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A blood donation drive kicked off in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on July 24, with the aim of collecting at least 1,150 units of blood.

The People’s Council of the northern province of Thai Nguyen has approved a policy to invest in a project to solidify kindergartens and primary schools for children from ethnic minority groups and remote areas.

Thai Nguyen is not only a place famous for its green tea or many scenic spots and historical sites, but also a place with extremely unique culinary culture which has a wide range of specialties bearing the essence of the mountains, including Uc Ky sticky rice soy souce.

Heavy rains and whirlwinds killed one person and injured eight others in the northern midland province of Phu Tho from May 8 night to early May 9.

An exhibition of photos, documents, books and newspapers was opened in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on January 20 in celebration of the 90 founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3).

A delegation from the Lao province of Houaphane, led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Vonboun Thavong visited the northern province of Thai Nguyen ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The 4th Thai Nguyen – Vietnam Tea Festival will be organised in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on April 17-19 to promote Vietnamese tea products, honour villages, producers and the tea processing industry as well as introduced local tea to domestic and international market.

Tet (Lunar New Year) is fast approaching, and people in Boe Dau village in the northern province of Thai Nguyen’s Co Lung commune are busy preparing banh chung (square glutinous rice cakes).

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the Politburo’s meeting in Hanoi on January 10 on disciplinary actions against two Party officials.

The Vietnam Report JSC and VietNamNet newspaper announced the top 500 largest enterprises in Vietnam (VNR500) in 2019 at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 9.

In the 2018-2019 school year, a homestay programme in the northern province of Thai Nguyen attracted the participation of 540 Lao students who had a deeper look into the life of Vietnamese people.

Farmers across the country have been adopting more effective production and business models. In the northern province of Thai Nguyen, some families are earning incomes from these economic models.

The 2019 Vietnamese language eloquent contest for Lao students studying in Vietnam saw the participation of nearly 2,000 contestants from 67 educational establishments nationwide.

A Vietnam-Laos cultural space and exchange programme took place in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on November 8.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen on October 26 held its third congress, with the participation of 250 delegates representing more than 13,000 members of the association.

Thai Nguyen province is home to 17 intangible culture heritages. Local authorities and ethnic minority groups are exerting efforts to promote heritage values in combination with tourism development.

Vietnam has taken the second spot out of the world’s top 30 countries to work, make friends and raise a family in 2019, according to the US financial and business news website Business Insider.

As many as 2,275 standard helmets were presented to pupils of the northern province of Thai Nguyen at a ceremony at Gia Sang Primary School on October 3.

Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Tanee Sangrat, staff of the Thai Embassy and representatives of the businesses of the country paid a visit to people affected by recent disasters in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on September 23.

The Israeli Embassy in Vietnam is funding a training course for 86 cardiologists in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, lectured by leading experts from Israel.