Defending champions Vietnam are in Group A together with arch rivals Thailand for the ASEAN Women’s Football Championships which will be held in Mandalay City, Myanmar, from September 9-22.

Vietnam has praised the Government of Luxembourg’s cooperation and support, especially in the finance sector.

Vietnam’s HCM City will host the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in 2015, said World Taekwondo Federation president Chungwon Choue.

The capital city plans to promote trade activities to boost exports this year and beyond, said an official from the Hanoi Industry and Trade Department.

A wide range of cultural activities will be held in Hanoi from June 17-21 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Luxembourg.

The risk of food poisoning at company canteens nationwide remains high, even though authorities claim it is under control.

The national futsal team has left for Italy to train ahead of the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) which takes place in Inchoen, the Republic of Korea, from June 29 to July 6.

Vietnam’s under-23 team shared the spoils with Japan’s Kashima Antlers in Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on June 4, with their friendly match ending 2-2.

A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to flow into Vietnam’s power sector to meet the country’s high electricity demand which local power plants have been struggling to meet.

The price-stabilized-product system should be developed nationwide and co-ordination among enterprises in creating a “goods reserve” should be improved, a conference was told on May 29.