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Hanoi (VNA) - More than 434 billion VND (18.6 million USD) was used to support over 562,000 needy people during May, as part of the 2020 humanitarian month programme run by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS). The programme was in place from May 1 to 31, with the pinnacles being the two weeks from the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on May 8 until the birthday of late President Ho Chi Minh on May 19. It focused on supporting provinces affected by drought and saline intrusion, raising public awareness about COVID-19 prevention and control, giving aid to those affected by the disease, and organising blood donation drives. According to preliminary reports from provincial and municipal chapters of VRCS, 350 humanitarian markets were held in 59 localities during the month, providing 100,000 vouchers for goods. These markets bought farm produce that farmers could not distribute due to the pandemic and gave it to the needy The programme also saw the construction of 734 Red Cross … [Read more...] about Assistance during humanitarian month reaches over 562,000 people

Thanks to the application of LEED’s latest green standards – Gold Version 4, the factory can decrease 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions/year By end of November 2019, Tetra Pak is collaborating with LOTTE Mart and NHC to launch the Carton House campaign in LOTTE Marts in Nam Sai Gon. The carton houses are made from recycled cartons and serves as a destination for consumers to bring their used cartons for collecting and recycling. … [Read more...] about Tetra Pak Binh Duong awarded the world’s most-demanding LEED Version 4 Gold certification

Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Duc Loi, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), speaks about the agency's transition process on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21). Can you talk about the process to turn the Vietnam News Agency into a major national multimedia agency in recent years? Developing multimedia and multi-platform journalism is a common trend in the world today. The Vietnam News Agency has taken concrete steps in recent years, and in fact has become a multimedia agency, developing all types: print, radio, television, online newspaper and books. With all kinds of information on modern technical platforms, the Vietnam News Agency constantly strengthens the position of a news agency to provide original/source information to domestic and international press agencies and provides information directly to the public. The VNA operates under the consortium model with 16 news units for domestic and foreign service (consisting … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency to become national leading multimedia agency

While we don’t necessarily have the ability to confer ‘expat status’ on Vietnamese in the UK, we can very easily renounce the term for ourselves and go by migrant or immigrant and do our very small part in removing the stigma from those words. … [Read more...] about Call me an immigrant, not an expat