HANOI Chaussures Adidas Superstar 2 Noir Blanche G50965 Pas Cher , April 5 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is trying to bag more tickets to the Rio Olympics in 2016, according to the country's General Department of Sports and Physical Training on Tuesday.
For the purpose, Vietnam will send sport teams to train abroad for short and long terms, as swimming and gymnastics teams will go to the United States, while taekwondo and shooting teams will train in South Korea.
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Earlier, Vietnam set a goal of winning 15 tickets to the Rio Games. Enditem
Environmentalists are heralding a new law protecting a large swath of wetlands in Panama City from a real estate boom that had been destroying the critical ecosystem.
The law signed by President Juan Carlos Varela and which took effect Monday bans construction and the removal of vegetation from more than 200,000 hectares of muddy mangroves stretching along the capital's Pacific Ocean coastline.
The area is a refuge for some 1 million North American shorebirds who migrate annually to the Bay of Panama, including 30 percent of the world's Western Sandpiper population.
Environmentalists have been warning of the unrestrained development that has underscored breakneck economic growth over the past decade. Varela's predecessor and billionaire businessman Ricardo Martinelli tried to lure mega-hotels and golf courses to the area by slashing environmental fines.
KUWAIT, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Kuwait Monday at a time when the Saudi Arabia-led Arab alliance tightens the screws on it amid a diplomatic crisis.
The minister was carrying a handwritten letter from Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim