety lines and install stainless steel bars on the front of each store and house.

Recent deaths raise alarm over unlicenced plastic surgery clinics in Vietnam

Two women died last week in HCM City after undergoing plastic surgery.

 

Vietnam allocates US$4.7 billion for Phase 1 construction of new mega airport

During the first phase of the construction, the work items include a runway, a passenger terminal with handling capacity up to 25 million people and a cargo terminal for 1.2 million tons of goods annually.

Award-winning doctor wins global recognition for osteoporosis research

Dr Ho Pham Thuc Lan began her medical career in an unconventional way.

Vulnerable Vietnamese children rescued during UK cannabis raid

These are the squalid conditions three Vietnamese children were living in – prisoners in a cannabis farm in the UK.

Vietnamese grandmasters Liem, Son takes positive results at Grand Swiss

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished ninth, while his teammate Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son came 14th at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2019 chess tournament which closed on Monday in the UK.

Vietnam and Indonesia draw in AFF futsal tourney

Vietnam and Indonesia played out a goalless draw in group B of the HDBank AFF Futsal Championship Southeast Asia held on Tuesday at Phu Tho Stadium in HCM City.

Vietnam's 23-woman squad named ahead of AFC U19 Women’s Championship

Ijiri Akira, the head coach of Vietnam's women’s national football team, has revealed the official list of the 23 female players who will make up the U19 squad for the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Women's Championship.

Household wells blamed for HCM City subsidence

Thousands of households in the suburbs of HCM City are refusing to use tap water and continuing to exploit underground water, which is leading to saltwater intrusion and subsidence.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggests Japan’s largest financial service group expand operation in VN

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomes Softbank, Japan’s largest financial service group, to expand cooperative activities with Vietnamese firms at his meeting with CEO of Softbank Masayoshi Son on October 22 in Tokyo.

Vietnam never concedes in sovereignty matters: PM

Vietnam will never make concessions to its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the National Assembly (NA) yesterday, following a months-long standoff with Chinese ships in the East Sea.

Vietnamese singer Noo Phuoc Thinh to perform at South Korean musical fest

Vietnamese pop star Noo Phuoc Thinh will perform at the V.Heartbeat Live that will take place in Seoul on November 16.

Nude photography exhibition breaks boundaries

“It looks like humans are climbing out of rocks.” “Rocks have human souls!” These were just some of the comments I heard while visiting a nude photography exhibition entitled “Hồn đá” (Souls of Rocks) at the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Association.

Paralympic hero to auction medal to pay for school girl's cancer treatment

World champion and Paralympic winner Le Van Cong has decided to auction his power-lifting World Cup gold medal to raise money to treat a child cancer patient.