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A new bilingual picture book that was recently released should appeal to both Vietnamese and expat children.

A contest on modern fairy tale creation was launched in Hanoi on October 17 with the aim of eliminating gender stereotypes and preconceptions in fairy tales.

Vietnam attaches importance to promoting relations with Ireland, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told outgoing Irish Ambassador Cáit Moran in Hanoi on August 2.

The Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs and the Irish Embassy in Hanoi held a national symposium on January 3 on ethnic policy and orientations towards building it for the 2021-2030 period.

A workshop was held in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on July 19 to look into the locality of human resources of ethnic minority groups in Vietnam.

Ireland will increase supporting Hanoi to develop hi-tech agriculture, Irish Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture Andrew Doyle told Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

Irish Aid, in cooperation with Da Nang, has signed an agreement for a project described as strengthening the capacity and sustainability of early childhood disabilities detection and intervention for the next three years.

The Irish Government is going to support Vietnam’s efforts to develop ethnic minority areas with 12.6 million EUR (14.9 million USD) between 2017 and 2020.

Da Nang and the Irish Embassy in Vietnam have signed an MoU on high quality human resource education, management skills for the city’s personnel and start-up programmes for students in the city.

Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife visited the central province of Quang Tri on November 9-10 as part of his State visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam and Ireland have been actively engaging in climate change adaptation activities and realising the UN sustainable development goals to build a green and peaceful world for future generations.

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his spouse will pay a State-level visit to Vietnam from November 5-11.

A contest with the theme “Community-based Sustainable Poverty Reduction Initiatives” was launched in Hanoi on August 2.

The Irish Design Exhibition 2015 will be held at Phan Chau Trinh private college, Hoi An ancient city, the central province of Quang Nam from December 21 to 25.

Ethnic minority development targets must be included in the 2016-2020 Socio-economic Development Plan, as heard at a forum in Hanoi on December 9.

A workshop was held on December 19 in Hanoi to discuss ways to complete the legal framework for enhancing community’s monitoring of investment in poverty reduction and hunger eradication projects, in a bid to prevent corruption.