Social Affairs

Hanoi is facing high risk of forest fire in summer due to unusual changes of the weather. Governments of the localities where forests are located shall take measures to actively prevent forest fire and protect the “green lung” of Capital city.

Thua Thien-Hue has received US$29,000 from a UK national who donated the money to help the central province develop traditional craft products.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Decision No. 2426/QD-UBND on approving the project entitled “Managing and minimizing disaster risks to Hanoi.”

The Hanoi People’s Committee issued Plan No.114/KH-UBND with an effort to increase the information work and popularization of maintaining traffic safety according to themes of the National Traffic Safety Committee “Traffic Safety for Children” and “People’s Life First”.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Ly Son island.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently granted Official Letter No. 2217/UBND-KT, carrying out Decree No. 40/2018/ND-CP of the Government on managing multi-level marketing activities.

The Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee has recently issued Official Letter No. 33/BATGT-VP, requesting the city’s departments to report the outcome after implementing Directive No. 32/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister on controlling vehicle load.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently granted Official Letter No. 2170/UBND-KGVX, strengthening the enforcement of Anti-Smoking Law and responding to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) in the City.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) will be held a programme to support start-up initiatives by youth in 2018.

Experts, policy makers and business representatives yesterday gathered at a Hanoi forum to discuss measures to promote businesses’ active participation in environmental protection and sustainable development towards green growth.

As many as 1,000 Vietnamese youths and volunteers from 30 countries worldwide, social organisations and non-governmental organisations joined the Global Volunteering Day (GVD) 2018 event held in Hanoi.

Following the successful organization of the first Vietnam-Japan Mini Book Fair in Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, a second event is to be held at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on May 24 – 25.

The basic salary applied to civil servants, public employees and the armed forces will rise from VND1.3 million to VND1.39 million per month as of July 1, 2018, according to Decree No.72/2018/NĐ-CP recently issued by the Government.

The “Establishing Comprehensive Bicycle Plan and Free/low-cost Bicycle Sharing Programme in Hoi An city” project official scooped the Global Urban Mobility Challenge Award of the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative.

A meeting was held in Hanoi yesterday in response to Vietnam’s Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Day (May 22), with the theme “Joining Hands for a Society Safe from Natural Disasters”.

The Hanoi Party Committee’s Commission of Propaganda and Education has recently organized a press conference to provide information about the Capital`s natural disaster prevention and control in 2018.

Vietnam scored 65.5 points at the rank of 18th, one place higher than the previous ranking in 2017 in MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) released by the MasterCard.

The Hanoi Party Committee has recently released Directive No.22-CT/TU on further enhancing women’s affairss in Hanoi in the new context.

Temple of Literature will host a first-ever summer programme for children from June 1 to August 20.

The Hanoi Department of Plan Protection has recently released Plan No. 239/KH-BVTV on improving the Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) in 2018.