A delegation of Mirae JSC (in Thuan An) has just paid gift visits to children at Que Huong Charity Home (in photo). Mr. Christ Kim, director of the company, extended the company’s help to the orphans and poor children living in the charity home. He hoped that the coming year would bring about more success so that his company could donate more.

 The Countdown Party to welcome the 2011 New Year will be held for the first time in the square of Hanoi Opera House on the evening of December 31.

A delegation from provincial Red Cross Society, its Volunteers’ Club and provincial Buddhist Sangha visited and presented 200 gifts to poor ethnic minority people in Krong Pa district’s Chu Gu commune in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai (photo). It is known that each gift includes rice, instant noodle, seasoning power, clothes and cash of VND500,000.

In 2010, Dau Tieng district’s Judiciary Division has diversified the law dissemination among the local people. As a result, the whole district had 114,000 people receiving the law dissemination, including the Law against Family Violence, the Law on Road Traffic and many other legal documents…

Binh Duong Province currently has 24 Industrial Parks with some 10,094 enterprises established and being under operations which attract nearly 700,000 domestic employees and 9,820 foreign workers. Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs Director Phan Thanh Son confirmed good legal observation of enterprises; however admitted that the fast growing quantity of working staffs and enterprises has caused critical social issues, especially group strikes. In Binh Duong Province, 490 cases have occurred since 2008, in which 87% of participants were from FDI enterprises. The cause, as Provincial People’s Committee Deputy Chairman Huynh Van Nhi has asserted, is as follows:

2011 is the first year for a 5-year plan on town socio-economic development with investment attraction, urban development to turn Thu Dau Mot town into 1st class urban area.

Thuan An district Youth Union on Dec. 27 held a ground-breaking ceremony to build a charity house for Tran Duy Phong, a poor youth in An Thanh township. The 30sqm house is cost of VND25mil and funded by local youngsters.

It is necessary to implement three measures to sustainably reduce poverty, supporting effective use of capital, improving infrastructure, providing vocational training and local jobs.

A group of 14 workers of Inno Packaging Co. Ltd. (located at Binh Thuan Hamlet, Thuan Giao Commune, Thuan An District) claimed unreasonable sacking of 35 workers in two days of December 13 and 14.

The fifth Cuisine Festival opened at 23/9 Park in Ho Chi Minh City on December 26 to promote Vietnamese and international cuisine to domestic and foreign visitors.

 The Binh Duong province-based Taiwan Business Association, on Dec.12, donated two fire trucks to Binh Duong.

In early 2010, Tan Uyen district has 664 poor households or 2.09% of total under the province’s poverty line between 2009 and 2010.

Binh Duong provincial Industrial Parks’Trade Union will provide 200 coach tickets for workers who return home for the lunar New Year (Tet) 2011.

Provincial Department of Fire Fighting Police, on Dec.24, held a fire control rehearsal at a garment firm with around 240 workers, which is located on April 30 street, Phu Tho ward, TDM town.

 The 5th provincial exemplary role-model conference and cultural-sports festival for ethnic minority people was organized at Phu Giao district’s Cultural Center on Dec.23 and 24 with the participation of 400 delegates.