Ho Chi Minh City will continue exerting efforts to improve living conditions for poor households and disadvantaged groups needing support, affirmed Nguyen Thi Thu, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee.
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi MinhCity will continue exerting efforts to improve living conditions for poorhouseholds and disadvantaged groups needing support, affirmed Nguyen Thi Thu,Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee.
At a conference held by the city’sDepartment of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on January 4, she asked thedepartment to focus on reviewing the list of welfare policy beneficiaries andrevolution contributors, ensuring all of them receive adequate support.
In the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival,the department should coordinate with other departments and agencies to carefor the needy, she said, revealing that the city People’s Committee has decidedto increase budget allocation for Tet gifts to policy beneficiaries, revolutioncontributors and the poor by 15 percent, or 100 billion VND, from last year.
Thu also requested the department to keep updatedon the wage and Tet bonus that local enterprises pay labourers, while workingwith the firm to ask them to care for labourers in the most important event ofthe year.
In 2017, the department is assigned to devisemeasures to boost the labour market and create more jobs for labourers, whilediversifying job placement services.-VNA
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Throughout its resistance against colonialists and imperialists, Vietnam developed a revolutionary press that has served as a benchmark for just and legitimate causes worldwide.
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PM Chinh lauded the press’s historic role in the nation’s fight for independence and its ongoing process of national development, affirming that the Government always highly appreciates the close partnership and steadfast support of press agencies and journalists nationwide.
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A hub for sharing best practices, the event aims to forge solutions for financial sustainability, public media contracts, audience engagement, content innovation, and newsroom restructuring. It is also a moment for Vietnam’s media to accelerate its progress and figure out what the “revolutionary press” means in a new era.
From “Thanh nien”, Vietnam’s first revolutionary newspaper founded by Nguyen Ai Quoc (later President Ho Chi Minh) on June 21, 1925, the revolutionary press has remained devoted to its sacred missions -accompanying the nation, serving the Fatherland, and working for the people.
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Bernama CEO Datin Paduka Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin said VNA has been a consistent and reliable partner in OANA, contributing actively to the regional media landscape through content sharing, coordination, and policy discussions. Their coverage of ASEAN and Indochina issues adds valuable perspectives. Bernama appreciates the collaboration with VNA.
In this era of global integration and digitalisation, the press must adopt modern multimedia models to not only meet increasing information and communication demands but also align with the broader socio-economic development of the country.
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Running until June 21, the festival brings together more than 80 central and local media organisations, featuring nearly 130 exhibition booths that cover the full spectrum of national life, encompassing economy, politics, culture, society, defence, security, and foreign affairs.
As of June 17, Ca Mau province had achieved its target of supporting the construction and renovation of 4,400 homes, with a total budget of over 235 billion VND (about 9 million USD).
Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) Le Quoc Minh has called for technology to be leveraged not to replace identity, but to enhance it—allowing Vietnamese journalism to reach both local and global audiences.
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The education sector has been one of the foundations playing a vital role in deepening Vietnam – New Zealand ties, said Prof. Damon Salesa, Vice-Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
