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The Ministry of Home Affairs and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) organised a conference on September 10 on implementing the 2020 Youth Law.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has called on Cambodia to set aside a budget for its poverty reduction goal.

Manufacturing firms are increasingly focusing on offering quality childcare services to ensure they retain workers.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has launched a music video titled “Vung tin Vietnam” (Be Confident, Vietnam) to promote the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The Directorate of Vocational Education and Training under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in vocational training in Hanoi on August 21.

The video clip “Bao la Vietnam” (Immense Vietnam), performed by a range of singers at famous tourist destinations around Vietnam, was released on Facebook in June and attracted millions of views and shares. It was the first step in a new strategy from a major government agency to use social networks to convey a message of “Proud of Vietnam”.

The summer volunteer youth campaign 2020 of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of HCM City entered its final day on August 16 with various activities for children in 24 districts and wards at a cost of nearly 1 billion VND (43,400 USD).

Thailand's digital minister has threatened legal action against Facebook for not complying with the government’s requests to restrict illegal content.

Snapping a beautiful photo requires the photographer capture the moment with sharp eyes and quick hands. Photographer Bui Dang Thanh, however, has only a left hand but can perfectly capture wonderful moments of people, especially wounded soldiers.

The amendment of policies and assistance programmes dedicated to people with disabilities will include specific policies for disabled women.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai - Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland – actively engaged in events during the three-week UN Human Rights Council’s 44th regular session that ended on July 17.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) looked into the rights of people with disabilities in the context of climate change during its 44th session in Geneva on July 8.

An international savings, retirement and insurance business, the Aviva Group, has donated over 1.4 billion VND (60,000 USD) to the Vietnam Red Cross Society to support an initiative to help people recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Cambodian government will launch a cash handout programme for more than 560,000 poor families affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.

The Cabinet of Thailand has approved a reduction in Land and Building Tax this year of 90 percent to help ease economic disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Health’s Agency of Health Examination and Treatment (AHET) and eight domestic and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have signed a memorandum of understanding on rehabilitation activities for the disabled.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) in conjunction with Tzu Chi – a non-governmental organisation of Taiwan (China), on May 30 presented 2,000 gift packages worth 3 billion VND (128,590 USD) to disabled and blind people in the city.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology will host the Discovering Southeast Asia programme on May 30-31 to celebrate International Children’s Day (June 1).

Noi Bai International Airport with two terminals and two runways has a capacity of 25 million passengers. 29.2 million passengers used the airport in 2019, up 13% from a year ago.

A UNDP report has found that some 30 percent of respondents in Vietnam who have disabilities were made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic while another 49 percent saw their working hours cut.