Social Affairs

The Prime Minister has issued a set of criteria for new-style rural communes for the 2016-2020 period, including 19 different fields with specific targets.

In response to the national movement to join hands supporting the poor, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 17 to launch the “Month for the Poor”, which will run until November 18.

On October 16, a Prime Minister document was sent to the Northern central provinces to deal with severe floods and ask local and central agencies, and localities prepare the emergency response to the typhoon Sarika which entered the East Sea on October 16 as the seventh storm this year.

As many as 60 photos taken by journalist Nguyen My Tra during her journey to Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago are being put on show at an exhibition held in Ho Chi Minh City from October 15-20.

Vietnam is applying a lot of measures to ensure food security when encountering with increasing climate change.

As one of the countries hardest hit by climate change, Vietnam has made efforts to minimise risks from natural disasters and adapt to climate change, including issuing policies and developing infrastructure in recent years.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam jointly organised a high-level seminar themed "Vietnam’s green growth strategy on the path to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change - the experience of Vietnam and the EU " in Hanoi on October 11.

Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Van Ngang attended a ceremony to inaugurate the Support Centre for Migrant Workers in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 10.

Health sector to overpass National Assembly-set target The rate of hospital beds is also likely reach 25 beds per 10,000 people this year, surpassing the National Assembly-set target, which is 24.5, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien reported at the recent meeting of the National Assembly’s Committee on Social Affairs.

Hanoi city held a ceremony to honour nine outstanding locals together with 961 role models in various fields in 2016 at the Friendship Cultural Palace on October 10 on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the city’s liberation day.

The Vietnam – Japan Friendship Association of Ho Chi Minh City convened its second congress for the tenure 2016 – 2020 on October 9.

Vietnam and Sweden shared experience in building a sustainable society during a forum held in Hanoi on October 6.

A ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new Vietnamese-German University was held in Ben Cat town in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 6.

A Vietnam-Republic of Korea cooperation centre will be established in the northern province of Thai Nguyen to help carry out projects in support of local people.

The ceremony to present "Vietnamese Outstanding Farmer 2016" award will be organised at Hanoi Opera House on October 14, celebrating 86th anniversary of Vietnam Farmers` Association.

On October 5 afternoon, Hanoi City People`s Committee - the Organizing Board of the Contest "Writing about advanced examples, good people and good acts in 2016” of the City has reviewed the contest. Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy presided the meeting.

Vietnam is participating in the fifty-sixth series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 3-11.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on October 4 to promote the efficiency of cooperation funds and programmes between ASEAN and its partners.

Experts from Vietnam and the European Union (EU) shared experience in ensuring human rights while implementing the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) during a workshop held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 3.

Cooperation in agricultural education between Vietnam and Belgium has helped improve the capacity of Vietnamese agriculture lecturers, heard a recent event in the Belgian city of Gembloux.