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Social News 25/4
Third blood donation campaign targets 20,000 donors
“Hanh trinh Do” (Red Journey), a campaign calling for blood
donation across Vietnam, was launched for the third time in Da Lat city in
the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on April 23.
The 35-day event will run in 23 cities and provinces
nationwide, with goals to attract 20,000 donors and receive at least 17,000
blood units.
Two groups with 140 volunteers will stop by localities to
launch charitable and educational campaigns about blood donation and
healthcare for the public.
On the occasion, the National Steering Committee for Voluntary
Blood Donation and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society
opened training courses for information volunteers for the cause.
Held in July 2013 and 2014, the Red Journey has collected over
28,300 units of blood.
This year’s event was co-hosted by the National Steering
Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation and the National Institute of
Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City inaugurated
flood-proof infrastructure facilities in wards 7 and 16 of district 8 on
April 23.
The flood embankment project in ward 16 had a total investment
of 193 billion VND (8.94 million USD).
It aims to prevent tide infiltration from
A revetment wall system for preventing flood tides was also
constructed in ward 7.
According to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Nguyen
Huu Tin, district 8 usually faces serious floods caused by flood tides,
directly impacting 1,000 households along canals in wards 7 and 16.
Central Highlands provinces need to accelerate measures to
protect and develop regional forests which are currently suffering from
significant deforestation.
According to the National Steering Committee on Forest
Protection and Development, forest areas in Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai, Kon
Tum and Lam Dong stood at 2,567,116 hectares, of which natural forest
accounts for nearly 2,254,000 hectares.
Compared to 2008, the forest area in the Central Highland has
fallen by nearly 360,000 hectares, bringing the total forest coverage down to
45.8 percent. Excluding areas under industrial crops, the coverage rate drops
to 32.4 percent.
The loss of forest land in the region is due to socio-economic
development in the locality, particularly a project to use forest land to
grow rubber trees and other purposes, all of which was carried out without
permits from authorised agencies.
Over 15,792 hectares of forest in the region were cut down for
the sake of hydroelectricity and other projects. Investors have only
re-planted 892 hectares.
In addition, the decline of forest land is also attributed to
rampant acts of forest destruction and land encroachment for agricultural
production by ethnic groups’ slash-and-burn practice or illegal migrants,
which deforested 88,603 hectares.
Localities have detected and handled 3,163 cases of
deforestation and illegal timber exploitation since 2013. Reforestation in
the region has seen improvement but is unable to keep pace with forest
reduction.
In 2014, 13,431 hectares were planted, meeting only 74 percent
of the annual target.
Bac Ninh lacks worker housing
More than 50 per cent of workers in the
Statistics from the Trade Union of the Bac Ninh Province
Industrial Zone show that there are 144,700 workers in the province's nine
industrial zones and an estimated 72,370 of them need accommodation.
The province's ongoing development of a large work force has a
yearly target of attracting an additional 20,000-30,000 workers from outside.
It is expected that every year 10,000-15,000 more people will be on the
search for accommodation.
Le Thi Hoa, 29, from the
Hoa said that, together, her and her husband's income is VND8
million (US$380) a month. Every month they manage to save VND3 million
($140), but it is still too difficult to buy a house.
Hoa is among the workers in Bac Ninh who dream of having a
stable accommodation.
Nguyen The Quyet, chairman of the Bac Ninh Trade Union, told
the Lao dong (Labour) newspaper that some companies - Hong Hai
Science-Technology Group, Mitac Precision Technology and Bujeon Vietnam Co
Ltd. - built homes for their workers to rent.
The amount of housing, however, is not enough to meet the
workers' demand, Quyet said.
Some other companies gave financial support to their workers
to rent houses, but the houses' quality was so low as to affect the quality
of their work, said Quyet.
Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, head of the Policy and Law Committee
under the provincial Labour Federation, said that last year Bac Ninh had six
housing projects for workers in industrial zones. The projects can ideally
accommodate about 29,000, meeting 40 per cent of the present demand.
The picture, however, is not as promising since only enough
units for 17,460 people were completed and ready for use. The remaining are
under construction.
Deputy chairman of the Bac Ninh People's Committee Nguyen Tien
Nhuong said that the province paid a lot of attention to building houses for
workers, but the demand increases every year.
The province proposed that the Government issue more policies
to encourage enterprises to invest in building houses for workers.
At least policies that ask banks to give preferential interest
rate to workers should be set up, he said.
Owners of damaged homes to receive compensation
A representative of Thien Tan Construction Company said they
are co-ordinating with Sai Gon-Ha Noi Insurance Corporation (BSH) to
compensate families whose houses were damaged during construction of Highway
No1A.
The Thien Tan Investment and Construction Joint-stock Company
has been constructing a section of National Highway No 1A running through the
Mo Duc District in Quang Ngai central province.
BSH hired an independent assessment company, Da Nang
City-based Anh Duong Company, to assess the damage suffered by the houses.
Based on the assessment, Thien Tan Company has already paid
VND1.6 billion (US$74,400) as compensation to 126 households.
It will continue paying VND1.1 billion ($51,000) compensation
to another 78 households next week, said Huynh Bao Linh, director of the
company.
A total of 923 households in Mo Duc District have petitioned
the Thien Tan Company after their houses developed cracks last December
during the company's construction of a section of the national highway.
The cracks could result in casualties and loss to property,
they claimed.
Anh Duong Company has so far assessed the damage in 372
cracked houses.
A representative of the Anh Duong Company said a lack of
assessors and the large number of damaged houses were the main causes for the
slow work.
Additionally, the representative said the construction of the
section of the National Highway No1A would continue to affect houses around
it, so his company had examined and assessed houses located in the vicinity
of the road.
Linh the director of Thien Tan Company said the construction
was meeting all the regulations of the Ministry of Transport, and the cracks
that had developed in the houses were due to the poor condition of the sandy
soil.
The Ministry of Transport has instructed the HCM City
Department of Transport to regulate traffic to ensure safety and security
especially at bus stations during the long holidays when celebrations for the
40th anniversary of Reunification Day (April 30) will be held.
Transport operators and bus stations are required to keep an
eye on buses leaving stations to prevent overloading and other problems.
Buses and taxis have been warned not to cause traffic jams
while dropping and picking up passengers.
Meanwhile, the department has blocked off certain streets in
the downtown area where the celebrations are scheduled to be held.
Closed off on the evening of April 24 (7pm-12am), and on the
morning of 26, and 30 (4am-12pm) is an area bounded by Cach Mang Thang
Tam-Nguyen Thi Minh Khai-Nguyen Binh Khiem-Nguyen Huu Canh-Ton Duc Thang-Ham
Nghi-Le Lai-Pham Hong Thai-Cach Mang Thang Tam.
People have to take alternative routes to circumvent the
cordoned-off area.
The central city has created a pilot programme to build
stronger houses in disaster-affected areas in co-operation with domestic and
foreign insurance companies.
Head of the city's Climate Change Co-Ordination Office (CCCO),
Dinh Quang Cuong, said the insurance model would help poor rural people
repair damage after natural disasters.
"It will be the first ever model introduced in
"We have been calling for co-operation among insurers,
sponsors and the city's administration in setting up a mechanism for the mass
participation of poor residents," he said.
Cuong said the pilot project was part of the city's
climate-change and rising sea-level programme.
He said the city also planned to build a digital map of flood
vulnerable area in the city to make people more aware of problem areas.
Data on flood levels in previous years will be recorded on
computer to provide further awareness by e-mail during the storm season from
October to December. The data will also try to help people forecast storms
and hurricanes.
An expert from the US Institute for Social and Environmental
Transition-International (ISET), Tran Van Giai Phong, said
"The city has prepared its climate-change response
programmes in co-operation with international organisations for the last six
years," Phong said.
"The city has also established a steering committee to
handle climate-change responses, including rises in sea levels.
Last year, a model of storm-resistant houses in the city won
the 2014 Lighthouse Activity Award established by the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The city is also helping 245 poor households build or repair
245 storm-resistant houses using steel-reinforced columns and walls. A budget
of over US$417,700 has been provided by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Residents can borrow from the fund to build or repair houses
in preparation for storms.
In 2013, a typhoon named Nari hit the city and central region
destroyed 353 homes and blew the roofs off another 7,000 houses.
More than 300 workers hospitalized after food poisoning
More than 300 workers at a handbag factory in the southern
The workers were said to have displayed symptoms of vomiting,
stomach ache and diarrhoea after eating dinner yesterday at the cafeteria in
the Simone handbag factory, said the local Food Hygiene and Safety Department
Head, Pham Van Dau.
The sick workers were rushed to the HCM City-based Nha Be
Hospital the next morning for treatment.
Food samples at the cafeteria have been collected and sent to
the HCM City Institute of Hygiene and Public Health to identify the cause for
poisoning.
EVN says sorry for BinhThuan pollution
Viet Nam Electricity (EVN), the national utility, publicly
apologised yesterday for the pollution and suffering to residents caused by a
thermal power plant in Binh Thuan Province.
Residents of Tuy Phong District in the central province had
taken their protest against the utility's actions to the streets.
The power plant's 15,000sqm dumping ground for cinder has been
fully covered, canvassed and watered to prevent further pollution and work is
underway to upgrade roads that will transport the ashes far away from
residential areas, it said.
The upgrade is expected to be completed before June this year,
the company said.
EVN said it has ordered the Vinh Tan Thermal Plant No.2 to
immediately take measures to stop pollution in the future, including the
completion of a dedicated water supply system, which is scheduled to be
completed before August.
Job training helps thousands
Vocational training for rural workers in greater Ha Noi has
not only helped economic restructuring, but created jobs for thousands of
people in rural areas.
Since 2010, the capital city has provided training courses for
more than 100,000 workers by implementing a Government project on rural
training.
In Chuong My district on the outskirts of the city,
authorities provided training for more than 2,000 people last year, double
the number in 2013. More than 80 per cent found jobs.
Phung Phuong Vy, from the district's Labour, Invalids and
Social Affairs Department, said this year the district planned to provide
training course for nearly 5,000 people. And 85 per cent of them are expected
to get employment.
Statistics indicate that the number of people in the city's
district and other neighbouring districts including Ha Dong District needs
vocational training is 130,000.
However, training for rural workers only reaches 64 per cent
of the target.
According to the project management board, this is because
training courses have not been well managed and many are not suitable for
needs of either workers or employers.
Research on what workers need has not been carried out
properly, preventing many from finding a job.
Sometimes, training for trades specific to localities has not
been taught at the training centres.
And there are complaints that some training centres are not
been well equipped and that most of the teaching staff are unqualified and
lack experience.
On top of this, many workers are unaware of the benefits of
training. Many trainees are breadwinners so they cannot devote too much time
for study.
It has been agreed that agencies in charge of training must
check the needs of trainees and businesses.
Rural vocational training up to 2020 plans to provide training
courses for 153,000 people, including 83,000 farm workers. It is hoped to
find 83 per cent of them jobs.
To implement the programme, the city will spend VND65 billion
(about US$ 3 million) on the activity from the municipal budget for the
period.
Me Linh District plans to become a green urban hub
The Ha Noi Department of Planning and Architecture yesterday
unveiled a 15-year (2016-2030) development master plan for Me Linh District
with a total investment of VND220 trillion (US$10.37 billion).
Located in the north of Ha Noi near the
Deputy Chairman of the district's People's Committee Ha Huy
Quang said the district's green urban development focus would balance the
industrial orientation of neighbouring districts and towns.
Turning the district into a green city would also build on its
inherent strengths and advantages as a well-established agriculture
production centre with large potential for cultivation of flowers, vegetables
and other produce, he said.
Situated right at the northwest gate of the capital, the
district's agriculture produce will enjoy easy access to the largest market
in the Red River Delta, he added.
Existing industrial complexes in the district will be
redesigned to become more environmental friendly.
The official publication of the district's master plan is
significant because it will provide businesses and residents with a guideline
of future development that they can participate in.
With the new master plan being published, the district
authorities, agencies, businesses and residents will be able to monitor its
implementation and ensure that the district's development stays in the right
direction, Quang said.
The district used to be a part of
The representative of a green urban centre at the Tien Phong
Ward in the district said their project had been approved by the Vinh Phuc
Province People's Committee before the merger.
The project developer had invested money to build
infrastructure, but adjustments made in the new master plan have
"isolated" the project, making it impossible for them to continue,
he said.
The Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported the
representative as saying, "Without access to the main routes, our
project is no more than a no-man's land. All the time and money invested will
be completely wasted," he said.
Age-old trees barked secretly in
About 10 more age-old trees on a street in
The ten trees, named xà cừ (Khaya senegalensis), line
Police have launched a probe but they have yet to find out who
peeled the trees.
These skinned trees are located next to the nursery garden of
a tree and flower enterprise under the
They have had their feet barked by slashes and the traces
could be clearly seen on the damaged surfaces in various sizes.
About a week ago, 35 xà cừ trees on Le Duan, Kim Ma, Lang and
Pham Van Dong Streets, were also skinned, exposing the inner layer of the
trunks.
Deep slashes will certainly affect their growth, the
Some local residents said they saw a man and a woman peel off
the skin of some trees, put it into a sack, and then carry the bag away on a
motorbike, according to news website VnExpress.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has sent dispatches to local
police and relevant agencies, urging them to find out the culprit and take
measures to prevent similar occurrences.
On April 16, the
However, no sign of any perpetrator has been found so far.
80
outstanding students presented with
Eighty Vietnamese outstanding students in the 2014-2015
academic year were each granted scholarships worth US$ 300 from the Japanese
FUYO Foundation at the 17 th FUYO scholarship awarding ceremony held in
The FUYO Foundation is an annual scholarship fund for
Vietnamese students with outstanding academic performance.
Since its establishment in 1997, the foundation has awarded a
total of US$ 292,000 in scholarships to 1,190 students nationwide.
In the past few years, the Japanese government has made
significant contributions to education in
130 students nationwide honored 2015 national best history
student
Vietnamese History Development Fund in companied with Ministry
of Education and Training yesterday held a ceremony at Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam-
the Temple of Literature to honor and award to 130 students nationwide, who
are winners of the 2015 national best history student.
Accordingly, the organization board selected six winners from
high schools in the
Historian Duong Trung Quoc said that this year, Bac Ninh
topped the country in the number of winners.
Statistic showed that from the 2012- 2015 period, 764 students
have won the national best history student competition. In addition,
Vietnamese History Development Fund also offered 127 scholarships to
students, who are studying in historical major of 13 universities nationwide.
Dormitories attract few workers in HCMC
Industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) in
The most crowed dormitory is of Nissei Electric Vietnam in
Linh Trung 1 EPZ, Thu Duc District, where 2,280 workers are living. They are
exempt from rent and just asked to pay VND20,000 of electric and water fees a
person a month. The company also provides them with bedding.
Another crowded dormitory locates in Linh Trung EPZ II with
352 apartments which are let out to workers at preferential prices. The
project comprises a kindergarten, shopping mall, supermarket, cinema, canteen
and other amenities.
Tan Thuan EPZ has done three projects supplying 1,500
accommodations.
The number of accommodations provided from these projects is
no satisfied as HCMC now has over one million workers in EPZs and IPs. Of
these 70 percent are immigrants.
Hepza predicted that the number is expected to increase by
about 500,000 this year. Forty percent of these will need accommodations but
the authority can provide housing for only half of them.
Despite large housing demand, some dormitories have attracted
very few dwellers in Linh Trung II EPZ, Le Minh Xuan IP and Vinh Loc IP.
Among the reasons is undecided rent level, which is just given after the
construction price of a project has been determined.
Hepza said that the assessment was a function of the Department
of Construction. However the body requires Hepza to guide investors when they
ask about this.
Therefore, investors have no basement to set up their rent
levels. Some have proposed to change the use purpose of their projects
because they did not get loans from the city’s demand stimulation fund for
construction.
Head of Construction Department of Hepza Nguyen Quoc Vinh said
that the rent at some dormitories was higher than that of neighboring
pensions.
Dormitories have issued many regulations making workers feel
uncomfortable. For instance, they have to return their apartments before 10
p.m. Some do not permit female workers to accommodate or ban dwellers from
cooking.
Up to 97 workers asked in a survey by the Department of
Construction expressed dissatisfaction because they are not allowed to take
relatives in their accommodations. 79 percent said it crowded, complicated
and inconvenient as there are too many people in an apartment.
Honda Vietnam kicks off tree planting project
Honda Vietnam has begun its tree planting day this year in the
northern upland province of
The event was attended by 200 staff members of Honda Vietnam
and its partners, and a number of local people to plant trees on an area of
two hectares in
Expected to take eight years to finish, the project will
replant 490 hectares of protected forest in Nong Thuong and Xuat Hoa Communes
in the initial phase from 2013 to 2016. The second phase will be to take
care, prune and protect the forest in the following four years, and wood can
be exploited from 2020.
As the only sponsor of the project, Honda Vietnam pledged to
fund VND4.9 billion (US$227,000), including covering the full cost of
developing the project, training personnel, buying high-quality seeds, and
covering 15% of the cost of caring the trees and 10% of the total fertilizer
cost.
The participating households can benefit from 73,500 cubic
meters of wood to be produced in the project, which will bring some VND50
billion of profit.
After nearly two years of implementing the project, new forest
now covers 360 hectares in
Students perform play to boycott school bullying
A group of students called “One Two Three” on Sunday threw a
play at the Guanyin Monastery in HCMC’s Phu Nhuan District in a bid to elicit
love among classmates and boycott bullying at school.
Directed by Hoang Duan and named “Doi ban” (two friends), the
play tells a story about two friends who are new students at an elementary
school. They are bullied by a group of naughty boys. The teacher knows about
the situation and persuades them to love each other and boycott violence.
The play is added with funny and touching details which make it attractive to
spectators.
Steve Vicker, a Briton who is living in HCMC, said after
watching the play with his wife acting as an interpreter, said the play
evoked moral values and humanity in the soul of children.
At elementary school, the mind of children is like a sheet of
white paper, so learning good lessons about how to behave nicely with other
people will help them become good people, Vicker said. Before watching the
play, parents and students are invited to join a course about good and bad
behaviors of children held by Guanyin Monastery. Participating children are
also shown some basic moves of martial art for self-defense.
The monastery so far has organized 27 courses to provide
children with social skills and attracts a great deal of attention from
parents.
Ministry hands over 3,995 computers to 12 provinces
3,985 computers with access to internet were handed over to
601 public Internet access points in Dien Bien, Son La, Lai Chau, Phu Tho, Yen
Bai, Lao Cai, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang
It is a part of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation to enhance computer usage and public internet access in
Representatives of 12 beneficiary provinces sign in hand-over
documents.
According to Nguyen Thanh Hung, Deputy Minister of Information
and Communications and head of the project’s management board, the project
has supplied 12,670 computers with broadband access as well as auxiliary
equipment for 1,900 public libraries and communal cultural post offices,
raising the figure of accessible computers available to the public in rural
areas to 96.7%.
Thanks to the project, disadvantaged people can access
information technology equally and effectively and benefit from
socio-economic interests brought by it, which have helped improve living
standards and contributions to the development of the communities and the
society, contributing to implementing the programme of new-style rural area
construction, developing e-citizens and e-governments and promoting social
learning.
The project has provided each provincial library with 40
computers while libraries in the districts and towns have received 10
computers each. Five computers have been supplied for each communal library
and communal cultural post office. Printers, earphones and other auxiliary
equipment have been also provided.
Meanwhile, the management board has organised 50 training
courses for specialised officers and over 2,000 communication events.
Bac Lieu wind farm adds more power to national grid
The second phase of the Bac Lieu wind farm, with a capacity of
16 megawatts, has been completed and connected to the national power grid.
The wind farm operator, Cong Ly Company, said an additional
ten wind turbines were installed in the second stage of the project, bringing
the total turbines to 20 with a combined capacity of 32 megawatts.
Construction of the Bac Lieu wind farm kicked off in September
2010 and the first phase was completed in May 2013.
Cong Ly Company Chairman To Hoai Dan said the company plans to
finalise the installation of ten more turbines in May.
The Bac Lieu wind farm project will cost an estimated 5.2
trillion (US$239.2 million) and will have a total capacity of 99 megawatts
from 62 wind turbines.
The farm is located in Vinh Trach Dong commune in Bac Lieu
city.
Some hospitals in
The Hanoi Water Supply Company said the city’s water demand
this summer is expected to rise by seven-to-10 percent on the previous year,
which means usage of 620,000-675,000 cubic metres per a day.
But changing environmental conditions of the
Attempts to raise the level of the Red River and the
The vice chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, Nguyen Quoc
Hung, water companies to ensure stable supply for the city, particularly
hospitals and schools.
Hung said water companies must inform the public if they
planned to limit supply, announcing when cuts would be made and which areas
would be affected.
He called on the local Department of Health and Natural
Resources and Environment to monitor water quality at pumping stations and
reservoirs.
Pollution risks at traditional villages
Old equipment and weak infrastructure are creating a serious
pollution problem at many traditional craft villages, with untreated waste
being dumped into the local environment.
The small-scale craft operations in the villages are often
located in residential areas and generate considerable waste.
Ha Van Lam, a representative for
Nguyen Cong Thanh, the party secretary of Dai Bai Commune,
Out-of-date techniques and equipment and weak infrastructure,
and low environmental awareness, resulted in an absence of any waste
treatment system.
"People in
He said community health statistics showed 23 people died from
cancer from 2001 to 2014 in just one village.
Bui Cach Tuyen, the deputy head of the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment said 104 villages had metal pollution levels 3,000
times higher than permissible. The villages have been order to clean up by
2020.
Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang said that to preserve
traditional villages and contain pollution, the New Rural Development
Programme would be implemented to upgrade environmental
standards.
Young Hanoi team tries to rescue dogs, cats
A group of young people in
The team, operating out of a small room in
Over the past two years, acting on calls to its hotline, the
team has saved thousands of cats and dogs. Sick or injured rescues are taken
to veterinaries for treatment and, once healthy, become candidates for new
owners.
Pham Khanh Quynh, the head of the team, said the main problem
was that not many people know about the operation and members had to use
their own money to pay vet bills, but as word spread, donations have helped
offset the costs.
Quynh said volunteers worked under a lot of stress, having to
deal with seriously ill dogs and cats, and animals that had been tortured by
their owners. One volunteer had to watch as a litter of newborn cats was
thrown from a second-storey window because the owner refused to surrender
them.
The team is hoping that better awareness of dogs and cats as
loving pets will reduce animal cruelty and demand for their service.
Dog meat is popular in
BIDV supports shipbuilding for Quang Tri fishermen
The Quang Tri branch of the Bank for Investment and
Development of Vietnam (BIDV) signed a contract on April 23 to provide
VND13.7 billion (US$652,000) for a local fisherman to build a steel coated
boat for offshore fishing.
Doan Van Dung from Cua Viet town, Gio Linh district, is the
first fisherman in Quang Tri to benefit from preferential loans in line with
the Government’s Decree 67.
According to Director of BIDV Quang Tri Nguyen Sy Hong, the
bank has taken the initiative to enable local ship owners and fishermen to
access credit loans through simplified administrative procedures.
The bank has helped 10 fishermen complete loan procedures and
15 others are waiting for final decisions on design, cost and suitable
manufacturing units for their ships.
The building of high-capacity, steel boats for deep sea
fishing is one of the programmes introduced under Government Decree
67/2014/ND-CP with the aim of boosting the development of fisheries.
The move is expected to increase the tonnage of fish caught
and lift the incomes of fishermen.
To be able to benefit from the programme, fishermen must be
approved by the local People's Committees.
As many as 2,079 new off-shore fishing ships and 205 logistics
ships will be built under this decree, according to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
‘The right to die’ should be included in Civil Code
The Civil Code should include “the right to die” to be applied
to hopeless patients who wish to die gently to end their sufferings, a
lawmaker has suggested.
Dr. Nguyen Huy Quang, head of the Legislation Department under
the Ministry of Health, made the suggestion in a recent interview with Tuoi
Tre (Youth) newspaper.
Patients who are suffering pain from an incurable disease
while their families can longer afford treatment costs should be allowed to
die in a smooth way of their choice, Dr. Quang said.
“The law has stipulated the right to live, so why cannot there
be a regulation on the right to die?” Dr. Quang questioned.
Such a suggestion is not new, as some already said in 2005,
when the Civil Code was being prepared, that there should be a right for
those suffering from their incurable diseases to end their life smoothly.
They backed their argument with the right to live and the
right to pursue happiness.
Many others have also voiced their opinions that the right to
die should be mentioned in the Civil Code, which is now being revised.
Regarding his recommendation, Dr. Quang said that there are
indeed desperate patients who prefer to die so that they do not have to
continue enduring pain.
“In such cases, the patients suffer from both physical and
spiritual pains, so the issue here is whether they should be given the right
to die or they should be left waiting for death in such pains,” Dr. Quang
said.
When asked whether he expects that his suggestion will come as
a shock to the public, as it is contrary to the right to live provided for in
the Constitution, Dr. Quang answer this thorny issue often causes fierce and
drastic debate in terms of morality and legality.
If the right to die is defined broadly as one for people to
choose death as an end to any sufferings they are enduring, there may be
circumstances in which some abuse this right by committing suicide to release
themselves from what they do not want to face any more in their life.
The right to die should be considered a privilege only for
hopeless patients who do not want to take their own life but prefer to die
gently and peacefully, instead of continuing to live in prolonged pain, Dr.
Quang said
Regarding who will make a decision on applying the right to
die to hopeless patients, the patients themselves or their relatives, Dr.
Quang said when such patients wish to use the right, then the relevant health
facility will set up a council to consider their aspiration and health
condition before deciding on whether or not, and how, that right will be
applied to them.
“Their relatives should not be the decision-makers because if
they should, ethic and legal issues related to their decision-making may
arise,” Dr. Quang stressed.
When asked whether his proposal will be approved, Dr. Quang
said this right is currently ensured by several countries only, such as
“Even my proposal is not approved, it is still worth being
discussed,” Dr. Quang said.
“I am a lawmaker in the health sector, so I understand how
much pain patients of incurable diseases suffer. I think after I announce the
proposal, many experts will feel sympathy with me.”
Source :
VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/Tuoitre/Dantri
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