Other activities scheduled for November 6 to 9 include sporting events, a photographic exhibition on Viet Bac’s land and people, a contest for presenters, a costume show of ethnic minority groups, a presentation of Bac Kan tourism site and a Bac Kan trade and tourism fair.

A project for improving the capacity for monitoring and controlling food safety was signed in Hanoi on November 8 by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam), and the International Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Nguyen Van Yem, vice chairman of Tan Binh ward People’s Committee, said local people have obeyed the State and local policies. There are almost no complaints or disputes. This has helped local site clearance and compensation reach advantages…

Prudential is a life insurance company, serving for millions of clients with various products. Prudential now has 225 client centers, branches and agents across 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

The provincial sponsor society for disabled people, orphans and poor patient in cooperation with Cho Ray Hospital, Thu Dau Mot town antenatal clinic held free eye surgeries for 60 poor patients.

Under the provincial Youth Union’s project of youth assistance and development for the 2010-2015 period, Binh Duong Youth Center under the provincial Youth Union in cooperation with Phu Giao district Youth Union opened a training on social skills for the district leaguers and students.

The first part of the contest will focus on the historical development, geographical location and natural features of the country’s sea and islands, the Ho Chi Minh sea route and the legal basis for Vietnam's claims to sovereignty over its sea, islands and territorial waters.

 The 2011 National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, aiming for no new cases of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam, was held by the Ministry of Health in the northern province of Nam Dinh on November 6. 

Present at the inaugural ceremony were Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Trung Thu and his Lao counterpart, Major-General Bouasieng Champaphan.

The contest lured over 100 contestants who were workers of 4 garment factories. Contestants performed songs praising the Party, country, love…

Bui Minh Hoang’s family in Thanh Quy quarter, An Thanh ward, Thuan An town is one of poor households enjoying a hi-unity house funded by the Fund for the poor.

The Southern urban environment and industrial park Association yesterday held a 11th Conference on Southern urban environment and industrial park 2011 at Binh Duong New City. Reportedly, the association’s branches in the past term actively offered useful advises for grassroot mass bodies and agencies, set out effective measures to excel the goal of local socio-economic development in combination with environmental protection.

 A seminar on a project to support the management of water resources in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on November 3 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment in collaboration with the French Loire-Bretagne and Seine-Normandie water agencies.  

 A conference on increasing the capacity for supervising and enforcing the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Law on Gender Equality was held in Danang City on November 3.

The project has been under urgent implementation across communes and wards. Districts and towns such as Thuan An, Di An and Thu Dau Mot towns and Tan Uyen and Ben cat, Phu Giao and Dau Tieng districts enjoy human resources for the project.