Catholics presented with Xmas gifts

A delegation, including Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, along with representatives of Dong Nai province’s authorities visited and presented gifts to Catholic dignitaries and their followers on December 13.

At the Xuan Loc Catholic Diocese, the delegation wished Bishop Nguyen Cu Trinh and several Catholic dignitaries and followers a merry and peaceful Christmas.

They presented gifts and praised Catholics contributions to implementing the Party’s policies and State’s laws, as well as their participation in emulation movements.

In 2010, over 900,000 Catholic followers in the province raised the provincial per capita income to 29 million VND (nearly 1,500 USD) per year.

The delegation hoped that Catholics would continue to contribute to the province’s socio-economic development.

Bishop Nguyen Cu Trinh thanked the delegation for their care and best wishes.

On the occasion, the delegation visited and presented gifts to a number of outstanding Catholic families that have made contributions to the nation’s revolutionary cause in Trang Bom district./.

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Vietnam to attend World Youth Festival

A 135-member delegation from Vietnam will attend the World Festival of Youth and Students in South Africa from Dec. 12-21.

They will join about 12,000 other delegates from 110 countries and territories.

Speaking at a press conference on the festival in Hanoi on Dec. 8, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee Pham Van Mai said the Vietnamese delegation will enhance the image of Vietnam during the renewal process and mark the contributions of youth to national construction and defence.

The festival will take the theme, “For a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation - Let's Defeat Imperialism”.

The Vietnamese delegation will host a conference on the 80th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and participate in the international tribunal against imperialism to condemn the use of chemical substances during wars, causing an aftermath unacceptable to people. The Vietnamese delegation will call on international friends and organisations to ask for justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.

Vietnam will also take part in many conferences and seminars on poverty reduction and gender equality and hold bilateral exchanges with other participating delegations./.

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PM visits flood hit areas, OVs grant relief aid

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation pay a visit to Quang Binh, the hardest-hit province by flood

Photo: Tuoi Tre

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation Saturday paid a visit to Quang Binh, the hardest-hit province by flood.

Floods has claimed 42 lives, left 17 missing and injured 45 others. Losses are estimated at VND1.3 trillion (US$68.4 million).

PM Dung and the delegation visited Duy Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, one of localities suffering greatest losses in the historical floods.

Praising solidarity of people in the flood-hit areas, PM Dung asked the provincial Party Committee and local authorities to coordinate with relevant agencies to seek for missing people and assist families with dead and injured persons, as well as control epidemics and surmount damaged infrastructure, especially houses.

He also asked the provincial officials to mobilised forces, especially the medical sector to focus on environmental hygiene to prevent disease occurrence.

He required the province to promptly recover social welfare projects, particularly schools and medical stations for children to return school and provide medical checks-up to people.

The same day, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs informed that overseas Vietnamese has contributed over VND400 million ($21,000) to help flood victims in central provinces of Vietnam.

The donation was raised by the delegation of overseas Vietnamese, who are in Hanoi for the celebrations of the millennium birthday of the city.

Tran Duc Mau, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs said that the committee will channel the donation to the victims as soon as possible.
 

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PM visits flood hit areas, OVs grant relief aid

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation pay a visit to Quang Binh, the hardest-hit province by flood

Photo: Tuoi Tre

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation Saturday paid a visit to Quang Binh, the hardest-hit province by flood.

Floods has claimed 42 lives, left 17 missing and injured 45 others. Losses are estimated at VND1.3 trillion (US$68.4 million).

PM Dung and the delegation visited Duy Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, one of localities suffering greatest losses in the historical floods.

Praising solidarity of people in the flood-hit areas, PM Dung asked the provincial Party Committee and local authorities to coordinate with relevant agencies to seek for missing people and assist families with dead and injured persons, as well as control epidemics and surmount damaged infrastructure, especially houses.

He also asked the provincial officials to mobilised forces, especially the medical sector to focus on environmental hygiene to prevent disease occurrence.

He required the province to promptly recover social welfare projects, particularly schools and medical stations for children to return school and provide medical checks-up to people.

The same day, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs informed that overseas Vietnamese has contributed over VND400 million ($21,000) to help flood victims in central provinces of Vietnam.

The donation was raised by the delegation of overseas Vietnamese, who are in Hanoi for the celebrations of the millennium birthday of the city.

Tran Duc Mau, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs said that the committee will channel the donation to the victims as soon as possible.
 

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