Education

Thai students (Source: Bangkokpost) Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Yala Provincial Administrative Organisation in the southern border province of Yala has cooperated with various sectors to organise a mural-painting activity to help children and youths with limited educational opportunities. Officials of the Yala Provincial Administrative Organisation, civil servants, teachers and students, together participated in the mural-painting activity at Satree Yala School. The event was attended by the award-winning artist, Thanisorn Lertwimol, and a group of fellow artists. The objective is to promote equal education for all children and youths. After observing the murals, all sectors will be aware that Thai children and youths are still facing educational inequality and that their contributions will help improve the situation. Yala province has organised a campaign to monitor, assist and develop young people with limited educational opportunities. Yala is one of the 20 provinces nationwide … [Read more...] about Thailand: mural-painting activity held to promote education equality

Deputy Minister of the MoLISA Le Quan speaks at the press conference (Source: http://www.nguoilambao.vn/) Hanoi (VNA) – A forum on how to improve Vietnamese labourers’ skills will be held in Hanoi from November 15-16, heard a press conference in the capital on November 11. Jointly organised by the Ministry of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), the event is expected to attract 1,500 delegates, including vocational education managers and experts. Participant will focus their discussions on the role played by skilled human resources in promoting labour productivity and national competitiveness; and the importance of innovating and improving manpower training to improve the skills of labourers. Proposals at the forum will be the basis for relevant agencies to consider and take measures to improve the quality of … [Read more...] about Forum to discuss improving skills for Vietnamese labourer

Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat (R), and Emilia Moiane, member of the Central Committee of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) and Director of the Mozambique Information Office (Gabinfo) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches importance to developing relations with Mozambique, which is an important partner of Vietnam in southern Africa, said Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on November 12. He made the affirmation during a reception in Hanoi for Emilia Moiane, member of the Central Committee of the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) and Director of the Mozambique Information Office (Gabinfo), who is in Vietnam for a working visit. Vuong congratulated Frelimo for its success in the general election in Mozambique in October this year, and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the party, the … [Read more...] about Party official affirms Mozambique’s importance to Vietnam

JAKARTA -- Indonesia will more than double its disaster response budget to 15 trillion rupiah ($1.06 billion) in 2019, officials said on Tuesday, after a series of major natural disasters devastated three regions of the vast archipelago last year. The Southeast Asian country suffered its deadliest year in over a decade in 2018, when over 3,000 people died in tsunamis and earthquakes in Sulawesi, Lombok, and West Java and Sumatra islands. Indonesia straddles the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire and sees frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, and localized incidents like landslides, floods, and forest fires. “The funds have been prepared in anticipation of 2019,” said Askolani, budgeting director general at the finance ministry. Five trillion rupiah would be allocated to rehabilitation and reconstruction, while 10 trillion would be reserved for disaster response, said finance ministry spokesman Nufransa Wira Sakti. President Joko Widodo, who is running for … [Read more...] about Indonesia to double disaster relief budget in 2019 after year of tragedies

Researchers have questioned whether the "new map of the People’s Republic of China" is a fabrication that serves illegal purposes. Chinese scholars recently published a "new map of the People's Republic of China", saying that this map was first published in 1951 and was "discovered" during thorough investigation of the national archives. Gac Ma (Spratly Islands) belongs to Vietnam They also said that the map more clearly clarifies the exact expansion of China's official claims in the disputed waters in the East Sea. However, is this a real discovery or simply a fabrication that serves China's illegal purpose of monopolizing the waters with this particular geographic and economic position? The difference between the new map and the maps previously published by China is that the new map shows a solid line describing the "national border and regional administrative boundary", instead of the dash line (as described in China's U-shaped 9-dash line claim that covers nearly all the … [Read more...] about The U-shaped seamless line in the East Sea: China’s new trick for illegal purposes