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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

On October 1, she handed 200 million VND (8,600 USD) and 200 boxes of necessities worth over 120 million VND to families that suffer serious damage in housing, crops and livelihoods. Poor, near-poor households and those living in disadvantaged circumstances received 1-5 million VND in aid each. The same day, the Quang Ngai provincial Red Cross Society and the national charity alliance handed over 300 relief package, each valued at 305,000 VND, to disadvantaged and storm-hit families. The storm pulled down and unroofed nearly 1,300 houses, damaged more than 300ha of vegetables and other crops, many schools, medical stations and roads. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Relief handed to storm victims in Quang Ngai

Last year, Yen Bai faced a barrage of, in total, 21 natural disasters, including two flash floods in Mu Cang Chai, Tram Tau and Van Chan districts, and Nghia Lo town, which, it is estimated, caused damage of up to VND 1,855 billion. Statistics show that these disasters left 86 people dead, missing or injured, and 3,471 houses either collapsed or completely swept away, and over 2,814 hectares of rice paddies and vegetables damaged or lost. Speaking at the event, the VFF President expressed his sympathy for the losses of locals, especially in the eastern districts of the province. He also urged local authorities to allocate the funding to deserving people and quickly stabilize local production. He asked the Fatherland Front of Yen Bai to mobilize the human resources for the construction of houses for people that lost their homes during floods and take care of disadvantaged households, hopefully helping them enjoy the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday despite their recent … [Read more...] about More new houses to support impoverished people

The Police Division of Administrative Management on Social Media under Dak Lak Province Public Security Department is issuing chip-based citizen ID cards to people in need. (Photo: Public Security Ministry) In a recent virtual meeting on implementing Project 06 held in Thai Nguyen Province, certain problems have been reported in the process of promoting digital transformation to serve citizens and businesses despite the strong determination of central and local state agencies. Statistics from the Ministry of Information and Communications reveal that the current IT state of ministries and state agencies is not sufficient to implement Project 06. During the connection among these units to access the available formal e-identification database, only 6/20 units can satisfy the hardware demands (accounting for 30 percent). Merely 5/20 units can answer the requirements of the system to handle administrative procedures and 3/20 of necessary equipment for the one-station model at … [Read more...] about National digital transformation project focuses on citizens, businesses