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Nam emerged as the champion of the M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat Tournament 2024 in Thailand on February 25. He defeated Sander Jong from the Netherlands in the men’s singles final with a score of 2-1. This victory contributed to his achievement of becoming the champion of the tournament. Consequently, Nam earned an additional 15 bonus points, leading to a total of 83 points. His outstanding performance in this tournament will soon bring him back among the top 500 in the ATP rankings. Currently, the 500th-ranked player has only 78 points. Ly Hoang Nam will soon be back in the top 500 ATP rankings. Photo: SGGP Prior to this tournament, Nam had dropped to the 535th position, falling out of the top 500. This decline was a result of his poor performances in five previous tournaments held in October. However, in November, Nam climbed 14 places to reach the 549th position due to his impressive results in recent matches at the ITF World Tennis Tour M25. Since winning the M25 Tay Ni...

Unsplash Representational Image More than 64 percent of credit among the top 10 borrowers is deployed in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, keeping in tune with India’s Neighborhood First policy. Bangladesh has been the highest recipient of Indian LOCs. These loans carry a one percent interest rate and a 0.5 percent commitment fee. The repayment period will be 20 years with a moratorium period of five years. India’s development cooperation with Bangladesh is based on the modern concept of a development compact, which provides for development assistance that works at five different levels: trade and investment; technology exchange; skills upgrading; lines of credit (LoCs); and finally, grants. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Dhaka in 2015, said that Bangladesh is not merely a neighbor but a nation with which India shares enduring links. President Ram Nath Kovind has termed Bangladesh India’s closest neighbor. During her last visit to Dhaka, Exter...

Vietnam news March 3 headlines: National Data Centre planned in draft Data Law; Art exchange fosters friendship between Vietnamese and Chinese localities; SOEs are asked to play a more active role in the implementation of strategic breakthroughs; First two months see four export items hit over US$5 billion; “Suite Kieu” guitar piece performed in Berlin; Vietnamese martial arts promoted in Romania; Phu Yen aims to become the central coastal region’s blue economy hub Police taking a picture of a woman for her ID card. (Photo: VNA) National Data Centre planned in draft Data Law The Ministry of Public Security has introduced a draft proposal for the Data Law, addressing the need to include the national data center. Currently, there is a lack of infrastructure in some ministries to support essential information technology systems, leading to disparate databases with issues of standardization and uniformity. The existing data centers suffer from inadequate inves...

The Ministry of Health of Vietnam recently held a ceremony to honor Dr. Shobayashi Tokuaki, an expert from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Policy Advisor to the Health Ministry of Vietnam, with the “For People’s Health” medal. The award ceremony took place in Hanoi on March 1, with the presence of Vietnamese Health Minister Dao Hong Lan, Japanese Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Shige Watanabe, and First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam Sasaki Shohei. Health Minister Dao Hong Lan presents the award to Dr. Shobayashi Tokuaki. Photo: JICA Vietnam This prestigious award is given to Vietnamese and foreign individuals who have made significant contributions to Vietnam’s healthcare sector. During his two-year tenure from March 2022 to March 2024 at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Shobayashi has been highly praised for his policy advisory work in areas such as universal health insurance, infectious disease prevention, medical equipment and drug mana...

Haiphong cuisine is an exciting and flavorsome combination of Chinese and French cuisine with fresh seafood. The unique gastronomy of the port city has aroused the curiosity of people, who organize their own “food tours” to the city to enjoy its delicacies. A funky tour just for food A group of youth from Hanoi join the Haiphong Food Tour by train. Photo: Pham Duc Hung Taking a day tour to Haiphong by train to enjoy food is becoming a trend among young people in Hanoi. This trend is going viral as more and more photos and videos reviewing delicious Haiphong dishes have been uploaded on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook recently. Seeing friends taking a train to Haiphong for food, Bich Phuong, 24, from Hanoi cherished the idea of making a similar trip next May Day. According to Phuong, it’s easy to travel to Haiphong from Hanoi. “Having street food on Haiphong sidewalks would bring the feeling of yesteryear as if we were somewhere in Hanoi’s Old Quarter,” she told The Ha...

The festival was originally held from the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month in order to pay tribute to the villages’ tutelary gods. This year the occasion will run from March 1 to March 3. Security officials are on hand to ensure traffic safety along Nguyen Trai road. The festival attracts both adults and children who come to enjoy the atmosphere. Since 1992, the festival has been restored and is held on a rotary basis, with a major festival taking place every five years. Recent times has seen the event postponed for three years consecutively due to the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. A procession of palanquin passes five villages. This year five palanquins gather in Quan Nhan village. In 2021 the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially recognised the festival of the five Moc villages as part of the country’s national intangible cultural heritage, thereby encouraging locals to...

Participants join in dances and a street parade through Ma May and Luong Ngoc Quyen streets. Bach Ma (White Horse) Temple is among the four sacred temples which is dedicated to the gods who guard the four gates of the Thang Long Citadel. The three other temples include Quan Thanh, Kim Lien, and Voi Phuc. Beating the drum in order to mark the opening of the festival Leaders of Hoan Kiem district offer incense at Bach Ma Temple. Visitors will have the chance to listen to performance of Ca Tru (ceremonial singing), as well as enjoying playing folk games during the course of the two-day festival. The post Bach Ma Temple festival in Hanoi Old Quarter opens appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Lonely Planet names top eight national parks in Vietnam First VinGroup smart e-buses hit the streets Mobile military hospital at East Sea Foreign merchants register to purchase lychees in Vietnam Fitch Ratings...