TDM city’s Steering Board for the Lady Thien Hau Templ Festival 2014 has just extended a plan on maintaining order and security during the festival. This aims to ensure the festival’s activities that will take place jubilantly, healthily and safely.

Over the past years, with a rapid pace of industrial development, Binh Duong has welcomed many young laborers throughout the country to work at local industrial parks and compounds. Laborers along with businesses contribute to local economic development.

-Di An town has just organized a groundbreaking ceremony of Thong Nhat primary school in Di An ward’s Thong Nhat 1 quarter.

In the past Tet holiday 2014, many migrant laborers who could not afford to come back their homes for Tet were forced to enjoy Tet holiday away from home. However, they enjoyed great attention from functional agencies, businesses, lodging houses’ proprietors who brought a warm Tet holiday for migrant and poor laborers.

In 2013, provincial Museum regularly opened to welcome visitors in and out of the province while making plans on upgrading its display system.

Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just launched the 2014 emulation movement with the theme of “Responsibility, rules, saving and efficiency” among all staff.

On the occasion of the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival 2014, the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Fatherland Front Committee of Tan Hiep commune in Phu Giao district, on February 7, held a get-together for the local elderly people.

In response to the Volunteer Youth Year 2014, Thu Dau Mot city youths have made the effort to bring a warm Spring to people by taking care of privileged families, keeping environmental hygiene before, during and after Tet holiday, offering free motorbike tyre puncture repairs, first aids for local people and pilgrims visiting Thien Hau Lady Temple at Thu Dau Mot city. Chanh Nghia ward youth union's youths grant gifts to heroic mother Nguyen Thi Thao. A warm Spring In the Tet holiday 2014, Phung Thi Lan, the lonely old woman in the quarter 4, Hiep Thanh ward, Thu Dau Mot city enjoyed a happy Spring because her house was cleaned by youths and unionists of Hiep Thanh ward youth union. Lan, 86, has lived alone in a hi-unity house in the quarter 4 for many years after her husband passed away and her only daughter lived away from home. She has presently lived on subsidy and a modest amount of money granted by her daughter. Hiep Thanh ward youth union's youths and unionists joined hands to clean her house before Tet holiday and grant her a small gift package as the best wish to her on the traditional Tet holiday. In addition, the ward youth union paid a Tet gift visit to Nguyen Thi No in the same quarter. Meanwhile, Chanh Nghia ward youth union's youngsters paid a Tet gift visit to heroic mother Nguyen Thi Thao in the same ward. Implementing the program of "loved Spring" initiated by Thu Dau Mot city youth union, 14 youth unions under the city paid Tet gift visits to heroic mothers and privileged families. Especially, in this program, youths and unionists in cooperation with sub-societies for young workers and Club for young doctors co-held Tet gift and health check-up visits to privileged families, heroic mothers. A volunteer Spring Aside from bringing loved Spring to heroic mothers and privileged families, Thu Dau Mot city youths joined in the "volunteer Spring" program. Implementing the program, before Tet the youngsters launched a campaign to eliminate illegal advertisement boards, cooperated with functional agencies to mobilize people not to encroach pavements and road corridors, cleaned streets and martyrs' memorial steles. And these good deeds will be continued until ending of Lady Temple festival lasting from Feb. 8-15, 2014. Apart from the mentioned activities, Thu Dau Mot city youth union held activities of mending motorbike tyre punctures for tourists free of charge, helping victims of traffic accidents, launching patrols to raid crimes. In addition, the municipal youth union in cooperation with functional agencies will control traffic situation, keep order and security as well as offer essential information for tourists. Nguyen Van Sum, vice secretary of the city youth union said that the union held many other activities of music show, cooking contest for young workers. "With the theme of Volunteer Youth Year, I hope that youths and unionists, students and young workers join hands to help people", Sum said. Reported by N.Nhu - Translated by A.C

On Feb. 7, the provincial People's Committee office said that on Tet holiday 2014 despite difficulties in 2013, the provincial administration maintained amount of Tet expenditures like 2013's Tet holiday.

During the  traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival 2014, many Youth Unions and companies took initiative in organizing a series of activities in celebration of Party and Lunar New Year 2014 for Youth Union members and young workers, bringing them a significant and joyful Tet. The organizers awarding prizes to outstanding teams at Tan Vinh Hiep commune’s 7th competition for propaganda teams on revolutionary songs in Tan Uyen district

Visiting Lac An commune in Tan Uyen district on the first days of the Lunar New Year 2014, we have obviously felt the local change with many public works built and put into use. Along with the attention of the local authorities at all levels and the efforts by themselves, the lives of the local people have become more thriving…

The Tich Dien (ploughing) festival officially opened on February 6 in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district in the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam in the presence of Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and representatives from many ministries and sectors.