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More than 400 children’s paintings that won the National Children’s Painting Contest 2023 are on display at the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts, Hanoi, from June 1 to 10.  Delegates are watching paintings chosen from the National Children’s Painting Contest 2023. Photos: the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts The paintings are selected from 38,125 entries from 515 schools and art centers in 44 provinces and cities nationwide. The event aims to provide artistic activities in and out of school, creating a helpful playground for students to develop their painting skills.  The contest’s award ceremony and the National Children’s Painting Exhibition 2023 opening were held on May 31 at the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts in Hanoi. Speaking at the event, Ta Quang Dong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, emphasized that the contest and exhibition enabled children to express their emotions, views, ...

Drowning has been one of the top 10 causes of death for children from 5 to 14 years old in Vietnam currently. On average, there are more than 3,500 drowning deaths each year, including nearly 2,000 children. Beginning from that reality, it is more urgent to strengthen and expand the intervention scope of child drowning prevention projects nationwide, requiring close coordination and effective participation of branches, unions, and international organizations to form an interdisciplinary network for drowning prevention. The MoU and cooperation agreement announcement marks a new cooperation period for child drowning prevention. Accordingly, Bloomberg Philanthropies commits to accompanying and providing financial and technical support to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to implement the Child Drowning Prevention Program for the 2023 – 2025 period, which is based on the Child Injury Prevention Program in the 2021-2030 period approved by the Prime Minister. ...

Representatives of Song Lam Nghe An Football Club and Japan’s Mito HollyHock Football Club meet on May 31 in the central province of Nghe An. Photo: VNA Song Lam Nghe An Football Club will receive experts and coaches from Japan’s Mito HollyHock Club to improve the quality of training for its players, Truong Manh Linh, General Director and CEO of Song Lam Nghe An said, VNA reported. Representatives of the two clubs had a meeting in the central province of Nghe An on May 31 to exchange experiences and seek cooperation directions in training young players, towards a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the future. Linh said that the two clubs will send players to learn from each other. More importantly, Song Lam Nghe An wants to improve management quality and follow the model of Mito HollyHock with sustainable development, Linh said. Tran Quoc Tuan, president of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), said that Song Lam Nghe An with a long history of development is well ...

There were a total of 135 a dministrative inspection procedures done by the Fisheries Control Force over the past 5 months. The force detected 52 cases of violations in the field of fishing, with a total amount of VND 689 million and confiscated 16 sets of stun guns, cage. Many captain’s licenses were stripped in some cases because they did not maintain cruise monitoring equipment when operating at sea. It is concluded that main violations in Khanh Hoa are electrical fishing, fishing in the wrong area, and disabling the connection of the monitoring device for fishing vessels. There are also illegal fishermen operating without a certificate. Training for fishermen to comply with regulations on anti-IUU fishing (Photo: Khanh Hoa Newspaper). At the recent meeting of the National Steering Committee on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing), Vice Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee Tran Hoa Nam asked stakeholders to be proactively implemen...

The organizers and representatives of the sponsors of the golf tournament ‘The First ICHAM CUP’. Photo: VNP On the afternoon of May 31 in Hanoi, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (ICHAM) held a press conference to announce “The First ICHAM CUP,” a binational golf tournament. The tournament took place in Vinh Phuc on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Italy (March 23, 1973-March 23, 2023) and the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership between the two countries (2013-2023). The tournament lasted from May 31 to August 7, 2023 with the participation of more than 100 players, guests of honor, successful businessmen, partners and members of ICHAM. Besides, there are side activities such as the seminar “Sustainability and Energy Transformation,” and networking events for businesses. Speaking at the event, Antonio Alessandro, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam emphasized that the announcement ceremony...

Localities work with Vietnamese Ambassador to RoK. Photo: WVR In order to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK organized the Vietnam local promotion program in the RoK in 2023 (in Seoul from May 29-30, in Anyang on May 30 and in Busan on May 31). Attending the program were leaders of Bac Lieu, Can Tho, Kon Tum and Thua Thien Hue provinces and representatives of local departments, agencies and businesses. In Seoul, from May 29-30, the Vietnamese delegation had meetings with Nguyen Vu Tung, Vietnamese ambassador to the RoK, Tran Hai Linh, head of the Vietnam-Korea Business and Investment Association (VKBIA), Yoo Ming-Bong, secretary general of the Governors Association of the RoK, and Kwak Sungil, director of the Korea National Center for APEC Studies. The delegation attended the seminar “Connecting V...

Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal. (Image Credit: Oli’s Secretariat). Image Credit: ANI epal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka ‘Prachanda’ is all set to visit Ujjain and Indore in Madhya Pradesh as a part of his 4-day official visit to India next week, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Dahal, who assumed office in December last year, is set to begin his India visit from May 31-June 3 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. During the visit, the Prime Minister of Nepal will call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar. In addition to the official engagements, the Prime Minister of Nepal will also be visiting Ujjain and Indore as part of his visit, according to the official release of MEA. A high-level delegation will accompany Nepal PM Dahal during his visit. PM Dahal will also hold extensive talks with Prime Minister Modi to discuss the diverse areas of the bilateral partnership between India and Nepal, the Ministry of Extern...

Tam Thanh mural village is located in Tam Thanh commune, Tam Ky City, Quang Nam province . The village has one side bordering the sea and the other side bordering the Truong Giang River, about 7km from the center of Tam Ky city. This is the first mural village in Vietnam under the cooperation of Vietnamese and Korean artists and volunteers, which was established in 2016. It has helped attract many domestic and foreign tourists coming to this place to explore the unique sight of arts and creativity. Photo: sgtiepthi The project was a success, and the village has been brought to life by the paintings. The entire town is now a breathtaking walk-through gallery just waiting to be explored. The murals that adorn it capture the life and soul of the village, from young children playing, to fishermen in the ocean. Mixed in are a good number of fantasy pieces offering great backdrops for photos. However, the murals degraded over time, which affected the number of tourists. To r...