Hanoi (VNA) – A get-together will be held in Hanoi on October 1 to honour and commend businesses, entrepreneurs, collectives and individuals who make outstanding contributions to the “Fund for the poor” and social welfare activities in 2017-2019. At the preparatory meeting (Photo: VNA) The event will be co-organised by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the...

Hanoi (VNA) – Social policy credit has reached all the communal-level localities nationwide, greatly helping with efforts towards sustainable poverty reduction, heard a teleconference in Hanoi on September 23. Farmers in Ea Nuoi commune of Buon Don district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, tend coffee trees (Photo: VNA) The event, looking into the role and effectiveness of...

NDO/VNA – A national scientific conference on the heritage value of the Hung Kings era in Vietnamese history will be held in Hanoi on September 24, heard a recent press conference in the capital. Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences (VAHS), Dr. Nguyen Quang Hoc speaks at the press conference (Source: http://dangcongsan.vn) Speaking at the event,...

NDO – A Thai delegation led by Thai Ambassador to Vietnam, Tanee Sangrat, visited the northern province of Thai Nguyen on September 23 to present gifts in support of local residents suffering from natural disasters in recent days. Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee, Tran Quoc To (R) receives gifts from the Thai side in support of...

NDO - Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has underlined the role of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy (VBSP), which provides cheap loans to poor rural residents, as an important pillar of the national programme on sustainable poverty reduction. The conference on the role of cheap credit in sustainable poverty reduction (Photo: VNA) He noted that thanks to...

Hanoi (VNA) – The budget carrier Vietjet Air announced on September 22 that several flights have been cancelled due to the impact of Storm Tapah in the Republic of Korea. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The cancelled flights include VJ 981 from Busan to Hanoi departing at 8am (local time), and VJ991 on Busan – Nha Trang route at...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Association of former volunteer soldiers of Front 479 held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 22 to mark 30 years of the fulfillment of their international mission in Cambodia. Volunteer soldiers of Front 479 on way home (Photo: VNA) On the occasion, the association presented gifts to heroic Vietnamese mothers,...

Moscow (VNA) – A seminar discussing the role of people-to-people diplomacy in Vietnam – Russia relations took place in Moscow on September 19. At the seminar (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the event, Tran Binh Minh, President of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association, said the seminar was among activities scheduled during the Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in...

Hanoi (VNA) - Experts discussed the role of the state audit in managing waste and wastewater towards sustainable development during a conference held on Hanoi on September 19. An expert checks wastewater at a wastewater treatment system in the Thang Long Industrial Zone in Hanoi's Dong Anh district (Photo: VNA) The conference, held by the State Audit Office of...

Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare held a ceremony in Vientiane on September 19 to receive donations from the Vietnamese community in Laos to support flood victims in the central and southern regions of Laos. At the ceremony to receive donations from the Vietnamese community in Laos to support flood victims in central and...