Early June 26, the Steering Board for Prevention of Drugs, Prostitution, HIV/AIDS and Human Trafficking of Lai Uyen commune in Bau Bang district organized a ceremony to launch the Action Month on Drug Prevention and Fighting, the National Day against Drugs, June 26.

In the last tenure, provincial Fatherland Front Committee’s member organizations expressed their role and position in socio-economic development, propaganda and mobilization of implementing many patriotic emulation movements, bringing practical effects

In the first half of 2014, the program of “Tet for the poor, the disabled and Agent Orange (AO) victims” launched by Ben Cat district’s Red Cross Society has mobilized 5,900 gifts from donors for the poor, lonely elderly people, disabled children and AO victims across the district with a total expense of more than VND1.7bln.

*The program of “Sentimental attachment to Hoang Sa, Truong Sa” launched

The Red Cross Associations of Southeastern provinces, on Early June 25, held a conference to sum up its activities in the first half of 2014.

Before the complicated development of drug-related crimes, provincial People’s Committee has instructed sectors, mass organizations and people from all strata to actively get involved in the fight against drugs.

Since 2009, Binh Duong provincial administration has mapped out planning on land usage for 3 levels of province, district and commune. Accordingly, the provincial People's Committee has thus far issued the Decision on land usage planning till 2020 and Plan on land usage in the period of 2011-2015 at 8 out of 9 districts, towns and Thu Dau Mot city. On planning of land usage at communal level out of planning on urban development, district level People's Committee ratified the land usage planning at 19 out of 35 communes. Meanwhile, the planning of land usage at communal, ward and township level under planning on urban development, the provincial People's Committee ratified 32 out of 56 communes, wards and townships under districts of Phu Giao, Dau Tieng, Bac Tan Uyen and 3 towns of Tan Uyen, Thuan An and Di An.                                                                                                            Reported by T.Thang - Translated by A.C

Phu Giao district’s Red Cross Society in the first half of 2014 has offered help to 33,011 needy cases with a total value of VND5.153bln.

Late June 23, provincial Women’s Union held a ceremony to close the 2014 Happy Families Competition at provincial Center for Culture and Movie. Thuan An town’s Women’s Union topped the competition