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The city is performing the third financial package with a total amount of around VND7,300 billion (US$320 million) for around 7.3 million people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Up to now, the city districts and Thu Duc City have approved the lists for 6.3 million needy people. However, the localities have just sent financial support for over 5.2 million residents. The implementation process has been facing obstacles and slowly due to errors in the software. Currently, the Quang Trung Software Center has overcome the problem which is now being stable. Needy people receives financial support from local authorities. Pursuant to the localities’ reports, 17 districts had sent the financial support for residents, reaching over 80 percent and the rest populous districts have been waiting for the reception of the financial package. The localities guaranteed to spend the support package in accordance with the HCMC’s regulations. The HCMC Department of Labor, Invalid and …

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PANO – Following the success of the “Swallow awards 2009 and 2010”, the FPT Group, on September 24 th , held a ceremony to present the “Swallow awards 2011” to honour outstanding volunteers and charity individuals and groups. After three months, the organising panel received 94 entries and chose five volunteers and charity individuals and five groups for the awards. Moreover, the jury also gave two awards for an individual and a group with most of the votes by the online community at the website: http://vicongdong.vn. Especially, the panel offered the “Fortitude award” to honour and commemorate the “community boy”, Vu Truong An, who died of leukaemia. The entries to the third round were assessed by the jury for their quality. “They showed great efforts by youths for the community”, said Chairwoman of the jury, Truong Thanh Thanh. Quynh Anh, a member of the “Vietnamese youths” social group, affirmed that the awards had an important meaning to encourage …

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Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen  gives  Khan Ran (Vietnamese traditional checkered black and white shawl) to female doctors and reporters on the occasion of Vietnamese Women's Day, October 20 (Photo: SGGP) Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nam, Commander of the Ho Chi Minh City Command and leaders of many departments, around 100 medical workers, and reporters from many newspapers and media attended the delegation, visiting outlying district Cu Chi, home to tunnels' system built during the war of resistance against America. Delegators offered incense at the Saigon - Gia Dinh Revolutionary Traditional Area, Ben Duoc Temple - the place to commemorate the heroes and martyrs who died in the resistance wars against the French and the American, the historical relic sites and tunnels, and the model of countryside market in the liberated area. They also visited Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain, famous for its majestic landscapes and magnificent caves and …

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Thu Duc City will begin Covid-19 vaccination drive for children next Monday. (Photo: SGGP) Students will be vaccinated at schools or vaccination sites that were chosen prior. Children who do not go to school will get a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at fixed or mobile vaccination sites in districts and Thu Duc City. Children underlying health conditions and child patients will be vaccinated at children hospitals or the pediatric department of hospitals. At first, the municipal authorities will offer the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to teenagers aged 16-17 and then mandate vaccine for different age groups of 14-15 and 12-13. Covid-19 vaccine licensed for use has been approved by the Ministry of Health. Each person will be offered two doses of the same vaccine. The HCMC People’s Committee has delegated the municipal Department of Training and Education to make the list of 6th-12th grade students; and the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to list children aged …

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Pregnant women recieve gifts from the organizers. The meaningful program was launched and organized by SGGP Newspaper along with  coordination and sponsors of the Municipal Women's Union, the Midwifery Association of Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ) and the Ho Chi Minh City Association for Women Executives and Entrepreneurs (HAWEE), the Intellectual Women’s Association of Ho Chi Minh City and the Fund named after Vietnam People's Armed Forces Hero Phan Trong Binh. Attending the gift-giving ceremony at the Women's Union of Cu Chi District, Head of the Family and Social Affairs Committee under the HCMC Women's Union Doan Thi Thanh Thuy visited and encouraged women near the end of their pregnancy. The gifts aim to share current difficulties with pregnant women as well as bring psychological comfort in the process of birth preparedness. The Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union is expected to continue to become a linkage between pregnant women and doctors, …

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As of Monday morning, over 700 residents of Hoc Mon District had contacted authorities to return the Covid-19 support money they got during the third round of distribution. They were found to have employed numerous tricks to receive the money several times. Some falsely declared certain information, taking advantage of the fact that people aged 14 and under have yet to have personal IDs, to collect support money many times over, or used their husbands and wives' address to sign up for Covid-19 support. Le Thuy My Chau, deputy chairwoman of the Hoc Mon People’s Committee, said besides the many who have voluntarily contacted authorities to return the money, others have remained silent. Authorities are still trying to persuade people to return their falsely claimed support money voluntarily by October 27. After this date, the issue would be dealt with in accordance with the law. In District 11, around 6,000 recipients did not belong to the categories eligible to get Covid-19 support …

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The VFF proposed allowing about 20,000 football fans to attend the games between Vietnam and Japan and Saudi Arabia. The Hanoi People's Committee has not agreed with the Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) proposal to let Vietnamese football fans enter the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi to cheer the Vietnamese football team in the upcoming games v.s Japan and Saudi Arabia. The VFF proposed allowing about 20,000 football fans to attend the games between Vietnam and Japan and Saudi Arabia. The football federation believed that the support of the audience will give the national team more strength. That is the result of a meeting of representatives of the VFF, the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi People's Committee on October 20. The meeting focused on the preparation for matches of the Vietnamese football team in the third qualifying round of the …

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The signing ceremony of the Trade Policy and Export Promotion (SwissTrade) project in Ha Noi on Friday. — VNS Photo To improve trade performance and the international competitiveness of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Switzerland and Viet Nam on Friday signed an agreement to implement the Trade Policy and Export Promotion (SwissTrade) project. The project will run from 2021-2024 with a total budget of CHF 5.627 million (equivalent to VND148 billion or US$6.5 million). Switzerland’s grant contribution is CHF 5.0 million, and the counterpart funding from the Government of Vietnam and beneficiaries is CHF 627,000. The SwissTrade project will offer technical assistance to the Ministry of Industry and Trade in shaping the strategic direction of import and exports from Viet Nam over the next ten years. The agreement will also help the ministry with public-private dialogue, allowing further exchanges between the private sector and national authorities. It will also …

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Australia collaborates on many education and training initiatives with Vietnam, facilitating institution-to-institution partnerships and supporting vibrant Australian alumni associations. Australia will extend support in developing human resources for Vietnam in a program worth AUD50.1 million (US$37.5 million) for 2021-2025. Robyn Mudie, Australian Ambassador and Assoc Prof Nguyen Van Phuc, MOET Vice Minister sign on the Subsidiary Arrangement for Aus4Skills Phase 2 (2021-2025). Photos: Embassy of Australia in Hanoi The assistance will focus on the second Phase of the Vietnam Australia Human Resource Development program (Aus4Skills) that was launched today [Oct 22] by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam and Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). Accordingly, the Australian Government will offer Australia Awards Scholarships for Vietnamese citizens to undertake fully funded studies at Australian universities, deliver Australian alumni …

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