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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The French Institute in Ho Chi Minh City will host a series of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day held at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on March 8. The celebration will open with a photo exhibition featuring portraits of Vietnamese women taken by 15 young artists who participated in a photography workshop hosted by the French Institute in Hue and Da Nang in January. The photos can be seen until April 9. A talk show about gender equality will be organised featuring speakers of Julia Levivier, head of the French NGO organisation Planète Enfants & Développement (PE&D) in Vietnam, psychologist Ly Thi Mai, and Le Thi Hong Anh, head of Human Resources of Sanofi Vietnam. The show will be hosted by Tran Anh Dao, economist, lecturer and researcher at the University of Rouen in France, and the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia. It will be presented in both Vietnamese and French. The event will end with a screening of French documentary Des Femmes Et Des Hommes (Women And Men) by female director Frédérique Bedos with Vietnamese subtitles. The celebration will begin at 5:45pm at 31 Thai Van Lung street in District 1./. VNA …

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Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presented the title of “People’s Doctor” to Associate Prof. Dr. Tran Huu Binh; Associate Prof. Dr. Doan Quoc Hung; Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Tuan; Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Uoc, and Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Viet. They are former and incumbent leaders at important faculties and institutes of different central hospitals. On the occasion, the title “Meritorious Doctor” was also awarded to 12 other lecturers at the Hanoi Medical University. The titles “People’s Doctor” and “Meritorious Doctor” aim to honour doctors with outstanding talent and professional ethics. * As authorised by the State President, Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang presented the title “Meritorious Doctor” to 28 individuals and the Prime Minister’s certificates of merit to two exemplary individuals in the city’s health sector on February 26. In addition, 20 medical workers who have made significant contributions to the health sector and the COVID-19 fight in the city over the past year were also honoured at Friday’s ceremony. * On the same day, leaders of Hai Duong Province, the country’s current COVID-19 hotbed, held a meeting to pay tribute to experts of the Health Ministry currently working in the province, on the occasion of Vietnam Doctors’ Day. Local leaders expressed their gratitude for the wholeheartedness and sense of responsibility of experts and doctors from units under the ministry in supporting Hai Duong with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. * On February 26, a working delegation of the Dak Lak provincial authorities visited and presented congratulatory flowers to medical workers at five local hospitals on the occasion of Vietnam Doctors’ Day. Provincial leaders lauded the contributions of the hospitals’ doctors and the local health industry in the cause of caring for and ensuring the health of the local people. * Leaders from the Hai Phong Municipal People’s Committee and representatives of …

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The conference marked the kick off of Youth4Climate initiative, which is supported by the Climate Promise, a global programme through which UNDP commits to supporting at least 100 countries in enhancing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2020. The initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of existing youth representatives and youth networks in stepping-up their climate action on different frontlines in order to advance Vietnam’s NDC. This initiative builds on the UNDP’s long experience in mobilising and working with the youth and students in Vietnam. Speaking at the conference, Pham Van Tan, Deputy Director General of the Department of Climate Chang (DCC) at MONRE, stressed that Vietnam considers the climate change response to be a vital issue and key task of the entire political system, adding that the country has actively implemented the Paris Agreement since the document was approved in 2015. He reported that Vietnam’s recent efforts in its climate change response can be seen through its NDC in 2015 and updated NDC in 2020, as well as its plans, programmes and strategies on national socio-economic development in both the medium and long term. Vietnam’s updated NDC plans seek to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 9% by 2030 in an attempt to respond to climate change as well as facilitate sustainable development. The implementation of the target needs a joint effort from all ministries, sectors, businesses, individuals and entire community, in which the youth play a critical role, he emphasised. Sharing the same view, Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam, stressed that the youth can make a significant contribution to reversing negative climate impacts if they receive proper support and guidance. By empowering young people, Vietnam can unlock new possibilities, helping realise the Paris Agreement and improving its NDC in the future, she stated. For his part, HCYU Secretary Nguyen Ngoc Luong said that the …

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