In Q1 2012, Thuan An town visited and presented more than 15,000 gifts worth more than VND5.8bln to Vietnamese heroic mothers, families of invalids and martyrs, poor alien workers…

The movement has contributed to educate and improve laborers and public servants’ awareness on cultural lifestyle, responsibility in work as well as to meet people’s demand on spiritual culture and minimize social evils.  

According to Tran Tan Duc, secretary of the company grassroot youth union said that the movement of voluntary blood donation has become a traditional activity. Aside from main force including youths and unionists, the company trade union’s employees have positively joined in the movement. The company annually has 2 periods of voluntary blood donation in March, April and June and July with about 200 participants per period.

Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has just issued Decision No.375/QD-LDTBXH on approving the inspection results of the number of poor and poor-near households in 2011.

The delegation, headed by Vice Chairman of the Can Tho Municipal People’s Committee, included representatives of several businesses and brought along an amount of medicine worth VND100 million and 100 gifts valued at VND40 million.

According to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam saved 546,000kWh of electricity, equivalent to VND 712 million, by switching off lights during the Earth Hour, from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on March 31, 2012. In the past year, the country saved 400,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to VND 500 million during the Earth Hour, from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on March 26, 2011.

 *Provincial Youth Federation has just teamed up with Tan Uyen district’s Youth Union to hand over a compassion house to the family of Ha Thi Phuong in Uyen Hung township.

 Di An Vocational Junior College yesterday held a conference on enrollment for the 2012 and 2013 academic year.

 Uyen Hung township’s Youth Union has just been awarded the excellent banner from the Youth Union Central Committee for its good performance in the Youth Union task and movements for teenagers and children. This is a driving force for the local youths to well fulfill tasks in the new tenure.

The forum, organized by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), provides a good chance for youth to express their opinions with lawmakers and give proposals on creating jobs in Vietnam.

In response to the 2011 Earth Hour campaign, Binh Duong province saved 13,400 kWh of power and will further reduce power consumption during the 2012 Earth Hour campaign, which falls on March 31.

Together with economic development, Binh Duong now faces challenges in environmental protection. Hence, environmental protection is seen as the top concern that needs to be solved in the province’s environmental protection plan between 2011 and 2015. Community plays an important role in environmental protection.

At the ceremony, the outstanding leaguers exchanged and shared experiences on their work and role. In addition, the provincial Youth Union offered Excellent Leaguer Awards for 6 individuals and 1 workgroups, Young Talent Awards for 4 typical youths.

Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment (MPI) Bui Quang Vinh made this statement at the signing of the 2012-2016 One Plan with representatives from the International Organisation for Migration and 16 United Nations (UN) organizations.

War veteran Le Van Thoi now owns a lodging facility with 35 rooms in Binh Thuan 1 quarter. He is one of the local war veterans taking part in building the first model of war veterans’lodging club since 2003.  Thuan an town’s War Veterans ’ Society now takes lead in building the model of war veterans’lodging club, contributing to propagandizing the Party and State’s policies and guidelines to lodgers.