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The AAFV representatives expressed their determination to further promote solidarity activities for the sake of the Vietnamese people, at the November 24 event. Pointing out certain difficulties in attracting young people’s participation and handling administrative procedures, they said they hope relevant agencies of Vietnam, especially the People’s Aid Coordinating Committee under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), will create more favorable conditions in terms of procedures so that the AAFV can carry out activities and projects benefiting more Vietnamese people. Ambassador Thang highly valued the AAFV’s contributions and called on it to actively take part in major activities of the Vietnam - France relations in 2023, including the 12th decentralised cooperation conference in Hanoi and events marking 50 years since the signing of the Paris Agreement, the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties, and the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership. The Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Embassy pledges support for France – Vietnam Friendship Association

The 100 sq.m house was completed after more than two months of construction. Army Corps 16 contributed VND 80 million to the building of this house and sent personnel to observe the construction. At the handover ceremony, representatives from the army corps, chain-of-command of Regiment 720, and local organizations presented Thang’s family with other necessities. According to Deputy Head of the Political Department of Army Corps 16 Senior Colonel Lai Van Tuan, the corps has over the past time mobilized resources to donate dozens of billion Vietnamese dong and hundreds of working days to build 185 great unity houses for poor compatriots, and give financial support to 1,700 laborers to build houses. It has also completed projects on wet rice and rural roads, helping to improve the living standard of ethnic minority groups in the locality where it is stationed. This year alone, the Army Corps 16 Command has studied and given VND 560 million to help build seven comradeship and trade … [Read more...] about Army Corps 16 presents comradeship house

Issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and the degradation of lands and oceans are threats to humans and the life on Earth in general, according to organizers. In response to these threats and as part of the Green Deal,  in 2020 the European Commission proposed ambitious E.U. actions and commitments to transform food systems (the Farm to Fork Strategy) into global standards for competitive sustainability, the protection of human and planetary health, as well as the livelihoods of all actors in the food value chain. The main purpose of this technical workshop is to provide a platform to experts from the E.U. and ASEAN countries to discuss and identify where and how E.U.-ASEAN cooperation could be reinforced and coordinated, targeting sustainability and resilience of food systems. Themed “Dialogues on Sustainable Food Systems: from production to consumption,” discussions will cover the following main topics: Dialogue on Soil health and innovation; Dialogue on … [Read more...] about E.U.-ASEAN workshop to focus on sustainable food

HCM City Labour Federation has planned to spend roughly VND140 billion (USD5.6 million) to hold activities for workers during the coming Tet Lunar New Year. The federation will help 10,000 families of employees which are in financial difficulties and can not return home for Tet. They will be given a gift worth VND1 million each on Tet Holiday. Workers leave HCM City to return home for Tet The city will offer gifts to 5,000 families. Trade unions at all levels will launch online and in-person subsidised markets for workers and visit and offer Tet gifts for those who can’t return home for Tet. The trade unions have also been asked to persuade employers to arrange coaches or give subsidised tickets to disadvantaged employees. According to Deputy Chairman of the Labour Federation of HCM City Tran Doan Trung, providing free transport to workers in difficult circumstances for Tet has become an annual tradition of many companies in Ho Chi Minh City over the past … [Read more...] about HCM City to spend VND140 billion to support workers on Tet