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Social Headlines January 17
Two
murderers receive death penalty
The
People's Court of the southern
The
verdict said that Ngo Van Tam, 21, and Tran Tu Dien, 25, killed their
roommate on Christmas Day last year for failing to give Tam VND500 million
(US$23,500) as promised.
They
chopped up the victim's body and disposed of it. They also stole money and a mobile
phone from the deceased before stealing a motorcycle in An Binh market.
Tam
and Dien were arrested on December 26.
More
arrests made in hacking scandal
Police
have arrested two men who hacked websites and stole foreigners' credit card
information to buy luxury goods abroad and sell them later in
The
two men, Nguyen Quang Nhut, 35, of
The
forum is open to anyone free of charge, but once an individual pays a US$100
fee, they become registered members of the forum and receive passwords to
access the instructions.
Last
week, 10 other administrators and founders of the tutorial website were
arrested by police in
Since
the forum was established in 2011, more than 5,000 people have become
members.
Police
said they had conducted surveillance over two years to uncover the group's
fraudulent practices.
According
to the Ministry of Public Security, Nhut used stolen credit card information
to buy luxury goods from abroad. Then, he shipped the luxury goods to
Police
on Tuesday raided Nhut's house where they found 21 laptops, 19 smartphones,
six iPads and a large number of loudspeakers, earphones, shoes, perfume
bottles and luxury watches.
Police
said that Hoa was operating two hacking tutorial sites and selling
foreigners' credit card information stolen from websites.
Hoa
had stolen VND300 million ($14,235) for personal purposes, according to
police.
The
investigation is going on.
Japan
pledges millions in aid to Vietnam
Japanese
Ambassador to
The
Japanese-funded projects include the provision of medical equipment to Thanh
Hoa province’s eye hospital; the upgrading of Tan Dan B primary school in
Hung Yen province; the upgrading of a healthcare centre in Binh Bo commune of
Phu Tho province; the construction of Thai Phuc high school in Thai Binh
province; the construction of Tam Tien primary school in Bac Giang province,
and the upgrading of Tan Lap and Doan Bai primary schools, also in Bac Giang
province.
Thanh
Hoa eye hospital will also receive assistance from Japanese doctor Tadashi
Hattori, who had provided free surgery for more than 10,000 patients with
eye-related diseases in
Ambassador
Hiroshi Fukada emphasised that
The
Japanese-funded projects are expected to help Vietnamese people gain better
access to such services in the next decade, he added.
Binh
Thuan power plant joins national grid
The
23.5 trillion VND (1.2 billion USD) plant, invested by the Electricity of
Vietnam Group (EVN), includes two turbines with a capacity of 622MW each.
Once
fully operational, the plant will generate 7.2 billion KWh a year,
contributing to ensuring power supply for the whole country as well as
boosting the province’s socio-economic development.
According
to EVN, the plant’s second turbine is expected to join the national grid by
mid 2014.
Meanwhile,
Cold
spell hits life in Ha Giang province
Another
strong cold spell that dramatically brought the temperature down to 1-2
degree Celsius has hit the lives of ethnic and minority people in the
The
province's centre for hydro-meteorological forecasting centre said that the
temperature fell to minus 1 degree Celsius in some areas in the three border
districts of Dong Van, Meo Vac and
The Ha
Giang provincial medical department sent staff to help localities in
protecting people from the cold, especially the elderly and children. Medical
units were asked to stock enough medicines and prepare medical facilities for
giving timely treatment to patients during the cold days.
Local
people have also taken measures to protect animals, poultry and crops from
freezing and from diseases.
A
US$6.28 million project to improve sanitation and hygiene in Bac Giang, Thai
Nguyen, Binh Dinh and Ben Tre provinces commenced in
Backed
by the Australian Government, the project will be implemented by the East
Meets West Organisation (EMW) and the Ministry of Health's Vietnam Health
Environment Management Agency.
It
aims to improve sanitation and hygiene conditions by equipping disadvantaged
rural communities with greater access to clean water and hygienic toilets, as
well as behaviour-changing education, said EMW -
The
project will also focus on upgrading and expanding water pipelines to improve
access and quality, while helping poor households build toilets in line with
official health standards.
It
will build 20,000 toilets, as well as upgrade and expand between 25 and 30
clean water pipelines, used by 150,000 people, by 2017.
The
project will also provide host training sessions on the ongoing management
and operation of water supply stations, as well as on sanitation, good
hygiene practices, and proper maintenance of newly built toilets.
Quang
Ninh police detain three suspected drug smugglers
Police
in the northern border Quang Ninh province have arrested three people for
their suspected participation in a scheme to illegally transport synthetic
drugs.
According
to the police, Pham Van Sy, Do Thi Lai and Hoang Khac Toan attempted to
smuggle 1.3kg of synthetic drugs by coach.
Pham
Van Sy is accused of packaging the drugs in three black plastic bags and
boarding coach with vehicle registration plate coded 14B-006.73.
The
two accomplices - Do Thi Lai and Hoang Khac Toan – have also been temporarily
detained pending further investigation.
The
police are currently cooperating with relevant agencies to broaden the scope
and scale of the investigation.
The
governments of
Signatories
to the protocol were Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh and
French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean-Noel Poirier.
Through
the two protocols, with the first one signed in September 25 last year during
the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s official visit to France, the French
government provided 19.5 million EUR to the project with the aim of turning
the 500-bed Can Tho hospital into a health care model of the Mekong Delta.
Minister
Vinh said the project contributes to strengthening the cooperative ties
between the two countries in the field of health care.
Bac
Lieu seeks training cooperation with Indian institute
Mekong
Delta Bac Lieu province has asked for the Indian Institute of Public
Administration to offer assistance in training local government staff in
agricultural development, urban management and e-governance.
At a
working session with the institute’s visiting delegation on January 15, Vice
Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Le Thanh Hung also expressed his
hope for more collaboration with the Indian side in scientific research and
graduate and post-graduate education.
Prof.
Vinod Kumar Shama from the institute said he and his colleagues want to
extend their cooperation with Mekong Delta provinces, including Bac Lieu, in
training high quality human resources.
Suggestions
from regional province leaders will be gathered by the Ho Chi Minh National
Academy for Politics and Public Administration to devise a cooperation
framework with the Indian Institute of Public Administration in the coming
time.
Practical
initiatives and new ideas of the community are being sought to enhance
transparency, public integrity and accountability and reduce corruption in
At the
event introducing the 2014 Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative (VACI 2014)
programme, delegates said corruption is still a serious and urgent matter in
Discussions
on the community supervision and feedback were also raised at the conference.
The
2014 VACI, jointly co-organised by the World Bank (WB) and the Government
Inspectorate, encompasses an innovation contest and a knowledge exchange
forum. The best initiatives will be announced in May.
The
year’s programme is the fourth event of the VACI series that has raised the
effectiveness of the work. The 24 best initiatives out of 130 sent proposals
were selected and successfully implemented in the previous programme in 2013.
Innovative
online Korean classroom put into practise
An
online Korean classroom has been put into operation at the
The
classroom, funded by KF Globale-School project, aims to provide students in
the faculty of Korean language with online lectures.
The
classroom with a large LCD screen, computer, high-speed internet, LED bulb
and anti-noise equipment can accommodate up to 100 hundred students.
During
lessons in the classroom, students and professors in the RoK are able to
communicate directly with students in
With
the most modern equipment, the new classroom also meets international
standards for important online conferences.
The
online curriculum program has been highlighted and the
KF
Global e-School project also supports students who have made high academic
achievements at
Sadovod
market closure affects Vietnamese in Russia
A
shutdown of the Sadovod market in
Russian
authorities said the market has been temporarily shut down pending an
investigation into accusations of violations of sanitary and other laws
designed to protect consumers.
A
record of administrative violations, if any, will be sent to an
administrative court to make a final decision on the future operations of the
market, a process that could take several months.
Upon
hearing the decision, Vietnamese traders went to the market and retrieved
their property.
New
motorbike taxis lend wheels to disabled
Safety
and convenience are two features of a new motorbike taxi service provided by
the HCM City Disability Research and Capacity Development Centre (DRD).
Nguyen
Thanh Long of District 6 said he had used the services to commute to the HCM
City Charitable Centre of Training and Creating Jobs for People with
Disabilities to learn graphic design and to the DRD centre's employment club.
"The
service has helped me travel more easily and helped me better integrate into
society," said Long.
Before
using the motorbike taxi, Long had faced problems in using buses,
particularly when they were crowded.
Some
buses had not picked him up when they saw he had a disability, Long said.
Tran
Minh Lai of District 8, who is visually impaired, said that motorbike taxis
were especially convenient because he works far from his home.
"I
need to travel from District 8 to District 10 for work", Lai said,
adding that the "motorbike taxi is a wonderful choice."
Lai
said his wife registered for the service after finding out it via the media.
He
said the drivers were friendly and safe.
The
taxis have been specially designed to ensure safety for people with
disabilities, he added.
Lai
said he had saved nearly VND1 million (US$47.6) per month since using the
service in September.
Because
there are currently only 10 motorbikes and seven drivers, Lai uses the
service just four times a week.
Nguyen
Van Vu of District 11, who is visually impaired, said the drivers were
punctual and he had not been late for work since using the service.
The
service is a pilot project for people with disabilities in
This
is the first service in the country carried out by the DRD in co-operation
with the Korean Human Rights Forum of Persons with Disabilities based in Jeju
under the sponsorship of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
With
total capital of US$108,000, the project's first phase will end in February.
The
pickup services in the city's inner districts are currently free, but in the
future a small fee will be charged, according to Luong Thi Quynh Lan, manager
of the DRD's projects.
The
centre said it had provided the service to 204 people with disabilities, with
more than 4,000 turns, from July to December last year.
Lan
said the need for such services was very high.
Because
of the initial success, KOICA will continue the project over the next three
years, said Kang Dae Gu, manager of KOICA's HCM City Liaison Office.
He
said it was vital to continue the project to help the community change its
thoughts about the transport needs of people with disabilities.
Lan
said the centre planned to mobilise other sources from the country's
organisations and individuals to ensure that the project would continue after
the sponsorship ends.
Hua
Ngoc Thuan, deputy chairman of the municipal People's Committee, said the
city would provide Tet gifts worth VND500,000 each to companies that could
not afford to give presents to employees.
Thuan
announced the news during a working visit to Binh Chanh and Nha Be districts
on Monday.
Binh
Chanh and Nha Be are among the districts that have the largest number of poor
households in the city.
Thai
Hong Mai, deputy secretary of the Binh Chanh Party Committee, said the
district administration would hand out 36,400 gifts worth a total of VND22.3
billion to the poor, as well as to people who had made contributions to the
country and migrant workers who cannot return home for the Tet holiday.
The
district will also organise 185 trips to sell goods in rural areas.
On
Monday, the Binh Chanh Fatherland Front Committee presented gifts to 100 poor
households in Hung Long Commune.
Tran
Tan Quy, standing deputy secretary of the Nha Be Party Committee, said the
district would present Tet gifts worth VND700,000 each to poor households.
The
district has also generated funds from philanthropists that will be used to
offer additional gifts worth VND500,000 each, he said.
Nha Be
has 2,831 poor households that have an income of less than VND16 million per
person per year.
Quy
said the district would organise trips to sell goods in rural areas and four
Tet market days.
As
part of Tet, the HCM City Farmers Association in cooperation with the HCM
City Television on last Friday broadcast a programme titled "Do good
things for poor farmers in Tet 2014" to collect donations for poor
farmers.
The
programme received donations worth a total of VND26.4 billion.
Tran
Truong Son, deputy chairman of the association, said the money would be used
to build 538 charity houses and to buy 2,500 Tet gifts for poor farmers.
In
addition, 30 per cent of the fee to buy health insurance would be paid for
7,000 poor farming households. In addition, scholarships for 300 excellent
students would be offered.
Sustainable
Vietnam-UK Network development hailed
The
Vietnam-UK Network Chairman Ben Chapman has praised the sustainable
development of the network over the past year as a contribution to developing
bilateral relations between the two nations.
Chapman
told a January 15 ceremony in
The
Vietnam-UK Network was established last January during Party General
Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s historic visit to
Lord
Stephen Green, a speaker at the ceremony, emphasized that
Lord
Green was surprised to know that
In
addition, many projects on the establishment of
The
Hanoi Department of Planning and Architecture in conjunction with the
People’s Committees of Tu Liem, Cau Giay and Tay Ho districts on January 14
announced the adjusted detailed planning of the western
Accordingly,
the adjusted area is in Xuan La ward in Tay Ho district, Nghia Do ward in Cau
Giay district, and Xuan Dinh and Co Nhue communes in Tu Liem district.
The
urban area will cover over 210 ha, with a population of around 24,300.
The
plan also gives information on the adjustment of land fund for building
headquarters of ministries, State agencies and organisations, Thang Long
theatre and other cultural works.
A
modern and synchronous architecture and scenery will be designed for the
zone, with hi-rise and multifunctional buildings alternated with greenery
areas, creating a special architectural complex in the right bank of the
The
project’s investor - T.H.T Company said from January 21, it will start
construction of infrastructure in the area in a hope of making it the most
beautiful, modern and harmonised in the Southeast Asian region.-
A 6.28
million USD project to improve sanitation and hygiene in Bac Giang, Thai
Nguyen, Binh Dinh and Ben Tre provinces commenced in
Backed
by the Australian Government, the project will be implemented by the East
Meets West Organisation (EMW) and the Ministry of Health's Vietnam Health
Environment Management Agency.
It
aims to improve sanitation and hygiene conditions by equipping disadvantaged
rural communities with greater access to clean water and hygienic toilets, as
well as behaviour-changing education, said EMW - Vietmam country director
Nguyen Minh Chau.
The
project will also focus on upgrading and expanding water pipelines to improve
access and quality, while helping poor households build toilets in line with
official health standards.
It
will build 20,000 toilets, as well as upgrade and expand between 25 and 30
clean water pipelines, used by 150,000 people, by 2017.
The
project will also provide host training sessions on the ongoing management
and operation of water supply stations, as well as on sanitation, good
hygiene practices, and proper maintenance of newly built toilets.
Project
encourages people to protect environment
The
350 Vietnam Club of the Youth Union of the
Students,
staff, teachers and people in Hanoi are encouraged to get involved in
numerous activities, such as exchanging old books, notebooks or newspapers
for a small flowerpot d uring the week of the project from January 13-17,
according to the Communist Party of Vietnam online newspaper.
In
addition, participants will have chances to take part in sideline activities
like crossword games to learn about taking action to protect the environment.
"Green
Exchange 2014" is carried out to minimise the amount of waste paper
going into the environment; to re-use or supply paper for manufacturers for
recycling to contribute to raising awareness of people about environmental
protection and climate change.
The
project contributes to creating habits of keeping offices green, clean and
beautiful by using natural and environmentally friendly decorations. It is
expected to collect 1,000 kg of used books, notebooks, paper and newspapers
and attract the participation of 5,000 students, staff and teachers in the
university.
Organisers
hope the activity to exchange scrap paper for a plant will be disseminated to
other universities in
HCMC
gov’t to spend more on subsidies for buses
The
increase of spending does not reflect the number of routes and users.
Certain routes reduced service by 0.3 percent and 82 buses were taken out of
service. The number of riders also reduced 8 percent.
The
city's Department of Transportation aims to increase operation quality of
buses and better services in 2014.
In
2013, it is estimated that 414 million people use buses with over 374 million
receiving subsidized fares.
In
2010 the spending on subsidizing public transportation was VND800 million
(US$38 million). In 2011 the spending raised to VND 1,269 billion and in 2012
the spending raised to VND 1,289 billion.
Fixed
Price of Gasoline Ordered by Mnistry
An
official document ordered for gasoline and oil wholesalers to keep gas prices
at current level was sent out by the Ministry of Finance on January 15.
It is meant to help alleviate the rising cost of gasoline during the Lunar
New Year season.
Retail
price of RON92 gasoline is VND605 per liter lower than its base price,
according to the Ministry. The disparity between retail price and base price
is VND52 per liter for diesel oil, VND849 per liter for kerosene and VND253
per liter for engine oil.
The
document also orders businesses to stop using money from the
gasoline-price-stabilization fund for diesel oil. Businesses are allowed to
take VND370 per liter from the fund for kerosene. Businesses are also
permitted to restore their target profit from engine oil to VND250 per liter
from VND0 per liter.
Welfare
dependency in Vietnam
Not
only do the richer provinces, with high economic growth rates, continue to
ask for rice donations from the government, many families also refuse to be
removed from the list of the poor.
Among
15 provinces that appealed to the government for around 20,000 tonnes of rice
to give to households in need of national aid and those seriously struggling
in the wake of natural disasters during Tet, there are some provinces,
considered relatively rich, such as Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen.
Khanh
Hoa Province asked for 550 tonnes of rice, even though the province's GDP
increased 8.3% against 2012 and the budget revenue in 2013 was over VND11.3
trillion (USD542 million). Nguyen Huu Thau, head of the local Department of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said, "It's difficult to collect
the province budget this year, so we need governmental support for families
in hunger. We intend to give the poor families VND250,000 instead of
providing rice."
Meanwhile,
Phu Yen, sometimes called the rice bowl of
Nguyen
Manh Hung, Vice Chairman of NA’s Social Affairs Committee, said people are
heavily dependent on support programmes and will react strongly if they are
stripped off the "poor" status.
According
to the Minister of Labours, Invalids and Social Affairs, Pham Thi Hai Chuyen,
since 1993 the poverty rate was reduced from 58% to 7.8%, and 50% of those
are in mountainous and remote areas. At the same, the rate of poor families
in cities is also on the rise during these tough economic times.
Despite
the efforts to reduce poverty, many families will slip into this
category. Chuyen went on to say that they plan to revise and reduce 16
welfare programmes down to two or four by 2015.
According
to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, since 2003
The
decision is still under public scrutiny, as shown by a statement from Bui Thi
Quy, an employee of Linh Trung Export Processing Zone, who said she sent her
second child to a family-based daycare at a price of VND1-million (USD47.6)
per month.
Nguyen
Thi Nga, whose six-month old was sent to these baby-sitters only VND800,000
per month said, “Many of these baby-sitting services are quite good and
hygienic, particularly when they are able to take care of children into the
late afternoon. This is quite convenient for parents who work late, when
public and many private daycares will only take the children during office
hours."
Tran
Thi Lai, who runs a family-based baby-sitting company, said that after giving
birth she lost her job, so she stayed at home to take care of her child, then
neighbours who knew about her situation asked her to take care of their
children too.
A few
days ago, local cadres said her business would have to be closed because it
had no license. Despite informing her neighbours to take their children other
places, they were quite insistent on her services.
After
recent scams involving child abuse, the Ministry of Education and Training
have made a statement that they understand parents’ demand and have been
actively taking measures to improve the situation.
The
ministry has been cooperating with other ministries and agencies to build a
guiding document for the implementation of the prime minister’s decision on
pre-school education development in the 2011-2015 period, with the focus on
opening classes for children below 18 months.
According
to the director of the HCM City Department of Education and Training, Nguyen
Thi Kim Thanh, currently,
HCM
City gifts 20,000 free bus fares on Lunar New Year
HCMC
Labor Federation gave over 1,600 free bus and train tickets to workers in
Hi-Tech Park and
This
annual activity, titled “Meaning Tickets”, is aimed to support employees
return to their hometowns in Central and
The
donation is celebrating its sixth anniversary this year. It is funded
by unions and private companies in the Industrial Park and offers more than
84,700 fares with total cost of almost VND 51.5 billion over the past six
years.
This
year the Labor Federation will offer over 20,000 tickets with total cost of
VND 162 billion, which was funded by 24 districts in the city. This is
critical in uniting employees with families in the
The
Labor Federation also awarded 636 free bus and train tickets for workers in
Tan Thuan and
The
ceremony was attended by Mr. Nguyen Van Dua , Deputy Secretary of the Party
Committee in HCMC, Mr. Hua Ngoc Thuan , Vice Chairman of People’s Committee
of HCMC and Mr. Tran Thanh Hai , Vice Chairman of Vietnam General
Confederation of Labour.
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