Society

Canon lights up more rural roads in Bac Giang province

An additional 9km of rural roads in the northern province of Bac Giang have been lit up thanks to a project launched by Japanese-invested Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd.
Canon lights up more rural roads in Bac Giang province ảnh 1Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate a street light system in Huong Mai commune on May 14 (Photo: baobacgiang.com.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – An additional 9km of rural roads in thenorthern province of Bac Giang have been lit up thanks to a project launched byJapanese-invested Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd.

The street light systems were inaugurated at aceremony in Huong Mai commune of Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province, on May14.

Canon Vietnam said the systems were built inover two months at a cost of some 200 million VND (8,800 USD).

The beneficiary hamlets are Hoang Lai in ThanhVan commune; Dinh Ha and Quyen in Tan Trung commune; Ngoc Son in Chu Diencommune; and Xuan Lan, Tam Hop, Xuan Minh and Dong Ich in Huong Mai commune.

Niimura Minoru, Deputy Director of CanonVietnam, said his firm began the “Light up the countryside” project in 2013. Ithas so far funded the construction of street lights for nearly 85km of roads in35 hamlets in Bac Giang and nearby Bac Ninh province.

The company is scheduled to unveil the lightingsystem for over 9km of rural roads in Bac Ninh on May 26, benefiting thehamlets of Guot, Cau Dao, Phuong Tri and Ngoc Noi in the province’s Que Vo, GiaBinh, Luong Tai and Thuan Thanh districts.-VNA
VNA
#rural roads #Canon Vietnam #street light #lighting system #Light up the countryside #Viet Yen district #Niimura Minoru #Bac Giang #Bac Ninh Bac Giang
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Canon Vietnam launches Shan Tuyet tea tree planting

Canon Vietnam launches Shan Tuyet tea tree planting

Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd, in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Phinh Ho commune of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, held a “Tree Planting Festival” ceremony on September 27.
Canon pushes forest planting in Thanh Hoa

Canon pushes forest planting in Thanh Hoa

Hundreds of trees were planted at Ben En National Park in the central province of Thanh Hoa during the forest planting festival held by Canon Vietnam in the locality on April 16.

See more

The remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in different periods in Laos’ Savannakhet province, are repatriated following a handover ceremony at the Lao Bao (Vietnam's Quang Tri province) - Densavan (Savannakhet) international border gate on May 21. (Photo: VNA)

Remains of Vietnamese fallen soldiers, experts repatriated from Laos

The remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in different periods in Laos’ Savannakhet province, were repatriated following a handover ceremony on May 21. They will be re-buried at the Road 9 National Martyrs Cemetery in Vietnam's central province of Quang Tri on May 22.

A veteran offers incense at the war martyrs’ cemetery in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province. (Photo: VNA)

Nghe An reburies martyrs' remains repatriated from Laos

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phung Thanh Vinh said that carrying a noble international duty, many Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts heroically joined Lao people in their struggle for national liberation and independence. Many of them sacrificed their lives in the country, including more than 12,000 soldiers laying down in the three provinces of Xaysomboun, Vientiane, and Xiangkhouang.

Caring for the material and spiritual life of the people - such as poverty reduction, access to education and healthcare services - is a concrete expression of the policy of placing people at the core and as the subject of socio-economic development. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)

📝OP-ED: When people placed at centre of development

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam emphasised: “People are placed at the centre as the main subject in order to realise visions. People are considered the centre, the objective, and the driving force of all policies and actions at all levels.”

The Vietnamese delegation wins two second prizes, one third prize, three fourth prizes, and four special awards granted by sponsors at ISEF 2025. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam obtains best-ever achievements at ISEF

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnamese delegation won two second prizes, one third prize, three fourth prizes, and four special awards granted by sponsors.

Secretary of the Bu Dang district Party Committee and Head of the Steering Committee for Eliminating Dilapidated Housing, Vu Luong (fourth from right), performs the ribbon-cutting ceremony to hand over a new house to a disadvantaged household. (Photo: VNA)

19 localities eradicate substandard houses

Four more provinces have announced the completion of efforts to eliminate makeshift and dilapidated housing, bringing the total number of localities achieving this milestone to 19 out of 63 nationwide, according to the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary Bui Le Thai and embassy staff offer flowers at the statue of President Ho Chi Minh in Zalaegerszeg city, Hungary. (Photo: VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh’s 135th birth anniversary marked in Hungary

Ambassador Bui Le Thai recounted President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to find a path to national salvation, affirming that it was undertaken not only for Vietnam’s independence but also for humanity’s common values – peace, independence, freedom, and happiness.