Military

According to the document, agencies and units will strictly carry out the set plan on law popularization and education in the military in 2022 and Decision 4816/QĐ-BQP of the Defense Minister. They will also foster dissemination to orient troops’ opinions about issues of public concern, including anti-corruption. In addition, the whole military will review the ten-year implementation of the Law on law popularization and education and response to the Vietnam Law Day as well as the realization of the project on promoting the role of military forces in law popularization and education in the 2021 – 2027 period. According to the document, activities will be held for a month, starting from October 21. The Ministry of National Defense will organize seminars on mass media, make a documentary, and disseminate law through theatricalization form. Apart from strengthening law dissemination and education on the media, agencies and units will closely coordinate with local Party committees, … [Read more...] about Military to respond to Vietnam Law Day

As envisaged, the Vietnamese delegation will pay a courtesy call on the local authorities, commanders of the naval unit stationed in Lumut base under the Malaysian Navy. They will also host a banquet and have artistic exchange with Malaysian peers on the 286-Le Quy Don. Besides cultural and sport exchange with the Malaysian peers, the Vietnamese delegation will visit some local historical and cultural relics. During the delegation’s stay in Malaysia, the 286-Le Quy Don and sailing ship TUNAS SAMUDERA of the Malaysian Navy will maneuver in formation at sea for joint photos. While en route to Malaysia, the Vietnamese delegation will conduct a long-day sea training session to improve the capacity of command, mastery of weapons and equipment, handling of real situations at sea, help final year cadets gain real experience and scout to grasp situation of the waters. The visit aims to create the momentum for the State visit of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Malaysia (expected to take … [Read more...] about Vietnamese sailing ship leaves Nha Trang for Malaysian visit

The event was chaired by VAVA’s President Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh. The text message campaign in 2022 was organized by VAVA and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Agent Orange disaster in Vietnam. Taking place from July 20 to September 17, the program received active support and participation of forces, agencies, organizations, localities, service providers, and mobile subscribers. Since its launch, the program received a total donation of more than VND 3.13 billion through messages. The money raised in the campaign was used to finance the upgrading and construction of houses for poor families and present gifts to AO/dioxin victims in difficult circumstances and nursing homes for the victims on the special occasions. Speaking at the event, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh and delegates agreed that the results of the campaign came from the close coordination of agencies, units, and organizations inside and outside … [Read more...] about Text message campaign to raise funds for AO/dioxin victims reviewed

During the talks, the two sides discussed and agreed on contents related to the implementation of search, collection, and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military advisors who laid down their lives in Cambodia in wartime. In particular, Vietnam’s Dak Lak and Cambodia’s Mondulkiri agreed to fully actualize documents signed by the Vietnamese and Cambodian governments as well as the memorandum of understanding between the two provinces in search, collection, and repatriation of remains of fallen soldiers. To achieve high results in the search and collection of fallen soldiers’ remains in the 2022 – 2023 dry season, the two sides are determined to further strengthen coordination, bring into play the tradition of solidarity and friendship, and create all favorable conditions for martyrs’ remains search and collection team K51 (Team K51 in short) to perform their tasks as planned. During their mission in Mondulkiri province, Team K51 will continue to uphold … [Read more...] about Dak Lak and Mondulkiri provinces to further coordinate in search and collection of martyrs’ remains

The delegation, led by Hero of the People's Armed Forces Nguyen Van Duc, Chairman of the HCMC War Veterans’ Association, together with 29 members, went from HCMC to provinces of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, and Ca Mau, where they visited relic sites in the 1961-1975 period. The meaningful journey marked the 60th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea and the Foundation Day of Brigade 125 of the Naval Region 2 Command (October 23, 1961-2021) which has been delayed due to the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the event, the delegation presented 200 gifts, worth VND 600,000 each, to needy students in the localities. The delegation also planted trees at the historical relic site of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea in Ben Tre province. The journey was to pay tribute to all fallen soldiers who laid down their lives for the cause of national liberation and unification and protecting national sovereignty over sea and islands. Meanwhile, it also gave the … [Read more...] about War veterans of no-number ships in HCMC join memorial program

A 31-year-old fisherman is transported by a helicopter to Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City for treatment on October 2. (Photo: VNA) Khanh Hoa (VNA) – A man severely injured in an accident on board a fishing ship was brought ashore for treatment from Truong Sa township, the island district of Truong Sa off the coast of south-central Khanh Hoa province, on October 2. The 31-year-old fisherman was transported by a helicopter to Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City, according to Naval Region 4 High Command. The man, from neighbouring Ninh Thuan province, suffered serious intra-abdominal bleeding and hepatic rupture following a fall when the ship he was working on was in the waters near Truong Sa island . He was immediately taken to the island where military health workers provided him with first aid and mobilised local soldiers to donate him a total of 700ml of blood./. VNA … [Read more...] about Helicopter brings injured fisherman ashore for treatment

Medical workers tend to the sailors at the Con Dao military-civil medical centre (Source: VNA) Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – Nine critical ill sailors in a suspected food poisoning case on a Chinese vessel have been saved after being taken to the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, said a local health official. They are among 21 sailors on the Wu Zhou 8 en route from Thailand to China, who suddenly fell ill suspectedly from food poisoning when the cargo ship was about 63 miles to the southeast of Con Dao island , Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. After receiving distress calls from the ship on September 30 morning, the national rescue committee quickly dispatched two helicopters to bring the victims to a hospital onshore. When the rescue force arrived, 10 sailors were already dead and 11 others were in critical conditions. Another two sailors died on the way to a hospital on Con Dao island. Director of the Con Dao military-civil medical centre Le Cong Tho said on … [Read more...] about Ba Ria-Vung Tau: nine sailors on Chinese vessel saved in suspected food poisoning