Military readiness

PANO – Military Zone (MZ) 5 on June 12 th conducted a live fire drill for troops of Battalion 5 of Division 2’s Regiment 38, the MZ’s brigades, and the province’s armed forces at National Military Training Centre 2 in Binh Thanh commune, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province, as part of the command exercise with field components from June 7 th to 12 th . With their good preparations, serious training, and joint rehearsal, the participating units well fulfilled all stages in the live fire drill, meeting all set technical and tactical requirements while ensuring complete safety for people, weapons, and equipment. The drill in particular and the command exercise in general aimed to raise cadres’ capability of commanding and applying tactics in attacking enemy, as well as strengthen mobility and combat readiness of troops. Translated by Tran Hoai … [Read more...] about MZ5’s units fulfil command exercise

During the program, women’s union of Ngu Phung commune were equipped with knowledge on the Party’s guidelines and State’s laws and policies relating to defense and security work in the border areas and sea and islands. Meanwhile, they also got familiar with the basic contents of the Laws on Vietnam Border Guard, Marriage and Family, Gender Equality, Prevention of and Combat against Human Trafficking, among others. On this occasion, the organizing panel handed over 10 gifts (worth VND 300,000 each) to needy women, and presented 30 national flags, planted 60 trees in Ngu Phung commune while visiting and offering gifts to troops at the Border Post of Phu Quy Port Border Gate. The program aimed to share difficulties with needy women in the areas, and take care of needy people and soldiers in the border areas and on sea and islands. It also helped improve women members’ knowledge on laws, thereby promoting their responsibility in local development as well as in the fight against … [Read more...] about “Standing side by side with women in border areas” program conducted in Phu Quy island district

Global private equity firm General Atlantic plans to plough $2 billion into India and Southeast Asia over the next two years after falling valuations made the region's startups more attractive, a senior executive told Reuters . General Atlantic is in early-stage investment talks with about 15 companies in sectors including technology, financial services, retail and consumer, Sandeep Naik, the head of its business in India and Southeast Asia, said in an interview. The market for startups, especially in India, is going through a rough patch. After raising a record $35 billion in 2021, founders are struggling to attract cash, sparking fears of lower valuations and forcing some to cut jobs. After investing just $190 million in Indian startups in 2021, its lowest ever annual figure, General Atlantic is now ready to loosen its purse strings, Naik said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. "The realism is setting in. We were waiting for the … [Read more...] about General Atlantic plans $2 billion investment in India, Southeast Asia

Accordingly, the command and relevant organizations held meaningful activities to help islanders and fishermen in the district. On May 21, a delegation of the Coast Guard Region 3 Command disseminated information about Vietnamese sea and islands, and Laws on Vietnam Coast Guard, and Drug Prevention and Control and other legal documents related to Vietnam’s sea and islands. In addition, participants were also equipped with information about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In Long Dien town of Long Dien district, the troops, in coordination with local youths, cleaned the environment and collected waste along the beach. In the framework of the program, the delegation visited and presented 100 gifts to policy households and 200 gifts to needy fishermen, worth VND 1 million each, while handing over national flags, medicines, raincoats ... to poor people in the locality. The command also worked with Hung Vuong Hospital and District No.2 Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City … [Read more...] about Coast Guard Region 3 supports local fishermen

During the program, students were provided with basic knowledge on the Vietnam Border Guard Law, including six chapters, which was effective from January 1, 2022. The Law on Vietnam Border Guard includes the task of protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security. It also clearly defines the functions and tasks of the Border Guard force, as well as of the whole political system at all levels in the construction, management and protection of national sovereignty over border areas, sea and islands, meeting two strategic tasks of building and defending the Fatherland in the current context; building the borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation and development. The program contributed to raising students’ awareness of the Law on Vietnam Border Guard, so as to promote their responsibility in protecting national sovereignty over border, sea and islands areas. In the framework of the event, leaders of Ha An Secondary School also instructed the students to prevent … [Read more...] about Law dissemination promoted among students in Quang Ninh province

The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada's two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to restore power to half a million people. The storms, which lasted more than two hours Saturday afternoon and packed the power of a tornado, left a trail of destruction in parts of Ontario and Quebec. Wind gusts as strong as 132 km (82 miles) per hour felled trees, uprooted electric poles and toppled many metal transmission towers, utility companies said. Electricity companies were scrambling on Sunday to restore transmission lines. Most of the deaths from the storms occurred when people were hit by falling trees, authorities said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government was ready to help those in need. "We're thinking of everyone affected, and thanking the crews who are working to restore power," Trudeau tweeted on Sunday. Hydro One, Ontario's biggest electricity … [Read more...] about Storms kill at least 8 in Canada, leave half a million without power