Social Affairs

Residents in An Duc commune, Ba Tri district, in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, on April 24, flocked to the communal People’s Committee Office to get drinking water under a desalination programme launched by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee.

The Construction Ministry’s Urban Development Department held a seminar on building the the National Urban Development Strategy, phase 1 in Hanoi on April 20.

A conference was held by the National Assembly (NA) Council of Ethnic Affairs in Hanoi on April 21-22, aiming to improve electioneering skills for ethnic minority candidates in the upcoming elections to the National Assembly and People’s Councils.

Department of Traffic Police under the Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with Japan’s Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd held a ceremony to launch the “Doraemon with traffic safety in Vietnam” programme in Hanoi on April 20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the seventh session of the National Committee on Climate Change in Hanoi on April 19.

Vietnam must take drastic measures to tackle drought and saline intrusion to help ensure water security and prevent the politicisation of water in the region.

Women take 24.2 percent of the seats in Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) in the 13th tenure (2011 – 2016), ranking the country 54th among the 190 surveyed nations and fourth among the 10 ASEAN member states, data of the Inter-Parliamentary Union show.

Vietnam always pledges to promote gender equality and ensure rights of women and girls, said Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam.

A great song should lift your heart, warm your soul and make you feel good. Aware of this fact, artists have joined hands to organise musical performances at hospitals.

Over 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates attended a ceremony at Sapa Shopping Mall in Prague, the Czech Republic, on April 17 to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings and learn about their roots.

Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad on April 15 visited the Hanoi-Moscow Complex (Incentra) in Moscow, whose activities, he said, help boost investment cooperation of ASEAN businesses, including those from Laos, in Russia.

Vietnam highly appreciates efforts of the relevant countries to coordinate in the sustainable use of the Mekong River’s water resources, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh made a speech at a regular press conference on April 14.

The National Health Target Programme between 2011-2015, which was deployed through five projects, with satisfactory results recorded in the project for preventing some dangerous diseases.

Women have the right to participate in political processes that affect them, their families, and their society, said representatives of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs at a recent seminar in Hanoi.

According to the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA), from April 28 to May 4, the carrier will provide some 250,000 seats on the extra flights across nine domestic routes to meet increasing travel demands during the upcoming national holidays.

A live music show and auction of handmade items made by handicapped people from Thuong Thuong Centre will be held on April 17 in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District.

Different countermeasures are being employed by many provinces to get through the impacts of drought and saltwater intrusion on local agriculture and aquaculture.

The Transport ministry will focus on proposing mechanisms and policies to encourage enterprises to develop transport infrastructure in the coming time, Transport Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong said during a meeting held on April 12 in Hanoi.

Vietnam ranks second in the number of overseas students in Japan as of May 2015, with 38,882 students, the latest statistics of the Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) revealed.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a notice to call for public order and traffic safety during the upcoming national holidays in April.