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There are Apple products I’ve been more excited to receive, but I can’t think of any that I’ve awaited with such impatience. The reason? Curiosity about that audio quality! I wrote last time that it was Home hub and voice control of HomeKit devices for my partner that really sold it to me, and I wasn’t expecting too much from it on the audio front. Sure, it was going to beat out other smart speakers, but I didn’t see it as serious competition to proper HiFi brands. But as the reviews came in , I started to wonder … When What HiFi gave it a 5-star review, and The Verge’s Nilay Patel – a self-described speaker nerd – said that it ‘sounds incredible,’ then it did start to look like Apple might be onto something. But let’s start with the design … Look & feel This is clearly a Jony Ive design. Apple’s design head said that his ambition for the iPhone was ‘a single slab of glass,’ and it’s clear that his vision here was similar: a single speaker grille. I … [Read more...] about HomePod Diary: Hands-on, and this thing is a Sonos Play 5 killer

South Korean and Vietnamese lawmakers to play friendly football match in Hanoi The Saigon Times Daily Park Hang-Seo’s success as head coach of the Vietnamese national football team has helped promote the friendship between South Korea and Vietnam - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - South Korean and Vietnamese lawmakers will play a friendly football match at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi on January 18, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea has announced. This is part of a four-day trip to Hanoi, starting on January 17, by 30 South Korean delegates, including 25 members of the Republic of Korea-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Association. They will also hold various exchange events. This will be the first friendly football match between South Korean and Vietnamese lawmakers and also the first time Vietnamese lawmakers play football with their counterparts from another country. According to the embassy, the success of Park Hang-Seo as head coach of the Vietnamese national football … [Read more...] about South Korean and Vietnamese lawmakers to play friendly football match in Hanoi

Lawyers to play active role in stronger ASEAN (16-10-2009) President Nguyen Minh Triet speaks at the 10th ASEAN Law Association General Assembly in Ha Noi yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen Khang HA NOI — Vietnamese lawyers are expected to play an important role in helping establish the ASEAN Community when Viet Nam is chair of the regional association. "Viet Nam plays a very active and constructive role in ASEAN Community building and also in the legal area that will help establish the Community," ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told Viet Nam News at the opening of the 10th ASEAN Law Association (ALA) General Assembly in Ha Noi yesterday. The ASEAN Community will be formed by 2015. The Ha Noi meeting, the first to be held since the signing of the Cebu Declaration on the acceleration of the establishment of the Community, is seen as important for the building of better legal foundations for ASEAN which will help member nations to tackle increasing … [Read more...] about Lawyers to play active role in stronger ASEAN

Vietnamese defender Đoàn Văn Hậu (left) vies for a ball against Indonesian midfielder Riko Simanjuntak during their 2022 World Cup qualifying match in October 2019. Teams will see each other again in June. — Photo anninhthudo.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam and the rest of Group G will play their final matches of the 2022 World Cup’s second qualification round in one destination in June. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) made the decision through an online meeting on Wednesday. Previously the UAE, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Việt Nam were set to play home and away matches. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the four matches scheduled for next month could not be held. At the meeting, most representatives wanted to move the matches to June and at one stadium, the location of which has yet to be finalised. After reviewing the teams’ points of view, the AFC approved the suggestion and decided to hold the matches on June 3-15. Following the new schedule, Việt Nam will play … [Read more...] about World Cup qualifiers moved to June, to be played in one venue

NA deputies, investors seek ‘level playing field’ (07-11-2005) HA NOI — Most of the more than 100 opinions expressed during debate of the draft Investment Law in the National Assembly at the weekend touched on the need of a level playing field for all investors in Viet Nam. And while the deputies agreed that this draft – a composite of the Domestic Investment Promotion Law and the Foreign Investment Law – was more liberal than the existing law, they argued that it still contained many contentious provisions and duplicated other laws. Investment incentives also occupied much of their attention. Many agreed that the inducement should be printed on business licences so that investors could use it as a guide when seeking incentives. Deputy Nguyen Thi Hong Minh, An Giang Province, said that the printing of the incentives would enable investors to streamline their administrative procedures and reduce their expenses. Deputy Lam Van Ky, southern Soc Trang Province … [Read more...] about NA deputies, investors seek ‘level playing field’

Front plays role in lawmaking process (10-01-2006) HA NOI — The Viet Nam Fatherland Front has an important role to play in the nation’s lawmaking processing, including gathering voter opinions on proposed laws and presenting petitions from voters to National Assembly sessions, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An and Fatherland Front President Pham The Duyet agreed at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday. An said he hoped this year, at the beginning of the 2006-10 five-year plan, the National Assembly Standing Committee and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front would better co-ordination in improving the nation’s lawmaking process. Co-ordination between the National Assembly Standing Committee and the Fatherland Front is not yet sufficiently systematic, said An, emphasizing that neither group should rest on its laurels in building co-operation. Progress in developing the potential of mutual co-operation remained unsatisfactory. Overall, however, An and Duyet gave a positive … [Read more...] about Front plays role in lawmaking process

Young entrepreneurs play key role in modernisation (27-02-2006) National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An addresses a meeting of young entrepreneurs on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung HA NOI — Young entrepreneurs have been called on to become greater players in the nation’s modernisation and industrialisation. National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An said young Vietnamese business leaders should become pioneers in national development. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Association of Vietnamese Young Entrepreneurs (AVYE) in Ha Noi last Saturday, An said young entrepreneurs should dare to think and to do, and be more positive and creative in their work. The nation pins its hopes on businessmen, particularly young entrepreneurs, in the new stage of development, said An. The Party and State’s economic development policy requires the AVYE to play a greater role in promoting the potential of young business people. Young … [Read more...] about Young entrepreneurs play key role in modernisation

HA NOI — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday called on the northern border province of Lang Son to uphold its geographical advantage on the border to help boost the country's trade and economic activities with regional countries. The Government leader asked the mountainous province to bring into full play its advantage of being the country's largest national border gate with China. Lang Son would play a bigger role when the free trade area between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China is set up, the Prime Minister told provincial leaders at a meeting to review the implementation of its socio-economic development targets over the past five years and discuss measures to fulfil the next five-year term targets. Dung underlined the province's key position, linking the economic corridor between the Chinese province of Nanning, Hai Phong and Ha Noi. Moreover, it is also has key access to the Nanning-Singapore economic corridor, said Dung. The … [Read more...] about Northern border province to play greater role in region

Safety plays key role in attracting tourists post-pandemic By Dao Loan A health worker checks the temperature of a visitor at a tourist attraction – PHOTO: VGP HCMC - Post-Covid-19, safety plays a key role in attracting tourists to Vietnam, with 57% of respondents in a recent survey conducted by the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) stating that security and safety during tours and at tourist attractions are major factors that affect their decision to travel. Some 80% said they want to travel with their family or friends instead of in large groups, while 52% said they are prepared to buy travel insurance. The survey also indicated that 33% of Vietnamese travelers considered financial capacity as the decisive factor and 47% said they prefer short tours which last two or three days. Some 50% said they want to travel during the last months of the year, four percentage points lower than the previous survey in May. Hoang Nhan Chinh, head of the Secretariat at … [Read more...] about Safety plays key role in attracting tourists post-pandemic

Official arrested for foul play (21-10-2005) HA NOI — The police yesterday arrested Luong Cao Khai, former deputy director of the Economic Inspection Department 2, for malpractice in wrongly reporting inspection results of the Thi Vai LPG Warehouse Project in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Earlier, the Chief Inspector of the Government Quanh Le Thanh, under Prime Minister’s direction, signed a decision to suspend Khai. Khai, who headed the Government’s inspection team to check the project’s capital investment in equipment and construction from May to October 2002, admitted his mistakes. Initially, in December 2002, Khai wrote a draft of the team’s inspection results pointing out mistakes and mismanagement by certain individuals from the Viet Nam Petroleum Corporation, which caused huge losses to the project, and suggested fines. The cost of the project overran the approved budget by US$14 million. However, in his official report submitted in March 2003, Khai differed … [Read more...] about Official arrested for foul play