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Social News 3/1
Safety checks of hydropower projects urged
The Ministry of Construction has asked the Ministry of
Industry and Trade and provincial governments to review and inspect all
small- and medium-scale hydropower projects under construction nationwide
following a serious tunnel collapse at Da Dang hydropower plant.
The construction ministry said in a document sent last week to
the industry ministry and provincial governments that the incident at the
hydropower project in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December
16 showed that small- and medium-scaled hydropower projects put workers at
risk.
Therefore, the construction ministry has urged the industry
ministry and provincial authorities to review and strictly monitor
construction, and safety and quality management at such hydropower plants,
especially those in the process of building tunnels or having prolonged
construction schedules and those in the areas with complex geology.
The objective is to prevent a similar incident at the Da Dang
hydropower plant from happening at other hydropower projects.
Pham Sy Liem, chairman of the Vietnam Construction
Association, again warned against the incidents at hydropower plants in
recent times after the tunnel collapse last week.
New
health insurance not affect life threatened patients
A press conference yesterday was convened to answer question
meeting following public concern of new insurance policies issued by the
Ministry of Health which will take effects on January 1, 2015.
The state-run health insurance agency has decided to lower its
payments for 25 special medicines as of next year. The new policies regulates
payment rates for 25 medications, most of them are cancer drugs with big
charges in order to make medical workers re-consider upon writing it in their
prescription and ensure interests of insurance cardholders as well as
the fund’s payment ability, said a representative from the Ministry of
Health.
Head of the Department of Health Insurance under the health
ministry Tong Thi Song Huong said out of 25 above-mentioned medications, five
had not been paid by the state-run insurance fund but now will be included by
the insurance with payment rate of 50 percent of medicine costs.
Some 11 new specific anti-cancer drugs will be included in the
index paid by insurance fund and patients will also just pay 50 percent of
the medicine charges.
Moreover, the Ministry decided to cut down half of the payment
rates of 9 drugs including cancer medicine, rheumatism, hepatitis C and
growth hormone deficiency.
Upon concern of cancer patients over the new regulation of
payment Nguyen Minh Thao, deputy head of the Vietnam Insurance Company,
confirmed that the ministry has set up a scientific council to re-consider
the cutting down of payment rates over these medications.
Families who were serving the cause of the nation’s revolution
and under six –year- old will enjoy free of drug charges. Patients who were
taken to hospitals before the date January 1, 2015 will pay as per the old
regulation.
The fund for supporting poor patients in treatment will give
help to disadvantaged people as per the Prime Minister’s decision No. 14.
Teachers struggle to find job in HCM City
Young teachers in
In 2013, HCM City Department of Education and Training
received 1,131 applications for 443 high school teacher positions, and in
2014, 949 applications for were filed for 555 positions.
The same pressure occurred in primary schools.
Nguyen Huynh Long, the head of the department's Personnel and
Organisation Office, cautioned local universities to reduce the number of
education graduates for city schools as the market for teachers had reached
saturation point.
Private schools are targeting experienced teachers, with
limited opportunities for new teachers, apart from working as teaching
assistants or supervising playground activities or lunch time.
Schools in other districts and provinces are in need of
teachers, but many graduates do not want to leave the city.
Most applicants were for such subjects as math, literature and
physics. In 2014, 148 people applied for 77 math teacher positions. Some
subjects, such as home economics and industrial arts are more open, with 10
applications for nine positions.
The surplus in teachers continues to put pressure on teaching
salaries, with many employed teachers having to do extra work to support
their income.
Educators urge government to recruit counsellors to halt
school violence
A rise in violence at
The issue of growing violence was raised at a conference on
December 24 in
In November, two ninth-grade students in
Le Thi Thao, an official from Dak Lak Department of Education
and Training said, "We have tried every possible measures, but
playground violence still occurs and it is reaching an alarming level."
She said the Ministry of Education and Training is focusing on
curriculum and examination methods, but it is ignoring morality.
"A programme on student lifestyles was supposed to be
held in November but it was postponed indefinitely," she said.
Pham Van Khuong, a school inspector for the Ninh Thuan
Province Department of Education and Training, agreed and said a review of
moral education was necessary.
"Some students become even more violent as they grow
older," he said, "We must put morality education above anything
else so students can learn how to cope with character development as well as
their educational learning."
Many experts suggested schools needed a counselling room, so
troubled students could be helped by a trained expert. But
An official from HCM City Department of Education and
Training, Nguyen Minh, urged the government to adjust policies to allow
schools to recruit student counsellors.
Women-only bus routes infeasible, experts say
Bus services for women only, to curb sexual harassment on
public transport, are infeasible, experts say.
Research Centre for Gender, and Family and Environment in
Development, of 2,046 people in
Dr. Trinh Hoa Binh, director of the Centre for Social Opinions
under the
“The bus route classification for men and women can lead to
the thought of gender inequality in the country,” Binh noted.
Binh said narrow roads and a lack of parking in
Dr. Dinh Thi Thanh Binh, from the Institute for Transportation
Planning and Management, said that while it would be possible to designate
urban railway carriages as "women only", as has been done in many
countries, the bus system in
She was also concerned about the cost to the
A representative from Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco)
said his company will intensify measures to mitigate sexual harassments on
bus.
The company maintains and advertises on its buses hotline
numbers ad email details to handle any complaints.
Man accepts swimming challenge to raise funds for charity
Last weekend, a young man suddenly jumped from the
The man identified as Tran Viet Anh accepted the swimming
challenge from a benefactor in HCMC who had promised to raise tens of
millions of
The social network community has shared pictures of Anh
jumping into the just-rehabilitated canal in the afternoon of December 26
with a signboard and swimming from the
According to Zing News, the 23-year-old Hanoian is on a
cycling tour through the country’s 63 cities and provinces to raise funds to
buy warm clothes and books for poor children in the northern upland
He has gone through 39 cities and provinces after four months,
with about VND20 million collected.
The kindhearted youngster started the cross-country journey in
The cost of his trip comes from the money he had received for
writing for newspapers and microblogging sites. So far, Anh has not stayed in
a hotel during the trip; he has chosen to spend his nights in a tent or at
the homes of generous people and friends.
HCM City hosts Tet’s art program for overseas Vietnamese
The National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and related organizations will host “Xuan Que
huong” (Spring in the homeland) to welcome overseas Vietnamese back home for
Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration in HCMC.
According to the committee, 2015 will coincide with many
significant events, including the 70th National Day (Sept 2, 1945-2015), the
70th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945-2015), the 85th
anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam Communist Party (February 3,
1930-2015) and especially, the 40th anniversary of Reunification Day (April
30, 1975-2015).
The program is expected to take place on Feb. 7-8 (or the
nineteenth and twentieth days of the twelfth lunar month) with the presence
of the country’s authorities, diplomatic organizations and overseas
Vietnamese.
The organizers are calling for registrations from overseas
Vietnamese to join the event. Registrations should be sent to
The organizers will send invitations to participants.
Overseas Vietnamese in Angola welcome New Year
The overseas Vietnamese in
The event was co-hosted by the overseas Vietnamese Association
and the Vietnamese Embassy in
Addressing the event, Vice Chairman of the association Pham
Van Duc highlighted the association’s material and spiritual contributions to
homeland activities as well donating 48 tonnes of rice to the Angolan
provinces of Namibe and Benguela.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Angola Do Ba Khoa called on
Vietnamese businesses in
At the event, nearly 3,600 USD was raised for the
association’s activities.
Phu Yen poor households assisted to build flood-proof homes
Another 420 needy households in central Phu Yen province will
be assisted to build storm and flood-proof houses thanks to a
recently-approved project to be carried out in 2015-2016.
The beneficiaries are those listed as poor by the provincial
People’s Committee, including one ethnic minority family, 120 others in
difficult circumstance, 167 others living in disadvantaged areas, among
others.
In 2013, the province piloted to build 100 flood-resistant
houses for needy households in Tuy An and Dong Xuan districts.
Under a government decree on support poor households to build
storm and flood-resistant houses, each poor household in different areas will
receive from 12 million to 16 million VND (571-762 USD) and can access to
loans worth up to 15 million VND (714 USD) at an annual interest rate of 3
percent in 10 years from the Bank for Social Policies.
Phu Yen is one of the seven provinces in the coastal central
region to have been selected for the pilot model, with complexes now under
construction following a 2012 Government directive.
Each complex includes two floors, with the second floors
covering an area of no less than 10 square metres. This floor is designated for
storing people’s essential property during flooding.
A huge flood in 2009 inundated all 126 houses in the village
at depths of up to three metres.-
Media asked to focus on Party congress preparations
The media needs to focus on preparations made for the upcoming
seventh Party Congress as it is the core political task of the entire Party
and the political system in 2015, a Party senior official said.
They should report fully feedback on draft documents prepared
for the Congress, suggested Le Hong Anh, Politburo member and standing member
of the Secretariat of the Party’s Central Committee.
At a national conference in
The media should, therefore, pay greater attentions to their
coverage of resolutions, guidelines, and conclusions of the Party and State relating
to socio-economic development, sea and island sovereignty protection,
sea-based economy, and border demarcation, he asked.
Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party
Central Committee, and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for
Communications and Education, said 2015 will be marked by a lot of important
political and socio-economic events.
The media should continue efforts to solidify social consensus
on the implementation of guidelines, policies, and measures designed by the
Party and Government, he emphasised.
The media should promptly draw out effective communication
plans regarding the organisation of the Party Congress at all levels in the
run up to the seventh National Party Congress, he said.
According to a report at the conference, throughout 2014, the
media’s strong performance was evidenced by its coverage of all beats of life
in an accurate, full, multi-dimensional, and prompt manner, actively
contributing to the national construction and defence as well as the building
of socialism, deserving as a reliable forum of the entire people.
At the same time, the media took important part in the
protection of the national sovereignty over sea and islands, raising voice
against wrongful arguments of hostile forces, said the report.
The report, however, pointed out a number of shortcomings,
including the deviation from registered principles and purposes by some
newspapers, as well as the production of unconstructive or wrongful
information and scandals affecting the prestige of the country,
organisations, businesses, and individuals.-
Thai Nguyen donates 86,000 USD to law enforcement forces at
sea
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee
Nguyen Thien Nhan received 1.837 billion VND (86,000 USD) donated by Thai
Nguyen to fishermen and law enforcement forces at sea at a meeting in
Addressing the event, President Nhan praised the meaningful
donation, saying the Party, Government and people always turn their hearts to
those who have been safeguarding the country’s sea and islands.
The front has worked with the border guards and fisheries
surveillance forces to assist fishermen in provinces such as Quang Ngai,
Quang
In response to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central
Committee’s appeal for supporting fishermen and law enforcement forces at
sea, organisations and individuals have donated over 12 billion VND (576,000
USD) through the front channel.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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Thứ Sáu, 2 tháng 1, 2015
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