As visiting 76-year-old Ms. Mai Thi Ut at 4th hamlet, Lac An commune, Tan Uyen district, we were surprised at her small, low-roofed house with 3 daughters, who have to make their living so that they have bypassed having their own families.

*The Party Committee of An Linh commune in Phu Giao district has just organized a conference to partially sum up the two-year implementation of the Politburo’s Direction No.03-CTTW on further promoting the “Studying and following late President Ho Chi Minh’s exemplary morals”.

Early May 6, Di An town’s Red Cross Society handed over a house of compassion to Tran Thi Thoi in Di An ward’s Thang Loi 2 quarter.

Applicants should send a self-introduction paper and a short writing explaining that why they deserve the scholarships to Youth Unions or directorates of schools where they are pursuing their study prior to May 30, 2013. The writing should show their love for parents as well as ambition for study.

The festival has just ended last week at the regional Traditional House with over 400 participants including 11 companies from localities of Phu Giao district and 3 guest delegations from Dau Tieng, Ke Sach and Loc Ninh district. The opening ceremony involved national costume parade, gong – drum opening, “can” wine launching and ethnic performing items chosen from preliminary round. These were lively melodious gong sound from the performance of Khmer gongs teams of Loc Ninh district; lissome Khmer dance from Ke Sach’s team; gentle tone of Tay ethnic minority from Phuoc Hoa team; or Cham characteristic performances from Dau Tieng district of familiar songs like Apsara, Tinh lang gom (Love of pottery village)…

For 2 years, Binh Duong province has carried out social allowance policies to 42,910 persons. Among them, there were 2,511 children with difficulties, 2,040 lonesome elderly people, 21,442 people being above 80 year olds, 8,067 disabled people, 2,594 people with mental illness, 79 people infected by HIV/AIDS…

Tan Uyen district held a ceremony to launch its 5th Week for Young Workers with the participation of more than 500 Youth Union members and young workers on the morning of May 5. 

In this program, as many as 3,600 workers of apparel sector from provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, HCMC joined in exam parts of jogging, game show, lucky draw, training program on labor safety, etc.

More than 5,000 delegates gathered at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 5 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement in the world.

The Vietnam Students Association in Leeds (VietSocLeeds), England, organized a Vietnam Day with a range of activities to promote the country, its people and culture to international friends.

In the past year, there were 92 collectives and 1,610 individuals winning the title of advanced labor. They led in emulation movements, contributing to local socio-economic development in 2012.

TDM city’s People’s Committee has just reviewed the city’s movement on rural traffic and urban rejuvenation in 2012.

Provincial Job Placement Center has just organized its 67th job transaction session. Reportedly, nearly 1,200 laborers directly visited the job transaction session and 9,000 others visiting it via internet.

A delegation of physicians from provincial Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital is taking part in providing free medical check-ups and medicine for people with disabilities in TDM city at weekends. This is a charity program of medically checking and classifying people with moving disabilities co-held by the hospital and provincial Sponsoring Association for the Disabled, Orphans and Poor Patients…