humanitarian month themed “For a safe community” will take place in May, with
its activities being in full swing between May 8 and 19.
Following a three-year pilot, the event is officially run
across all VNRC’s units this year.
It will focus on
increasing activities for improved public health, raising public awareness on
COVID-19, calling for assistance toward COVID-19 prevention and control, and
supporting disadvantaged people, particularly those affected by the pandemic.
Provincial and municipal chapters of the VNRC have been
ordered to organise the month in line with the local
COVID-19 situations, with
suggested activities including charity markets, blood donation events, free
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Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung (R) and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio at the ceremony on March 17 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on
March 17 to mark the reception of the Japanese Government-sponsored equipment
for the
Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung
said that on January 9, 2020, the Government Office and the Japanese Embassy in
Vietnam signed the two governments’ exchange of note on the supply of hardware
equipment for the Government Information Reporting System.
All the equipment has been handed over to the Vietnamese
Hanoi (VNA) – The Investigation Police Agency
under the Ministry of Public Security on March 17 took legal action against Nguyen
Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, citing his involvement
in the purchase of the water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the
city that ran counter to regulations and caused losses to the State.
During the investigation into the case of “violating
regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and
wastefulness” at the Hanoi People’s Committee and related units, initiated in
April last year, police found that Chung and Nguyen Truong Giang, Director of
At the ground-breaking ceremony for the
Hanoi (VNA) - The People’s Committee of
Hanoi on March 15 held a breaking ground ceremony for the Hanoi Children’s
Palace in Nam Tu Liem district, a project that aims to meet the demand for entertainment
and study among children and youngsters as the
The ceremony attracted the presence of Secretary of
the municipal Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue, Chairman of the People’s
Committee Chu Ngoc Anh, and representatives from a number of central agencies.
Approved in 2014, the palace is designed to become a
centre for culture and sports activities and political events of the city and the country as
Republic of Korea (RoK), on March 6, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the country.
The embassy reported that N. T. B, born in 1989, arrived in the RoK for the first time on November 20, 2010.
She was married to 52-year-old Lee Jae-dong, who is the suspect of the case, and divorced after two years of marrigage. In January 2021, the victim returned to the RoK and re-married Lee, but the couple often conflicted with each other.
Lee then went to the local police station to report the murder. Local police have asked for an arrest warrent for Lee, and are conducting investigation into the case.