200 gift packages and 20 scholarships were awarded to children in Que Huong Center for disable and orphan children last August 21. On this occasion, Vietcombank HCMC Branch also presented VND 100 million to this charity center.

Along with aspirations of making wealth and affirming themselves, young entrepreneurs always hope to help the unlucky. Mixing with green shirts of volunteer students, the young entrepreneurs voluntarily share difficulties with poor people.

This summer is impressive to children under the care of Phuoc Hoa Rubber Company thanks to festive activities organized such as “Children for tomorrow” festival. Beside gifts, children also have chance to watch the cinema and attend other interesting activities.

Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) and leaders of Eastern Sabeco yesterday granted VND120mil to   the provincial department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to help build gratitude houses at Ben Cat district.

On the occasion of Vu Lan Festival 2011, the provincial Taiwan Entrepreneur Sub-society granted 350 gifts, each worth VND400,000 to the provincial sponsor society for disabled people, orphans and poor patient.

The provincial Education and Training Sector’s Trade Union on Aug. 18 summed up its activities in the 2010-2011 academic year and set out orientations for the 2011-2012 school year.

On the 66th anniversary of People’s Armed Force, an exchange meeting took place at HCMC on Aug.17. At the ceremony, the Ministry of Public Security granted nearly 100 gifts to about 100 anti-crime knights.

To timely solve environmental pollution at Bung Cu Spring, the local authority has implemented some solutions to minimize pollution.

To help visually-impaired people meet and exchange together and to encourage them integrate into the community, the provincial society for visually-impaired people in cooperation with the local Culture Center held the 4th festival themed “Singing from heart” on Aug. 15.

The festival will have about 1.000 stalls showcasing export rice, rice products and farm equipment of different kinds. The festival themed Vietnamese rice in the integration process will include a wide range of activities to promote the history of the wet rice civilization and agricultural tools to domestic and foreign friends.

A delegation led by Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 16 presented VND3.24 billion to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange and Dioxin (VAVA) Central Committee as support for AO/dioxin victims. 

The Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative (VACI) 2011 was launched on August 16 by the Government Inspectorate and the World Bank (WB) in Hanoi.

A delegation from the Vietnam Academy of Social Science, led by its Chairman Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, paid a working visit to the Royal Academy of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on August 16.

Six food safety inspector missions have been set up to ensure the quality of products for the Mid-Autumn Festival which begins next month. 

Binh Duong Industrial Parks Management Board yesterday held a summing up conference on implementing Fire Control Law at local IPs.