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Social Headlines January 10
Australia
funds 11 small projects in Vietnam
The
Australian Consulate General in
DAP is
a small scale aid program for individuals, communities, non-governmental
organizations and others to promote development in
The 11
projects will be implemented in
Consul-General
John McAnulty expressed hope small scale projects will contribute to reducing
poverty and bringing positive changes to beneficiary localities.
DAP is
part of large scale projects using non-refundable aid worth estimated AUD159
million from the Australian Government for 2013-14.
Eight
students to attend Global Young Scientists Summit
Eight
young Vietnamese scientists will attend the second Global Young Scientists
Summit (GYSS) themed “Advancing Science, Creating Technologies for a Better
World”, taking place in Singapore from January 19-21.
The
conference, organised by the National Research Foundation (NRF), creates a
forum for scientists under 35 to dialogue with Nobel laureates and former
winners of the Turing Award, Millennium Technology Prize, and Fields Medal.
The
organising board has invited a total of 375 doctorates and researchers from
across the world, including 69 from Singaporean universities and institutes
and 13 from ASEAN member countries.
Professor
Low Teck Seng, NRF official and GYSS President, said he was very pleased to
see more Vietnamese youth participating in international forums like GYSS.
This
year’s summit will focus on the latest innovative scientific and
technological advances and research and discuss solutions for global
challenges.
There
will also be seminars on basic science, such as chemistry, physics,
mathematics, information technology and techniques.
A
Singapore Challenge contest has been launched for young scientists to spur
unique and creative initiatives for dealing with future development
challenges.
The
Singapore Challenge has received 35 proposals from scientists, including one
from
There
will also be an international scientific forum which has gathered the
participation of 90 secondary school students and 31 educators from many
countries around the world.
An
illegal parking lot in Binh Thanh District encroaching on land around the
The
3,100sq.m. lot has been used for three years by households in the district's Precinct
26, causing disorder and noise for others living nearby.
The
lot was closed following the city's transportation department decision on
inspections to detect and fine illegal vehicle parking lots and unregistered
passenger coaches.
Inspections
will continue till Tet.
More
steel flyovers to take shape in HCM City
Bui
Xuan Cuong, Vice Director of the municipal Department of Transport, said the
department is liaising with relevant agencies on the construction of seven
flyovers for pedestrians near parks, trading centres and bus stations.
The
city will also build a flyover for motorbikes at Hai Ba Trung-Nam Ky Khoi
Nghia intersection, and another one for both motorbikes and cars at Thanh
Thai-Nguyen Tri Phuong- Le Dai Hanh-Lanh Binh Thang T-junction.
Six
such bridges were built in 2013 to reduce the flow of traffic, especially at
T-junctions and roundabouts.
According
to the municipal Department of Transport, steel frame flyovers are easy to
build and dismantle. Since they were put into operation, they have been
effective in dealing with traffic congestion in hot spots.
Drug
precusor detained at airport
Some
two kilogrammes of Pseudoephedrine – a main ingredient used to make
methamphetamine – has been detected by customs officials at
The
substance, worth about 2 billion VND (95,000 USD), was hidden in food
packages being transported by a Vietnamese national who was checking in to go
abroad.
This
is a new trick of trafficking drugs via the airport, said the customs
department on January 7.
The
case has been transferred to the police for further investigation.
Tet
preparations for poor people
Numerous
local authorities nationwide are making every effort to help social
beneficiaries and poor households better celebrate the upcoming Lunar New
Year Festival (Tet).
Central
Nghe An province has visited and presented social beneficiaries and people
who rendered great services to the country with gifts worth VND54 billion
(US$2.53 million) on the occasion of the festive season.
The
provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front called on businesses, organisations and
individuals to give over 3,000 presents to poor households and disadvantaged
children to help them enjoy a happy Tet. The locality also asked the
Government to grant almost 4,200 tonnes of rice to 100,000 local households.
Meanwhile,
the southern
Dong
Thap’s Children Sponsoring Fund has also received a financial assistance
worth VND7 billion (about US$329,000) from donors in and outside the country
to support over 7,000 local children.
Southern
Dong Nai province also decided to provide about VND130 billion (roughly US$6.11
million) to more than 17,000 recipients, including people with contributions
to the country’s revolution and families of martyrs beneficiaries and poor
households, on the occasion of the upcoming Tet.
In
addition, the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front called on local businesses
to donate over VND1.1 billion (about US$51,700) to present gifts to needy
families in remote areas and ethnic people.
The
Dong Nai Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin will hand over 600
gifts worth VND500,000 (US$23.5) each to AO victims in the province.
Workshop
examines healthcare treatment
Easing
the nation's overworked hospitals remains a top priority for the health
sector, according to health minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien who spoke at a
workshop on improving medical examination and treatment processes in Ha Noi
yesterday.
The
event, co-organised by the Ministry of Health and Nhan Dan (People)
Newspaper, aimed to spotlight challenges preventing efficient examination and
treatment in the nation's hospital sector and provide recommendations for
policymakers.
Tien
said that a series of measures had been implemented to improve patient care
in overcrowded hospitals, including expanding the scale of hospital services,
reforming examination procedures and additional training for staff to enhance
professional skills and promote ethical treatment.
In a
bid to ease pressure on hospitals, the Government has decided to invest VND20
trillion (more than US$950 million) to build 5 new central hospitals from the
beginning of 2014, according to Tien.
However,
Tien added that improving service quality "would not be the
responsibility of the health sector alone, but also the Party, Government and
society."
Nhan
Dan Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Thuan Huu said that priority needed to be given
to tackling shortcomings in examination and treatment procedures citing the
current overcrowding crisis sweeping central hospitals.
Huu
also said complicated administrative procedures, the overuse of imported
drugs, complex testing and financial constraints were pressing problems
facing the health sector.
Meanwhile,
health ministry statistics show systems for examination and treatment have
seen dramatic improvements across the central and local level with services
provided to almost 132 million patients in 2012.
Hastening
construction of border patrol roads
Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Defence Ministry to speed up the first
phase of the project to build border patrol roads and finalise the plan for
the second phase.
While
chairing a January 8 conference to review the implementation of the project
in the 2006-2010 period and launch the second phase, PM Dung said the plan
must suit the economic situation of the country and help protect the forest.
The PM
made it clear that the building of roads for patrolling shared border areas
is part of the Party and State’s policy of enhancing the management and
protection of the national sovereignty and border security, ensuring the
social order in boundary areas and boosting the local economy and living
conditions of local communities.
He
outlined the need to build the roads, improve supervision and management, and
formulate more efficient technical procedures.
He
said that it is necessary for ministries, sectors and localities to
coordinate closely in land clearance, road construction and use in order to
optimise the investment efficiency.
It was
reported at the conference despite difficulties created by complicated
terrain and extreme weather in border areas, the patrol road construction is
progressing well.
All
routes have been designed carefully to suit the specific natural conditions
and meet technical standards, said the report.
The
roads, combining with normal roads and other border belts, make up a useful
transport system to all border communes, contributing to fueling
socio-economic development and reducing poverty for locals, most of whom are
from ethnic minority groups, the report added.
Foot-and-mouth
disease hits Lang Son, Phu Yen
Foot-and-mouth
disease is spreading rapidly across Lang Son in the north and Phu Yen in the
south, according to the Veterinary Department.
The
disease has already affected more than 199 cattle including 105 buffalos and
94 cows, in Lang Son province’s Hong Thai and Gia Loc communes. A buffalo had
to be culled.
In
order to prevent the spread of the disease, the provincial veterinary agency
has requested local authorities isolate outbreaks, implement vaccinations and
restrict the trading and slaughtering of cattle in the region.
They
were required to establish checkpoints to detect new outbreaks of the disease
early.
Relevant
agencies are helping local people disinfect breeding farms and are stepping
up all measures to curb the spread of the disease.
Congress
looks at child heart issues
Expectant
mothers and families carrying foetuses with suspected or diagnosed congenital
heart disease should receive proper counseling because they are often
depressed, scared and anxious, said a
At the
three-day international congress of congenital and structural heart disease,
which started yesterday in
This
should include information about in utero progression, management options,
assessment of the short and long term outcomes of the session and genetic
counseling, Latiff said.
In
foetuses with multiple congenital anomalies or mothers with medical problems,
counseling should also include consultations with an obstetrician, a
neonatologist, a geneticist, and physicians, Latiff suggested.
The
family should be allowed enough time to ask questions, to accept and to hold
a family discussion especially when difficult decisions have to be made,
Latiff added.
The
congress has also highlighted advanced technologies in the intervention of
congenital and structural heart disease including coronary artery fistulae.
Coronary
artery fistulae- anomalous coronary arteries- are a rare occurrence that
present at a rate of approximately 0.1-0.2 per cent, when the arteries that
supply the heart with blood do not come from the usual location.
They
were first indentified in 1841, but the disease continues to evade a clear
pathology due to its low incidence.
They
are usually detected by chance, according to MO Galal of King Fahad Medical
City in
In 75
per cent of cases, coronary artery fistulae are solitary but they can also
occur in association with congenital heart disease. Small fistulae are rarely
symptomatic and require no treatment.
Presentations
and symptoms of patients with the disease include congestive heart failure,
arrhythmias, angina, myocardial infection, dilation of the fistulae, bursting
of fistula, thrombi and endocarditis.
Currently,
there is not an exact statistic on fistulae in
According
to Associate Professor, Dr Vu Minh Phuc, chairman of the society, the
Pediatrics Hospital No.1 admitted 17 cases of babies with fistulae in the
period from 2010 to 2013.
Since
2010, the hospital has been using interventional catheterization for the
treatment, without surgery.
Dr. Do
Nguyen Tin, head of the hospital's Interventional Cardiology Ward, said that
the fistulae were very difficult to treat because the disease among children
often occurs at unreachable positions in their body.
Tin
hoped that he and his colleagues would be able to update and advance
techniques for the fistulae via the congress.
Lucy
Eun of
Careful
diagnosis is required for good management of coronary artery fistulae, Eun
said.
Coronary
fistulas are often diagnosed by coronary angiogram, however, with the advent
of new technologies such as Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography, the
course and communication of these fistulae can be delineated non-invasively
and with greater accuracy, Eun added.
The
congress, which was called Fistulae from A to Z, held by HCM City Peadiatrics
Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease Society, attracted more than 300
international renowned experts and specialists in Viet Nam and other
countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Japan.
The
central city will begin charging for motorbike and bicycle parking at public
hospitals from this year after a three-year fee exemption.
The
decision was made at the city's People's Council meeting last year in a move
to shore up VND14 billion (US$666,000) in funds.
Following
the decision, motorbike parking fees will be charged at VND2,000 and VND1,000
for a bicycle.
Vice
chairman of the city's People's Committee Vo Duy Khuong said the decision
would ease pressure on the city's annual budget.
"The
toll will help the city collect at least VND15 billion ($714,000) from parking
fees per year. The amount will also help ease the cost of managing car parks
at hospitals," Khuong said at the meeting.
He
said the money from parking fees would also be used to invest in hospitals
and health centres around the city.
Vice
director of the city's Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Nguyen Thi Thanh
Xuan said parking supply was frequently overwhelmed with more than 5,000
motorbikes and bicycles alone.
"We
have to ask the city to pay for labourers and management for the car park.
However, we face difficulties seeking funds for repairing or upgrading the
park," she said, adding many vehicles had to park outdoors.
"The
exemption for motorbikes and bicycles parking at hospitals was good for poor
patients and their relatives. However, the city's budget paid a high price
for this," Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc said.
Ngoc
also complained that people who were not patients or visitors were also
parking their vehicles in the hospital.
Le
Hong Hai, from
Hoang
Thi Khanh Hoi, a patient at Da Nang C hospital, said free parking aimed to
help poor patients at public hospitals, but caused a headache for the city's
budget planners in the economic downturn.
According
to Hoi, it was up to the city administration to assist poor patients with
other manners.
Collective
labour disputes under discussion
The
number of collective labour disputes cases are mainly reported in
small-and-medium-sized businesses, a recent conference heard in
In
2013, 96 cases with the involvement of over 34,000 employees were recorded
across the city, mostly from garment and embroidery businesses in the
districts of Hoc Mon, Cu Chi and Binh Tan.
Meanwhile,
no similar cases occurred in the fields of cosmetics and mechanics, according
to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Local
businesses’ failures to carry out policies ensuring the legitimate rights of
labourers are behind these quarrels, participants were told.
The
department said solutions to the issue merely focus on addressing the
consequences, while preventive measures have yet to be taken proactively.
Statistics
on the number of bonded labourers should be made to facilitate supporting
measures, it suggested.
Metro line 3
deadline extended
Deputy
PM Hoang Trung Hai has agreed to extend the deadline for closed loan book of
the Ha Noi Metro Rail System (Line 3: Nhon-Ha Noi Station Section) by June
30, 2018.
The
Deputy PM assigned the Municipal People’s Committee to closely work with the
Management Board to implement the project on schedule and maximize the
disbursement of ADB loans.
The
Ministry of Planning and Investment was asked to work with the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) to review and abrogate the remaining capital in order
to allocate capital for other ADB-funded projects in the coming period.
The
Line 3 was groundbroken on September 25, 2010. This is the largest public
transport project in Ha Noi.
The
Project will establish an integrated sustainable public transport system in
five districts of Ha Noi by constructing 12.5 kilometers of a dual track rail
metro line from Nhon to Ha Noi railway station.
The
Project will develop a new double track metro rail line in Ha Noi, which is
one of four priority lines of a planned larger urban transportation system
under the Ha Noi Urban Transport Master Plan (HUTMP).
As
scheduled, the line will be put into operation in 2015 with four carriages
with designed speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
Source: VNA/VOV/VNS/VGP
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