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Poster of the event (Source: Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City)   HCM City (VNA) – The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City organised the Women in Vietnam Conference in the city on October 16 as an activity to mark the Vietnamese Women’s Day (October 20). The event drew the participation of female officials, entrepreneurs and students in HCM City and surrounding localities. In her opening remarks, Karen Lanyon, Australian Consul General to HCM City, said Vietnamese women are now very active and engage in all social activities in various fields from politics to business, scientific research, arts and sports. “This is the first time we have had a ‘Women in Vietnam’ conference,” she said, hoping that the conference will become an annual event that provides practical support to young Vietnamese women. Targeting final-year female university students and recent graduates, the event was to enhance participants’ … [Read more...] about Women in Vietnam Conference opens in HCM City

FAO Vietnam representative Albert Lieberg addresses the ceremony in Hanoi on October 16 (Photo: VNA)  Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on October 16 to mark the 38th World Food Day and 40 years of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s presence in Vietnam. The event was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and FAO Vietnam. This year’s World Food Day (October 16) is themed “Our Actions are our Future” and is working towards a ‘Zero Hunger World’ by 2030. Global figures recorded a rise in world hunger and the population of malnourished people in 2017 for the third consecutive year, with a total of 821 million suffering from hunger (equal to 11 percent of the global population). Meanwhile, other forms of malnutrition have also increased, with at least 1.5 billion people having suffered from micronutrient deficiencies that undermined their health and lives last year. The World Food Day … [Read more...] about World Food Day, FAO’s 40-year presence in Vietnam celebrated

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Ninh Binh (VNA) – The Farmers’ Union of the northern province of Ninh Binh has implemented a project named “Ninh Binh farmers say no to dirty food” since 2016 with the goal of raising local farmers’ awareness about their own responsibility for ensuring food safety. The project has successfully created remarkable changes in union members’ thinking, which has been translated into their actions in producing safe agricultural products. Chapters at all level of the Ninh Binh Farmers’ Union are working towards the target of ending the use of banned substances in animal raising, cultivation, preservation and processing of agricultural products as well as the consumption of “dirty” food. They have been organising communication activities to educate union members and farmers on legal regulations on food safety, including knowledge contests on the issue, and encouraging cooperative groups and … [Read more...] about Ninh Binh farmers say No to dirty food

An animal health worker fumigates an area with poultry infected with bird flu strain A/H5N1 in An Hong commune of An Duong district, Hai Phong city (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A national plan on bird flu control during 2019-2025 will have a budget of 762 billion VND (over 32.6 million USD), it was reported at a conference in Hanoi on October 16. The conference was held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to sum up the outcomes of the bird flu control national plan for 2014-2018. The Animal Health Department under the MARD said the State coffer will provide 51.5 billion VND for the plan, while localities will dole out 711 billion VND from their own budgets. Besides strengthening the monitoring of disease outbreaks, the plan aims to vaccinate at least 80 percent of poultry flocks and build safe poultry production chains and regions in line with recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). MARD Deputy Minister Ha Cong Tuan said … [Read more...] about Over 760 billion VND for bird flu control during 2019-2025

Global Champions 2018, the most unique interactive English contest in Vietnam, will help students aged 10 to 15 to develop their English language and 21st century skills. Global Champions 2018 will welcome competitors in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25 and in Hanoi on December 2 The contest, which is organised by Golden Path Academics Vietnam Joint Stock Company (GPA JSC) and strategic partners, aims to help students improve their language skills, global competence, and mindset. The contest also encourages students to explore themselves and foreign cultures. In addition, students who love English can develop the eight golden skills of the 21st century, including creativity, critical thinking, eloquence, personal talent, technology, living skills, teamwork spirit, and leadership through attractive and extremely exciting activities. According to Dao Thu Hien, the founder of GPA JSC, this English contest through athletic, interactive games will be organised … [Read more...] about Global Champions 2018 opens for young English language learners

Police seizes 308.6kg of crystal meth in the case (Photo: VNA)   Quang Binh (VNA) – Police of the central province of Quang Binh recently seized 308.6kg of crystal meth, the largest single amount confiscated in the province so far. On October 12, local police noticed a suspicious car on National Highway 1A in Le Thuy district of the province. When police asked the occupants to stop the car, they fled into a nearby forest. When examining the vehicle, police discovered 300 nylon bags of crystal meth weighing 308.6kg. The next morning, with the cooperation of local people, authorised forces arrested Xeng Vang, born in 1995 and residing in Bolikhamsai province of Laos, who was the car’s driver. He admitted he was hired to smuggle the drugs to Da Nang city for 10,000 USD. Local police are searching for other suspects. A day earlier, police in Nghe An province, also in the central part of Vietnam, arrested two drug traffickers, seizing 30 bricks of heroin, each … [Read more...] about Quang Binh busts largest meth smuggling case

The banner of the event   Hanoi (VNA) - The 2018 Ho Chi Minh City Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week (WHISE 2018), the city’s biggest startup event of the year, was launched on October 15, with the aim of promoting innovation and startups in the city. A conference on HCMGIS PLATFORMS - GIS application platform for HCM City and a launching ceremony of a contest to seek HCMGIS solutions and products 2018 kicked off the week which lasts through October 19. The annual event was jointly organised by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam. At the conference, the city’s Department of Science and Technology announced a programme and plan to carry out HCMGIS from now to 2020 with the introduction of some outstanding GIS applications. Nguyen Khac Thanh, Deputy Director of the department, stressed the role of GIS in smart city building, including the construction of a database centre, saying that the department is willing to … [Read more...] about HCM City Innovation and Startup Week launched

At the signing ceremony (Photo: qdnd.vn) Phnom Penh (VNA) – The southwestern province of Tay Ninh and five Cambodian provinces of Tbong Khmum, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey will enhance cooperation in the search for remains of Vietnamese volunteers who died on battlefields in Cambodia during wartime. Under an agreement inked between the provincial Steering Committee on the Search and Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers (Steering Committee 515) and the five Cambodia localities in Oddar Meanchay on October 15,  the Cambodian side will support and exchange information with Vietnamese competent authorities in the search and repatriation for martyrs’ remains.  They will also give their opinion on the progress and achievements attained in the search and repatriation efforts. According to a report in 2017 by the Cambodia’s national committee for the search for martyrs’ remains, around 4,000 Vietnamese volunteers and … [Read more...] about Tay Ninh, Cambodia’s localities push up search for soldiers’ remains

The BRG-Sumitomo joint venture and authorities in Hanoi have intensified efforts to kick off construction on Hanoi’s mega smart city project this December. strech of Nhat Tan-Noi Bai route. The route will connect the city centre with the mega smart city project developed by the BRG-Sumitomo joint venture.-Photo cafef.vn The BRG-Sumitomo joint venture and Japanese consultancy unit Nikken Sekkei held a working session with the Hanoi People’s Committee to report on the implementation of the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai smart city project and listen to instructive comments from city officials to soon start work on the project. The investors expect that construction on the US$4.2 billion project could begin this December if they receive approval and the land on time. Hanoi will try its best to ensure the most favourable conditions in administrative procedures, land acquisition, as well as infrastructure development, paving the way for the joint venture to deploy the project … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s mega smart city set to break ground

A music performance in the Women’s Start-up Festival 2018, the first of its kind in the country (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) - Twenty outstanding projects selected from a list of 130 from across the country took part in the Women’s Start-up Festival, which ended in Hanoi on October 15. The four-day festival, the first of its kind, was organised by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and included projects in various fields such as education, tourism, agriculture, forestry and handicrafts.  Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong said that the projects expressed women’s passion for innovation and developing their trades in different fields and areas. Le Thi Le Phuong, director of Gia An Company which processes products made from tomatoes, eggs and milk in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, was one of the women who took part in the event. Phuong said that Don Duong … [Read more...] about Women’s innovative projects selected for start-up festival