NDO – A Vietnamese delegation, led by Maj. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Kien, head of the Military Medical Department under the General Department of Logistics, attended the 43rd ICMM World Congress on Military Medicine in Basel, Switzerland, from May 19 to 25. 

NDO – Diagnosed with breast cancer at 12 weeks of pregnancy, Nguyen Thi L. (28 years old, from Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province) was still determined to remain healthy to give birth to her child. The C-section to deliver the baby at week 31 was successful, with the tears of the doctors and L.’s family on May 22. 

NDO – Nearly 400 students joined a programme entitled ‘Students towards the country’s sea and islands’, which was launched in Con Dao district, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, on May 23 by the Vietnam Student’s Association. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of the National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control. 

NDO – A workshop on Mainstreaming Gender in the Socio-economic development Plan in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and geographical areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions, for the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, was held in the central city of Da Nang on May 23. 

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter of encouragement to leaders of ministries, sectors, localities and agencies, calling on them to raise a high sense of responsibility and promote creativity, activeness, and determination to successfully realise the targets and tasks set for 2019. 

NDO - Physical and economic connectivity, market linkages, and labour market mobility are among the top drivers distinguishing the best-performing ethnic groups from the rest, according to a new study by the World Bank. 

NDO - Boiling temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius swept Vietnam’s northern and central regions over the past few days, causing a spike in power consumption. 

NDO – The Ministry of Justice, in coordination with the Kon Tum provincial People's Committee, presented the decision of the State President to grant Vietnamese citizenship to 17 locals in Dak Glei district on May 21. 

NDO – The Japanese Government will present Japan’s Orders to two Vietnamese citizens. 

NDO - Ha Giang is a poor rural province located in the northernmost of Vietnam. From 1998 to date, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has funded more than US$45 million for the Province to implement two projects and 1 programme. The selection to support a poor and purely agricultural province is followed the IFAD investment strategy. Objectives and activities of programmes and projects are suited with actual conditions in each period; which is a great motivation for Ha Giang in economic development, hunger elimination, poverty reduction, capacity building and intellectual development. 

NDO – A programme entitled ‘Young doctors follow Uncle Ho’s teachings to volunteer for community’s health’ was launched in Hanoi on May 19 by the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Vietnam Young Doctors’ Association.