Pa Ko News Today

Members of the Veterans For Peace Chapter 160 in coordination with Project RENEW made the donations, valued at over VND100 million (US$3,930) on Thursday and Friday last week

"We have given free medical checkups and medicines to all people regardless of their background as a way to share God's love with them," explains Sr. Agnes Duong Thi Phu of the Lovers of the Holy Cross of Hue, Vietnam.

Filles de Marie Immaculée Srs. Mary Do Thi Ha and Anne Nguyen Thi Nguyet, who work at the Kim Long Charity Clinic in Hue, Vietnam, talk to GSR about the clinic's model of healing people in need.

Hmong ethnic people living in Dong Van Karst Plateau, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang are very proud of their traditional craft of linen weaving which is famous in northwest Vietnam. By making colourful cloth, Hmong women have added vitality to this sterile area of rocky mountains.

More than 1.48 million employees in 83,352 units in Hanoi will receive allowances from the unemployment insurance fund, according to Director of the city's Social Security Agency Nguyen Duc Hoa.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 3 sent out a letter calling for the enhancement of labour skills to help the country develop prosperously.

Nearly 3 million labourers in Ho Chi Minh City will benefit from the unemployment insurance fund with total allowances of about 6 trillion VND (263.92 million USD), according to Phan Van Men, Director of the city Social Insurance agency.

Ho Tu Pong Ngoi, a young man from the Pa Ko ethnic group in the mountainous district of Huong Hoa in Quang Tri province, has introduced a short film on the COVID-19 fight. The film has debuted on social media platforms to raise local people’s awareness about COVID-19 prevention and control.