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150 artists from five teams of the city’s armed forces joined the event. Art performances at the festival praised the Fatherland, the Party, and President Ho Chi Minh and the country, while highlighting the national tradition of revolutionary struggle and outstanding examples. Each team performed a general music and dance program with a duration from 25 to 30 minutes, with at least two art forms and four or more  performances. Each program must ensure the following criteria: Having a theme and logic, ensuring a reasonable proportion of performances and having at least one performance about young people. As a result, the organizers awarded the first prize to the team with members from Gia Dinh Regiment, Regiment 10, the city’s Military School, and several other units with the contest theme "Keeping the sacred flame forever." The festival contributed to educating and raising awareness of staff and youth union members and youngsters about the meaning, spirit and basic content of the … [Read more...] about HCM City’s armed forces join art festival

The United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom launched an informal group aimed at boosting economic and diplomatic ties with Pacific island nations, the White House said on Friday. The Biden administration has vowed to commit more resources to the Indo-Pacific as China seeks to boost economic, military and police links with Pacific island nations hungry for foreign investment. The group, dubbed Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP), will seek to support Pacific regionalism and strengthen economic ties between the Pacific islands and the rest of the world. "We are united in our shared determination to support a region that benefits the peoples of the Pacific. We are also united in how we realize this vision -- according to principles of Pacific regionalism, sovereignty, transparency, accountability, and most of all, led and guided by the Pacific Islands," the White House said. White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Thursday he expects … [Read more...] about U.S., Japan, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom form Pacific group

According to the Vietnam Border Guard Command, border guard units stationed in coastal areas from Quang Ninh to Thanh Hoa provinces sent up flares at 15 locations to warn local people of the approaching storm. The border guard force has also worked with localities, local households, and ships’ owners to update around 60,000 fishing ships on the the developments of the storms and guide them to take shelters. As of July 2, all ships operating in the areas moved out out dangerous areas. * The Quang Ninh provincial Military Command has strictly observed duty regulations and closely followed the developments of the first storm and its circulation. The unit has cooperated with other forces to review the number of ships operating at sea and update ships’ owners on the developments of the storm to help them take shelters from it. In addition, the province’s armed force has taken measures to protect safety of barracks and prepared personnel and vehicles to help local people respond to … [Read more...] about Military units proactive in responding to storm Chaba

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN. (File photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – A Vietnamese representative affirmed the country's commitment to effectively manage small arms and light weapons, while attending an ongoing meeting held at the UN headquarters in New York. The 8th biennial meeting of states to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) kicked off on June 27. In her remarks, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra , Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, shared other states’ concern about multifaceted impacts of illegal activities related to small arms and light weapons on global security, stability, and development. She highly valued recent efforts, including the PoA implementation, to prevent the illicit trade in small arms, pointing out the necessity to augment international cooperation on the … [Read more...] about Vietnam pledges to effectively manage small arms, light weapons

Members of Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1  (Photo: qdnd.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has quickly set to work at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei ( UNISFA ) immediately after all its 184 members fully assembled. Just days after arriving in Abyei, the unit set up two teams for emergency road rescue and repair activities along roads in the northern division - a border area between Sudan and South Sudan. The unit also took over the construction of a workshop for repairing and maintaining equipment, cars and motorbikes of the UN peacekeeping mission, which the first group of the unit had been working on since early May. The Engineering Unit Rotation 1 (Photo: qdnd.vn) The workshop is expected to be completed and put into operation in June. In parallel with implementing the assigned tasks, the unit has quickly repaired the barracks to ensure stable accommodation for its members as soon as possible. So far, the unit has … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s first peacekeeping engineering unit promptly set to work in Abyei

Rapid economic development often results in serious impacts on forests, evidenced by the alarming deforestation in Phu Quoc City in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang having plunged the city’s forests into a state of emergency. Forests are regarded as the living soul of residents on the 'pearl island.' However, the woods full of stone stakes and steel wires are disappointing tourists. The situation is becoming truly alarming. Forests seem empty after one unguarded night Deforestation and land encroachment in Phu Quoc City in mid-June 2022 were no longer overt and rampant, but it did not mean that forests stopped 'bleeding.' On the main path from Ham Ninh Commune to Thom Beach, people could easily see excavated mountainsides and forest land areas occupied with concrete stakes, zinc-coated barbed wire fences, and even well-built constructions. “Some gangs secretly encroached and built fences," complained N.X.T., a forest ranger. “During the forest land invasion … [Read more...] about Phu Quoc forests in state of emergency

Emergency state of erosion in Hau riverbank in recent time On June 30, Chief of the Office of the Standing Steering Committee for Climate Exchange and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue of An Giang Province Luong Huy Khanh said that the provincial People’s Committee just signed a decision to announce an emergency state of erosion at two sections in Hau riverbank with a total length of over 800 meters. Previously, on June 23, functional agencies and the People’s Committee of Chau Phuc District had performed a survey to the erosion-prone areas with 104 affected households and four business and production facilities. Amid the emergency situation, the People’s Committee of An Giang Province assigned relevant agencies and the People’s Committee of Chau Phu District to urgently apply measures to prevent and minimize damages from erosion; and promptly arrange forces to monitor the development of erosion, zone places with high eroded risk, install safety … [Read more...] about An Giang announces emergency state of erosion in Hau riverbank

Factory workers are working at a export processing zone in HCMC. (Photo: SGGP) Industries recover and grow According to Mr. Nguyen Khac Hoang, Director of the HCMC Statistics Office, Vietnam's economy has maintained a strong recovery momentum despite the continuous increase in commodity and fuel prices and the disruption of the supply chain. Besides, domestic demand has recovered robustly, retail sales of consumer goods and services have grown steadily, tourism has been vibrant again, export activities have accelerated, and stably-grown credit has supported capital positively for the economy. As a result, the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first six months of 2022 was estimated at VND511.91 trillion, up 3.82 percent over the same period. Of which, the commercial service sector contributed the most, with a growth rate of 4.83 percent in the context that service activities have just begun to recover after being heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic; the … [Read more...] about Despite difficulties, State budget revenue of HCMC increases robustly

The handed-over equipment included 4D color doppler ultrasound scanners, anesthesia machines, portable ventilators, automatic arm blood pressure monitors, phlegm suction machine, 18-parameter hematology analyzer, and so on. The total cost of the medical equipment was VND 5.8 billion. According to Senior Colonel Nguyen Van Nhan, Commanding Officer of Defense-Economic Unit 915, Long Xuyen Quadrangle is a needy border area with undeveloped infrastructures and shortage of medical equipment. Therefore, the gifts are expected to help the local authorities gradually improve the healthcare quality for locals, contributing to building military-civilian solidarity and firm whole-people defense and security posture. Translated by Trung Thanh … [Read more...] about MR9 hands over medical equipment to health units

At the meeting, Mr. Le Thanh Liem extended greetings to the PAN’s staff on the occasion of the 97th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21). Also, he spoke highly of the role of the PAN and its Bureau in HCMC over the past time, especially in fostering PAN’s glorious tradition and covering the city's events. Notably, during the COVID-19 outbreaks, the PAN’s reporters and officers have always been in pandemic hotbeds to cover the city’s prevention and control work in a timely manner, promoting the noble virtues of Uncle Ho’s soldiers, deserving to be soldier-reporters on the front-line of the fight against the pandemic. The PAN’s works on the combat against the “peaceful evolution” plot of hostile forces have served as important and effective documents for local Party committees and authorities in their fight against wrongful viewpoints of hostile forces. For the PAN’s part, Senior Colonel Phan Tung Son, Deputy Chief of the PAN’s Bureau in HCMC, briefed the delegation on the … [Read more...] about HCMC’s official and military units congratulate PAN’s bureau on Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day