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Soc Trang (VNA) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man offered the best wishes to state welfare beneficiaries and poor families in An Lac Thon town, Ke Sach district, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on January 20 during a visit a head of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. He presented gifts to gift packages to 100 state welfare beneficiary and poor households, each including 1 million VND (43 USD) and 10kg of rice. On the same day, Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, paid a pre-Tet visit to the Duc Minh border post in Mo Duc district, the central province of Quang Ngai. He also visited families of revolutionary veterans Vo Phan, Do Quang Thang, Tran Cao Minh and Pham Thanh Bien in Quang Ngai city. Also the day, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission, visited … [Read more...] about Vietnam Fatherland Front leader pays pre-Tet visit to Soc Trang

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Thailand held the seventh political consultation under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and Permanent Secretary of the Thai Foreign Ministry Busaya Mathelin in Hanoi on January 20. The two sides shared the view that the friendship and enhanced strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand have attained strong and substantive strides. In 2019, their high-level leaders continued to exchange visits, including an official trip to Thailand and the attendance in the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) there by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in August. They also frequently met each other at multilateral forums, especially on the sidelines of the ASEAN summits hosted by Thailand. Cooperation mechanisms have continued proving effective, the officials said, noting that the countries successfully organised the third meeting of the joint committee on bilateral cooperation in … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Thailand hold 7th political consultation in Hanoi

The MoH has noticed that as several countries in the region have recorded acute pneumonia caused by nCoV, the risk of the disease spreading into Vietnam is very possible, especially as the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival approaches. For that reason, the ministry continues to direct and closely monitor epidemics at border gates and hospitals and in the community to quickly detect any suspected cases for timely treatment, while sending missions to inspect disease prevention and control in localities to ensure that disease prevention work is carried out continuously even during Tet and other festivals at the beginning of the new lunar year. To proactively prevent acute pneumonia caused by nCoV, the MoH has provided advice for people on how to protect themselves from the virus by warning them to limit contact with people suffering from acute respiratory infections. If necessary, people should wear surgical masks and keep their distance. People were also advised to keep warm, … [Read more...] about No acute pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus reported in Vietnam: Health ministry

The health department has launched a mobile app called Medical Tourism Assistant which helps patients seeking basic information on healthcare services and hospitals in the city. It plans to develop the app in English to meet the demand from foreign tourists next year. … [Read more...] about Workshop discusses HCM City’s key medical tourism products

Menh and his friends still retain Tet practices such as preparing New Year Eve’s offerings, xông đất (first footing) and hái lộc (picking luck or snapping off a peach blossom branch from a tree on the grounds for the family shrine). … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese feel Tet’s warmth far from home