A man who has devoted his life to protecting pangolins, the world's most trafficked mammal, is among six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize.
Vietnam have secured their maiden progression into the final round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers as one of the best group runners-up despite conceding a 2-3 defeat against the United Arab Emirates in their last Group G match on June 15.
Three paintings of late Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai will go under the hammer at the “Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art” session of Singaporean auctioneer Larasati on June 17.
The world football governing body FIFA believes that the Vietnamese team has a huge opportunity to maintain their first place in Group G of the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, thereby winning their historic ticket to the third qualifying round.
Weightlifters Thach Kim Tuan, Vuong Thi Huyen and Hoang Thi Duyen have qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, raising the total number of Vietnam’s official berths in the upcoming Games to 14.
