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At the event. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 480 female migrant workers living in difficult circumstances received gifts worth 500,000 VND each during a programme held in Hanoi on September 18. They now temporarily reside in 11 wards in the districts of Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh and Hoang Mai and Hai Ba Trung. The activity was co-organised by the Hanoi Women’s Union, the Light Community Health Development Institute and Oxfam in Vietnam. From April 27 to September 15, the Hanoi Women’s Union handed over 7,300 gifts valued at more than 2.2 billion VND to female vulnerable workers. The same day, the union also held a webinar in response to the 2021 campaign “Make the world cleaner”. Participants at the event shared creative models regarding waste treatment and recycling in households, as well as ways to raise public awareness of environmental protection./. VNA …

During a reception in Hanoi on September 17 for Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen, Dien wished that Cuba would continue tackling difficulties faced by Vietnamese firms when exporting to and investing in the Caribbean country. He suggested that the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam should continue working closely together to bolster bilateral economic, trade and investment ties, so as to match long-standing political relations. Both sides should further strive to help their business communities fully tap the Vietnam – Cuba trade agreement that took effect on April 1, 2020, the first of its kind that Cuba signed with an Asian nation. The host proposed Cuba offer preferential policies to create favorable conditions for foreign enterprises and those from Vietnam in particular to invest in the country. The Ambassador, for his part, emphasized Cuba’s attention to boosting collaboration with Vietnam in …

Female migrant workers in Hanoi receive gifts

Minister suggests support for firms to invest in Cuba