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During a field trip to Thanh Hoa to inspect its preparation for the storm, the official asked chairpersons of the province and its districts to directly steer the evacuation work. The province needs to set forth plans to protect crops and facilities, minimizing all potential losses caused by the disaster, he said, highlighting the core role of armed forces in handling storm-related incidents. While in Thanh Hoa, the Deputy PM inspected the operation of Cua Dat reservoir in Thuong Xuan district. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on August 16 urged the central province of Thanh Hoa to mobilize all resources in order to protect the lives and property of local residents as storm Bebinca approaches. The province houses up to 610 reservoirs, of which 124 have failed to meet safety regulations in cases of flooding. All the 7,443 vessels and 27,747 people working at sea in Thanh Hoa have reached shelters. Storm Bebinca, the fourth appearing in the East Sea this year, is … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa asked to mobilize resources for storm prevention

The conference was co-held by the non-profit SNV Netherlands Development Organization and the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the northern province to review the spring rice crop and award winners of the project’s first phase. The three winners received prizes worth a total of USD 100,000. Of the amount, USD 50,000 was given to the first prize winner – FARI-SEED JSC, a member of Field Crops Research Institute. At the award ceremony The AgResults Vietnam Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Pilot is a four-year, 8-million-USD results-based financing project that aims to test and scale up innovative technologies, tools, and approaches to reduce GHG emissions in the land cultivation and production stages for rice, while also increasing yield, reducing poverty, protecting the environment, and combating the effects of climate change. The AVERP project is conducted in two phases in the Red River Delta’s Thai Binh province. The first … [Read more...] about Thai Binh AVERP project awards best technologies in GHG emissions

Accordingly, needy students with outstanding academic results in the 2017-2018 academic year in the Mekong Delta will be presented scholarships from the “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” established by the Nhan dan (People’s) newspaper. This is the first edition of this year. At the press conference Mr. Nguyen Hong Sam, Head of the newspaper’s representative office in Can Tho city, told that the scholarships will be funded by the Lien Viet Post JSC Commercial Bank. The award ceremony will take place at Can Tho University on August 18, honoring 1,300 students from primary, secondary, and high schools across 13 regional cities and provinces. 100 students from all cities and provinces of the region will receive scholarships worth VND 3 million each. Established in 2012, the fund aims to step up the campaign for building a more educated society, which helps improve the quality of learning at secondary schools in communes nationwide.  The scholarship … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta disadvantaged students to receive scholarships

At the press conference (Photo: PANO)The information was announced by Nguyen Hong Sam, Head of the Newspaper’s Representative Office in Can Tho city, during a press conference on August 13th. According to Mr. Sam, each locality will receive 100 scholarships (worth VND3 million each) sponsored by the LienViet Post Bank, helping poor and disadvantaged pupils as well as young talents in diverse areas develop themselves and enjoy an equitable educational environment. Established in 2012, the fund aims to increase education quality at the communal level, contributing to realizing Party and State as well as educational sector guidelines, view-points and measures on education and training, helping society have better awareness of the road to educational development, and creating determination and will in training the young generation. Over the past years, some pupils in the Mekong River Delta have had to drop out of schools due to their disadvantaged circumstances. Therefore, the fund … [Read more...] about Fund provides 1,300 scholarships to poor pupils

Scholarships given to 30 needy students at the program In the program, the organizing panel raised nearly VND 15 billion from businesses and sponsors for the "Help Students Go To Schools" Scholarship Fund in support of disadvantaged students before the new school year 2018-2019. The organizers also presented 2,000 new notebooks, to each of the five suburban districts and the program’s scholarships to 30 needy students. In addition, the activity aimed to encourage volunteers, youths and citizens to have habits of doing physical exercises to have good health for study. Translated by Lam Anh … [Read more...] about More than 3,000 people walk for needy students