(VOVworld) – Quang Tri, the hardest hit province by American bombing during the war, has set up a team of communicators and volunteers to jointly address the aftermath of war and raise public awareness about bomb and mine clearance and for UXO victims. This activity is involving an increasing number of individuals and organizations at home and abroad.
(VOVworld) – Dumping electronic waste into the environment can harm people’s health. Vietnam Recycles, a free take-back program for used or defective electronic equipment, has been launched in Hanoi.
(VOVworld) – Nguyen Quoc Phong founded the Warming House, a school for children in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, in 1999. The house has become a haven for visually impaired people in disadvantaged circumstances.
(VOVworld) – Ganh Hao township, Dong Hai district, Bac Lieu province, has a long coastline. Local people have turned poor coastal villages into a large com
(VOVworld) – The Pitu Khosa Rangsay Pagoda, also known as Vien Quang Pagoda, is a home to poor students in the Mekong Delta. The pagoda helps disadvantaged students, especially when a university or college entrance exam is held.
(VOVworld) – Binh Thuan leads the country in loaning capital to fishermen to build or revamp vessels pursuant to a government resolution on fisheries development policies (Resolution 67). Thanks to these loans, Binh Thuan fishermen can do long-time off-shore fishing.
(VOVworld) – Thái ethnic people have long grown the ingredients used to make traditional specialties like ‘canh bon’, a soup made from water-taro.
(VOVworld) – This year’s Kate festival of Chăm ethnic people fell on the first day of the 7th month of the Chăm calendar which is October 11th of the solar calendar. Thousands of Chăm people and domestic and foreign visitors gathered at Po Ro Me towers in Phước Hữu in Ninh Phước district to attend a procession of the costumes of the gods to Po Klong Girai Tower in Phan Rang City and join other rituals of the Kate Festival.
(VOVworld) – October 17 is observed as the Day for the Poor in Vietnam. Much is being done to improve their living conditions and justify their trust in the government’s policy on social security.
(VOVworld) – In addition to cooperation in agriculture, many Japanese enterprises have been keen on medical cooperation with Vietnam’s Mekong River provinces. This has the potential to significantly improve the quality of healthcare in the region.
