(CPV) - Vietnam will improve its readiness to prevent and cope with avian influenza under a USD1.7 million project extension funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

On the occasion of the anti-drug action month of June 2013, the Nghe An provincial People’s Committee steered the departments, sectors, organizations and people’s committees of districts, cities and towns to organize practical activities.

The Prime Minister has signed a decision on providing rice for pupils in regions that have extremely disadvantaged socio-economic conditions. Each pupil will be given 15 kilograms per month, with a maximum assistance of 9 months per year.

The Prime Minister has approved the spending of USD200,000 in non-refundable aid from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for technical support for the project to develop the rural infrastructure in central provinces.

The Garment 10 Joint Stock Corporation (GARCO 10) on June 18 presented helmets of standard quality to its 10,000 workers, and encouraged them to wear helmets as a practical action to contribute to reducing the bad consequences of traffic accidents.

A delegation of 10 experienced Vietnamese doctors from the Thai Binh Medical College gave medical treatment and medicines free-of-charge to nearly 6,000 Cambodian people in the poor district of Ruissey Keo of Phnom Penh capital city, said the Vietnam – Cambodia Friendship Association on June 18.

The Prime Minister has adopted a project on providing healthcare for people in the Central Highlands region, in its second phase, with a total capital of USD76.6 million, of which USD70 million was lent by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

(CPV) - The Vietnam Farmers’ Association Central Committee, in collaboration with the Cao Bang provincial Farmers’ Association, organized a meeting on June 16 to respond to the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Cao Bang province.

In the 2010-2012 period, Mekong River Delta provinces assisted 311,556 rural labourers with vocational training, including 136,845 labourers learning agricultural industries and 174,711 labourers learning non-agricultural industries, according to the General Department of Vocational Training.

Vietnam has over 1.2 million disabled children, including those affected by the aftermaths of war, especially toxic chemicals, bombs, mines and explosive remnants. It poses a great challenge to the country in ensuring their rights and helping them integrate into society.

Under a newly issued directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, corruption prevention measures will be taught at educational and training facilities from the 2013-2014 academic year.

Vietnamese national TV channel VTV1 this morning confirmed that prisoner Cu Huy Ha Vu did not go on a hunger strike as rumored.

There were 104 social housing projects nationwide as of the end of May, 47 of which were converted from commercial ones, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Experts have proposed step by step applying Mexico’s multidimensional poverty measurement as a feasible basis for relevant agencies to adjust or stipulate new policies on poverty reduction and social welfare from 2015 upwards.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang has made replies in written form to questions and petitions raised by NA deputies and voters on issues under his charge, focusing on the inspection results of small- and medium-scale hydro electric projects nationwide.

Labour Minister Pham Thi Hai Chuyen was the third Cabinet member to participate in a live question and answer session on June 13 at the National Assembly's ongoing fifth session.

Police in northern mountainous Bac Giang province on June 13 uncovered a drug smuggling case involved 40 heroin cakes and two Lao people.

A music night with the theme Thap Sang Uoc Mo (To Light up a Dream) will raise money for a fund that offers scholarships to poor and ethnic minority students who have excellent learning results.

The Vietnamese People’s Navy and the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) on June 12 organized a workshop in Hai Phong city to sign a cooperation program on mobilizing women to participate in building and protecting sea and islands sovereignty in the period of 2013-2017.

Over the past time, thanks to intervention activities of the HIV/AIDS prevention project, Vietnam’s HIV infection rate has been reduced from 25% in 2006 to over 12% in 2012.