From the poorest community in a rural commune in northern Thai Nguyen province, To Village has been given a facelift thanks to the project namely Saemaul Undong funded by the Republic of Korea since 2014.
The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation has taken its Helmets for Kids programme to the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen, to make the road to school safer for local children.
With 131 operating foreign direct investment (FDI) projects valued at 7.29 billion USD, Thai Nguyen province has become one of the leading destinations for foreign investors in the northern mountainous region.
A ceremony was organised in Dai Tu district, the northern province of Thai Nguyen, on August 31 to receive the certificate recognizing Doi Giang area in Thang Loi village, Tien Hoi commune, the first venue to host a credential receipt ceremony of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1976), as a national relic site.
More than 400 Lao students have taken part in a homestay programme in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, found to be successful in helping to nurture the Vietnam-Laos friendship.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on August 20 advised the northern province of Thai Nguyen to create a better environment in order to attract more investors, as well as pay more attention to regional connectivity to provide mutual support.
The forest protection department of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang released two reticulated pythons back to nature at the Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve in Phung Hiep district on August 14.
A meeting in northern Thai Nguyen province on July 31 emphasised the need for livelihood solutions to sustainably reduce poverty in local ethnic minority groups.
A fair on “One commune one product” (OCOP) and hi-tech agriculture in the northern midland and mountainous region will be held in Thai Nguyen province from August 31 to September 6.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the northern province of Thai Nguyen to strive to become a leading hub of industry, service and innovation of the northern region and the whole country.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recommended that the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen should develop its economy on three pillars of hi-tech agriculture, tourism-service and clean agriculture.
About 300 poor elementary and secondary school students in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen will have a new school named Samsung Hope School which was inaugurated on June 26.
The World Bank has approved 80 million USD to enhance the quality of key urban infrastructure in Thai Nguyen city, the capital of northern Thai Nguyen province.
As many as 31 projects worth about 717.2 million USD have so far been registered to run in the northern province of Thai Nguyen within the framework of its investment promotion conference.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has signed a decision recognising Song Cong city of the northern province of Thai Nguyen as new-style rural area, with all four communes of the city realising the criteria of the programme.
The northern province of Thai Nguyen will host an investment promotion conference in early July 2018 to introduce its potential, strengths and policies to international investors and organisations.
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Hat Then (Then singing) with handmade gourd lute called “Dan Tinh” is a distinctive musical genre of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.
Representatives of the Organisation Commission of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and leaders of Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen have exchanged experience in Party building and personnel work.
