The Vietnamese Party and State have conferred its highest decoration - the Gold Star Order - on the Lao People’s Army in recognition of its achievements and contributions to strengthening the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive between the two countries.
Three to four storms are forecast to directly affect Vietnam’s mainland, mostly in the central and southern regions, from now to the end of this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Metrological Forecasting.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has decided to offer Central Highlands and southern localities that were affected by the recent torrential rains and floods more than 600 million VND (25,800 USD) to help them overcome difficulties.
More efforts have been made in central and southern localities to overcome the consequences of Typhoon Usagi, which killed one person and damaged many houses, boats and roads.
Central and southern localities have employed an array of measures to brace for Typhoon Usagi, which is forecast to make landfall in the night of November 24 or November 25 morning.
The eight annual Southern Cuisine Festival kicked off at Dam Sen Theme Park, Ho Chi Minh City, on May 31, offering the public a chance to taste specialties of the region.
As many as 34 training courses were organised for officers from Vietnamese land fund development organisations to enhance their capacity in planning and implementing involuntary resettlement in the country’s grid investments in central and southern localities.
Nearly 1,100 Lao students have been trained at Thua Thien-Hue College of Education over the past 15 years under a bilateral agreement inked between Thua Thien-Hue province and Lao seven localities.
The Vinalines Container Shipping Company, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Shipping Lines (Vinalines), on June 23 launched its first-ever waterway lighterage service in the northern region, focusing on the Hai Phong-Viet Tri route.
The Consulate General of Australia in Ho Chi Minh City inked an agreement on February 22 on providing aid worth nearly 204,000 AUD (156,670 USD) for 11 community projects in Vietnam.
Vietnam, together with other ASEAN member countries, contributed to finalising measures towards the formation of an ASEAN Community by year’s end during the freshly-ended AEM 47 in Kuala Lumpur.
Measures to further attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into
southern provinces are the focus of a conference that took place in the
central province of Binh Dinh on April 18.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet and his entourage left Vientiane on
the morning of Aug. 25 and visited Louang Namtha and Champasak
provinces of Laos .
A workshop on community-based disaster
preparedness, opened in Ca Mau province on January 6 for members of
staff of Red Cross societies in the central and southern localities.
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