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The traditional custom of erecting “cay neu” (Tet pole), a folk ritual believed to chase off ghosts and monsters during the Lunar New Year (Tet), has marked the official arrival of spring in Hue imperial city in central Thua Thien-Hue province.

As many as 100 doctors and medical workers from the Asan Medical Centre in the Republic of Korea are providing free medical check-ups for nearly 1,100 impoverished individuals and workers in the Phoi Noi A industrial park in the northern province of Hung Yen on January 19 and 20.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee held a meeting with its partners on August 13 in Hanoi, seeking ways to develop their ties further.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Liaison Boards for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs need to hold regular meetings with overseas Vietnamese to reflect their aspirations and suggestions towards competent agencies as well as promote their role in promoting people-to-people exchanges and introducing Vietnamese culture to international friends.

The Lawrence S.Ting Community Support Fund of Taiwan ( China ) on August 7 presented 220 wheelchairs, worth 377 million VND, to people with disabilities in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Cheers and greetings from leaders of the Party, the government, central agencies and various localities nationwide have been extended to the mass media staff on the occasion of the 88 th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) held its 4 th plenary meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on February 27 to review its 2012 operations and work out plans for 2013.