A charity walk to call for support for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims and disabled people was organised in Ho Chi Minh City on August 5, attracting 5,000 people.
Participants of the charity walk to call for support for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims and disabled people in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: SGGP)
The event was held by the municipal Red Cross Society on the occasion of the Agent Orange Day (August 10).
Last year, a similar walk helped the organisation raise more than VND1.3 billion (US$57,200) for more than 2,800 AO/dioxin victims.
In 2011-2016, the programme collected over VND13.6 billion ($598,460), providing support for a total of 18,480 people.
Space HCMC has assigned functional agencies to plan for the construction of 12ha of new parks, green space and for nurturing 6,000 existing trees in order to increase the ratio of green space to 3-4m²/person.
Frequent power outages caused big losses for shipping businesses which must pay port charges. Currently, port fee can range from US$30,000 to $50,000 a day.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) sent a document proposing cooperation in transporting exam questions for the national high school graduation exam and university entrance examination to aviation organizations and businesses.
A consultative workshop featuring Da Lat City’s application for new member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) took place in Da Lat City this morning.
