To salute the 35th anniversary of Southern liberation (April 30, 1975-2010), the local department of Culture-Sports and Tourism in cooperation with Dat Thu Tourism-Entertainment-Sports Ltd. will hold a water-skiing performance on Sai Gon River.

 Relocating polluted workshops from residential areas helps protect environment. The 16th session of the 7th provincial People’s Council ratified 3 new resolutions, of which a resolution on subsidy policy for relocation of industrial workshops to other locations from residential areas was highlighted. Many said that it is a right instruction to improve pollution in residential and urban areas.

 

 Images of water receiving ceremony.April 15th, ethnic community of SanChi opened the second Cultural and Sports festival for ethnic community in Phu Giao District by its Water receiving ceremony and ‘con’ tossing.

A set of colour photos themed “Message of Childhood” by the Vietnamese Photographers’ Association has won the bronze medal in the 23rd contest of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) in Ireland.

According to Nguyen Ngoc Chau, staff of provincial Natural Resources and Environment Department’s Environmental Protection Division, in 2010, the division will step up inspection over environmental protection. Particularly, it will focus on checking the implementation of regulations on environmental protection at establishments that have been granted license for transporting, treating harmful waste and importing waste.

In Q1 2010, Di An district occurred two mass labor disputes at two FDI businesses with the number of participants accounting for 90% of total laborers. The main reasons for the two cases were that laborers asked for their employers to increase incomes, not to cut allowances, improve the quality of meals and grant health cards for them.

Ben Cat district’s Industrial Parks (IPs) Trade Union joined hands with employers to carry out sessions disseminating on the State and Party’s policies and laws to employees… in the first months of 2010. As a result, there were 34 such sessions implemented by the Trade Union with participation of over 15,000 employees.

Provincial Department of Industry and Trade has just approved a plan to urgently cut off power to adjust the power output for 2010, said Nguyen Trung Thu, deputy director of provincial Electricity Company.

Le Viet Viet Trung has become more concerned and indebted to cinema viewers in Binh Duong province in his 16 years staying with his job from an electricity technician to a projectionist for Binh Minh Cinema.

By early morning of April 13, Nguyen Van Nam was caught with his matchet on the way escaping from police. At that time, the patrolling police of Phu Loi ward discovered 3 young men on one motorbike with license plate of 37T3-2796 was disturbing the public along DT743 street in vicinity of Quarter No. 8, Phu Loi Ward. Those men refused to stop by the signal of police and the chase begun for more than 1km long through many alleys before one of then was caught with an 80cmx10cm matchet.

A host of new fruit varieties and specialties nationwide will be introduced for the first time at the Vietnam Fruit Festival in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on April 19-24.

Thu Dau Mot town has great achievements in fields of socio-economic development to become one of a center for political, economic, social, and cultural activities as well as a leading road port to provinces.

The provincial Professional Skill Contest 2010 held by the local department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs at the Southern Technology and Agro-forestry Vocational College is one of measures to spur skill development movement, enhance the quality of vocational training, and practice skills for students, train new human resources with high skills for local workforce.