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* On January 24-25, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien visited and extended Tet wishes to officers, soldiers, and people in Cao Bang province. On the occasion, Chien presented 200 Tet gifts, worth VND 250 million in total, to needy workers, 350 gifts, valued at VND 420 million, to policy beneficiaries and poor families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the locality, gave five “great-unity houses," costing VND 50 million each, to needy households in Thinh Vuong and Duc Long communes. Meanwhile, the VFF Central Committee President inquired after and handed over gifts to workers of the Cao Bang Building Materials Production Joint Stock Company, and troops of Duc Long Border Station, and others. * On January 25, a delegation of the Department of Technical Services under the Naval Service visited and presented 64 Tet gifts to disadvantaged troops and policy families in Hai Phong city. * The same day, the Danang Association for Agent … [Read more...] about Tet gifts reach national contributors and the poor

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a project to make cross-border securities transactions in the Asia-Pacific region more efficient and secure through the use of blockchain technology. It will seek to develop ways to directly connect central banks and securities depositories in the ASEAN Plus Three region within a blockchain network, the ADB said in a statement on January 26. Cross-border securities transactions in the ASEAN 3 region are currently processed through a global network of custodians and correspondent banks, which go through global centres in either the United States or Europe. As a result, intraregional transaction settlements in ASEAN Plus Three take at least two days, due to varying operating hours for markets within the same time zone, it added. The ADB said the project will be carried out in two phases including a designing phase which is expected to be completed by the end of March 2022, and a prototyping phase, … [Read more...] about ADB uses blockchain technology to facilitate cross-border securities transactions

Accordingly, the organizers presented an RO water filter system with capacity of 300 liters/hour and 100 national flags, totaling VND 130 million, to needy people in Dac O commune in the province’s Bu Gia Map district. This was part of a program on supporting border areas held annually by the People-Government-Party Bloc in Ho Chi Minh City. The program focuses on sponsoring purifying water facilities and solar power systems to border posts and local people in Bu Gia Map district of the city along with numerous social welfare activities worth totally billions of VND each year. Translated by Minh Anh … [Read more...] about Clean water facility handed over to Binh Phuoc needy people

The army corps command handed over 2,000 gifts, worth VND 1 billion in total, to ethnic minority people, needy households, and AO victims in the locality. This activity is held annually on the occasion of Tet festival to share difficulties with the needy and encourage them to strive for a better life. Apart from the movement, the army corps also held the border spring program to hand over 3,500 Tet gifts, worth VND 450,000 each, to ethnic minority people in the locality and disadvantaged workers of the unit. According to Senior Colonel Lai Van Tuan, Deputy Political Chief of Army Corps 16, these are meaningful activities, which contribute to addressing difficulties for the locals during Tet festival. Translated by Trung Thanh … [Read more...] about Army Corps 16 hands over gifts to needy households and AO victims

Pham Van Tang at the police station (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Police in the central province of Ha Tinh said on January 26 that they had detained a man travelling with 9kg of drugs and many related objects. Pham Van Tang, born in 1997 and residing in Son Giang commune, Huong Son district, was caught in Huong Minh commune, Vu Quang district while transporting the drugs, comprising 1kg of crystal methamphetamine , 8kg of ketamine and two amphetamine tablets. The man confessed that he had got the drugs from Laotians in the border area in Vu Quang district, which will be sold in southern provinces. The case is under further investigation./. VNA … [Read more...] about Ha Tinh: man arrested with 9kg of drugs

Your browser does not support the audio element. In September 2019, two women of the Kho Mu ethnicity from Huu Kiem Commune in the north-central province of Nghe An arrived in northern Quang Ninh Province en route to China to sell newborn babies when authorities detected and ceased the clandestine operation. >> Newborns for sale (Part 1): A behind-the-scenes look at infant trafficking in Vietnam’s mountainous regions >> Newborns for sale (Part 2): When victim becomes dealer Despite the enormous efforts of the Nghe An authorities to eradicate the sale of newborn babies, the racket continued to linger in the background. Intercountry adoption rings lay lower, waiting for another opportunity to thrive again. The climactic escape As mentioned in earlier installments of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper's three-part series, the two Kho Mu women who embarked on the newborn trade journey are Lu Thi Van and Moong Thi Phuong. Both hail from Dinh Son 2 Village of … [Read more...] about Newborns for sale in Vietnam: Prompt intervention thwarted by legal loopholes

Bui Thanh Nhon, chairman of NovaGroup, speaks at the ceremony held to sign agreements to develop Mekong Smart City Project. Giant real estate developer NovaGroup last week signed an agreement with the Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang and Dong Thap to develop Mekong Smart City. Located in Tan Chau and Hong Ngu towns of An Giang and Dong Thap provinces, the Mekong Delta will connect investors and local authorties and therefore boost the economy development in Mekong Delta region. Targeted as a tourist destination, Mekong Smart City will push the development of the two provinces and the whole region in general. Mekong Smart City will also play a key role in creating a new model urban area in Viet Nam. Tan Chau Town in An Giang and Hong Ngu District in Dong Thap’s Hong Ngu City are situated in the upstream portion of the Mekong River and serve as a gateway for trade with Cambodia. The area, which has undergone a long period of development, is the key tourism place in the … [Read more...] about NovaGroup’s smart city to benefit Mekong Delta economy

Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China, and his wife will pay an official friendship visit to Viet Nam from Nov. 15-17, the Foreign Ministry announced in a communique on Nov. 10. Hu Jintao and his wife will be guests of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Nong Duc Manh and State President Nguyen Minh Triet. The visit will take place in the context of the deepening friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Viet Nam and China, bringing benefits to both countries, especially since they normalised their relations in 1991. Bilateral relations have developed rapidly in all areas. The two sides have signed 52 agreements at the state level, building legal foundations for long-term cooperation. They also annually exchange over 100 delegations of high ranking officials of various ministries, sectors and localities. Meetings between the two countries' senior leaders are maintained every year. In … [Read more...] about Chinese President and Party leader to visit Viet Nam

At the meeting General Giang warmly welcomed the visiting Chinese delegation and highly valued the outcomes of the talks “Thoughts of Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong on Vietnam-China friendship and unity” held earlier between the Chinese delegation and the Defense Strategic Institute under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense. General Giang underlined that the Party, State and people of Vietnam always remember the wholehearted supports from the Party, State and people of China during the past Vietnamese national liberation struggles as well as in the current national development and defense. The close and effective cooperation between the two defense institutes will help the two peoples and armies better understand each other, and promote friendship and bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the current context. For his part, General Shen thanked the Vietnamese Deputy Defense for the warm reception, and underscored the need for and importance of expanded cooperation … [Read more...] about Leaders of General Staff receive Chinese and U.S. guests