Social Affairs

The ceremony was jointly held by the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on the evening of 15 October. Over the past 17 years, the movement to assist the poor in escaping poverty has been widely expanded in society. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) at the event. Photo: VNA So far, more than VND 13 trillion has been donated to the “For the poor” fund at all levels while social welfare programs in localities nationwide have received VND 36 trillion. The money has contributed to building and repairing more than 1.4 million “Great unity” houses for the poor. Furthermore, millions of poor households have received financial assistance and production means and dozens of welfare facilities have been upgraded, making contributions to effectively meeting the national goals of sustainable poverty reduction and new-style … [Read more...] about PM calls for joined hands for the poor

The event was held in order to encourage policemen to heighten their responsibilities, overcome difficulties to fulfill the assigned missions, contributing to ensuring absolute safety for senior leaders of the Party and the State as well as high-ranking international visitors. In addition, the event aimed at calling upon people across the country to cooperate with the traffic police force, to help them complete their missions, contributing to building the image of the Vietnamese people as “friendly, hospitable, and peace-loving.” Under the direction of the APEC 2017 Security and Orders Subcommittee of the Ministry of Public Security, the Department of Traffic Police mobilized over 800 policemen and hundreds of vehicles to serve at the event, which will take place in Da Nang City from November 6 to 11. Addressing the ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam, Deputy-Minister of Public Security and Head of the APEC 2017 Security and Order Subcommittee … [Read more...] about Traffic police ready for APEC Economic Leaders’ Week

The center is a key project to serve the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week scheduled to take place from November 6-11. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third from left) at the inauguration ceremony  Construction of the center started in March 2016 and was completed ahead of schedule after 22 months. Covering an area of 12,000sq.m, the Ariyana center is connected with the Furama Da Nang International Convention Palace. It  is the largest conference and workshop complex in Vietnam, accommodating up to 5,000 seats and 15 functional rooms, with a grand ballroom alone offering 2,500 seats. The two centers will be the hosting venues for most of the events held within the framework of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017, including the APEC CEO Summit. Leaders from 21 APEC member economies, together with around 10,000 domestic and foreign delegates, including corporate … [Read more...] about Ariyana Da Nang convention center inaugurated

Houses in Chuong My district, Hanoi are still inundated Accordingly, Hanoi city on October 13 decided to give financial support of VND 1 billion to Hoa Binh province and of VND 500 million each to provinces namely Son La, Yen Bai, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh. The city also supported VND 10 million to each family with deceased members and VND 5 million each to families with injured members in the above provinces. Specifically, it allocated VND 1 billion each to two districts My Duc and Chuong My and supported the two localities’ households who lost their family members and had injured members during the floods with VND 10 million and VND 5 million each, respectively. The same day, the Ministry of Health provided Yen Bai province with 250,000 tablets of Cloramin B, 100 lifebuoys, 100 life-jackets. It also gave 250,000 tablets of Cloramin B, 20 sets of flood-prevention devices, 400 lifebuoys … [Read more...] about More money raised for flood-hit victims

First aid given to the Chinese sailor At 19:15 on October 12, the center received news that a sailor, Zhang Linzhi, born in 1965, a Chinese national, on board ship Grandway Star of Panama, was suffering severe injuries due to an accident and was in a coma. The ship, on its way from Thailand to Quy Nhon city in Binh Dinh province of Vietnam, was some 110 nautical miles off Vung Tau city, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and was compelled to send a mayday signal. Upon receiving the news, the center contacted and instructed the ship to give first aid to the distressed crewman. It also requested the ship to head for Con Dao district in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province while sending an on-duty ship, SAR 272, at that time in Con Dao, to the rescue. Despite low pressure situation in the East Sea (South China Sea), causing rainstorms, whirlwinds and heavy rains, ship SAR 272 could still get close to the ship at 00:24 on October 13, and gave first … [Read more...] about Vietnamese ship rescues Chinese sailor

The events were co-hosted by the Plan International Vietnam, the Dong Anh district People’s Committee and the Institute for Development and Community Health LIGHT and were part of a series of activities to mark the International Day of Girls (October 11). Participants at the event. Photo: dangcongsan.vn During the forum, themed “Children and violence and child-abuse prevention”, five girls, representing tens of thousands of girls in Dong Anh district, were provided with leadership and advocacy from the local authorities and functional departments to dialogue with other participating children and to map out orientations and make commitments to enhancing safety for children, especially girls in public spaces. A similar forum was launched in Dong Anh district last August, drawing the participation of 23,000 students from 26 secondary schools in the locality. Earlier, at schools, students discussed three … [Read more...] about Female children delegated with leadership

800x600 The city recently organized a seminar that sought collaboration between investors and banks in seven so-called breakthrough programs. Tan Cang Sai Gon Participating banks have signed loan agreements for eight projects, worth a total of VND 26 trillion (USD 1.1 billion) under the public–private partnership (PPP) investment mode. The projects include a North-South road worth VND 18 trillion and Nguyen Tat Thanh street worth VND 4.6 trillion. Chairman of the city People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that loans for the eight projects had created a push for future projects, as the city has a limited local budget. More businesses are expected to invest under the PPP mode, he said. Around 153 projects have been … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City plans seven infrastructure projects

The municipal People’s Committee asked the local Department of Construction to work with the city’s police, tourism department, health department, and fire fighters to inspect renovated buildings and newly-built constructions. A parking lot is on standby at Da Nang International Airport for large delegations while electricity safety will be ensured for the APEC Press Center. The APEC logo, power and water systems as well as landscape of the APEC park will be installed before October 25. The APEC ​Media Center is ready for the Summit Week  Relevant forces will be on standby to address unexpected situations during the event. The municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment will mobilize equipment to clean up the city, while road construction work must be halted during November 5-11. Local departments have also been directed to prepare plans to ensure security and safety during … [Read more...] about Da Nang ready for key APEC week

Present at the meeting were Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC’s Commission for Information and Education; Hoang Trung Hai, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee; representatives from ministries, sectors and organizations at central-level and of the city; ten eminent citizens of Hanoi and 790 other exemplary people. Mr. Vo Van Thuong and Mr. Hoang Trung Hai presenting the title “Eminent Citizen of Hanoi” in 2017 to ten outstanding individuals  Over the past 25 years, the movement “Good persons, good works” has spread widely and gradually drawn attraction of various departments at all levels and people from all walks of life, contributing to positive changes and development of the capital city. So far, more than 24,000 outstanding citizens and good deeds at city-level and over 320,000 … [Read more...] about Hanoi honors people with good deeds

The kindergarten is part of the “Canon Friendship School Chain” program, established to improve studying environment for the students – the future of the country - and to create progresses for human resource development for augmenting national construction. Over the past years, Canon has brought many new and spacious classrooms for underprivileged students in Northern and Central provinces of Vietnam. Children of the kindergarten listening to volunteers' stories   The Canon-Vemba5-Sang Phang Cao Friendship Kindergarten is located in a poor commune of Tam Duong district where local students have to cross mountainous roads with many obstacles in order to reach the school. Moreover, the previous classrooms were built from wood panels and quickly disintegrated due to harsh weather in this mountainous area. Understanding its situation, Canon Vietnam and Vemba5 Charity Fund decided to build new classrooms for … [Read more...] about Cannon Vietnam hands over kindergarten to Lai Chau’s locality