*In the first half of the year, the whole province mobilized around VND436bln to take care of social policy beneficiaries on Tet and great holidays; built 8 gratitude houses and 77 unity and charity houses; increased the support level of buying healthy insurance for those who belong to near-poor households…

Provincial Association of Literature & Arts held a camping festival for members under its affiliate in the Mekong delta province of Ca Mau province from June 25 to 28.

Zhuldyz Akisheva, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) country manager in Vietnam, said that illegal drug trading within Vietnam and abroad is increasing through international airports and seaports

*This year’s International Day against Drug Abuse, also Vietnam’s Anti-drug Day is themed “Make health your ‘new high’ in life, not drugs”.

Work on drug control

Specifically, source of teachers has met the educational sector’s requirements in the coming time. The local administration has selected and trained key leaders for communes, wards and townships. However, the program remains limited, so these units should focus on top priorities.

Also this period, many new basic construction works were built newly or upgraded. They included Ong Co Bridge, DT749B road, 7A road, Ba Lua Bridge, Kien An historic relic area.

A June 25 seminar was held in Hanoi to discuss preparations for the implementation of a national sustainable employment cooperative program over the 2012–2016 period.

*Early June 24, TDM city’s Division of Culture and Information in collaboration with the city’s Training Center for Politics held a training course on collecting, dealing with family information and preventing family violence for nearly 200 members of steering boards of the campaign “The entire people consolidate to build up a cultural life in residential areas” at all levels in the city.

They have also provided 25,750 turns of women with knowledge regarding reproductive health, family planning, prevention of social evils, HIV/AIDS…Especially, they have continued regularly supporting 20 children with the monthly allowance of VND400,000 per person and 51 poor women with the monthly allowance of between VND300,000 and VND1mln per person.

With the motto of “Each youth does a voluntary deed, each Youth Union get involved in at least one practical deed for the local socio-economic development”, the district’s “Green environment” campaign will uphold the voluntary role of the local youth via many significant activities, including clearing canals, tidying up rural traffic roads, schools, quarters and hamlets’ offices…

The competition has attracted 1,006 contestants from 67 countries and territories. The participants will compete in 45 official skills and one performance skill in six fields, including construction and building technology, creative arts and fashion, information and communication technology, manufacturing and engineering technology, social and personal services, and logistics and transportation.

TDM city’s Steering Board 138, on June 23, coordinated with the city’s Youth Union to organize a ceremony to launch the 2013 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign and respond to the Drug Prevention Day, June 26.