VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 10
10/01/2021 10:22 GMT+7
Ten localities suggest allocating 10,000 tonnes of rice for Lunar New Year
Ten localities suggested allocating nearly 10,000 tonnes of rice for residents during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival, heard a press conference hosted by the General Department of State Reserves in Hanoi on January 8.
In 2020, the general department provided 132,100 tonnes of rice worth over 1.4 trillion VND.
Deputy head of the State Reserves Goods Management Department Pham Viet Ha said when the central region was hit by floods last year, over 19,000 tonnes of rice worth 213 billion VND (9.26 million USD) along with search and rescue equipment valued at around 202.9 billion VND were earmarked for them.
Vietnamese soldiers at the 2020 International Army Games (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –
Military training departments of Vietnam and Russia convened a virtual
conference on December 16 to discuss preparations for the organisation of the International
Army Games in 2021.
The event was jointly
presided over by Maj. Gen Tran Van Ba, Deputy Director of the Department of
Politico-Military Training under the General Staff of the
Vietnam People’s Army
(VPA) and Sen. Lieut. Col. Khodko Yuri Mikhailovich from the Operational
Training Directorate at the General Staff of the
At the conference, the
two sides discussed preparations for the next year’s Games and events that