Since 2009, the State President has granted amnesty on 12 occasions, resulting in the early release of more than 120,000 prisoners. Most beneficiaries have successfully reintegrated into their communities, secured stable livelihoods, and led law-abiding lives. Many have gone on to become successful entrepreneurs or actively contributed to social activities in their localities.
A delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Huu Dung, attended the General Assembly of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS) held in Moscow on November 1.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 22 called on Cambodians nationwide, especially those in Phnom Penh, to intensify preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic as the new community infection outbreak was announced.
Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man and other Party and State officials visited the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) on December 12 on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas.
The National Assembly has focused on establishing a complete legal framework to provide a favourable business environment for foreign businesses to invest in Vietnam, including Coca-Cola.
Vietnamese traditional handicrafts, silk and lacquer products, pottery statues, jewellery and especially coffee and nem (fried spring rolls) are being sold at an annual charity bazaar in Jakarta, which opened on November 14.
Tran Tieu Vy, a 18-year-old girl from central Quang Nam province, overcame 42 other finalists to take the crown of Miss Vietnam 2018 in the grand finale of the pageant in Ho Chi Minh City on September 16 night.
Fifty oil paintings depicting cultural features and social activities of people living along the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand are on display at an exhibition which opened in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on August 3.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asserted that the Party and State always pay great attention to nurturing and developing young talents while addressing a ceremony to honour the nation’s 10 outstanding youths of 2017 in Hanoi on March 25.
A workshop discussing the role of Vietnamese Buddhists in social and charitable activities is taking place in Rach Gia city, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, on June 14-15.
Cao Dai churches and organisations nationwide have teamed up for charity activities and improved religious practice, a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre heard.
