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Illustrative image (Photo: Internet)   Da Nang (VNA) – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a symposium in the central city of Da Nang on November 14 to discuss international integration and human rights guarantee in labour and social field. Present at the two-day event were leaders and officers from departments of labour, invalids and social affairs of cities and provinces in central and southern regions. Participants heard reports on work to ensure human rights amid global integration, discussed external relations experience in democracy and human rights, advantages and disadvantages in global integration regarding labour and social affairs in localities, suggested ways to better ensure human rights in the near future. Head of the MoLISA’s Department of International Cooperation Nguyen Manh Cuong said the event aims to popularise Directive No.44 – CT/TW on the function, task, characteristics and situation of the sector in … [Read more...] about Symposium discusses human rights guarantee amid int’l integration

Authorities check the number of illegally transported pangolins (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Competent forces in the central province of Ha Tinh caught a couple suspected of illegally transporting 30 live pangolins in the province’s Huong Son district on July 29. The arrested were Phan Van Dung and his wife Dang Thi Lai, both born in 1978 and residing in Tay Son township of Huong Son district. Their vehicle was heading to Tay Son township from the Cau Treo international border gate. The pangolins, weighing about 150 kg, were hidden in the trunk. The couple admitted they were hired by a person living in Laos’ Laksao town to transport the wild animals to Vietnam through the Cau Treo international border gate. Authorised agencies seized relevant exhibits to carry out further investigation. The pangolin is one of the most trafficked mammals in the world. In Vietnam, illegal hunting, trading, poaching and transportation of even one pangolin carries punishment … [Read more...] about Couple arrested on suspicion of illegally transporting 150 kg of wild animals

UNICEF's #StopBullying mission, announced Tuesday, aims to raise awareness of young people and engage them on how to develop solutions to end the problem. "Bullying is so common that it's viewed as almost ‘normal’, but it should never be. Bullying will eventually end if we all decide to stop it. Children should speak out and take action to support each other to end bullying," Choi said. Choi will visit Vietnam on October 2 to join the campaign, Louis Vigneault-Dubois, UNICEF Vietnam's Chief of Communication and Advocacy, said. The 33-year-old celebrity visited Vietnam in 2017 and 2018 to promote a three-year UNICEF project providing music lessons.  The project, funded by South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment, has provided over 6,500 students in the central city of Da Nang and Central Highlands province of Kon Tum with music lessons, instruments and other classroom equipment. K-pop's international popularity fan has grown enormously in … [Read more...] about K-pop star campaigns against bullying in Vietnam

Talking to USAID Administrator Mark Green, Minister Dung highlighted the nearly-two-decade cooperation between the Vietnamese Government Office and USAID and thanked the agency for implementing a number of programs and projects funded through non-refundable official development assistance in Vietnam, including the environmental remediation of dioxin contamination at Da Nang and Bien Hoa airports and the Provincial Competitiveness Index assessment. He spoke highly of USAID’s increase of its budget for supporting Vietnam by 40 percent over the last three years. The meeting between the delegation of the Vietnamese Government Office and USAID representatives in Washington DC on April 10 The official called on USAID to continue assisting the Vietnamese Government in institutional reforms and state governance, including building an e-government. Dung expressed his belief that bilateral cooperation will continue developing through the Country Development Cooperation … [Read more...] about Vietnam, USAID look to strengthen cooperation

Broadcaster and translator Phuong, 32, was among 18 foreign residents who received the award from Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at the Seoul City Hall Tuesday. In 2013, Da Nang native Phuong went to Korea to pursue a masters degree in Korean education under a fully-funded Korean government scholarship at Yonsei University in Seoul, one of the best universities in the country. After her studies, she began working as a broadcaster for KBS channel, one of the biggest Korea's public service broadcasters, teaching Vietnamese and Korean. Phuong has also interpreted at several political meetings between the Vietnamese and Korean governments. She told Vietnam News Agency that she hopes her activities will contribute to the relationship between the two countries and help promote positive image of both nations to their peoples. Honorary citizens like Phuong will be given opportunities to participate in the administrative affairs of Seoul, including the possibility of being appointed a policy advisor … [Read more...] about Vietnamese national named honorary citizen of Seoul