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People participate in the ceremony. (Photo: VNA) Nghe An (VNA) – A respect paying ceremony and a reburial service were held at a martyrs’ cemetery in the north-central province of Nghe An on May 25 to rebury the remains of 103 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Laos. Participants expressed their gratitude to the martyrs for their contributions and sacrifice for the national construction and defence as well as international duties in Laos. The remains, repatriated by a team of Nghe An Military High Command in Laos’ Xiangkhouang province in the 2021-22 dry season, was handed over to the Vietnamese side on May 22-23. Since 1984, Nghe An has worked on the task with three localities in Laos and repatriated more than 12,300 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts./. VNA … [Read more...] about Remains of martyrs repatriated from Laos reburied

“The Australian Government’s support will enable Tay Bac University to train a skilled workforce to better serve the labor market needs and support the economic and industrial growth of the region. This assistance will also help the university establish long-term partnerships with Australian universities,” said Dr. Nguyen Van Bao, Rector of Tay Bac University. “We are committed to assisting Vietnam’s human resource development in various ways, including through our support for Tay Bac University,” said Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick. “We believe that with strengthened university management and reformed curricula and teaching methodology, Tay Bac University will be able to provide better academic support to nearly 4,000 ethnic minority students. This will increase the success rate of ethnic minority students at university and help them get better jobs,” he continued. In September 2017, Aus4Skills will sign similar MoUs with Thai Nguyen University (TNU) and TNU's … [Read more...] about Australia supports universities in Northwestern region

Project funding structure The road will be 98 kilometers long - 54 kilometers in Hanoi, 23 kilometers in Hung Yen Province and 21 kilometers in Bac Ninh Province. The belt is expected to ease traffic congestion that has hampered economic development of the capital and its satellite cities. For Hanoi, this is also the road connecting Noi Bai International Airport and a second international airport in the southeast of the capital, regulating the expressway system and reducing the load on ring road 3, which connects five satellite cities in Hanoi’s urban cluster. Hanoi’s traffic infrastructure has developed significantly To ensure balanced resources, the project will combine public and private funding. The total project budget stands at about US$3.7 billion, including three sub-projects undertaken by investors with a total investment of almost US$1.3 billion. According to Vice Chair of the Hanoi City People’s Committee Duong Duc Tuan, this is a very effective and … [Read more...] about About US$3.7 billion to be invested in Hanoi’s ring road 4 construction

Border gates are sked to be strictly controlled to prevent monkeypox outbreak. Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long asked local healthcare facilities to coordinate with the Institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Pasteur Institute to diagnose monkeypox cases and strengthen prevention and control measures of monkeypox. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a rise in monkeypox cases in several countries. The first case of monkeypox was reported in the UK on May 13. At least 92 monkeypox virus cases have been confirmed in countries, including the US, the UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Sweden and others. No deaths have been reported; about 28 cases in these countries are potential cases. One of the Monkeypox symptoms and signs is skin rash. WHO said that the identification of confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox with no direct travel links to an endemic area "represents a highly unusual event". Genome sequence from samples of … [Read more...] about Border gates asked to be strictly controlled to prevent monkeypox outbreak

Some localities have recently proposed not receiving vaccines or transfer the allocated vaccines, leading to the fact that the COVID-19 vaccination target is likely to be missed, the ministry said, citing a report from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). As of May 21, more than 219 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide. Localities have made great efforts in rolling out vaccination campaigns to ensure its safety and effectiveness and achieve a high vaccination rate. The number of vaccines received by the MoH is enough to give the 3rd and 4th shots for people aged 18 years and older who are eligible for vaccination, it said. The ministry proposed leaders of the provinces and cities direct the Departments of Health and related agencies to promptly review the number of people who are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, focusing on completing the injection of third shots for people 18 years old or older in the second quarter of … [Read more...] about Localities urged to step up vaccination against COVID-19