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As both Thailand and Vietnam won 3-0 against Indonesia and the Philippines in their first two games, Sunday’s match was also considered the final of the tourney. The host and reigning champion Thailand asserted great dominance in front of their home crowd in Nakhon Ratchasima Province and made light work with scores of 25-19 and 25-17 in the first two sets. With the determination to make a comeback, the Vietnamese gave their all in the third set and were able to score many leading points. However, the visiting team could not stop the Thai sweep as the set ended 26-24. The 3-0 victory saw Thailand win the third straight title without losing a single set, while Vietnam finished as the runner-up. Indonesia settled for a bronze medal after beating the winless Philippines.  The ASEAN Grand Prix is an international women’s volleyball tournament in Southeast Asia that is contested by four member national teams of the Southeast Asian Volleyball Association (SEAZVA) ...

The World Bank’s Managing Director of the Growth Dialogue, Danny Leipziger pointed to three major difficulties Vietnam is facing when developing the National Master Planning – the harmonization and integration of planning and relevant legal documents, the ensuring of financial supply for the work, and planning implementation. He held that basically, the goals of Vietnam ’s national master planning are suitable to the country’s growth targets until 2045. However, in order to achieve the goals, there is still much for Vietnam to do, he said, affirming that in this process, the WB is ready to work with the NA of Vietnam and relevant ministries, sectors and agencies to give recommendations to solve bottlenecks in the process of planning design and implementation. Dr. Danny Leipziger (Photo: GW Business) Dr. Danny Leipziger, a former vice president of the World Bank, headed the Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network of more than 700 eco...