Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy and relevant agencies participated in the 21st Summer Diplomatic Games in Russia’s Tver province on August 24.
The Vietnamese officials competed in the four categories of football, billiards, fishing and family sports, and won a silver prize in billiards and a bronze in men’s football.
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Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy and relevant agencies participate in the 21st Summer Diplomatic Games in Russia’s Tver province on August 24.
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The annual event is held by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aiming to enhance exchanges between diplomatic agencies in the host country.
This year’s tournament attracted the participation of nearly 40 diplomatic agencies and international organisations in Russia.
In his message sent to the Games, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said sports have helped to strengthen solidarity between countries and improve human health.
40 teams of students join “Green Summer” programme
(BGO) – The “Green Summer” volunteer programme lasts from
May till the end of August. So far, the programme has been warmly participated
by 40 volunteer teams from the northern province of Bac Giang with more than
1,200 youth members studying at the universities and colleges in and outside
the province.
Launching “Green Summer 2019” campaign
(BGO) – The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in the
northern province of Bac Giang launched the youth volunteer campaign “Green Summer
2019” on July 19 at the cultural house of Ha Thuong village, Thuong Lan commune
(Viet Yen district).
Summer-autumn rice yield increases in southern region
The southern region expects to harvest an average of 5.66 tonnes of paddy per hectare in the current summer-autumn crop, 139 kilogrammes more than last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Cultivation Department.
Source: VNA
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