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We are planning to build a shelter for orphans and abandoned children in Vietnam, in the region of Ho Chi Minh City. The project is part of a dynamic in the field of education and learning in order to promote the integration of these children into society. The objectives cover the following fields: “EDUCATION...
Vietnam
Vietnam today Vietnam officially known as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) is a country in South-East Asia with more than 91 million habitants. It is also known as land of the rising dragon. It is bordered by Laos and Cambodia in the West and China in the North and encircled by the South China Sea, the Tonkin Gulf and the Gulf of Thailand. It covers a surface of 331,000 km² (11x Belgium, 0,6x France and almost same size as Germany) with a 3,260 km sea border and has 4,200 km² of territorial waters. It is S-shaped and the distance between north and south is 1,650 km with only 50 km across at its narrowest part. Vietnam has seven UNESCO heritage sites. The most famous are: Hoi An, Hue, My Son and Halong Bay (the descending dragon bay). Vietnam is home to 54 ethnic minority groups, of which the Viet Kinh is the largest. The other groups vary from some hundred to some millions. If you want to learn more about Vietnam, click here for more information. The...
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A foster mother of the heart: Mrs. Anh Đào Traxel
We have the pleasure to present you our new foster mother: Anh Đào Traxel, born as Dương Anh Đào on 22 August 1957, became the foster daughter (not adopted) of Jacques and Bernadette Chirac at the age of 21, when she arrived in France. On 2 May 2012, Mr. Emanuel Traxel, secretary general of the EEDCM association (Etoile Européenne du Dévouement Civil et Militaire, European Star of Civil and Military Devotion) informed us that that Mrs. Anh Đào Traxel, nicknamed by the press...
Annual meeting of HUFO
24 April 2012: The Ho Chi Minh City union of friendship organisations (HUFO – Liên hiệp các tổ chức hữu nghị) has organised an information morning for NGOs. During its intervention PACCOM has given information about the regulations on work permits for foreigners and announced that as from 1 June 2012 new rules would be applicable for NGOs and the creation of their offices. Those new rules would make the current ones in force less strict. PACCOM will send the new directives...
