After five years of implementing the project on the preservation and promotion of festivals, gongs and traditional folklore musical instruments of M’nong ethnic minority group, the provincial cultural sector reinstated and organized 38 traditional cultural festivals of the M’nong group.

A cyclo challenge race will take place at the HCMC in mid March ahead. About 60 teams will attend the race and some 3,000 people will encourage contestants at the event, organized by the Sai Gon Children’s Charity.

In the cool weather of days nearing Tet holiday, sellers prepare variety of goods to satisfy shopping demands, the well-known traditional ginger confectionery business in Binh Hoa, Binh Nhan (Thuan An district) also enters the market.

The National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese forecasts that more than 500,000 overseas Vietnamese or Viet Kieu will return to Vietnam to welcome the lunar New Year (Tet), the highest number so far. There are two reasons for Viet Kieu to come back home at record number: the recovery of the global economy in 2009 and 2010 will be a year of great events in Vietnam.

 

 TDM town’s Fatherland Front Committee, in collaboration with Hiep An ward, held a ceremony to hand over three unity houses of 40sq.m each to poor households in hamlets 3 and 5.

The Vietnamese film “Don’t Burn” was screened by the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan on January 29 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3rd).

Binh Duong Young Entrepreneur’s Society held gift visits to orphan, handicapped children and lonely old people at Nhan Ai Center in Tan Uyen district’s Thuong Tan commune and the provincial Center for Orphan in Phu Hoa ward of Thu Dau Mot town on Jan. 30.  

 

Like previous years, the provincial Transport Department and relevant units map out plans to cater for passengers on Tet. Most of fixed routes are in well preparation of means to meet passengers’ demand on Tet.

The 6th provincial Literature and Arts Society Congress (2009-2014 term) took place at the provincial People’s Committee hall on Jan. 29 with the ratification of orientations and resolution for the 6th tenure and the presentation of a 17 member executive board chaired by Vo Dong Dien.

Head of staff Nguyen Thi Kim Thu of Thuan An District’s Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs Department has revealed that beside 2,612 individuals and households supported by monthly allowance of VND 200,000, other poor households will be granted Tet holiday’s gifts.

Chinese tender to Project package 1A of Phuoc Hoa irrigation is to perform the impound by beginning of March 2010. Management board of Binh Duong agriculture and rural development has announced to local people preparing to move out of the region prior to February 15th after being compensated for the lost.

Thirty two women with charitable heart in TDM town’s Phu Cuong and Hiep Thanh wards visited and presented 73 Tet gifts worth over VND10mln along with clothes, confection…to the elderly at provincial Center for Lonely and Disable Elderly People.

Provincial Association of Support for Disabled People, Orphans and Poor Patients visited and presented Tet gifts worth VND200,000 each to 150 disadvantaged people in Phu Giao district’s An Linh and An Thai communes.