Disadvantaged students in 10 northern mountainous localities received “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” scholarships from Nhan dan (People’s) Newspaper on September 19.
A pilot passenger road transport route through Vietnam’s Hai Phong city and Hanoi and China’s Kunming city has been opened, expected to help promote trading activities between the two countries.
The poverty rate among households in the country is expected to drop to under 6 percent at the end of this year from 6.7 percent in 2017, the National Assembly Standing Committee heard at its 27th session on September 17.
Northern and north-central localities have taken measures to prepare themselves for super typhoon Mangkhut, which is forecast to bring heavy rains and whirlwind to the regions on September 17-18.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest typhoon so far this year, is predicted to hit Vietnam’s northern region on September 17 morning and bring heavy downpours and strong winds to 27 northern and north central provinces and cities.
Total projected length of Vietnam’s expressway system by 2030 is set to stretch from the initial 6,400 km to more than 7,000km, as the Ministry of Transport is mulling adding several routes.
Vietnam has the potential to boost its exports of star anise and cinnamon, but needs supportive policies from the Government, the Lang Son Star Anise Association has said.
The ASEAN Photo and Documentary Exhibition will be launched in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on September 7.
The second Ban Gioc Waterfall Festival is scheduled for October 6-7 in Trung Khanh district, the northern border province of Cao Bang.
Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, along with heavy losses in property, according to the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.
A newly-issued circular on foreign exchange management is expected to promote border trade between Vietnam and China.
Invitations are now open for a photography competition among both Vietnamese and foreigners to promote primary healthcare for people in Vietnam.
Vietnam has expanded health insurance coverage among HIV patients taking ARV treatment to 83.4 percent at present from 50 percent in 2016, helping ensure that they can maintain long-term treatment.
Medical officers of Vietnam and China are joining a medical examination for people in border areas of the two countries, as part of the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange programme.
The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang is mobilising resources to invest in improving infrastructure and build policies to promote border economic development, with the hope of creating breakthroughs in the trade and service sectors.
The Industry and Trade, the Agriculture and Rural Development and the Science and Technology have signed a coordination agreement on construction and management of geographical indication (GI).
The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang has fulfilled half of the requirements for infrastructure construction at the Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark by the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), experts said on August 9.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded bomb and mine consequence recovery efforts over the past years while chairing a meeting of the Steering Committee 701 in Hanoi on August 7.
