Social Affairs

Thousands of children escape from malnutrition thanks to ECOSUN. (Photo: suckhoedoisong.vn)With the aim to reduce food security problems and malnutrition, especially among women and children, by addressing poverty and a lack of access to nutritious food, ECOSUN has improved nutritious food to suit local residents’ taste and aspiration. Under the project, nearly 1,700 children under 2 years old, over 2,500 children across 10 pre-schools, hundreds of poor female farmers who have children from 6-23 months old, have had access to more nutritious food and instruction on how to raise children by breast feeding and processed food, helping remarkably reduce the rate of malnutrition. Of which 78.8% of children have sufficient meals and the rate of child malnutrition has been reduced from 3.3-4.2%. Although the project has been completed, children and women in the 3 mountainous provinces have continued to benefit from the project as they were equipped with necessary nutrition knowledge … [Read more...] about Thousands of children benefit from food processing model

Photo for illustration (Source: vpubnd.quangnam.vn)It aims to increase the readiness to go to school among poor pupils in 2 pre-schools in Hoa Vang district and 3 in Lien Chieu districts by providing them maths, reading and writing skills; upgrading restrooms and providing hygienic equipment and practices for the children. Together with it, the project will be carried out to improve writing and reading skills among disadvantaged pupils in 5 pre-schools in Lien Chieu and Hoa Vang districts. Under the project, since 2015, the Early Learning Matters (ELM) toolkit has been provided for over 4,000 ethnic minority children aged 3-6 in Yen Bai and Quang Nam provinces. From now until 2020, the ELM will continue to be carried out across the 6 provinces and cities of Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Quang Binh, Da Nang, Tien Giang and Can Tho./. Compiled by BTA … [Read more...] about Nearly VND4.5 billion to increase education quality for disadvantaged…

Ethnic minority pupils assisted to have better educational results (Photo: VGP)The figures were announced during a meeting to review the ELM project held recently by Save the Children and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). Accordingly, the project has contributed to increasing readiness to go to school and comprehensive development of ethnic minority pupils in Yen Bai and Quang Nam provinces by improving the educational environment at schools and at home. After 3 years, the results showed that there had been remarkable development in children’s early education. In particular, their exercise skills increased by 44-56%, early reading and writing skills increased by 21-37%, maths access skills increased by 38-50% and social affection increased by 27-32%. Talking about the toolkit, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Head of Quang Nam province’s Tay Giang district Department of Education and Training, said teachers in the district have combined the implementation of the development … [Read more...] about Over 4,000 ethnic minority pupils assisted with education

The largest and most dynamic urban area of the country, is developing rapidly and becoming a modern city. Ho Chi Minh city’s centreThe city at sunriseSunset at Vinhomes Central ParkThe youth’s strength in the city 2018 sports and physical training festivalThe modern traffic systemModern portThe Ho Chi Minh city hi-tech zone BTA (Photos: SGGP) … [Read more...] about Sparkling Ho Chi Minh city

Photo for illustration (Source: VGP)Accordingly, the province has re-structured the agriculture so that it will develop in a comprehensive and modern way, with a focus on reducing agricultural production and increasing forestry, fisheries and services. The fisheries sector alone saw strong growth, from over 30% in 2008 to over 37% in 2017. With over 40,000 fishermen, the province has established seven offshore fishing service cooperatives, 12 fishing trade unions and 306 united teams of fishermen. In realization of the Government’s Decree 67/ND-CP on some policies on the development of fisheries, the province is assisting in building ships and upgrading fishing vessels, as well as giving preferential tax policies and logistics services and making favourable conditions for fishermen. Statistics indicate that the provincial People’s Committee has decided to give assistance to fishermen in 38 periods with a capital of over VND1.14 trillion. At present, it is considering the … [Read more...] about Quang Ngai province facilitates fishing activities