Local armed force’s youths and unionists involve in a combat training.

The provincial People’s Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung yesterday hosted a meeting to assess the 2011 basic construction investment and key tasks for 2012. Reportedly, implementation on basic construction in 2011 reached 99.9% of its plan, exceeding 115.5% of plan compared with the provincial People’s Council’s Resolution.

According to the Japanese Consulate General to HCM City, Harumitsu Hida, the assistance will help provide medical and rehabilitation equipment for Tan Chau General Hospital in Tan Chau town, An Giang province, aiming to improve infrastructure of the hospital’s rehabilitation ward.

In response to the 2012 emulation program towards poor women and children launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Women’s Union, provincial Women’s Unions at all levels has so far mobilized units to build 56 compassion houses worth VND30mln each for poor women and award 49 scholarships worth VND1mln to poor children with a total cost of nearly VND1.8bln. The 2012 emulation program towards poor women and children have received strong response from provincial Women’s Unions at all levels.

At the recent national conference reviewing voluntary blood donation between 2008 and 2011Binh Duong was spoken highly of its development on blood donors through many models. Also thanks to this, the volume of annually donated blood herein has always increased, helping many patients recover from illness.

Vietnam Historic Science Association grants insignia for the cause of Vietnamese history to local leaders.

The event offers an opportunity for both local and international companies to strengthen cooperation, enhance their understanding of advanced technological solutions for renewable energy, and attract investment. The expo will focus on solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal energy and bio-energy solutions and transmission as well as the supply of decentralized energy.

 To respond the Youth Month 2012 and mark the 81st founding anniversary of the Youth Union, provincial Agencies Bloc’s Youth Union, on March 18, joined hands with An Thai commune’s Youth Union in Phu Giao district to provide free medical check-ups and medicine for 250 poor people.

More and more foreigners have come to Vietnam to seek jobs or business opportunities. For 22-year-old French man, Theo Falcoz, Vietnam is the ‘land of opportunities’.

Over years, the commune has excelled promulgations and mobilizations to urge people from all walks of life to the repayment work. Many good deeds such gift visits, assistance on production and business, gratitude house building have been implemented voluntarily and constantly. The commune has ensured allowances for the local privileged.

Motorbikes, cars, trucks and other motorized vehicles in Vietnam will be required to pay a road-use fee beginning June 1 to provide funds for road maintenance.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are amongst the 140 cities in the most competitive index in the world, according to a new report Global City Competitiveness by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). 

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) intends to spend US$85 million on applying a new model of education in Vietnam over the next three years, said its Director, Robert Prouty.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Transport Ministry attended the Ministerial Conference on Transport held in Bangkok from March 12-16, with participants coming from member countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.