Early May 28, provincial Buddhist Sangha held a grand ceremony to celebrate Buddha’s 2554th birthday, in attendance of provincial vice-chairman Nguyen Van Hiep.

On the occasion of Buddha’s Birthday in year 2544 of the Buddhism calendar, Deputy Chief for Standing Committee of the People’s Committee Vu Minh Sang has led a delegation team to visit religious leaders in Hoi Khanh and Chau Thoi Mountain Pagodas.

On the occasion of International Children Day (June 1), Bo De pagoda, on May 27, organized an art performance and presented more than 500 gifts worth VND100,000 each, comprising of confectionary, soft drink, instant noodle…to children at Bo De Dao Trang pagoda’s Center for Orphans and Lonely Elderly People and other needy children in Tan Uyen district’s Thanh Hoi, Thai Hoa communes, Tan Phuoc Khanh  township and Thuan An district’s Binh Chuan commune…

On May 26, Thanh Dat Rubber Processing-Trading Private Enterprise handed over a unity house to Hoang Thi Huong’s family at hamlet 6, Tan Hiep commune, Phu Giao district, Binh Duong province (photo). The 60sq.m house is worth VND50mln, including VND20mln from the enterprise. On this occasion, the enterprise also presented VND3mln to Huong’s family.

Thu Dau Mot Town Red Cross has joined up with Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray hospital in receiving donated blood from volunteers in the second stage of blood donation in 2010. Some 150 members and people from 14 villages of Thu Dau Mot town have donated blood averagely 250-350ml a person.

On the occasion of International Children’s Day, there will be many useful activities for children across the province.

The provincial inter-sectoral inspection delegation yesterday paid an inspection on environmental protection at Taung Liang VN Ltd in Viet Huong 1 IP. The delegation found out non-operational situation of waste water treatment system in the company. Waste water is directly discharged to the IP’s water drainage system.

The provincial library yesterday held the 1st good librarian contest 2010 with the theme of ‘the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Ha Noi’. The contest lured 12 teams of about 40 contestants who are librarians across province.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the National Steering Committee for the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long Ha Noi, Nguyen Sinh Hung, chaired a conference to review the ongoing preparations for the millennium anniversary in Hanoi on May 25.

This is one of Di An district’s targets in a plan to further promote the “All people take part in building a cultural lifestyle in residential quarters” campaign between 2010 and 2015.

Minister of the National Defence has just awarded the certificate of merit to Dau Tieng One-Member Rubber Co.Ltd. for its good performance in building 1,500 gratitude and comradeship houses between 2008 and 2009.

The model of legal basket, a great instruction of the provincial party committee and administration has been conducted in some localities, bringing the success for legal propagation work.

Binh Duong One-Member Lottery Co.Ltd. has just donated notebooks to 67 province-based junior high schools with a total expense of VND365mln. Each school was given 1,200-1,500 notebooks.

Phu Giao district Red Cross Society in cooperation with the Blood Transfusion Center under Cho Ray Hospital just held a humanitarian blood donation with the participation of 150 officials and soldiers working at An Phuoc Jail and some youths and unionists of youth unions in An Thai, An Linh and Phuoc Sang communes.