Kon Tum (VNA) - About 200 sets of winter clothes were presented to primary school students in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum by the Vietnam News Agency’s representative office in the Central and Central Highlands region and the Kon Tum Power Company on the morning of January 26. The students, who are from the Xe Dang ethnic minority group, are studying at the Dak Nen Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities in Dak Nen commune, Kon Plong district. The school has a total of eight campuses, the farthest of which is in Dak Puk Village, 30km away from the centre of Dak Nen. The Dak Pao campus has only five students in first grade; the smallest number of all. The handover was part of a programme to bring impoverished children in mountainous and ethnic minority areas a warmer Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Ethnic minorities in remote Dak Nen commune face many hardships, said Principal Le Tan Truong Anh. Most of the students have to walk a long distance to … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency brings warmer Tet to poor ethnic children in Kon Tum
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Foliage seasons comes brilliantly in deciduous broad-leaved forests
Hue’s mangrove forest in autumn is a beautiful sight Ru Cha in early October has the yellow colors of an autumn forest. It is the only primary forest on Tam Giang Lagoon, in Thuan Hoa village, Huong Phong commune, Huong Tra town, Thua Thien-Hue Province. … [Read more...] about Foliage seasons comes brilliantly in deciduous broad-leaved forests
Young Ca Dong archivist keeps art of indigenous cymbals living on
A young Ca Dong person who yearns to keep the musical heritage of his community alive, 32-year-old Dinh Van Sieng from Son Tay District of the central province of Quang Ngai went on a quest to collect pieces of traditional gongs and cymbals -- the emblems of his culture. … [Read more...] about Young Ca Dong archivist keeps art of indigenous cymbals living on
Infectious diseases under control thanks to expanded immunisation programme
No cases of wild polio were reported in 2020. This is the 20th year Việt Nam has successfully eradicated polio and also the 15th year of neonatal tetanus elimination, according to Associate Professor Dương Thị Hồng, deputy director of National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. … [Read more...] about Infectious diseases under control thanks to expanded immunisation programme
Ministry orders to tighten import of sturgeon with clear origin
Because lately, the Ministry has taken samples of the fish in Yen So wholesale market in Hanoi and Binh Dien wholesale market in Ho Chi Minh City and test result has shown that up to 72 percent of sturgeon in the two markets is the specie which is not allowed for selling in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Ministry orders to tighten import of sturgeon with clear origin
