Viet Nam''s Pham Trinh Phuong Thanh took first prize for best cartoon in a contest entitled Talk ! Talk ! Korea launched by the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
Located in a small al-ley in District 10 in HCM
City, the garden in the small house owned by sculptors Nguyen Sang and
Lai Thi Kim Thanh is like an outdoor museum, featuring 500 statues of
famous figures, both Vietnamese and foreigners.
HCM City''s swimmers dominated the National Short-Course Swimming and
Fins-swimming Championships with a haul of 21 gold, 11 silver and eight
bronze medals after four days.
Trinh Van Thanh of Bac Ninh and Nguyen Van Hieu of
Ninh Binh each won a gold medal in events that marked the end of the
National Sports Games yesterday.
Vietnamese Tran Van Loi won the men''s category in
the Da Nang International Marathon on Sunday, beating teammates Hoang
Nguyen Thanh and Nguyen Van Long after nearly three hours.
A set of special stamps marking the 100th birth anniversary of General
Nguyen Chi Thanh (1914-2014) was issued in the central province of Thua
Thien-Hue on Tuesday.
Vietnamese swimmers Hoang Quy Phuoc, Pham Thanh
Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen will be sent on a
training course under the guidance of Spanish coach Sergio Lopez in 2012
at the Bolles School in the US.
