LSO – The Public Security Department of Lang Son province coordinated with the provincial Red Cross Society and the National Institute of Hematology-Blood Transfusion to launch a blood donation festival among local policemen on April 18 in Lang Son city. Officers and policemen have body temperature measured before receiving health examination and blood testing. Accordingly, the programme takes place...

Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has sent a letter to the inventor of the so-called “rice ATM” to praise his creativity that helps those in disadvantaged circumstances during the pandemic. The "rice ATM" model has been rolled out in many localities nationwide. (Photo: VNA) In the letter to Hoang Tuan Anh, director of the PHG...

Hanoi (VNA) – An online book fair kicked off on April 19 in celebration of the seventh Vietnam Book Day that falls on April 21 each year. An online book fair kicked off on April 19 in celebration of the seventh Vietnam Book Day that falls on April 21 each year. (Photo: VNA) This is the first time the...

Lao Cai (VNA) – Over 209,000 households in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have benefited from Programme 135, a government programme for the most vulnerable communes in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, in the 2011-2020 period, which had total budget of 1.63 trillion VND (69.8 million USD). Illustrative image (Photo: Lao Cai Television) The programme has helped...

(LSO) - On April 9, the Government issued Resolution No.42 on measures to support people in difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the resolution, the Lang Son provincial People's Committee has directed departments and localities to review and calculate the number of beneficiaries and disseminate information on the support policy so as to ensure the support package is...

(LSO) - On April 15, 2020, Lang Son Department of Transportation issued Notice No.901/TB-SGTVT on continuing to suspend public passenger transport activities to prevent and control the covid-19 epidemic in Lang Son province. The Notice states that it is required to continue suspending all transportation activities of fixed passenger transport routes (inter-provincial, intra-provincial ones), buses, contract cars, tourist cars,...

(LSO) - This afternoon (April 15), the Provicial Fatherland Front Committee organized the handover of 500 million VND to the Department of Health for the prevention and control of Covid-19. Attending the handover ceremony was Mr. Ho Tien Thieu, Vice Chairman in charge of Provincial People's Committee, Head of Provincial Covid-19 Prevention and Control Steering Committee. Leaders of the...

(LSO) - According to a report of the Provincial Center for Disease Control, up to 16:00 today (April 15), Lang Son has 21 cases involving patient number 262, working at Samsung Company, Yen Phong district, Bac Ninh province are monitored and managed at health facilities and quarantine areas in Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Lang Son. They are 13...

Hanoi, (VNA) - Twelve localities deemed to have high risk of COVID-19 spread, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, will continue to implement social distancing measures under Directive 16 of the Prime Minister to April 22 or 30, or even longer, if infections continue to be detected. Tran Duy Hung street in Hanoi is deserted during the period...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) has so far received nearly 1.6 trillion VND (68 million USD) in donations to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. At the event (Photo: VNA) President of the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man received some donations at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 15, including 100 million VND from the...