In the past five years, Vietnamese living abroad sent more than US$71 billion in remittances to the country with an average annual growth rate of 6%, largely contributing to improving the balance of payments and increasing the state foreign exchange reserves. As of October 2020, overseas Vietnamese from 27 countries and territories have invested US$1.6 billion in 362 projects in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese: Inseparable part of Vietnam
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More Vietnamese in Brunei repatriated
The passengers were Lilama Company workers whose labour contracts had expired, and others in difficult circumstances. The Vietnamese Embassy in Brunei sent its staff to the airport to support the Vietnamese in check-in procedures. VietJet Air applied stringent Covid-19 prevention regulations during the flight. On arrival at the airport, all the passengers and crew members were taken to a quarantine site to ensure safety. … [Read more...] about More Vietnamese in Brunei repatriated
More Vietnamese female officers to join UN peacekeeping ranks: defense ministry
Vietnam has officially participated in UN peacekeeping operations since 2014, but not until January 2018 did a female officer join peacekeeping missions in South Sudan. In October 2018, a field hospital was erected for the UN mission in South Sudan to include 10 Vietnamese female officers among its 63 personnel. A second field hospital was erected in November last year to replace the former, with Vietnam still maintaining the same female participation rate. … [Read more...] about More Vietnamese female officers to join UN peacekeeping ranks: defense ministry
UNICEF to give therapeutic food to Vietnamese children
"The life-saving therapeutic food will be distributed to commune health centres through the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)," UNICEF said. "An estimated over 4,000 acutely malnourished children in Vietnam will benefit every day for the next three months from this life-saving nutrition treatment." … [Read more...] about UNICEF to give therapeutic food to Vietnamese children
Randomness, lack of curation cause bumpy ride for public art
In Tam Thanh fishing village, many locals have given up their traditional fishing job and moved to other places after selling their land to outsiders, Thuong said. The newcomers rebuilt houses, damaging the murals on the walls and the local identity. … [Read more...] about Randomness, lack of curation cause bumpy ride for public art
