Vietnam funded school

Vietnam, the co-organizer of the event, is considered one of the countries with strong performance in building efficient partnership in UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan. Quy said that Vietnam started sending personnel to UN peacekeeping missions in 2014. So far, 40 Vietnamese officers have been deployed to the UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Central African Republic. The first level-2 field hospital of Vietnam replaced the UK’s hospital in October 2018 and operated effectively in the host country, he noted. Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy speaks at the event. The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations has been selected as one of the four centers in Southeast Asia meeting international standards in training personnel for peacekeeping operations. At the event, which also saw the attendance of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and representatives from more than 100 UN member nations, delegates underlined the significance of UN … [Read more...] about Vietnam shares experience in building peacekeeping partnerships

Each of the students will enjoy the opportunity of receiving the Honda YES Plus Award worth US$10,000 if they choose to study abroad in Japan. Alternatively, they could earn US$7,000 if they accept and participate in internships at universities, research institutes, laboratories, or companies throughout Japan for a period of between two and a half months to a year for a total of four years starting from the date on which they won the award. Upon successful completion of the internship period, if the candidate is able to return to Japan to study for a Master's and PhD degree, he or she will receive an additional US$3,000 for academic and research work. Le Huu Phuc, Deputy General Director of Honda Vietnam, said that with the desire to seek and develop young talent throughout the field of science and technology, since 2006, the Honda Foundation of Japan working in collaboration with Honda Vietnam and the Ministry of Science and Technology have jointly deployed the Honda YES award for … [Read more...] about Honda honours young Vietnamese engineers and scientists

Army vehicles parade through the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (Archives photo) Meanwhile, VOV radio broadcasts furnished the soldiers’ “food for thought” and connected them with the world outside the jungles during those years of hardship.  Former VOV reporter Le Thong remembers the day he arrived at the Truong Son Trail in 1972. The two things that impressed him most were the dramatic atmosphere there with soldiers marching and supply trucks running day and night along the trail, and the soldiers’ iron will and endurance to overcome difficulties for national salvation. What kept the soldiers’ spirits up were their little pocket radios on which they listened to VOV broadcasts with music and news from home. One of the many moving stories Thong reported in his 3 years on Truong Son trail concerned a young volunteer who always kept his radio by his side. After he was killed, his body was located by his comrades thanks to his radio, which was still playing … [Read more...] about Stories of Ho Chi Minh trail told by VOV war correspondents

Vietnamese troops in a bomb and mine detection and clearance activity. PANO – The first conference of the Experts Working Group on Humanitarian Mine Action under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) will take place in Vietnam in mid-2014. The General Department of Politics instructs its units to popularize, ensure security and order, and prepare artistic performances for the event. Earlier, an initiative to form an ADMM+ expert working group on humanitarian mine action to overcome the aftermath of bombs and mines left by wars and conflicts, put forward by Vietnam, was adopted by the second ADMM+ in August 2013 in Brunei. Of which, Vietnam and India are the first co-chairs of the group. Accordingly, the two countries built an action plan for the group in the 2014-2017 period, which was discussed in the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) and will be approved in the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials' Meeting-Plus (ADSOM+) at … [Read more...] about Experts on humanitarian mine action to gather in mid-2014

The Hanoi Interior University under the Interior Ministry, the French Embassy in Vietnam and the Chandler Institute of Governance on December 6 jointly held an international conference on the training of the human resources in service of international integration. Photo for illustration. Source: baokiemtoannhanuoc.vn Opening the function with the participation of managers, experts and scientists from Vietnam, France, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Nigeria, Deputy Minister Trieu Van Cuong said the Vietnamese Government has implemented various cooperation activities with countries having rich experiences in administrative reform. This conference comes within the common efforts aimed at raising the quality of the personnel, thus pushing up the administrative reform, the official said, adding experiences learned from the function will create important theoretical and practical foundations for the ministry in providing consultations and … [Read more...] about Int’l conference on human resources training for integration