Lively emulation movements in Youth Month
Accordingly, primary and secondary schools across the province will hold lively activities in March. The activities include forums, exchanges, meetings, journeys to the root, emulation movements named “Thousand of good deeds”, “young historians”, voluntary programs themed “Volunteer Saturday”, “Green Sunday”, “Lighting up Vietnamese children’s dreams” and among others.
Province decreased 13.4MW of electricity capacity in 2011
As a result, People’s Committee across 7 districts and townships switched off the light at some key locations whilst agencies and sectors joined in the campaign. Within 60 minutes taking place the Earth Hour campaign, the provincial electricity capacity decreased 13.4MW, equivalent to 13.400kWh.
Model of labor recruitment association brings job chances for laborers
Binh Duong provincial People’s Committee vice chairman Huynh Van Nhi pays a visit to Foster Electronics Co.Ltd.
Many measures help the poor escape poverty sustainably
The provincial 5-year plan on the national goal program of poverty reduction was 2 times higher than central poverty line. Accordingly, poor households in line with the provincial new poverty line had income from VND800,000 and below per capita per month in rural areas and VND1mil in urban areas. Through an inspection held in early 2011, the entire province had 10,882 poor households and 7,773 sub-poor families. As of Nov. 2011, the whole province had existed 6,549 poor families and 7,580 sub-poor households.
Youth Month and Traffic Safe Year 2012 launched
Youth Month 2012 has the theme of “Binh Duong youths join hands to build new rural areas” and includes 4 key contents encompassing youth care and development, thought and political education for youths, improvement of quality of youth unions and social welfare activity.
Singer Phuong Dung actively gets involved in social charity activities
Di An ward’s Red Cross Society in Di An town has just cooperated with singer Phuong Dung, Nhu Lai thien tu charity group and doctors from HCM city to provide free eye check-ups for more than 300 poor people.
Tram Chim becomes 2000th Ramsar site
Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap Mekong Delta Province has been recognized by Ramsar Convention as the 2000th Ramsar site of Wetlands of International Importance in the world.
Opportunities for rural youths to get access to sci-tech
In 2012, there will be 12 points on sci-tech dissemination and internet access for rural youths across the province, which is implemented by provincial Youth Union under the project of the Youth Union Central Committee.
Local youths join in “Studying and following Uncle Ho’s teachings” movement
Over the past 5 years, the movement has reached remarkable results. More and more typical examples of the movement have appeared. In the past year, as many as 335 provincial youths and unionists and 1,250 grassroot youths were honored for their achievements in the movement.
Province boosts cleaner production in industry
Binh Duong is a locality with high industrial growth of 14.1% a year. In addition to positive aspects, the province now faces environmental pollution. Provincial People’s Committee has also issued an action plan on cleaner production…
98 of quarters, hamlets in Tan Uyen recognized as cultural ones
In 2011, Tan Uyen district further promoted the movement “The people consolidate to build cultural lifestyle in residential areas”.
100 gifts donated to ethnic minority people in Binh Thuan
Provincial Red Cross Society has just visited and presented 100 gifts worth VND450,000 each, including rice, instant noodle, cooking oil, sugar, seasoning powder and cash, to ethnic minority people in Bac Binh district’s Song Binh commune in southern Binh Thuan province, where was hit by natural disasters by the end of 2011.










