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Portugal coach Fernando Santos had benched the country’s all-time top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, tasking Benfica forward Ramos with leading the line despite the 21-year-old making his debut just three days before the World Cup in a friendly. Ramos had played only 10 minutes as a substitute in Qatar but the youngster looked like he belonged on the big stage with a memorable performance for Portugal, who did not miss Ronaldo – a late substitute who had a goal ruled out for offside. “Cristiano Ronaldo talks to me and everyone in the team. He’s our leader and always tries to help,” Ramos said after netting the first hat-trick of the tournament in Qatar. “I don’t know if I will start the next game, that’s up to the coach, I have to work as hard as I can and then we’ll see.” After a tepid start, the game came to life when Ramos opened the scoring in the 17th minute by picking up Joao Felix’s incisive pass before blasting the ball into the top corner from a tight angle to put the Portugue...

Also known as Dien Huu Tu (Pagoda of Permanent Blessings) or Lien Hoa Dai (Lotus Tower), One Pillar Pagoda (or Chua Mot Cot in Vietnamese) is located on the street named Chua Mot Cot in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi. The funky architecture of One Pillar Pagoda or Dien Huu Tu in Hanoi. Photo: Mottogo One Pillar Pagoda – a unique structure in Asia The One Pillar Pagoda was built in 1049, under the reign of King Ly Thai Tong. According to folklore, once in his dream, the childless king saw Phat Ba Quan Am or the Goddess of Mercy sitting on a lotus throne with radiant halo around her head and handing him a baby son. Ly Thai Tong (1000 -1054) then married a peasant woman he met, and she bore him a son. In the advice of a monk named Thien Tue, and in gratitude to the goddess, the king built a pagoda on a stone pillar, which resembled the lotus throne of his dream. According to historical records, at the location of today’s One Pillar Pagoda, there was a stone pillar erected...

Vietnam Festival in Sapporo 2022 Officially Kicked Off" style="max-width:100%; padding:0px; margin:0px;" title=" Vietnam Festival in Sapporo 2022 Officially Kicked Off"> Delegates attend the opening ceremony. Source: International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism The 2022 Vietnam Festival in Sapporo is underway on September 10-11 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and Sapporo City. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy led the delegation to attend the festival and a special art troupe from the Viet Bac Folk Music and Dance Theater. Attending the opening ceremony of the festival, on the Vietnamese side, there were Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Organising Commission; Le Hoai Trung, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for ...