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Ship goes
missing with 18 sailors on board
A Vietnamese ship
carrying 18 Vietnamese sailors has gone missing after leaving
Reports say that it
has disappeared from radar and radio contact.
The ship,
Local media report
that the last contact was in the sea area between
Rescuers from
Electrical
faults lead to costly fires
Careless use of
electricity has been the major cause of fires in
Though in the first
nine months there were only 221 blazes, down by more than half from the same
period last year, they caused 15 deaths, an increase of nine.
They also caused
losses worth estimated VND44 billion (US$2.08 million) though in 28 cases
they were not estimated.
Tan Binh District
accounted for the largest number of fires – 20.
Nearly 50 per cent
of all fires in the city occurred in private homes.
Around 84 per cent
of the fires were investigated, and authorities said 77 per cent were caused
by electricity leaks.
The fire department
received over 830 calls reporting fire, two times the number last year.
There were also
five explosions — almost a third down year-on-year — that killed five people,
eight less than last year.
The department also
received 81 calls for rescuing people. It managed to save 29, eight of them
from fires, and find the bodies of 32 others.
Buu pointed out
that most of the victims died due to smoke.
He said every house
should have an emergency exit in case of fire, and announced that the
department would step up education and training in fire prevention and
fighting in residential areas and traditional markets.
He warned against
indiscriminate burning of vegetation and garbage, which has caused many major
fires, especially in hot weather.
Fingerlings
released to enrich joint fishing grounds
The Vietnamese
Committee for Fisheries in the
Deputy Director of
the Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries Nguyen Ngoc Oai, who is also the head of
the committee, said the endeavour was to call for the people’s joint effort
in conserving fishery resources and protecting environment.
The released fingerlings
included bass, black tiger shrimp and crab, along with many other species of
high economic value, he added.
The release of
fingerlings was among activities agreed by the Vietnam-China Joint Committee
for Fisheries in the
After a decade of
implementation, the agreements have helped maintain security and order in the
Memorial
house of
Party Committee of
Nam Dinh province yesterday held an inauguration ceremony of a memorial house
of Le Duc Tho who was known as senior adviser of Democratic Republic of
Vietnam’s mission in Paris Peace Talks in 1973 at his home town.
This memorial site
will be officially completed on 10th October, 2014 to celebrate the 103th
anniversary of his birthday.
The memorial house
was built in Nam Dinh’s Nam Van commune includes a place of worship and a
small museum which displays artifacts, photos related with comrade Le Duc
Tho’s childhood and 65 years of his revolutionary career.
At the ceremony,
Nam Dinh Provincial Party Committee Secretary Pham Hong Ha stressed that Le
Duc Tho Memorial House was a meaningful construction, aiming to not only
express the young generation’s deep gratitude but also contribute to
historical education for young generation.
Comrade Le Duc Tho
was a Standing Member of the Central Committee's Secretariat of the Communist
Party of Vietnam from 1960 to 1986 and Head of the Central Organizing
Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam later became the Advisor of
Party's Central Committee.
During Paris Peace
Talks comrade Le Duc Tho and U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
since February 1970 engaged in secret talks that eventually led to a
cease-fire in the Paris Peace Accords of January 23, 1973.
He was awarded the
1973 Nobel Peace Prize together with Henry Kissinger for their roles in
negotiating the Paris Peace Accords but he refused to receive, claiming that
peace had not yet been established in
VN mulls
over tertiary education classification
Tertiary
establishments may be devided into three categories: Research-oriented,
application-based and practice-based, according to a draft Decree being
developed by the Ministry of Education and Training.
The decree is
expected to provide a basis for universities to identify medium- and
long-term targets, investment and development plans, and for State agencies
to better manage the tertiary education system.
Meanwhile, each
category may also be ranked on five quality levels, the draft decree says.
Quality
transparency will help boost healthy training and research competition among
tertiary establishments.
Tertiary
establishments classification and quality ranking may be conducted every ten
years and two years, respectvely, the Ministry said.
Improving the
quality of the workforce is one of the three strategic breakthroughs figured
out since the 11th National Party Congress held in 2011.
Gov't
issues monthly resolution
The Steering
Committeee for Tourism Development has been asked to work with relevant
ministries to put forward comprehensive measures to improve the quality of
and diversify tourism products, according to the Government’s latest monthly
resolution.
Inferior levels
must also seek ways to renovate visa granting process to faciliate foreign
arrivals inflows while designing proper policies to spur domestic tourism
development, the resolution says.
According to the
General Statistics Office,
The figure,
however, is still modest in comparison with that of the neighboring countries
like
At the Government’s
recent monthly meeting, PM Nguyen Tan Dung asked inferior levels “Why we
can’t level the differences between us and
Viet Nam, blessed
with beautiful landscapes and a series of world heritages recognized by
UNESCO, only lured over seven million tourists last year, official statistics
showed./.
Phu Quoc to
build large Scale Seaport Terminal
The Ministry of
Transport has just had a meeting with Kien Giang province’s leaders to
discuss the plan building a large-scale Seaport terminal in
At meeting, Kien
Giang’s leaders and the ministry has agreed to build a sea port terminal in
Duong Dong town of
The total
investment capital is estimated to reach VND 1,254billion (2 phases) with the
first phase alone costing VND 1,089billion.
The Ministry of
Transport has asked Vietnam Maritime Administration and Portcoast Consult
Company, Vingroup to study the finance plan for submission to the Government
for approval soon.
Ho Chi Minh
City-Brunei direct route re-opens
The
The new service
will be operational with four weekly flights on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, using Airbus A320 and A319 aircrafts. It takes about two hours to
fly from
The return of
The airline is
offering a promotional program on the occasion of the re-opening of the
Ministry
asks local gov’t to watch out for Ebola
The Ministry of
Health sent a document to chairpersons of people’s committees nationwide on
October 4 asking to take preventive measures against the fatal Ebola virus
disease (EVD), a viral hemorrhagic fever which has killed thousand people in
As there is a high
possibility of entering of the disease into
Accordingly,
chairpersons must ask local departments of health to watch out people from
Ebola-hit regions to detect infected people.
Health workers have
to keep a close watch on those from Ebola-hit nations.
Local authorities
and health watchdog should provide information of healthcare to residents and
travelers and precautionary measures should be taken. Medical clinics should
prepare isolation areas and medicine, equipment, chemical for treatment of
infected people.
The Ministry also
asked department of information and communications and media to release the
information of the disease to raise people’s awareness and help people take
preventive measures according to the Ministry’s warning.
According to the
World Health Organization (WHO), 7,227 infected people including 3,372 deaths
had been reported or confirmed as a result of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever in
the world as of October 1. 219 medical workers died of the disease and 383
others have been infected with the disease.
Most infected
people are living in
Though the disease
has yet not spread to
From August 11 to
date, 42 Vietnamese and 201 foreigners from West Africa countries have
entered
186
suspension bridges to be completed in June 2015: Ministry
The transport
ministry said 80 out of 186 suspension bridges will be built in 2014 as per
project to build 186 suspension bridges in 28 mountainous provinces in the
northern, central highlands.
A technological
economy report for 83 first bridges worth VND 403billion has been approved,
according to the ministry. At present, the ministries of Investment &
planning and Finance have reported to the Prime Minister to approve the
project’s budget.
The ministry said
although the budget is waiting for approval, but to date, relevant agencies
have tried starting construction of 12 bridges; of these, eight of 12 will be
finished in October, 2014 including Ban Com (Yen Bai province); Nam Cong (Ha
Nam province); Ban Diem (Nghe An Province); Sam Lang (Dien Bien province);
Cho Moi, Ban Gieng, Pjiao and Na Dan (Bac Kan province).
The ministry
promised left 174 suspension bridges will be completed in turn in June 2015.
Memorial
complex commemorates late Politburo member
A memorial complex
commemorating late Politburo member and Secretary of the Communist Party of
Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), Le Duc Tho, was inaugurated in Nam Dinh
city’s Nam Van commune, Nam Dinh province on October 5 on the occasion of his
103rd birthday (October 10, 1911-2014).
Present at the
ribbon-cutting ceremony were Le Hong Anh, Politburo member and standing
member of the CPVCC’s Secretariat; Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member and Head
of the CPVCC’s Commission for Communication and Education; former Party and
State leaders; representatives from central agencies; provincial leaders, and
local people.
Addressing the
ceremony, Secretary of the Nam Dinh provincial Party Committee, Pham Hong Ha,
reviewed the life and revolutionary career of comrade Le Duc Tho, who was
also Advisor to the CPVCC and head of the its Organisation Commission.
Ha reiterated
comrade Tho’s talent and virtue as well as his great contributions to the
Vietnamese Revolution during his glorious 65-year revolutionary career, while
emphasising that the memorial complex showed the present generation’s tribute
to the prominent leader of the Vietnam Communist Party and aimed to educate
the country’s young generation about their forefathers’ revolutionary
traditions.
The complex,
located in Nam Van commune’s Dich Le hamlet where comrade Tho was born,
features a worship place and a memorial house showcasing many artifacts and
photos closely attached with comrade Tho’s life and his 65-year revolutionary
career.
Police call
on residents to turn over handmade guns
Handmade guns are
gaining popularity in the
In the first nine
months this year, district police seized more than 400 handmade guns, said
Dao Ngoc Thuy, head of the Social Order Police Team under the Van Yen
District Police.
The guns appeared
in the district at the beginning of last year. Making a gun takes only two or
three hours and utilises materials that many locals have on hand, like
bicycle pumps and pesticide spraying spouts. Iron ball bearings are used as
bullets.
The gun looked
simple, but it had a 30m range and had already injured several locals, said
Thuy.
Ban Thi Chan, who
lives in Vien Son Commune's Thac Cai 2 Village, said that eight months had
passed since her five-year-old son was shot in the head by such a gun, and he
was still frightened by recurrent nightmares of the shooting.
Chan's son Dang Quy
Lam was shot last November by some village youths out hunting for birds. The
bullet hit Lam's skull in a dangerous place so that surgery could not be
conducted to take it out.
"I hope that
people using handmade guns will give them to the police to avoid causing
danger for others," Chan said.
On May 28, Duong
Minh Tuan from Hoang Thang Commune used a handmade gun to shoot a
construction worker on the
Police chief Thuy
said that district police would join commune and town authorities to raise
awareness. When residents understood producing and using handmade guns was
illegal, they would volunteer to hand in the guns to the police.
Scientific
evidence improves policy making
The two countries,
together with
President of the
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) Nguyen Xuan Thang said his
institute is conducting a number of studies on regional development and
culture, as well as compiling a Vietnamese encyclopaedia.
The academy helps
local authorities outline policies on the designation of special economic
zones and appropriate development strategies.
The institute is
also working with officials at the Ministry of Planning and Investment and
the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to draft reports on
President of the
Lao Academy of Social Sciences Chaleune Yiapaoheu said his institute is keen
to learn from
Vietnamese
Catholics raise fund for Truong Sa
The Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) has raised VND3 billion to support the
soldiers and people of Truong Sa island district.
The donation was
handed over to the Navy High Command at a ceremony in
CBCV Deputy
Secretary General Bishop Nguyen Van Kham hailed the efforts made by the
soldiers and residents of Truong Sa island district to safeguard the
country’s sea and island sovereignty.
Rear Admiral Dinh
Gia That expressed his thanks for the support of the Government’s Committee
for Religious Affairs, the CBCV and the Vietnamese Catholics for the soldiers
and people of Truong Sa archipelago island district.
Workshop
tackles illegal trade in chemicals, waste
The Vietnam
Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and
the Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme jointly held a
national capacity building workshop on controlling the illegal trade in
chemicals and waste in
Attended by
ministry officials and representatives from Vietnam Customs domestic and
international agencies, the workshop aimed to increase the institutional and
individual capacity of enforcement agencies to control the illegal trade in
waste and chemicals in
Speaking at the
event, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment and Head of
the VEA Bui Cach Tuyen said the trans-boundary transportation of chemicals
and waste was causing serious harm to the environment and human health,
especially in developing countries, creating an urgent need for effective
measures to be implemented.
In
Tuyen said the
effective enforcement of international conventions and national environmental
law was one of the best ways to protect the environment and public health,
stressing the important role of customs officials, environmental police, and
the provincial Departments of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Wanhua Yang, legal
officer at the regional UNEP office’s Division of Environmental Law and
Conventions, appreciated
A number of
important topics were up for discussion during the workshop, including an
analysis of the current trends in the illegal trade of chemicals and waste;
regional and international approaches; policies and regulations on
environmental protection with regard to imported waste in
Emergency
surgery saves life in Truong Sa archipelago
An operation
conducted by doctors of the Military Hospital 175 under the Ministry of
Defence and the public health clinic in Truong Sa Lon island saved the life
of a fisherman suffering from appendicitis.
Bui Hiep, aged 55,
was admitted to the island’s clinic on October 6 with serious stomach pains
that had persisted for four days due to an inflamed appendix.
An emergency
operation was conducted by Huynh Thanh Binh, head of the island’s clinic,
with the support from Senior Lieutenant Colonel and PhD Dr Trinh Van Thao,
vice dean of the Department of Abdominal Surgery, and his team at the
Military Hospital 175 on the mainland via telecomedical technology.
After two hours,
the patient’s life was no longer in danger and he began recovering.
In recent years,
telecomedical technology, which transcends geographical distances and brings
medical expertise to remote communities, has helped the Military Hospital 175
connect with the clinic on Truong Sa Lon to perform complicated surgery and
save countless lives of local residents.
On August 23, the
telecomedical system supported another successful operation on the island.
Workshop
tackles illegal trade in chemicals, waste
The Vietnam
Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and
the Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme jointly held a
national capacity building workshop on controlling the illegal trade in
chemicals and waste in
Attended by
ministry officials and representatives from Vietnam Customs domestic and
international agencies, the workshop aimed to increase the institutional and
individual capacity of enforcement agencies to control the illegal trade in
waste and chemicals in
Speaking at the
event, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment and Head of
the VEA Bui Cach Tuyen said the trans-boundary transportation of chemicals
and waste was causing serious harm to the environment and human health,
especially in developing countries, creating an urgent need for effective
measures to be implemented.
In
Tuyen said the
effective enforcement of international conventions and national environmental
law was one of the best ways to protect the environment and public health,
stressing the important role of customs officials, environmental police, and
the provincial Departments of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Wanhua Yang, legal
officer at the regional UNEP office’s Division of Environmental Law and
Conventions, appreciated
A number of
important topics were up for discussion during the workshop, including an
analysis of the current trends in the illegal trade of chemicals and waste;
regional and international approaches; policies and regulations on
environmental protection with regard to imported waste in Vietnam; and
international lessons learned in tackling the illegal trade of waste.-
Tourism
boosts community development
Homestay
accommodation and community-based tourism, which are developing rapidly in a
number of localities throughout
Homestays first
emerged in
In staying with
local residents, tourists can enjoy local specialties and traditional music
performances and experience locals’ way of life. They can also take part in
tours of the surrounding villages.
Hoi An, in central
Quang Nam province, has also successfully developed community-based tourism
in Tra Que vegetable village, which has become an attractive destination for
tourists, especially international visitors.
Recognising the
benefits of community-based tourism, local authorities have expanded the
model to other areas and developed new services. Tourists can now explore
nipa palm forests, cycle through peaceful villages, learn to cook and enjoy
seafood specialties.
This kind of
tourism first emerged in the Mekong Delta when the Ship for Southeast Asian
Youth Programme anchored in
According to a report
published by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, the contribution
of tourism to the economy increased significantly in recent years. In 2013,
the total revenue from tourism reached 200 trillion VND (9.4 billion USD),
accounting for approximately 6 percent of the country’s GDP.
Approximately 1.8
million people benefit from tourism, including more than 570,000 people
directly employed in the sector.
Community-based
tourism has accelerated the modernization process in rural areas, helping to
reduce poverty and transform the economic structure. It has also changed
local residents’ perception of tourism, narrowing the development gap between
urban and rural areas and reducing the emigration rate from the countryside
to major cities.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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Thứ Ba, 7 tháng 10, 2014
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