The North region is experiencing the coldest days of winter. Normally at night, everyone would quickly return to their home to avoid the silvering cold. However, there are young people from a volunteer group called “Ấm” (Warm) in Hanoi willing to go outside the streets at night to spread warmth to the homeless.
Officials and people in Dak Mil district in the central highlands’ province of Dak Nong attended a memorial and burial service for the remains of war martyrs found in the locality during the construction of the district square.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education and Training has ordered the heads of local educational institutions to strengthen preventive measures against COVID-19 for the opening ceremony for the upcoming new academic year.
The three-day high school graduation examination took place in a smooth and safe manner, according to the Ministry of Education and Training after receiving reports from 63 Steering Committees for the exam in localities across the country.
The organising board of the National Marathon Championship - Tien Phong Newspaper Marathon granted national flags and medicine chests to fishermen at An Hai fishing port in Ly Son island district of central Quang Ngai province.
About 1,000 trade union members and labourers in the central city of Da Nang took part in a blood donation programme on March 1, an activity to help ease blood shortage for health care after the Lunar New Year holiday.
Vietnam’s tourism sector has launched the “Go Green” campaign in response to the movement of saying NO to plastic waste of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam, a World Cultural Heritage site, has exerted efforts to reduce the use of single-use plastic products and encourage locals to sort waste to protect the environment.
As many as 50,066 people, including 1,462 foreigners, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi during the National Day holiday which lasts from August 31 to September 2.
Plastic waste is a concern for many countries, including Vietnam. To limit the use of plastic bottles, many working places in Vietnam have replaced plastic bottles with glass ones.
The Thai government’s waste-management policy has reduced the use of 1.5 billion plastic bags since August 17 last year, the country’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported.
As many as 10,788 people, including 1,149 foreigners, paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on May 19, on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of his birthday.
Educational institutions in several provinces and Ho Chi Minh City are encouraging their students and staff not to use single-use plastic water bottles and straws as part of the UN’s global Beat Plastic Pollution campaign.
An exhibition marking 40 years since the victory of the southwest border defence war and the joint victory of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal regime (January 7) opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 4.
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