Laugh from new incomers resounds across the tenement. The tenement’s dwellers have busily prepared for the upcoming Tet holiday. Most of the dwellers come from other provinces. They always wished for a convenient accommodation and now the tenement has satisfied their aspiration.  Tran Thanh Liem, vice chairman of the provincial People’s Committee shares joy with Tham’s family.

As many as 492,525 laborers have presently signed labor contracts, reaching 91%; 1,459 businesses have registered salary-sheets; 1,620 enterprises registered labor regulation; 1,663 businesses joined in unemployment, social and health insurance policies.

Month of action has been launched at the conference calling for actions regarding food quality, safety, and hygiene on January 12.

Yesterday of January 12, Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism held a meeting to sum up its activities in 2011 and launch plans for 2012.

In a bid to take care of young workers’spiritual and material lives during Tet, provincial youth organizations have implemented many significant programs, including organizing price discount programs, giving financial support for poor alien workers, funding Tet celebrations for outstanding sub-unions for young workers at lodging facilities, visiting and presenting Tet gifts to young workers who are not able to return home for Tet, donating 2,000 free entrance tickets to tourist zones of Suoi Tien, Dam Sen, Dai Nam, Buu Long…

Provincial Business Bloc’s Youth Union last year made efforts in realizing volunteer activities for the sake of the community…   Young workers get joyful with a Banh Tet cake making competition

Between Jan.10 and 12, provincial Support Association for the Disabled, Orphans and Poor Patients mobilized donors to cooperate with localities and organizations to visit and present over 3,000 Tet gifts worth VND300,000 each to the disabled, orphans and poor patients in 16 wards, communes, townships and 10 hospitals, support centers of the province on the occasion of the 2012 Tet festival (photo).

 Instead of being a juryman for the annual competition among the most famous Chinese restaurants in the US on January 8, Yan Can Cook appeared at the opening ceremony of a restaurant of his friend in HCM City. The world top chef expressed his love for Vietnamese Pho.  Yan Can Cook at a Pho restaurant in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Flowers are arranged on the 2km bank and on boats at the flower market along Tau Hu canal in District 8, HCM City.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, MARD Minister Cao Duc Phat emphasised that the programme gained initial positive results in the first two phases.

Lively ambience welcomes Spring

Assistance for youths in their work

Since its inception, Binh Duong Lacquer and Sculpture Association has developed constantly with 106 members. In 2012, the association in cooperation with local departments, agencies and localities and members make efforts to launch a project of “Building and developing Binh Duong lacquer collective trademark” to create a sustainable development for local traditional lacquer industry.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son, who doubles as Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, made the comment at a conference to review the commission’s 2011 performance in Hanoi on Jan. 10.

This year, provincial Department of Culture, Sports & Tourism and provincial Ornamental Creatures Association will jointly organize the 2012 Spring Flower Festival at provincial Museum from Dec.21 to 27, 2012.