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UN Day of
Vesak commemorations wrap up
The 2014 UN Day of
Vesak successfully wrapped up on Saturday in the
The four-day event
brought together nearly 1,500 delegates from 95 countries and territories
worldwide, and more than 20,000 domestic and foreign Buddhist monks, nuns and
followers.
Addressing the
closing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that the UN
Day of Vesak in
He further
expressed his wish that, through this event, solidarity among countries will
be boosted for more practical actions for peace, cooperation and progress.
Deputy PM Phuc also
said he believed that the international community's aspirations, as reflected
in the Ninh Binh Statement, would be realised.
According to Most
Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Secretary General of the International Committee
for Day of Vesak, the statement stresses the need for tireless efforts to
achieve millennium development goals (MDGs) and urges world leaders to focus
sustainable development on the three pillars of environmental protection,
economic development and social equality.
The statement also
calls on political leaders to resolve disputes related to sovereignty,
sovereign rights, territorial integrity and jurisdiction over exclusive
economic zones and continental shelves through negotiations and other
peaceful means, in line with international law, including the 1982 UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea.
A candle burning
ceremony for peace was held at Bai Dinh Pagoda in the province in the
evening, with the participation of about 1,500 people.
Radiation
scanning system inaugurated in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
The General
Department of Vietnam Customs on May 9 officially launched scanning systems
for detecting radiation in goods in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai port complex.
As many as 12
portals were installed in the international container port, the Tan Cang- Cai
Mep port and the SP-PSA port, all of which lie in the southern
Information
collected from the portals will be transmitted to a central office for
analysis and handling.
Developed under a
cooperation framework between
The
The
The scanning
systems were put into use for trial purpose in the complex from October last
year. As of May 5, they had scanned more than 4,500 cases and yet to detect
any radiation.
The World Bank has
approved a US$106 million credit for a project to develop human resources for
The project will
help 32 universities and colleges train qualified doctors, nurses and health
staff. It will assist in training and equipment supply for nearly 1,300
first-aid teams in 15 provinces and cities to better meet the healthcare
demand of communities.
Management and
policy-making for human resources of the health sector will also benefit from
the credit, which is sourced from the International Development Association
and affiliates of the WB.
With around US$10
million from the European Council and reciprocal capital of US$5 million from
the Vietnamese Government, the funding for the project will amount to US$121
million.
Ha Tinh to
punish individuals responsible for Ke Go deforestation
Deputy Chairman of
the People’s Committee in Ha Tinh Province Le Dinh Son has signed a decision
to investigate and clarify responsibilities of individuals and groups
responsible for deforestation in Ke Go Natural Reserve.
The province’s
People’s Committee asked the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
and the Forest Management Department to instruct the Ke Go Management Board
to strictly handle violators.
The Forest
Management Department was asked to investigate and collect evidences of the
deforestation and transfer detections to the investigation agency before May
20.
Ky Anh and Cam
Xuyen District people’s committees should also open an investigation against
related officials and report the province before the same deadline.
Forty six trees had
been chopped down in the Ke Go Natural Reserve in Cam Xuyen and Ky Anh
Districts.
Earlier, the
Natural Reserve Management Board suspended Le Quang Dai and Bui Duc Hanh,
heads of forest protection stations No.2 and 3 for investigation of their
responsibilities in the deforestation.
Deteriorated
water systems leave communities high and dry
Many households in
a mountainous district in
Only two out of 17
hydrants in
Due to poor designs
of the water system, including pipes and the locations of water tanks, people
in the villages of Ka Reng and Khe Hien have not had access to clean water
during the dry season. One villager said, "We were so happy when the new
system was first installed. But it was a short-lived happiness because most
of it was badly damaged after the flood in 2009."
The people of Thuan
Commune face a similar situation, having to use water from the La La and Se
Pon rivers, even though these two rivers are polluted from waste wate
from processing plants. Using water from lake or stream to cook and bathe,
the villagers face a high risk of skin or gastrointestinal infections. The
communal officials have reported these problems to higher authorities and
requested funds to fix the situation numerous times, but the problems remain.
Water supply
constructions in A Xing Commune were built in accordance with programme 135,
which aimed to help disadvantaged communities. Other equipment in Thanh and A
Doi communes also cannot be used and are still awaiting repair.
Ho Van Sau, Deputy
Chairman of Huong Hiep Commune People's Committee, said six water supply
constructions were meant to provide clean water to 5,000 people living in ten
villages. However, because of floods and the lack of protection of public
property, most are damaged or in a state of disrepair.
While hand, foot
and mouth disease, dengue fever, chicken pox are breaking out in Vietnamese
cities and provinces, measles has still remained a concern, patients flock to
hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City; accordingly the city is short of many kinds of
vaccines.
A meeting has been
convened by the Department of Health with centers of preventive medicine to
discuss solution.
The city's center
of preventive medicine reported that by April, it has 1,301 measles
infections, 509 chicken pox people, 2,607 dengue fever cases and 2,944 people
contracting hand-foot-mouth disease.
These above
diseases have increased dozens of times higher than same period last year.
Medical officials
said that hand-foot-mouth are growing at an alarming rate in 24 districts
with hot-pots in districts 8, Binh Tan and Tan Phu. The peak season of the
disease is in middle of May.
Nguyen Thanh Hung, Children
Hospital No. 1's director, said that as of May 6, the hospital is treating 50
measles kids and 51 hand-foot-mouth toddlers. In Children Hospital No.2, 40
hand-foot-mouth babies and 68 measles kids with pneumonia complications are
being treated.
Despite the city's
effort to implement measles vaccination campaign for children under
three, the disease continue to rise with no sign of abating.
Around 250,000 kids will be immunized in the campaign.
Dr Nguyen Huu Hung,
deputy director of the Department of Health, said though the city health
sector makes effort to prevent, many dangerous infectious diseases are still
plaguing at present.
While growth of
infection cases shows no sign of abating, many medical clinics are short of
various vaccines. At the reception desk in Pasteur Institute,
No. 1 and 2, the
Nutrition center, a notice board announced that the institute has no
six-in-one, five-in-one vaccines and vaccine against chicken pox.
Since chicken pox
occurred in January, thousands of children have infected with the disease yet
vaccine has gone. People have to wait as the Ministry is testing quality of
77,000 dozes of Varicella Vaccine imported in February.
The important thing
is to publicize how to prevent spread of these diseases amongst peopan, focus
on treating people contracting dangerous diseases and enhance disinfection in
houses, schools, said Dr. Nguyen Huu Hung.
The
The 21st exposition
will introduce visitors the latest products and technologies in the
healthcare sector of
A wide range of
products, such as medicines, health equipment and laboratory and
pharmaceutical items will be put on show across 450 pavilions.
Organised in
concurrence with the expo will be the seventh Vietnam International Hospital
Exhibition (Vietnam Hospital 2014), the third Vietnam International Dental
Exhibition (Vietnam Dental 2014) and the eighth China Exhibition on
Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment (China Medi-Pharm 2014).
The event will also
include free medical check-ups and campaigns raising the public awareness of
measures against HIV/AIDS as well as a meeting responding to the World
Hypertension Day.-
Ministry
wants schools to teach students law, social norms
The Ministry of
Education and Training has made it compulsory for teachers and student to
sing the national anthem in schools on Mondays as part of a drive to instill
civic sense and patriotism in children.
It also said
schools have to instill national pride in students, and unions in schools
have to teach students the anthem to ensure they sing it correctly.
Kindergartens
should play the anthem regularly, it said.
All schools from
kindergartens to high schools have to teach students good behavior based on
President Ho Chi Minh's five teaching precepts, it said.
School authorities
should teach students about their legal and social obigations and counsel
them to cultivate awareness of and respect for traffic regulations and
culture and express their feelings in an appropriate manner to curb violence
in schools, it said.
The Ministry also
ordered schools not to change uniforms often to avoid waste.
Minister of Tourism
of Cambodia, Thong Khon, has called for Vietnamese investors to invest more
into the tourism sector in
Speaking at a
recent trade promotion conference in the Cambodian capital of
In the first
quarter of this year, the number of Vietnamese visitors to
Attending the
conference, HCM City People's Committee vice chairwoman Nguyen Thi Hong said
Efforts
needed to contain infectious diseases this summer
Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the health sector to take great pains to
prevent contagious diseases from spreading across the community as summer is
approaching.
Addressing a
working session with the Ministry of Health in
It was reported
more than 3,000 people have contracted measles since late December 2012,
resulting in 25 deaths and more than 100 other deaths closely linked to
measles complications.
Most measles
sufferers are children under 10 years old, of which 12.5% are under 9 months
old, and 86.4% are not vaccinated against measles or unclear about their
vaccination records.
While measles is
showing signs of waning, hand-foot-and mouth and dengue fever are breaking
out in almost all provinces and cities.
Ministry of Health
statistics show since the beginning of this year 17,410 people have
contracted HFM disease, including two deaths, and nearly 8,000 have been
infected with dengue fever, including four deaths.
The diseases are
spreading due to people’s negligence of personal hygiene and environmental
sanitation. Doctors warn
Deputy PM Dam asked
the Ministry of Health to work harder to keep measles under control,
especially the status of cross-infection at centrally-run hospitals, in order
to minimise the number of deaths.
To prevent the
disease spreading across the community, he asked the health sector to timely
quarantine and deal with outbreaks and vaccinate children under 10 against
infectious diseases.
The health sector
was also required to update media agencies on the development of the diseases
and preventive measures.
Pham Huong Thao, a
7th grader from Chu Van An secondary school in
The awards ceremony
was held by the UPU organizing board in
The event, themed
“Write a letter describing how music can touch lives”, was co-organised by
the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Education and
Training, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the VietnamPost.
After five rounds
of deliberations, the organizing board chose one first prize, three second
prizes, five third prizes and 30 consolation prizes, in addition to other
awards for the youngest entrant and the best entries from ethnic minority
groups and blind contestants.
In her letter, Thao
made believe she was a violin of a young boy. His father abandoned the boy
and his mother for an affair with a famous female violinist, which broke the
heart of the boy’s mother and instilled in her a hatred for music.
As part of an
effort to heal his mother’s soul, the boy began to play music, quickly
discovering an innate talent as a musical prodigy, to help him overcome
difficulties and sadness.
The competition
aims to raise young people’s awareness of global social issues and to
reinforce solidarity and friendship among nations, promote the participants’
linguistic capability and deepen their understanding of the postal sector’s
role in social life.
A grand requiem was
held at
At the ceremony,
Nguyen Thanh Son, head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs
(COVA), noted that the event was to commemorate fallen Vietnamese soldiers
who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for national construction and
defence, as well as international friends who lost their lives during lofty
missions in
The requiem offered
an opportune occasion for Vietnamese people both at home and abroad to pay
their debt of gratitude to their ancestors’ contributions to the cause of
national defence and affirm their determination to preserve and promote
Most Venerable
Thich Thien Nhon, Standing Vice President of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha
(VBS), called on Vietnamese people, regardless of religion or belief, to
unite to build an equitable, democratic and civilized society in the era of
integration and development.
The Most Venerable
said the religious mass was held as part of UN Day of Vesak 2014, which is
taking place in
His Holiness the
12th Gyalwang Drukpa said that Vesak 2014 has great significance as it helps
humankind remember the great efforts by the international Buddhist community
in building a more peaceful and happier world for all.
Le Van Huan, a
Vietnamese expatriate returning from
Fisheries
Surveillance Force get first aid
The Ministry of
Health presented a package of gifts, including medicine, medical emergency
aid boxes and money worth VND850 million (US$40,000) to the Fisheries
Surveillance Force's sub-department in the central city yesterday.
The medical
equipment will help the Fisheries Surveillance Force rescue and offer first
aid to injured members and fishermen fishing offshore of Viet Nam.
Student
rescue teams set up in Da Nang
Seven rescue teams
made up of students from Dong A University's Nursing Department will be
available to give emergency first aid every weekend on the beaches of central
The student rescue
teams will co-operate with local rescue teams. The move aims to make the
city's image more tourist-friendly.
Two
prosecuted for bridge collapse
Police in the
northern mountainous
The accident killed
eight people and injured nearly 40 others in February this year.
Investigations by
the Ministry of Public Security found that the anchor screws on the bridge
did not meet the required standards, reducing the bridge's load-bearing
capacity, leading to the collapse.
Nguyen Van Ky and
Bui Hai Son have been put on temporary detention.
Ky, director of a
private construction enterprise, allowed less qualified people to supervise
the construction of the suspension bridge. The construction process also
failed to meet standards.
Son, a technician
at Tam Duong District's project management board, failed to identify the
project's contractor using substandard anchor screws.
Police
unearth fake vehicle plate production unit
The Hoan Kiem
District Police on Wednesday unearthed a unit which produced fake automobile
and motorbike registration plates on
Le Van Vinh, 49,
was caught red-handed while he was giving a fake plate to a customer in his
automobile repair shop.
Vinh's shop was
searched and the police seized different tools which had been used to make
the fake plates.
Vinh admitted that
he had been producing fake plates for a month. Each fake automobile plate was
sold for VND500,000 to VND 800,000, or US$23 to $38, whereas each fake
motorbike plate was sold for VND70,000 to VND 100,000, or $3 to $4.7. So far,
he had sold four fake automobile plates.
The police said
that the fake plates were sold to people who wanted numbers suited to their
geomancy or destiny. The fake plates were also sold to motorbike thieves,
which caused public disorder and made it more difficult for the police to
investigate criminal cases.
VN faces
wild polio threat
The Ministry of
Health has told local medical centres, institutes of hygiene and epidemiology
and Pasteur Institutes throughout the country to take preventive measures
against the wild polio virus which has spread globally.
The ministry's
preventive medicine department said no cases had been recorded in
Dr Margaret Chan,
the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), on May 5
declared the international spread of the wild polio virus a "Public
Health Emergency of International Concern".
The WHO's emergency
committee said the global spread of the virus this year constituted an
"extraordinary event" and a public health risk for which a
coordinated international response was essential.
If unchecked, the
situation could result in failure to eradicate globally one of the world's
most serious vaccine-preventable diseases, it said.
As of the end of
last year, 60 per cent of polio cases were the result of the global spread of
the wild polio virus, and there was increasing evidence that adult travelers
contributed to the spread.
This year, the
virus has spread from countries in central Asia, the Middle East and central
In
Polio vaccination
in
Three shots in the
first, second and third month after delivery are necessary for the vaccine to
be effective.
Adults who do not
have immunity against the virus can also become infected.
However, children
under 15 years old, especially those aged one to three, are more vulnerable
to infection.
Drug trafficker gets life sentence
The People's Court
of northern
His nephew, 22, was
sentenced to 15 years in prison.
According to the
indictment, Thien was hired by a man in
Truck-car
collision kills 4, injures 1
Four people were
killed and one critically injured yesterday after a seven-passenger car
collided with a truck traveling in the opposite direction in the area of Ho
Xa Town, Vinh Linh District of Quang Tri Province.
According to police
reports, the car was apparently traveling at a high-speed and managed to pass
another car before striking the truck head-on.
The five victims in
the car were returning from a wedding. Police are investigating the accident.
NGO plans
funded cleft procedures
US-based non-profit
Operation Smile plans to mark its 25th anniversary in
At a press briefing
on Thursday, the Operation Smile Viet
It is expected to
bring smiles back to the faces of around 5,000 children.
There will also be
training, site discussions, seminars, and workshops on various topics for
international and local healthcare volunteers and students.
Nguyen Viet Phuong,
chief representative of Operation Smile Viet
Volunteers from 25
countries will perform the surgeries and support the surgeons, including in
An Giang, Bao Loc, Can Tho, Da Nang, Ha Noi, Ha Tinh, HCM City, Hue, Kien
Giang, Nghe An, Nha Trang, from November 1 to November 25.
The NGO's annual
fund-raising art auction, An Evening of Smile, to be held on May 17 this
year.
Every year
Operation Smile organises 28 surgery campaigns in the country. "With
US$250 we can help a child born with cleft lip or palate deformities to
change his life," Phuong said.
Every year an
estimated 3,000 children are born with cleft lip or palate deformities.
The Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and other relevant ministries and
localities have effectively implemented foreign-funded projects to help the
country raise its climate change adaptability.
The funding
mobilised from foreign aid and preferential loans for such projects has
aggregated nearly US$1 billion since 2010.
Noticeably, the
Danish Government financed a US$40 million programme in non-refundable aid to
help
The Ministry of
Industry and Trade, MoNRE and the provinces of Quang
Through policy
dialogues, the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC),
promoted by the Japanese and French governments, aims to strengthen
activities cutting down greenhouse gas emissions in
As much as US$270
million was mobilised for the SP-RCC by a number of foreign sponsors from the
World Bank (WB),
Meanwhile, the
US$250 million from the WB’s Clean Technology Fund (CTF) for the National
Investment Programme will target energy saving for
The stakeholders
have established action plans, focusing on evaluating the negative impact
caused by climate change on technical facilities, work at sea and on islands
and the livelihood of vulnerable groups and poor people. They have also
planned to get all social classes involved in the activities to respond
efficiently to climate change.
Vietnamese students to compete at Intel ISEF 2014
The Ministry of
Education and Training (MoET) held a ceremony in
This year’s
Vietnamese competitors will bring a number of topics to the event from six
fields including science, technology, and environment.
They mostly come
from the
The students
successfully beat hundreds of opponents across the country to earn their
place at the fair and some of them won prizes in a competition for youth in
Addressing the
event, MoET Deputy Minister Nguyen Vinh Hien said that this year, Intel ISEF
2014 will attract about 1,600 students from around the world covering a wide
range of scientific topics in various fields relevant to daily life.
He expresses his
hope that after the competition, the candidates will learn experiences from
international friends to further develop their studies in the future.
Last year,
Vietnamese students won two fourth prizes at the 2013 Intel ISEF in the
fields of electricity and mechanics, and materials and biotechnology.
They are Tran Ngoc
Chau, Nguyen Phuong Duy and Truong Nhut Cuong from the Le Hong Phong Gifted
High School in
Vietnamese
Association builds up profile in Russia
The Overseas
Vietnamese Association in
It was reported
that in 2013 the association carried out practical activities to strengthen
solidarity and support the community despite
It set up ten
fellow-countrymen chapters and closely coordinated with the Vietnamese
embassy in
This year, the
association will continue to encourage Vietnamese businesses to expand their
operations to build a strong Vietnamese community in
Vietnamese
ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son appreciated the Vietnamese community’s
efforts and success over the past year. He briefed them on
The ambassador said
that
The ambassador
unveiled Russia’s viewpoint on the issue that concerned parties should
resolve the dispute peacefully through negotiations, in respect for each
other’s legal interests and international law, especially the 1982 UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The association
also spent time discussing the
Vietnam
reaches top 4 of ASIAN Cup in Belgium
Eight student
football teams from
They played in a
round-robin format to select two group winners and two first runners-up in
each group to go on to the semi-final round.
However,
Tran Kim Thau,
Counsellor in charge of the community affairs of the Vietnamese Embassy in
The annual event
has been running since 2005.
Poultry,
cattle diseases under control: official
Deputy Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam yesterday said that no new
outbreaks of avian flu had occurred in the country and that poultry and
cattle diseases were under control.
The latest outbreak
of avian flu was detected in
The ministry
reported that 33 provinces and cities have been affected by avian flu, with
more than 211,000 poultry affected, mostly on small breeding farms.
Last year, the
avian flu outbreaks occurred in only five provinces.
This year, the
avian flu virus spread because local animal health divisions and government
agencies discovered the cases too late, and the vaccination of poultry was
not strictly monitored.
In addition, some
local leaders did not allocate budgets for their vaccination programme for
poultry.
Tam said that they
waited too long to take action. "It was too late."
Tam asked local
animal health divisions and agencies to carefully check whether agencies and
others are giving the vaccinations, and to take preventive measures to
protect poultry. In addition, he said they should take samples to test for
viruses and the effectiveness of vaccines in order to detect new clades of
the H5N1 influenza virus.
This information
would help them decide whether to use a new vaccine.
Pham Van Dong, head
of the Animal Health Department, said that the clade 2.3.2.1 of the bird flu
virus, which was the main cause of the flu in the
These provinces and
cities were advised to use H5N1 Re-6 vaccine to prevent the outbreaks, Dong
said.
Moreover,
free-range poultry breeding, which allows disease to spread more easily,
should be under more strict control, he said.
Foot-and-mouth
disease among cattle has also been contained, Dong said, adding that the
provinces of Ha Tinh, Yen Bai and Kon Tum were the only areas where cases
remained.
He warned that
outbreaks could occur again in provinces and cities in the northern and
north-central mountainous region or the Central Highlands in the remaining
months of the year.
Agencies in these
provinces and cities should continue to control the spread of the disease as
well as trading and transport of cattle without labels of origin, he said.
Along with avian
flu, no new blue-ear disease cases among pigs have been detected in the
country over the last nine months, Dong said, adding that the JXA1-R vaccine
remained an effective deterrent.
Students
plant trees to mark Green Hour
Every year,
students at selected schools plant trees, collect rubbish or exchange plastic
bags for compostable ones that are biodegradable.
Begun in January
2012, the activities are part of Green Hour, organised by the UNESCO Art and
Education Centre.
This year, four
cities and three provinces took part in the programme from the first Sunday
in January through the first Sunday in May.
In
Nguyen Hong Minh
Nguyet, a fifth grader at Phu My school, said the students would be in charge
of taking care of the trees.
"I'm tired,
but feel very happy," she said, smiling.
Nguyet and her
classmates have also visited nearby houses to plant trees in the gardens of
local residents.
The principal of
Phu My Primary School, Nguyen Trong Hien, said the best way for students to
learn about environmental protection was involvement in activities like the
Green Hour.
Nguyen Xuan Vui,
father of fifth grader Thien Truc, praised the programme, saying that it had
helped students develop good habits at an early age.
"As adults,
our awareness of environmental protection is also improved through such
programmes," he said.
Nguyen Trinh Cao
Son, deputy head of the environmental protection division in
The Green Hour,
which is part of UNESCO's Green Talk Project, is held on Sunday mornings.
Programme
coordinators said that students who take part in outdoor activities serve as
visual reminders to the community of the importance of environmental
protection.
Farmers to
be compensated for pollution
The head of a rogue
waste-treatment company who earlier admitted dumping polluted waste water
into a canal in the southern
The polluted water
stunted crops and large numbers of fish being raised in ponds.
General Director of
the Sonadezi Long Thanh Company, Do Thi Thu Hang, said it would pay the extra
money, totalling US$109,000 by the end of this month.
Last June, the
company paid 169 households in the Long Thanh District a total of VND11.8
billion (US$561,900) as directed by the Dong Nai Province People's Committee.
However, more than 106 other households received no compensation.
The company was set
up to treat and discharge waste water created by 42 manufacturing plants in
However, it was
later found that it had dumped the untreated waste water directly into the Ba
Cheo Canal for three years up to 2011.
According to the
Environmental Police Department, the company dumped 14 million cubic metres
of untreated waste over a period of five years.
The 106
householders who missed out in the first settlement voiced their displeasure
at a meeting at the commune on Thursday. It was attended by general director
Hang, a delegation of Dong Nai members at the National Assembly, and local
residents.
Nguyen Van Trai, a
resident the Village 2 in Tam An Village, said Environmental Police
Department had not clearly informed residents of the company's blame.
Tran Thi Cung, a
resident from Village 2, agreed, saying the HCM City-based
She said
householders in the upper area of the polluted canal had been given
compensation, but those in the lower area had received nothing.
Land-use
violations rife in capital city
Ha Noi authorities
have found more than 330 projects violating land-use regulations and
intentionally delaying land use fees and land lease payments, the municipal
Department of Natural Resources and Environment has said.
Among the 336
projects, as many as 157 with a total area of 624 hectares either have not
used the land for a year or used it improperly, including for illegal rental
activities or by transferring it to other users. More than 100 projects were
found to have delayed their financial obligations up to the amount of VND2.3
trillion (US$109 million).
The remaining
projects have lagged behind schedule, bogged down by difficulties with land
compensation and resettlement. The limited financial capacity of investors
and the lack of funds to complete projects were also factors in the delay,
exacerbated by a shortage of resettlement funds, changes to city land
planning and a gloomy real-estate market, the department said.
The trend reveals
many housing development investors have been hesitant to invest in the
stagnant real-estate market and are waiting for conditions to improve before
completing projects.
However, the
department conceded that inspections conducted by authorised agencies needed
to be tightened and that punishments were not strict enough.
Currently, the
department has established an inspection team to supervise 157 projects on
plots of land that have not been used for a year. The Department of Planning
and
Investment would be
in charge of 53 projects lagging behind schedule, with the city's Steering
Committee on Site Clearance to focus on 35 projects facing difficulties in
compensation and resettlement.
The city People's
Committee has also assigned the Department of Finance and the municipal
Taxation Administration to check 107 projects that delayed payment of land
use fees and proposed punishments for investors.
Other cases that
had been granted extensions to correct their violations, but failed to do so,
will be required by the committee to hand back the land use right.
All reports must be
submitted to the committee before the end of this month.
6.8 million
USD clean water project provided for Khmer people
The Mekong Delta
Tra Vinh is home to
a huge number of Khmer people. According to a recent local report, more than
15,000 poor Khmer households in the province are facing difficulties in
accessing clean water.
To improve the
situation, the provincial centre for water supply and environment sanitation
has planned to build seven water supply stations in seven poor villages by
2015.
More than 9,000
Khmer households are expected to benefit, while over 4,500 other households
living in remote areas will get an aid of 1.3 million VND each to drill well
or build water contains for themselves.
So far, Tra Vinh
has constructed 256 clean water supply stations, including 188 stations
serving more than 16,000 Khmer households.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGGP/SGT
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