Almost 50 scientific and historical researchers gathered in the Mekong delta province of Vinh Long on Sept. 8 for a symposium on the life and cause of former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on Sept. 8 inaugurated a stele house in memory of its experiences prior to the Dien Bien Phu victory which put an end to the French presence in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), in association with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), announced its plan to deal with climate change on September 8.

(CPV)- In Hanoi, today September 7, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vietnam inked two loan agreements totaling 160 million USD and a 11 million USD grant agreement.

A conference will be held in Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh on September 9-10 to discuss a project to develop social work profession, announced the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs at a press briefing in Hanoi on September 6.

A seminar on “Gender and Implementation of millennium development goals (MDGs) in Vietnam” opened on September 6 in the Central Highland city of Da Lat in Lam Dong province.

On September 6, Coca Cola inaugurated a safe water construction at the Van Binh secondary school, together with other safe water constructions in Thuong Tin district, Hanoi, providing nearly 6,000 pupils and students and 183 families access to safe water.

During a meeting on the preparation for the celebration of 1,000 years of Thang Long – Hanoi on September 6, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that as planned, up to 20,000 people are expected to participate in the meeting and parade at Ba Dinh Square on October 10.

The Ha Tinh provincial Association of Victims of Agent Orange, together with sponsors from Ha Tinh province and Ho Chi Minh City gave 164 presents and scholarships worth VND 700 million to children who are affected by Agent Orange and those from disadvantaged families.

The Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee on September 5 held a reburial service for the remains of Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives during the resistance war against US aggressors in 1968.

Prof Ngo Bao Chau was presented with the title of outstanding citizen of Hanoi 2010 on September 4 by Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao.

Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders on National Day (Sept. 2) paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Memorial House at Nha Rong Wharf, where he left on a vessel to seek ways of liberating the country.

Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri and Salavan province of Laos on Sept. 3 began construction of a border marker called grand marker 635 on their shared border.

A firework display and an open-air concert brightened the capital city of Hanoi where President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 65 years ago on Sept.2.

Plan International held a workshop to launch a project on natural disaster control and aftermath mitigation in the central province of Quang Tri on September 1.

(CPV)- Coinciding with the launch of Vietnam's annual road traffic safety month, today August 31, the WHO and the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) announced the commencement of a new program to strengthen road safety in Vietnam, particularly prevention of drinking and driving, a behavior that places individuals as well as other innocent road users at substantially greater risk of road injury and trauma.

CPV: The widely acclaimed GE movie night is being held for the fourth time in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on August 30 and 31, respectively, for underprivileged Vietnamese children coming from the Ha Cau nurturing center (Hanoi) and the Binh Loi center (Ho Chi Minh City).

(CPV)- The UN Independent Expert on human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda, visited Vietnam during 23-29 August to collect first-hand information on the situation of people living in extreme poverty and on efforts undertaken by the Vietnamese Government to improve their situation.

CPV: Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd (CVN), on August 29, co-coordinated with the Thanh Ba District People’s Committee, teachers and pupils in Phuong Linh primary school, to organize a launching ceremony for the “Canon social and cultural volunteer network”.

A Traffic Safety Month was launched at the August 19 Square on August 29 with the participation of more than 1,500 policemen, transport officials and staff, and young volunteers.