Ho Chi Minh City wants to cooperate with and learn the Belgian province of East Flanders’ experience in seaport planning and development, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Manh Ha has said.
Ho Chi Minh City-based businesses will recruit 265,000 workers next year, according to the municipal Centre for Manpower Need and Labour Market Forecast.
Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) and the life insurance company Prudential Vietnam on December 3 inked a coordination memorandum of understanding (MoU) on implementing a programme supporting relatives of traffic accident victims.
Ten teachers who have contributed to developing the French language at high schools in Vietnam received Valofrase awards at a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and the International Organisation of La Francophonie in Hanoi on December 3.
The assistance of international partners and non-governmental organisations is needed to help Vietnamese victims of bombs and mines integrate into the community, especially when Vietnam has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 3.
The World Bank is funding a rural development project to help the Mekong Delta of Vietnam improve its climate change resilience.
More than 40 public-security staff and officers working with female prisoners in northern Vietnam on December 3 began a three-day training programme on the treatment of women in prison and on offering non-custodial measures (the so-called Bangkok Rules) for some.
For the second year running, Chairwoman of the Hanoi People's Council Ngo Thi Doan Thanh has received the highest vote of confidence in a poll covering leading positions in the capital city.
Ho Chi Minh City, the largest southern economic hub, has attracted US$3.15 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of this year, according to a report from the city’s People’s Committee.
A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation led by its deputy head Nguyen Van Hung is paying a working visit to Germany.