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Social News 6/5
Conference highlights media’s role in national leadership,
management
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the
Opinions of managers, leaders from various State agencies and
researchers and scientists heard during the conference will serve as a
reference for a national research in this regard conducted by the VNA.
According to former Deputy Minister of Information and
Communication Do Quy Doan, the research study is significant in determining
the direction of
Meanwhile, Professor Dr. Duong Xuan Ngoc, former Vice Director
of the AJC, held that information is a source of soft power of a nation,
essential in assisting leadership and managing activities.
More than 30 speeches delivered at the conference showed that
journalism, an increasingly significant component of the country’s
socio-political life, has been facing both opportunities and challenges,
especially after
Participants also highlighted the need to complete legal
systems for and State management over journalism to serve the establishment
of a socialist law-governed State.
They analysed the advantages and difficulties resulting from
the influence of information globalisation on the media in
They also contributed ideas on theory systems and study
measures to implement the research.
Kien Giang to deploy water supply project in Phu Quoc Island
The southern
The report will be conducted with support from the the
Japanese city of
The project, developed under the public-private partnership,
has a total investment capital of VND1.85 trillion (US$861 million).
It will include water reservoirs and pipe systems with an
investment capital of VND1.653 trillion (US$767 million) from the provincial
budget.
A water treatment factory worth VND200 billion (US$94 million)
will be invested by Japanese businesses.
So far, Kien Giang has attracted 35 official development
assistance and foreign direct investment projects with a total investment
capital of US$1.3 billion.
The province has also signed 8 cooperation agreements with
international partners in environmental protection, information technology
and human resources management.
Save Lives: Clean Your Hands” campaign aims to control HAI
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO)
jointly launched the campaign “Save lives: Clean Your Hands” in
This year’s event marked
Associate Professor Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health
Ministry’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, said HAI is one
of the top challenges and lingering problems in
Many researches showed that HAI is a reason behind fatality
rise, prolonged hospitalization, and anti-biotic overuse, he said.
He declared that HAI could be completely controlled through
effective bacterial management programmes, including hand cleaning which is
the most effective and cheapest way to reduce HAI and protect both patients
and health care staff.
During the past six years, the campaign has helped raised
public awareness of the need for HAI control, while more resources have been
spent on the work.
So far, nearly 500 hospitals across the country have committed
to joining the campaign, while other 73 hospitals have registered for
engagement via WHO website, making
At the launch ceremony, several hospitals signed up to respond
to the campaign, including
A contest to explore knowledge and skills of cleaning hands
was also launched among health care facilities nationwide.
Orbis Flying Eye Hospital comes to Hue
Orbis Flying Eye Hospital (FEH), a fully equipped ophthalmic
hospital and teaching facility plane, landed in
The landing is part of a 5-year project on improving eye care
services for children across the central region which began in July 2014.
While staying in
According to FEH Medical Director Ahmed Gomaa, Orbis, an NGO dedicated
to vision treatment worldwide since 1982, has come to
Statistics from the World Health Organisation showed that there
are currently 39 million blind people and 80 percent of the causes are
curable. Nineteen million children are suffering serious eye problems,
including 1.4 million at high risk of blindness.
Traffic accidents kill 2,000 children every year
About 2,000 children die in traffic accidents in
Deputy Transport Minister Le Dinh Tho released the warning at
a ceremony held in Hanoi on Monday in response to the Third United Nations
Global Road Safety Week in 2015 (May 4-10), under the theme of “Children and
Road Safety; Save Kids Lives.”
Speaking at the event, Manu Eraly, the World Health
Organization (WHO) representative in
On average traffic accidents kill about 2,000 children in that
age range per year, Deputy Minister Tho said, adding that not wearing a helmet
while traveling on motorbikes is one of the top causes of mortality for
children.
Globally traffic accidents are the eighth leading cause of
mortality and claim about 1.24 million people every year, Eraly said.
On average, traffic accidents kill one child and injure
hundreds more every four minutes in the world, causing immeasurable pain and
sometimes financial burdens for a lot families, the WHO official said.
He stressed that the Third United Nations Global Road Safety
Week in 2015 is a good opportunity to launch and maintain activities that
help ensure traffic safety, reduce traffic accidents, and ease impacts on
children.
According to the website of the United Nations Road Safety
Collaboration, around 186,300 children under the age of 18 die from road
traffic crashes annually, and rates of road traffic deaths are three times
higher in developing countries than in developed countries.
Deputy Minister Tho said, “Schools, parents, and competent
agencies should enhance awareness of and strengthen responsibility for
ensuring traffic safety for children.”
The regulation that children above six years old must wear a
crash helmet when traveling on motorbikes must be strictly complied with in
order to build a friendly, safe, and happy traffic environment for children,
he said.
“Adults should educate children to abide by traffic rules and
the adults themselves must also follow those rules to set examples,” he
added.
At the ceremony representatives of the ministry, the Hanoi
Department of Education and Training, the WHO, and the Asia Injury Prevention
Foundation called on students to wear helmets while riding on motorbikes.
They also offered helmets to students at
Google
The first nine finalists of a contest in which Google
encourages Vietnamese kids to create doodles for its search website were
officially announced on May 4.
These finalists represent three age groups, each of which has
three works, Google said on its “Doodle 4 Google” page.
The doodles – or the fun, surprising, and spontaneous changes
that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and
the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists – created by these
finalists are now on display at google.com.vn/doodle4google.
The authors will receive a certificate while their works will
compete for the final prize with nine other finalists to be announced later
by Google.
The Doodle 4 Google contest was launched in
Themed “My Dream,” the contest is open to children aged
between seven and 15, who are encouraged to never stop dreaming and pursuing
their dream to contribute to the development of the community and the world.
The winning doodle will be displayed on
Below are the doodles created by the Vietnamese kids that have
been selected for the final competition.
* Group 1: Seven to nine years old
"My Year of the Goat holiday" by Le Hieu (
"Peace" by Ngo Duc Anh (
"A modern world" by Nguyen Luu Hai Chau (
* Group 2: Ten to 12 years old
"Dream draws dream" by Chu Mai Thi (
"A baseball team" by Nguyen Tuan Anh (
"A colorful ocean" by Nguyen Viet Ha (
* Group 3: 13 to 15 years old
"A trip around the world" by Tran Quynh Nhi (
"Waste treatment technology" by Mai Nhut Tan (An
Giang Province)
"The energy tree" by Nguyen Ngoc Kim Long (
Designed to encourage eligible school students to use their
creativity to create their own interpretation of the Google logo, the Doodle
4 Google has gone through 25 countries across the globe over the last 15
years and managed to solicit thousands of creative ideas, according to the
search giant.
This is the first time the competition has reached
“We are happy to see huge creativity and imagination through
the drawings of Vietnamese kids,” said Sophie Tran, director of marketing in
Tran said the children’s works are not only “a source of
inspiration for us,” but also “give us an outlook for a future we all want to
see.”
The Google official said even though a doodle is only a simple
drawing, it conveys many meanings and gives children a chance to voice their
opinions and wishes.
“It provides a positive tool for the children to contribute to
the development of
The Google’s doodlers, a team of talented illustrators and
engineers, have created over 2,000 doodles for the search giant’s homepages
around the world since 2000.
Association of the Elderly marks 20th founding anniversary
The Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) convened the third
national patriotic emulation congress and marked the 20th founding
anniversary in
Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said
the Party and State have continually attached importance to caring for the
elderly and providing favourable conditions for them to continue contributing
their knowledge and experience to national development.
He appreciated the VAE’s contributions to building
socio-economic development policies, especially those pertaining to the
elderly.
VAE Chairwoman Cu Thi Hau said during 20 years of operation,
the association has liaised with State agencies to design related legal
regulations and policies and deliver assistance to the elderly.
At present, more than 1.5 million elderly individuals
nationwide receive monthly social benefits and nearly 50% have been given
health insurance cards. Relevant agencies also hold longevity celebrations
for about 1 million people and offer aid to another 900,000 others every
year, she noted.
A number of the programmes have also proven effective, such as
those supporting house-building and eye surgery expenses for the
disadvantaged, Hau added.
Looking forward, the VAE will coordinate with the State
agencies on the national action programme on the elderly and supervise the
implementation of the Law on the Elderly and related policies, she said.
During the congress, the VAE was presented with the Labour
Order (first class).
Science and technology student award launched
The Honda Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award (Y-E-S Award)
was launched on May 4 at eight universities across
The programme was organised by Honda Vietnam (HVN) in
association with the Honda Foundation and the National Institute for Science
and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies (NISTPASS).
Honda’s eight affiliated universities are the Hanoi University
of Science and Technology; University of Engineering and Technology and
University of Science at Vietnam National University, Hanoi; University of
Science at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City; Da Nang University
of Technology; Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology; Hanoi University of
Transport and Communications; and Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport.
The awards will be granted to students who excel in science
and technology with active participation in extra-curricular activities.
Online registration for the programme will be open through
July 1.
The Honda Y-E-S Award programme was started in 2006 to foster
future leaders of science and technology as part of the Honda Foundation’s 30
th anniversary project.
Dutch Lady’s programme develops young talent basketball
players
The American Professional Basketball League (APBL) will
officially launch its second annual Junior NBA Camp (Jr. NBA) in
Previously, the programme was also kicked off in
The programme, sponsored by Dutch Lady, will provide youth
across 200 schools and community centres the opportunity to work towards
future basketball goals by providing training courses and competitions
highlighting the importance of hard work, education and social
responsibility.
This year’s schedule includes additional clinics leading up to
the Selection Camp in May15-16, where the top 40 boys and 24 girls, aged 10
to 14, will be chosen after a series of assessments that will determine who
will participate in the Jr NBA National Training Camp in Ho Chi Minh City
from May 29-31.
The 2015 Jr. NBA will attend an NBA overseas training course
and have the opportunity to meet NBA star athletes and compete with similar
teams from other countries in the world later this year.
The programme, part of ‘Drink.Move.Be Strong’ campaign, aims
to improve the nutritional status of children according to the results of the
South East Asian Nutrition Survey (SEANUTS).
It is being implemented in
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines topped the list of
flight delays during the six-day holiday starting April 28 with 249 flights
delayed, accounting for 49.4% of the total, local media reported, citing data
from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Vietnam Airlines was followed by VietJet Air, Jetstar Pacific
and Vasco with 175 flights, 76 flights, and four flights delayed, making up
34.7%, 15.4%, and 0.8%, respectively.
During the holiday, local carriers successfully operated 3,277
flights, of with 504 were delayed and six canceled, occupying 15.4% and 0.2%
of the total.
Most flight delays and cancellations happened as airplanes
arrived at airports later than the time they were scheduled to, with
70.4%,Thanh Nien reported.
During the holiday, the total output of passenger and goods
transferred through Vietnamese airports reached 893,000 visitors and about
9,400 metric tons of cargo, up 27.5% and 4.6% compared with the same period
in 2014, according to figures the CAAV released on May 4.
In particular, the statistics showed that Vietnamese carriers
successfully transported 433,000 passengers and 2,800 metric tons of cargo,
up 30.3% and five percent compared with the same period of 2014.
The Southeast Asian country last week enjoyed a six-day holiday
starting with the national festival to commemorate the death anniversary of
the Hung Kings, the founders of the nation, which falls on the 10th day of
the third month of this lunar year, or April 28, followed by Reunification
Day (April 3 ) and Labor Day (May 1), and the weekend (May 2-3).
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai requested the Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Hanoi People’s Committee
to speed up projects to clean up and improve the Day, Tich and
Hai called on the ministry and the city to prioritise these
projects so as to proactively address the impacts of climate change, such as
unusual weather patterns, heavy rainfall and flooding.
They were also urged to work with the Ministry of Planning and
Investment and the Ministry of Finance to resolve budget problems and submit
proposals to the Prime Minister.
Hai stressed the necessity of hastening construction of the
Yen Nghia Pumping Station and flood prevention and embankment improvement
plans along the
He also urged the MARD to ensure adequate water supply for
production and daily life of residents along the lower section of the
Meanwhile, the Hanoi People Committee was asked to prepare for
heavy rain and flooding in the city and especially in the central area during
the upcoming monsoon season.-
Explosion in ship's hold injures three workers
Local police are investigating an explosion in which three
welders suffered burns on Monday in the southern Ba Ria –
The incident occurred when the workers were welding a ship's
hold, where cargo is stored, in a seaport.
The injured persons were taken to
The patient who had suffered six per cent burns left the
hospital yesterday.
Three killed in crane accident in Mekong Delta
A woman and her two sons were killed by a crane which fell on
Provincial Road No 842 in Hong Ngu Town of the Mekong
The accident occurred on the road which intersects a
construction site for the Hong Ngu Bridge No 2. It killed 31-year-old Can
Tuong Van and her five-year-old and two year-old sons. Van was taking her
children to school.
Hong Ngu Town police said at the time of the accident, the
crane was being operated by 29-year-old driver Nguyen Thai Huynh.
A broken crane cable was possibly the cause of the accident,
according to the police force.
Ha
The preventive healthcare department of the health ministry
has confirmed that avian flu strain A/H5N6 has been detected in Ha Nam
Province's Kim Bang district.
Deputy Chief of the veterinary department Dam Xuan Thanh said
genetic sequencing showed the virus was 99 per cent similar to the A/H5N6
strain reported in
Earlier last month, the central Nghe An province also detected
a viral strain in a flock of chicken in Quy Hop district's Nghia Xuan
commune.
Following the incident, the provincial animal health
department vaccinated about 8,700 poultry birds against the A/H5N6 virus in
the commune.
The veterinary department said the clinical symptoms of the
A/H5N6 strain were similar to those of the H5N1 strain.
The World Health Organisation has said the A/H5N6 strain is a
highly pathogenic strain, but there's no evidence of sustained human-to-human
transmission, despite occasional instances of apparent infection between
family members.
However, the development of the new strain needs to be put
under the microscope to nip in the bud a possible avian flu outbreak in
poultry.
The health ministry has urged provincial and municipal
People's Committees and the departments for agriculture and rural development
to intensify inspection of poultry smuggling, and strictly control the import
and transport of poultry to effectively prevent any A/H5N6 infection among
humans.
The local authorities have also boosted awareness programmes
in the affected areas to prevent the bird flu pathogen from being transmitted
to humans.
Three fined for illegal dredging of sand
Inspectors from the southern Ben Tre Province's natural
resources and environment department today fined three persons a total of
VND110 million ($5,080) for illegally dredging sand from the Tien River.
The three persons are owners of the sand dredgers.
Caught in the act yesterday, they admitted they had illegally
dredged sand from the river several times.
Fire at home appliances shop kills child
A blaze destroyed a home appliances shop, and killed a
two-year-old girl in HCM City‘s Ton That Dam Street last night.
The child suffered serious burn injuries and died on the way
to the local hospital. More than 30 firefighters and three fire engines were
able to extinguish the fire after an hour.
The cause of the blaze remains unknown. Local police are
investigating the case.
Salt water filters supply fresh water to Khanh Hoa islanders
Salt water filtration systems installed in the
As part of a clean energy project for Truong Sa (Spratly)
Archipelago and the DK platform, the pilot project aims to install reverse
osmosis (RO) technology-applied sea water desalination systems using solar,
water and wind energy, meeting international quality standards.
Invested by the Navy High Command, the project was funded by
the National Oil and Gas Group and was implemented by the Back Khoa Solar
Investment JSC (SolarBK) and the Electronic, Informatics and Chemical JSC.
At present, the filter systems generate a total volume of
18,000 litres each day, helping 100 percent of inhabitants and soldiers
living in Song Tu Tay to enjoy fresh water.
Previously, fresh water was scarce in the island, mostly
transported from the mainland.
The project, which will be expanded to islands and platforms
in Truong Sa Archipelago, also plays an important role improving the
environment.
Ha Long to launch electric car service for tourism in June
An electric car service is expected to be launched in Ha Long
City, home to the UNESCO-recognized Ha Long Bay, next month to diversify its
tourism products.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) cited
representatives of the Ha Long City Tourism Center as saying that the service
is expected to be inaugurated next month.
Ha
The cars will carry visitors to some of the city’s major
tourist attractions on two routes.
The first route, Bai Chay, is as follows:
The second route, Hon Gai, will depart from Vincom Ha Long and
take tourists to Ha Long Market 1, Bai Tho Mountain, and the
In related news, the VNAT also cited MTVT, a local travel
firm, as announcing that they have just put five electric cars into
operation.
The cars, worth a total of over VND750 million (US$34,952),
are deployed for the Minh Chau-Quan Lan island route, the first of its kind
in these island communes, which are both located in the province’s Van Don
District.
These environmentally-friendly, Japanese-made cars are capable
of transporting from nine to 12 passengers each, with their technical and
environmental conditions having been fully inspected by competent agencies.
With the cars reaching an estimated speed of 35 kilometers per
hour, the entire ride from
Fares fluctuate from VND20,000 (US$1) to VND60,000 (US$3)
apiece, depending on passengers’ destinations.
MTVT plans to put another batch of 40 such cars into use in
the time to come, its representatives added.
The model of electric cars has been adopted in four other
places in
According to the Ministry of Transport’s statistics released
in November last year, the four localities in the northern and central
regions currently boast a total of 621 electric cars, including 50 in the
capital city.
Newswire Vietnamplus quoted Deputy Minister of Transport Le
Dinh Tho as saying at a November 2014 meeting that the use of electric cars
has boosted tourism and helped curb the number of motorbikes and cyclos –
bicycle taxis that are a sort of pedicab with one or two passengers in a seat
in the front and the driver pedaling in the rear – in use at scenic spots and
tourist destinations.
Evidence of Vietnam’s sea sovereignty given to Naval Academy
The Ministry of Information and Communications on May 5
presented the
The evidence, numbering over 100 items, have been recognised
as legal evidence asserting
The items, collected in
One outstanding object is the map “Partie de la Cochinchine”
from the World Atlas of Geography published in
Also on May 5, an exhibition on the sea, islands and naval
soldiers of
The event, organised by the Naval High Command and the
Nghe An: whirlwinds cause economic loss
Whirlwinds occurred in several mountainous districts of
central Nghe An province from April 27 to May 5, causing a total economic
loss of approximately 28 billion VND (1.28 million USD).
The whirlwinds destroyed 14 houses, and blew off the roofing
of 894 others in Quy Hop, Tan Ky, Anh Son, Tuong Duong, Thanh Chuong and Que
Phong districts.
They also damaged 325 hectares of rice and 4.5 hectares of
aquatic farms, killed 300 poultry and broke 748 trees.
The local steering board for storm and flood prevention and
search and rescue said that the board and district authorities had
immediately come to the whirlwind-hit areas to direct locals to tackle the
impacts by helping them repair their homes and restore production.-
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/Dantri
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