Social Affairs

Storm Dianmu, the third so far this year, hit the northern mainland of Vietnam in the afternoon of August 19, causing losses to the region.

Speaking at a working session in Hanoi on August 15, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam urged the insurance sector to take drastic measures to reach the goal of having 50 percent of the labour force covered by social insurance by 2020.

On August 19 morning, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue directly inspected the preparation for tropical storm Dianmu in Quang Yen commune in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

The Trade Union of the central province of Quang Nam has signed an agreement with its Lao counterpart from Champasak province at a ceremony in the Vietnamese locality on August 18, aiming to promote cooperation between the two agencies in 2016-2020.

Vietnamese peacekeepers in the United Nations’ peace-keeping missions have performed their tasks and coordinated well with foreign colleagues, heard a conference in Hanoi on August 18.

In 2016, the capital of Hanoi strives to provide the vocational training for 30,490 rural residents, increasing by nearly 142% against last year with the total cost of 69.815 billion VND.

Ethnics are given a strategic priority in the national policy on national great unity and policies for them should keep abreast with reality in their areas, asserted Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai.

The city of Hanoi targets to reach 98 percent of children in special circumstances local underprivileged children receiving assistance and protection for the period 2016 -2020.

Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong suggested the southern key economic zone council propose mechanisms on rallying resources and site clearance to strengthen transport connectivity at a conference in HCM City on August 12.

Vietnamese cultural television channel NetViet - VTC10 has recently officially launched terrestrial digital broadcast in the US state of California, under the system of the television station Kaza TV - one of ten units with a maximum coverage of over six million subscribers.

The Prime Minister has approved a project on emergency aid to overcome drought and saline intrusion in the South Central, Central Highlands and Mekong Delta regions.

According to the National Programme on ensuring the supply of safe water for 2016-2025 period recently approved by the Prime Minister, by 2025, the rate of residents who can access clean and sanitary water will reach 95 to 100 percent.

The Ministry of Transport and the World Bank (WB) co-organised a ​workshop to review the completed Mekong Delta transport infrastructure development project (WB5) in Can Tho city on August 10.

The second festival for Vietnamese youths and students in Europe will be held in Choisy-le-Roi, an outskirt city of Paris, on August 27-28, according to the Association of Vietnamese Students in France (UEVF).

An international seminar to discuss outcomes on Agent Orange (AO) consequences on the occasion of 55 years of AO catastrophe in Vietnam (August 10,1961-2016) was organised in Hanoi from August 8-9.

The State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) and the Ministry of Education and Training jointly opened the 4th training course for overseas Vietnamese teachers from 13 countries and territories in Hanoi from August 7 - 21.

Vietnam should have more policies to attract talented Vietnamese expats to return home to contribute to the country’s development, heard a roundtable between Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha and experts in Hanoi on August 8.

The people of Vietnam never forget Russian friends’ contributions to their great victory against the US troops, a Vietnamese diplomat in Russia said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at the online conference on August 5 that investing in education is development investment, which should be prioritised in all socio-economic development plans and programme.

Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung chaired a workshop on "Smart traffic and applying modern technology solutions in traffic management of Hanoi city" on August 4.