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• Border Guards open sports festival

  PANO - The Border Guard Command on July 15th opened a sports festival in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province with the participation of nearly 600 athletes from 27 southern provinces, cities and border guard units. During this five-day festival, participants compete in 10 categories such as strong soldiers, four combined-military sports event, K91 hurdle race, practical swimming, AK and K54 shooting and 10km cross-country running. The event is to evaluate and promote troops' health and select outstanding athletes for upcoming sports festivals. Translated by Nguyen Thao... [read more]

• Units encouraged to further support policy beneficiaries

  PANO - The Director of the General Department of Politics issued Document 1056/CT-CS on encouraging army units and businesses to contribute to setting up a gratitude fund to help needy troops and policy beneficiaries on July 11th. The mobilization aims to well implement a program to present 1,000 gratitude houses to policy beneficiaries and military workers, as well as to mark the anniversaries of the Vietnamese People's Army (December 22, 1944) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (December 2nd, 1945). At present, there are about 71,000 policy beneficiaries, including more than 600 military employees, who are facing housing difficulties. The…... [read more]

• Army unit receives title "Hero of People's Armed Forces"

  PANO - The Department of Politics under the Air Defence and Air Force Service on July 14th was conferred the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces", in acknowledgement of its members' great contributions and sacrifices during the resistance war against foreign invaders. During the national resistance war against American invaders, the Department of Politics overcame many difficulties and challenges to fulfil all assigned tasks, contributing to building a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern army. With its many achievements, the unit has been awarded many noble prizes from the State and the Army. To meet the requirements of revolutionary tasks…... [read more]

• Health check-ups for policy beneficiaries

  PANO - A delegation of doctors and physicians from the Military Medical Academy, on July 11th, provided free health check-ups and medicines for 200 veterans and Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in Phu Luong district, Thai Nguyen Province. On the same day, the unit handed over a gratitude house to Nguyen Thi Hang, the only daughter of a martyr of the national resistance war against American invaders, who is facing adversity. The 100 sq.m house was built by troops of the Academy at a cost of VND180 million, including VND 60 million from the gratitude fund of the unit. Also, the delegation…... [read more]

• Quang Binh Border Guard presents clinic to needy locality

  PANO - Quang Binh Provincial Border Guard Command on July 6th handed over a clinic to Hamlet 61, Thuong Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province. Built in December 2012 by the Command, at a cost of VND 2.3 billion, the 162sq.m clinic includes six functional rooms. Once operational, the clinic will raise the quality of healthcare for local residents. Translated by Nguyen Thao... [read more]

• ADB lends US $500 million to improve public transportation in Ho Chi Minh City

  PANO - A loan agreement, worth US $500 million, to carry out a public transportation project in Ho Chi Minh City to ease the city's traffic congestion, was signed on July 4th, by Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Vietnam Tomoyuki Kimura. Photo for illustration. VNA This metro line, 11.3 km long, is the second of three being constructed in the city, running from Ben Thanh Market, via Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Tham Luong. Addressing the signing ceremony, Mr. Tomoyuki Kimura said that this project will…... [read more]

• Son La launches military summer semester for 150 students

  PANO - 150 students in Son La Province, aged 12-17, have taken part in a military summer semester at Battalion BB1 of Regiment B54 under the Son La Military Command. During the ten day programme, students will learn about the country's glorious tradition, Vietnamese people's army, as well as military discipline and unyielding spirit. In addition, students have a good chance to visit several border posts, historical relic sites, have meaningful exchanges with historical witnesses, participate in activities to protect the environment, and take care of martyrs' cemeteries. Translated by Nguyen Thao... [read more]

• "Rhythms of new rural areas" festival opens

  PANO - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in combination with People's Committee of Thanh Hoa Province, on July 2nd, launched the 2013 culture and sports festival and propaganda posters exhibition on building new rural areas in the Central Highlands and Central region. The four-day festival, "Rhythms of new rural areas", involved more than 300 artists, actresses and athletes from 10 provinces and cities of the Central Highlands and Central region in a special song and dance performance, sports competition and seminar on developing new rural areas' cultural lives. The festival aims to encourage people to boost the drive…... [read more]

• More Cambodians graduate from Nguyen Hue University

  PANO - Nguyen Hue University has organized a graduation ceremony for its students from the Royal Cambodian Army of the 60th training course. Photo for illustration. qdnd.vn After 5 years studying, 53% of the officers of the Royal Cambodian Army passed their graduation exams with good result. At the event, the Dean of the school offered awards for the collective and five best students. Translated by Nguyen Thao... [read more]

• More students from the highlands graduate from Military Medical Academy

  PANO - The Military Medical Academy held a graduation ceremony on June 27th for 106 graduates in medicine and 56 from higher schools in convalescence. The graduates have studied at the Military Medical Academy since November 2007. Notably, 50 percent of them were admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam. Up to now, the unit has provided more than 400 doctors to mountainous villages to improve the quality of health care for local people. Addressing the ceremony, Lieutenant General Nguyen Tien Binh, Director of the Military Medical Academy, hoped that when returning to their localities, these graduates will serve local…... [read more]