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Germany, England face old soccer rivals

Germany, England face old soccer rivals

Germany play France and England face Netherlands in two heavyweight clashes which highlight Wednesday's international friendlies across Europe.

Chess star to play multiple games with fans

Chess star to play multiple games with fans

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem will play multiple games with 20 amateur players who are his fans this Wednesday in HCMC

Local thespians attend Shakespeare fest

The Vietnam Youth Theatre has been invited for the first time to attend the annual World Shakespeare Festival in Liverpool in June – a mark of Vietnamese theatre's growing profile internationally.

Extreme chaos at playground for HCMC students

Extreme chaos at playground for HCMC students

A program by a company aimed at creating a playground for primary students actually led to a chaotic scene

FIFA-suspended player slips net, plays in Vietnam

FIFA-suspended player slips net, plays in Vietnam

Vietnam football watchdog somehow ignores Senegalese forward Pape Omar Faye who is currently being suspended by FIFA to play for nearly two years

Classic Racine play gets bilingual staging

A play with a French and Vietnamese cast will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House on Dec. 14 and 15 and then tour France during 2012-13.

Match Play Champs set for next week

The Vietnam Match Play Championship is set to kick off at the Montgomerie Links golf course in Quang Nam province on December 22.

Renowned French tragedy to hit Hanoi stage

Renowned French tragedy to hit Hanoi stage

The play “Andromake”, which has been adapted from the famous French alexandrine verse tragedy “Andromaque”, begins its run in Hanoi on Thursday

We can beat Barca, say Asian football champs

We can beat Barca, say Asian football champs

Asian champions Al Sadd play Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, a "dream" tie the Qatari side's coach has claimed they can win.

Ninh Binh set sights on big signings

Big spenders Ninh Binh are hoping to sign footballing superstars including Rivaldo and Guti ahead of the upcoming season.

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ASEAN task pressure talks about mental health

The very first meeting from the ASEAN task pressure on mental health has been heldin Hanoi from May 23-25, with associates from regional and globalorganisations participating. Addressing the openingceremony, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated theevent offers nations an opportunity to share good practices in protectingmental health, adding to strengthening cooperation within the regionand fulfilling the aim of “Healthy people, healthy ASEAN”. Xuyen known as on nations to

Desperate people get free facial, eye surgery

Forty-two kids with harelips and cleft palates within the two CentralHighlands provinces of Dak Nong and Dak Lak have obtained free check-upsand procedures. The programme for poor children inremote and ethnic minority areas, worth about 500 million VND, wascarried out and based on the Center for Research and Aid forOperation Smile (OSCA) at Dak Nong province’s general hospital from May19-21. OSCA Director Bui Tu Anh stated this isthe very first time the center provides free check-ups and surgical