Social Affairs

Phu Quoc, Hon Son, Nam Du, Ba Lua and Hai Tac are among famous islands in Kien Giang province, which attract visitors with coral and maritime plants, and primeval forests with precious animals and wood.Bai Men is a destination for white sand beach, clean sea water and coconut trees.Hon Mau is suitable for those who want to forget all worries.Bai Ngu is the gathering of fishermen’s fishing vessels after voyages. It looks like a poetic water-mountain picture. Nam Du village where aquaculture is developed brings income for villagersA radar station on Hon Lon peak helps tourists have an overview over Nam Du archipelago.One of fishing methods by fishermen on Hon Ngang islandBai Bang, one of the most beautiful beaches of Hon Son island.A corner of lying coconut trees BTA (Photos: thanhuytphcm.vn) … [Read more...] about Discovering Kien Giang’s sea and islands

Water leading pipes constructed (Photo: VNA)According to Nguyen Thanh Duoc, Deputy Director of the provincial Centre for Safe Water and Rural Environmental Hygiene, so far, the centre has invested in 151 concentrated rural water supply projects with overall length of some 1.65 million metres, providing safe water to more than 93,000 rural families, 50% being Khmer ethnic minority people. As a result, as of late 2017, 51% of rural families, or over 132,000 rural families, had access to safe water. So far concentrated water supply works have been built in 87% of communes, and the rest are expected to be completed by 2020. To ensure that all rural residents have safe water to use, the provincial Centre for Safe Water and Rural Environmental Hygiene has called on investment in building and expanding safe water supply networks, providing water to those in remote and disadvantaged regions. Additionally, it has worked with providers to transfer water refining technology to those locations … [Read more...] about Safe water provided for Khmer ethnic minority people

Photo for illustration (Source: tuoitre.vn) As an activity to respond the Vietnam Day for Persons with Disabilities (April 18th), the festival drew the participation of over 170 disabled women, who have overcome difficulties to study and work in 24 districts of the city. The program aims to create opportunities for women with disabilities to share experiences in overcoming difficulties to stabilize their life and build a happy and sustainable family. Speaking at the festival, Ms. Tran Thi Huyen Thanh, Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh city Women’s Union, said that over the past years, the women’s unions at all levels in the city have cooperated with authorities to propose mechanisms and policies to support women with disabilities to create conditions for them to study, improve their necessary knowledge and skills as well as learn a trade, being granted loans and created suitable jobs. On this occasion, the organizing board granted loans of VND170 million to 27 women with … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh city honours 24 outstanding disabled women

At the meeting (Photo: PANO)There are 7.6 million disabled people in Vietnam, accounting for 7.8% of the population at the age of 5 or more, 28.9% of whom are seriously disabled or extremely seriously disabled persons. Due to the influence of aging population, environmental pollution, climate change, traffic and work accidents, the number of disabled persons is forecast to rise in the years to come. Addressing the meeting, VNFFD President Dang Huynh Mai confirmed that the Party and State had issued a large number of legal documents facilitating favourable conditions for organizations and individuals to assist disabled persons in realizing their civil rights and responsibilities. “Diverse activities by sponsors and organizations have helped disabled persons have access to education, healthcare, vocational training and jobs,” said Ms Mai, adding that therefore, many disabled persons had developed independent lives and assist other disabled persons in integrating … [Read more...] about Vietnam Day of Disabled Persons marked

Can Tho city Red Cross and the city Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union hold a program on providing free medical check-ups for 500 poor people. (Photo: VNA)The activities will contribute to raise people’s awareness and responsibilities in humanitarian work, thus assisting disadvantaged and vulnerable people, helping realize social welfare policies, and educate communities on humanitarianism.  The month, which will be in pilot implementation in some provinces and cities, covers support of production loans, cows, housing, construction, blood donation, free medical check-ups, and practice on calamity prevention and response. After the pilot implementation, the activities will be expanded nationwide. Between May 8th-19th, major activities are expected to assist some 50,000-70,000 disadvantaged persons. As a guideline of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, the month looks to celebrate the 128th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19th), and World Red Cross and Red … [Read more...] about Thousands of people to benefit from “Humanitarian Month”

Efforts made to disarm bombs and mines after the war. (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)Accordingly, the project will focus on carrying out non-technical and technical surveys for cleaning up explosives from the land from explosive pollution, serving socio-economic development; maintaining mobile bomb and mine disarmament for destroying explosives found in technical surveys or found by local residents. Under the project, local officers’ capacity in coordination and management will be supported during the implementation of RENEW, which uses a capital of over VND225 billion sponsored by NPA./. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Over VND225 billion spent overcoming bomb and mine consequences

The legal consultancy service helps protect disabled people’s rights and disseminate legal documents among disabled communities. (Photo: baotintuc.vn)Accordingly, disabled people can send their questions by email to the advisory board for answers, or access the DLaw application which was initiated by a group of disabled students, for learning from others’ experience or studying specific cases. Nguyen Van Cu, DRD Deputy Director, said that the service aimed to satisfy the great demand for legal consultancy among disabled communities. There are currently over 7 disabled people across the country, and only 0.1% of them study at universities or colleges. “Poor knowledge, and poor economic and health conditions lead to disabled people’s shortages of legal understanding,” he added. Additionally, disabled people lack effective legal consultancy channels; therefore, the free legal consultancy service will help them have full access to legal information, thus … [Read more...] about Free legal consultancy service debuts for disabled people

A pre-school classroom in Tan Binh district (Photo: VnExpress)According to Mr. Liem, the newly built pre-schools are located in the Tan Thuan, Hiep Phuoc, Tan Binh, Cat Lai, Vinh Loc and Tan Tao industrial and export processing zones, and he added that the city had also inaugurated 80 pre-school projects providing over 1,000 classrooms, using over VND3.2 trillion. There are currently over 250,000 workers in industrial and export processing zones, with some 40,000-50,000 children at the age of attending pre-school. Although there is an increase in the number of pre-schools in the city each year, the number has not met the demand./. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh city invests VND3.2 trillion in building pre-schools

Although this is not the most beautiful season in Ha Giang, it is overwhelmed by the colour of spring.The peach flowers in late blossom among mountains charm tourists’ hearts.At weekends, children help their parents carry flowers down from the mountains.A tourist is eager to play with children.Peach flowers show off their beauty under a roof.Peach flowers radiant next to a window.Peach flowers make tourists love the highland plateau more.Spring remains on the highland. BTA (Photos: baotintuc.vn) … [Read more...] about Colourful flowers on Dong Van stone plateau

At the signing ceremony (Photo: PANO)The program will focus on educating and raising women’s awareness of social and humanitarian policies of the Party, the international humanitarian law and the gender equality law; mobilizing resources for humanitarian constructions; realizing social welfare work; and assisting women boost production and stabilize their lives. Accordingly, the program encampasses movements and activities like building humanitarian houses; providing cows to women; assisting centres for lonely elderly, disabled people and Agent Orange victims; caring for poor people and poor women and boosting the movement “Tet for the poor and AO victims”; and increasing payment of gratitude activities by presenting savings books and caring for Vietnamese heroic mothers, seeking missing at war, and providing production loans for revolutionary contributors’ families. Additionally, the message program assisting poor women in border areas, which is being held from … [Read more...] about Poor border women assisted for better livelihood