Social Affairs

The Japanese International School was inaugurated in Hanoi on May 7.

At the press conference on May 6 in HCM City with domestic and foreign reporters announcing outcomes of four-day working visit to Vietnam, UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson vowed to try his efforts to encourage more support for Vietnam to solve difficulties in climate change.

A photo exhibition has been opened in Havana, Cuba to mark the 41 st anniversary of Vietnam’s Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30) and the 62 nd anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7).

United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson made a fact-finding trip to the southern province of Ben Tre on May 5 to find out about the impacts of ongoing drought and saline intrusion.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Pham Hong Hai attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 2-6.

According to the recent dispatch of the Vietnam Environment Administration’s Centre for Environmental Monitoring, water samples in 4 central coastal localities will be taken within a distance of 1.5km from the beaches for testing twice a day.

The Prime Minister has approved the contents of a project to support the development of border areas funded by the Asian Development Bank.

The Ministry of Health recently organised a meeting with the Emergency Operations Centre to discuss updated information on the latest development of Zika virus and response measures suitable with the situation.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministry of Science and Technology to coordinate with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and relevant ministries and agencies to reach an objective, scientific, independent conclusion on the causes of the incident.

Experts have proposed the construction of five to seven dams along the Hong (Red) River to raise the water level, thus serving agricultural production and water transport without affecting flood drainage.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved more than $500 million in support for improvements t road and bridge connections as well as flood control and sanitation conditions in Vietnam.

Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required relevant ministries, agencies and provinces to implement comprehensive measures to deal with mass fish deaths along the central coast.

On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of International Labour Day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc took part in exchanges with about 3,000 workers in Dong Nai and other Southeastern provinces on April 30 to listen to their aspirations.

On April 29, the Association of Cambodians of Vietnamese origin hosted a meeting to mark the 41st anniversary of National Reunification Day (April 30) in Phnom Penh.

Ensuring water for people’s daily lives should be the top priority in the face of the severe ongoing drought, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on April 28.

The third ASEAN forum on labour safety and hygiene was held in the central city of Da Nang on April 28, attracting nearly 200 delegates from 10 ASEAN member states, the International Labour Organisation and regional enterprises.

More than 15,000 households in 14 cities and provinces who announced natural disaster status, have received initial support from the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had a meeting with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Hanoi on April 26 on Vietnam`s impacts of increasingly severe drought and saltwater intrusion caused by the El Nino phenomenon.

The 17th meeting of the ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET) Coordinating Board commenced in Da Nang city on April 26.

KTĐT - The information was revealed by representatives from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) at a press conference in Hanoi on April 25.