Binh Duong organizes a ceremony to launch the 13th National Week on Labor Safety and Hygiene – Fire and Explosion Prevention (LSH and FEP) at Thanh Le Cultural Park today, March 17. On the occasion of the event, Binh Duong Daily had an interview with vice-chairman of provincial People’s Committee Huynh Van Nhi, who is also head of provincial Steering Board of the week about the situation of labor accidents, fire-explosion and occupation diseases in the province.

The provincial People’s Committee vice chairman Tran Van Nam yesterday worked with the steering board of new rural building program to ratify the program for the 2011-2020 period. On survey, 60 rural communes in the province have yet to meet 16-19 criteria of new rural building.

The provincial department of Culture, Sports and Tourism yesterday set up the steering board of family violence control for the 2011-2015 period and launched plans for 2011.

Many Vietnamese guest workers are worried about political instability in some Middle East countries.

An international stone sculpture composing camp will open in the Southcentral Coastal province of Ninh Thuan on April 16, says the Ninh Thuan provincial Department for Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

‘Charity call” delegation set by Overseas Vietnamese artists just paid a gift visit to retired artists in HCMC. In the past repatriation, aside from rescue visits to provinces of Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Da Nang, Lao Cai, Ha Noi, Vinh Long, Tien Giang…, Overseas Vietnamese artists such Linh Vu, Quynh Dung, Donna Vo, Huy Cuong paid a gift visit to old and lonely artists in Sai Gon Rest Home.

 Around 350 delegates will attend the second international conference on geological parks in the Asia-Pacific region to be held in Hanoi from July 16-24.

 The delegation was received by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung and the National Assembly Vice Chairman, Huynh Ngoc Son, on March 15.

On March 15, Phuoc Hoa Rubber Joint Stock Company (JSC) forwarded its annual staff conference for 2011.

Vietnam ’s consumer confidence index saw a significant increase during the first quarter of the year, said Audit Director of Grant Thornton in Vietnam Alan Dy.

After over 2 years of implementing Decision No.167/2008/QD-TTg on supporting accommodation for poor families, localities have supported accommodation for 316,975 poor households, equivalent to 1.5mil people, reaching 62% out of the total 512,425 households.

Dau Tieng district’s Minh Hoa commune just mobilized Lac Quang Parish in the HCMC’s district 12 to grant gifts to local poor and sub-poor households.

 Le Phuoc Thanh, deputy head of local water resources bureau talked to Binh Duong Newspaper that dry situation in this year would become more complicated than previous years.

Germany will provide an additional 135,000 USD for implementing cultural heritage preservation projects in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

“Long Thanh cam gia ca” (The Fate of a Songstress in Thang Long), directed by Dao Ba Son, won the “Golden Kite 2010” award at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.