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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

NA Chairman visits the construction site of Long Thanh Airport project. (Photo: SGGP) Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh and leaders of central ministries accompanied the delegation. On the side of Dong Nai Province, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hong Linh, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Cao Tien Dung, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, and representatives of local departments participated. The delegation visited the resettlement area of Loc An - Binh Son and the Long Thanh Airport construction site, then worked with leaders of Dong Nai Province and Vietnam Airlines Corporation (ACV) afterward. At the meeting, Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Cao Tien Dung said that the Long Thanh Airport phase 1 project has more than 5,340 hectares and so far has been recovered and handed over 95 percent of the area, of which the prioritized area of 1,810 hectares have completed the compensation and basic support plan. For the … [Read more...] about NA Chairman checks construction progress of Long Thanh Airport project

Breast cancer discoveries and mRNA vaccines are seen as possible winners when the Nobel Medicine Prize kicks off a week of winner announcements on Monday, with this year's awards held under the shadow of war in Europe. Established more than 120 years ago before Europe was ravaged by two world wars, the Nobel prizes will celebrate those who have "conferred the greatest benefit on mankind" after a year marked by bloodshed and devastation in Ukraine. The Medicine Prize will be announced around 11:30 am (0930 GMT) in Stockholm on Monday, followed by the awards for physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday. The Peace Prize, the most highly anticipated of the awards and the only one announced in Oslo, will follow on Friday, with the Economics Prize wrapping things up on October 10. For medicine, one woman's name keeps popping up among prize watchers: US geneticist Mary-Claire King, who in 1990 discovered the BRCA1 gene responsible for a hereditary form of … [Read more...] about Medicine Prize opens Nobel week clouded by war

Read what is in the news in Vietnam today: Society -- An employee of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Da Nang City in central Vietnam was caught on camera rudely throwing money at a local restaurant and having a gang threaten the venue owner over a cash exchange dispute, the owner reported to authorities on Sunday. -- Police in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province said they detected 105 people testing positive for drugs at a club in Vinh Lac Ward in an inspection in the small hours of Sunday. -- A heavy rain that lasted for more than one hour flooded many downtown roads of Kon Tum City in the namesake Central Highlands province on Sunday afternoon, leaving local residents doubtful whether the sewer system worked properly. -- A Vietnamese specialized rescue ship repatriated the bodies of 13 crew members, who had died of suspected food poisoning on a Chinese-flagged ship off Ba Ria-Vung Tau, to the southern Vietnamese province’s mainland on Sunday … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — October 3

A customer at an HDBank office in Ha Noi. The SBV raised the cap of credit growth quota for 15 banks including HDBank in early September. — VNA/VNS Photo Businesses have faced difficulties in access to capital and commercial banks want to be able to lend freely to meet market demand. However, experts said the imposition of the credit growth cap is still necessary to keep the country’s macro economy stable in the short run. The credit growth quota regime was officially deployed in 2011 when Viet Nam’s economy was experiencing hyperinflation stemming from excessive money supply. The credit growth quota regime, putting a cap on the banking industry’s credit expansion, was announced by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) at the beginning of each year. Based on the credit growth quota for the entire banking industry, the SBV will determine the credit growth for each commercial bank depending on its financial health, with indicators including capital, asset quality, governance, business … [Read more...] about Credit growth cap remains indispensable for macroeconomic stability