The Association for Disabled People and Orphans in Kon Tum province on March 4 received VND505 million from Mission Enfance, a Monaco-based charitable organization.

Thanh Pagoda in the northern border province of Lang Son held a ceremony this week to congratulate elderly Buddhists on their longevity and honour them for their role in raising their children.

Bird flu has hit another 2 northern provinces-Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang-announced by the Veterinary Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on March 3.

An Giang province bordering Cambodia has confirmed more cases of cholera infection since the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), according to Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Department of Preventive Medicine and the Environment.

An 80-year-old German and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)’s organisation in Sillenbuch have raised 800 EUR to support a project on child eye care in Vietnam.

The number of Vietnamese trainees in Japan will rise considerably in the coming time following the renewal of an agreement on labour cooperation between the two countries.

Two education exhibitions, with a record number of participating US universities and colleges, will open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on March 9 and 11, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE).

A national report on labour safety and hygiene and fire and explosion prevention in the workplace during the 2005-09 period was released at a workshop in Hanoi on March 3.

The Vietnam-Bulgaria Friendship Association hosted a get-together in Hanoi on March 3 to mark Bulgaria’s 132nd National Day (March 3) and 60 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations (February 8).

The People’s Committee of Binh Phuoc province on March 3 inaugurated the Hoang Dieu-Lapakhe Bordergate in Bu Dop district, which is contiguous to Cambodia’s Mundulkiri province.

The East Meets West Foundation (EMW) and Vietnam Television (VTV) held a press conference on March 3 to announce the Top 10 Best Practices supporting people with disabilities in Vietnam in 2009.

The Asia Turtle Conservation Programme will provide US$20,000 to help carry out the Vietnamese Pond Turtle Conservation project in Binh Son district, central Quang Ngai province in 2010.

The US-based East Meets West Foundation (EMW) and France’s Poitou-Charentes region will build primary schools in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

A coordination programme was signed in Hanoi on March 3 between the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.  

The 6th HCM City Tourism Festival will be held at 23/9 Cultural Park from April 8-11.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Vietnam announced the Earth Hour 2010 programme in HCM City on March 3.

In the 21 years since All-people Border Guard Day (March 3) was first observed, soldiers stationed in border areas and local civilians have closely cooperated to defend the national borders, sovereignty and security.

A hot spell will develop rapidly on March 4 and the temperature is forecast to jump to 37C or even 38C in the central provinces of Vietnam, including Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Thua Thien-Hue.  

Many young people from Hanoi, Danang, and the central provinces of Quang Nam and Phu Yen have enthusiastically signed up for military service.

Relevant agencies in the northern province of Lao Cai are joining efforts to restore forests in Hoang Lien National Park, which were destroyed by a fire from February 8-15.

The European Commission will finance a number of training workshops this month to help improve education management and assessment in the country.  

More than 50 leading mathematicians from France, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Vietnam are taking part in a conference on optimization or mathematical programming being held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from March 1-3.

The 12th annual National week on Occupational Safety and Prevention of Fires Explosions (OSH-PFE) will be held in the northern city of Thai Nguyen from March 14-21, says Vu Nhu Van, Deputy Director General of the Bureau for Safe Work.

Vietnam will host the seventh International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) in Hanoi.

A National Week for Vietnamese Women 2010 was launched in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on March 1.

In the days before and after the Lunar New Year, police stepped up anti-crime efforts to ensure citizens happily enjoy their holiday.

Despite being busy, classical guitarist Dang Ngoc Long, Rector of the Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Music School, often thinks about his homeland.

The bird flu epidemic has recurred in five provinces including Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Nam Dinh and Khanh Hoa.

Vietnam is the first country to organise Korean language tests in 2010 as the number of Vietnamese workers applying for jobs in the Republic of Korea (RoK) has hit 12,500 – a record high so far.

The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and Cho Ray Hospital have signed a three-year contract to help the hospital improve its medical rehabilitation services.