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Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 144 people, both children and adults, were granted with the first-ever “Learning never ends” scholarship by the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE) in Hanoi on June 14. Among the beneficiaries, the youngest is a first grader and the oldest 81 years old. They also include 11 from ethnic minority groups. Of the 46 adults, there are 29 farmers, three industrial workers, and seven teachers and education management cadres, while the rest are communal-level civil servants and public employees. The remaining 98 are students from the first to the 12th grades, including 10 with disabilities. All have strived to overcome difficulties and illnesses to pursue learning and reap good outcomes, according to the VAPE. Addressing the presentation ceremony, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh said the 144 scholarship recipients from 20 northern provinces and cities have made their own efforts to follow late President Ho Chi Minh’s … [Read more...] about Scholarships presented to encourage learning among all

The past five years has seen over 3,000 religious publications launched with more than 10 million copies printed, millions of CDs and DVDs created in many different languages, and many major international religious activities held in Vietnam, such as Lord Buddha's Birthday celebration known as Vesak, along with the 500-year anniversary of Protestant conversion. It is also worth mentioning that the religious freedoms of ethnic minorities have always been guaranteed. … [Read more...] about Religious freedom in Vietnam requires objective insight and verified information

Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Duc Loi, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), speaks about the agency's transition process on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21). Can you talk about the process to turn the Vietnam News Agency into a major national multimedia agency in recent years? Developing multimedia and multi-platform journalism is a common trend in the world today. The Vietnam News Agency has taken concrete steps in recent years, and in fact has become a multimedia agency, developing all types: print, radio, television, online newspaper and books. With all kinds of information on modern technical platforms, the Vietnam News Agency constantly strengthens the position of a news agency to provide original/source information to domestic and international press agencies and provides information directly to the public. The VNA operates under the consortium model with 16 news units for domestic and foreign service (consisting … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency to become national leading multimedia agency