Choreographers and dance troupes from eight countries and territories
will perform at the second annual International Dance Festival in Ho Chi
Minh City from December 7 to 16.
Stigmatising and discriminating against HIV/AIDS patients makes the
disease even harder to control, Director of the Ministry of Health’s
Administration of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Nguyen Hoang Long
said.
Three youth leaders from
Indonesia and a business newspaper from the Philippines have been
honoured as the 2014 ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity for their
outstanding work in biodiversity conservation and advocacy.
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) in Vietnam hosted the
“Visit Malaysia 2014 Roadshow” series in Ho Chi Minh City on June 20
as one of the programmes to kick off the Malaysia Tourism Year 2014.
The Sea and Island Week 2013, which will call for action to protect the
national sea, is set to take place in central Ha Tinh province from June
1-8, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announced on May
8.
A TV serial entitled Dan Troi (Heaven's Altar) won a Gold Prize at the
32 nd National Television Festival, which ended on December 22 in the
central city of Vinh, Nghe An province.
The national television festival began on Dec. 18 in the central city of
Da Nang, bringing together producers and other broadcast professionals
to share experiences.
A summer day in 2000 and Ho Van Lai,
aged 10, and three other friends were playing a game on a quiet sandy
beach near their home in Cua Viet town in the central province of
Quang Tri . But, a minute later a huge bang cut the children’s game
short.
VTV4, a channel for overseas
Vietnamese, is broadcasting round-the-clock programming on August 10
related to Agent Orange and its victims, to commemorate “Orange Day”.