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Bridget Collier, Political Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, and Tran Thai Son, an official from the Vietnam National Children s Hospital, witness the transportation of the face masks from Hanoi to Hai Phong before being shipped to Timor-Leste (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – An aid package of 810,00
high-quality face masks donated by the Vietnamese Government on May 6 arrived in Dili, Timor-Leste, which is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Australia had arranged the transportation of the batch
of face masks from Hanoi to Dili by sea.
Timor-Leste has also been hit by floods and landslides
triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja which causes damage across the country including its national medical
Tran To Nga, a Vietnamese French woman, against multinational
companies for producing and selling chemical toxins sprayed by US forces in the
war in Vietnam, is being held in Ho Chi Minh City from May 8-13.
The event is jointly organised by the Tre (Youth) Publishing House, Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper and Duong Sach Co., Ltd. in HCM
City.
On
display are over 100 documents, photos, illustrations selected from the
documents of newspapers, witnesses, researches, and the War Remnants Museum,
which depict the entire information and statistics on long-term effects of AO/dioxin
on humans, nature, and the environment.
Many
images help visitors understand more about the AO
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien addresses the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Red Cross Society s Central Committee
on May 8 launched the
Humanitarian Month 2021 on the occasion of the World Red
Cross and Red Crescent Day (May 8).
The month has been carried out from May 1-31 under the theme
“For a Safe Community,” focusing on building a community of solidarity,
humanity, good health and safe against pandemics, natural disasters and serious
incidents.
Objectives of the month include the building of 75 flood-resilient
houses in Quang Tri, supporting at least 150,000 needy people, introducing at