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Woman
dies in Highway 5 accident
A
31-year-old woman riding her motorbike was killed on the spot on Highway 5
yesterday afternoon after hitting a container truck traveling in the same
direction.
The
accident occurred at around 5.30 p.m. on the road that connects Ha Noi and
Also
yesterday afternoon, there people were injured when a trailer hit a passenger
bus on a stretch of the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Highway that runs through Xuan Ai
Commune, Van Yen District, Yen Bai Province.
Three
members of family die in road accident
Three
members of a family were killed when their truck collided with a vehicle
carrying frozen shrimps in Ca Mau City last night.
The
accident occurred at 6pm when the family was travelling from
Nguyen's
wife died instantly, while Nguyen and his son died on the way to the
hospital.
Ca Mau
City Police blamed the frozen shrimp truck driver, who had turned left
suddenly, for causing the accident.
The
front of Nguyen's truck was damaged in the collision, while the other
vehicle's cargo area was badly damaged.
Also
yesterday, two people were killed and four were injured when a 16-seater
minibus crashed into a four-seater car coming from the opposite direction in
the
Two
people, including the driver of the four-seater car, died instantly, while
one person was critically injured. Three people on the minibus were also
seriously injured in the accident and were treated at
Local
residents, who were at the scene, said the speeding four-seater car was to
blame for the accident.
The
cause of the accident is being investigated.
Landslide
destroys houses in Hau Giang
Twenty
six houses are situated in an erosion danger zone,
The
provincial People's Committees have asked local authorities and agencies to
evacuate the elderly and children to a temporary resettlement area. They have
also told householders to move their property from their houses to minimise
damage.
Work
on upgrading Phu Yen-Gia Lai road begins
Construction
work to upgrade Phu Yen-Gia Lai road, with a total investment of VND4.66
trillion (US$217 million) from government bonds, began today in central
The
project will help shorten roads connecting delta provinces with the
Asphalt
or concrete will be poured along a 5.5m stretch of the 61.3km-long route on
mountainous road level 4, measuring 7.5m wide.
The
project will be built under a build-transfer (BT) format and is scheduled to
be completed within 36 months.
The
city’s administration is required to submit prepare such reports and postpone
the fee collection, the council said in a request sent to the former.
The fee
collection had previously been slated to be carried out this month, according
to under a decision of the administration.
The
people’s council requested that the reports detail the plan and method of fee
collection and its possible efficiency, the advantages and disadvantages of
applying, and relevant proposals.
The
city’s administration has thus asked relevant agencies to review all related
legal documents to prepare the reports.
The fee
collection is stipulated in Government Decree 18/2012 dated March 13, 2012 on
the establishment, management and use of the Road Maintenance Fund.
Based on
the decree, the Ministry of Finance issued a circular to stipulate two fee
ranges, including the VND50,000-100,000 ($2.3-4.6) range per year for
electric bicycles and motorbikes with an engine capacity of 50 - 100 cubic
centimeters (cc) and the VND100,000-150,000 range per year for those with
engine sizes of over 100 cc.
Based on
these ranges, People’s Councils in provinces and cities will determine their
own rates that fit their social and economic characteristics.
Under
the decree, users of motorized vehicles were supposed to pay a road
maintenance fee, which was intended to feed the fund, from June 1, 2012, but
the government later delayed the fee collection until January 1, 2013, given
that people were facing difficulties in their daily lives due to the troubled
economy.
However,
while all other localities have set out their own fee rates and collected
them since 2013,
Under a
decision issued last month by the city People’s Committee, owners of
motorbikes with engines of up to 100 cc will have to pay VND50,000 (US$2.3)
per annum, and those who own bikes with 100-175 cc engines will be liable for
a higher rate, VND100,000 ($4.6) per year.
As for
bikes with engines of over 175 cc, the fee rate will be VND150,000 ($6.9) per
year. No fee will be imposed on electric bicycles.
The
people’s committees of wards, communes and towns are tasked with instructing
motorbike owners to fill out fee declaration forms for motorbike use,
according to the fee collection plan of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of
Transport.
Over
40,000 youths, communist members join 2015 Red Vacation
At the
Youth Culture House in
The
program has attracted more than 40,000 youths, communist members who are
studying and working in schools and companies in the city.
This
year, the program has 9 teams with a focus on healthcare, aiming to provide
production and planting experience to inhabitants and farmers as well
as transfer advanced techniques to residents in remote districts.
In
addition, 9 teams will go to countryside districts where is recognized to
achieve new rural standards as per the Government’s New Rural Development
Plan, export processing zones and industrial parks in HCMC , in the South
Eastern and Southwest provinces, Phu Quy Island and a province in Lao.
The
program lasts from July 5 to August 16.
Speaking
at the launching ceremony, Nguyen Van Ranh, head of the department of public
relations under the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, said that the
participants are showed the voluntary spirit for the community, adding that
young people should strive to complete the program as per schedule.
The
participants went to Nha Be and Cu Chi Districts earlier, they held
hypothetical courts to provide law information to young inhabitants, workers
and consulted how to change driving permission and vegetable planting
technique as per VietGap standard and other techniques of breeding.
In
district 1, Thu Duc and Binh Chanh, they installed new water clock and pipes
to 60 poor households as well as fix electricity system which are in poor
repairs.
At the
ceremony, over 1,000 youths donated their blood to save people.
A forum
on Vietnam- Taiwan information and communications technology will be held at
Sheraton Hotel in
Around
21 outstanding firms of Taiwan (China) in the fields of information and
communications technology, electronic commerce such as PChome Online, Uitox,
AppWorks, Accelerator, 2R International, Fashion Guide, Achilles Information,
ShineWant Tech.Co.,Ltd (Youth Want website), Ruten (PChome & ebay JV)
will attend in the event.
The
event will focus on topics of online services, electronic commerce and cloud
computing, aiming to strengthen electronic commerce cooperation between two
countries.
The
forum is considered as a favorable chance for individuals, businessmen to
advertise their best products and strengthen further cooperative relation in
the near future.
Outstanding
employees and workers honoured
The
The
event was attended by several Politburo members, including the Deputy Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and the National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan.
In his
opening speech, President of the VGCL, Dang Ngoc Tung, highlighted that over
recent years, positive changes have been made in the patriotic emulation
movements of the confederation, contributing significantly to the successful
implementation of socio-economic development policies in the 2010-2015 period
and Resolution of the 11th Congress of the VGCL.
Via
campaigns and emulation movements launched by the confederation, such as
‘Excellent Labour’, and ‘Creative Labour’, over 160 thousand technical
initiatives and scientific research projects have been applied in practice,
making a profit of nearly VND12 billion, he noted.
Speaking
at the event, NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan urged the VGCL to
continue implementing its important political task of encouraging its members
to actively participate in patriotic emulation movements, contributing to
national construction and defence.
She also
urged the confederation to maintain its role in protecting the legitimate
rights and interests of its members in particular and workers in general.
At the
congress, Labour Orders of third class were presented to eight outstanding
individuals, 30 others received Certificates of Merit granted by the Prime
Minister.
Shinsegae
Corp. to build toy library for local kids
The
parent firm of the Emart hypermarket system, Shinsegae Corporation, on July 2
signed with Vietnam Children Protection Fund and the Ministry of Labor,
Invalids and Social Affairs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish
Hope Toy Library in HCMC, where the first Emart hypermarket will go up late
this year.
According
to this MOU, Shinsegae will establish the first Hope Toy Library in the city
with the construction, operation and maintenance budget up to VND3 billion.
This is one of the community activities that Shinsegae collaborates with
Green Umbrella Children Foundation (
Kim Kun Sun,
deputy general director of Shinsegae Corporation, said: “With the hope to
join hands in building a better and impartial living environment for
everyone, especially for children in difficulties, Shinsegae is partnering
with Vietnam Children Protection Fund to build Hope Toy Library for children
in the city, where we are going to operate our first Emart hypermarket. The
model of Toy Library is necessary to equip children with basic knowledge and
skills for their future life and enables them to have a happy childhood”.
Operating
for 9 years in
In April
2015, Emart Vietnam Limited Company signed an agreement with the National
Traffic Safety Committee to give 50,000 standard helmets for students
nationwide.
Marine
police seizes smuggled tobacco from motorboat
The Viet
Nam Marine Police Force on Sunday seized more than 4,300 packets of smuggled
tobacco from a motorboat off
The
marine police said local inhabitants informed them about two people piloting
the motorboat from
After a
30-minute chase, the police seized the motorboat and arrested one person
named Ha Trang Nghiem. The other person jumped into the sea and escaped.
The
police confiscated the motorboat, a Bavapen mobile phone, and more than 4,000
tobacco packets of different brands such as Golden Deer, Ram and Hero.
Nghiem,
35, said he was transporting the packets for Hung (who jumped into the sea)
from
Vietnamese
scientists in
The
Vietnamese Embassy to
Present
at the event were Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Luong Thanh Nghi and
representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the
Ministry of Education and Training (MET).
In his
opening remark, Ambassador Nghi briefed attendees on the comprehensive
partnership between
Both
sides have been implementing the Scientific and Technological Agreement inked
in 2013 with a focus on information exchange, technology transfer and
training, Nghi said.
He also
spoke highly of the contribution of the scientists to the country’s
socio-economic development over the years.
During
the seminar, scientists in various fields shared ideas on several matters,
including technology transfer in
They
also gave feedback on policies towards overseas Vietnamese scientists,
practical application of research projects and how to establish a network
between domestic and overseas scientists.
The
seminar was among a series of activity by the Government to encourage
overseas Vietnamese scientific and technological specialists to assist with
national industrialization and modernisation.-
HCMC
has 5,000 dengue fever infection cases
The
Department of Health in
In June,
519 people were hospitalized, an increase of 20 percent compared to May when
433 infection cases were recorded. Accordingly, the city has total 5,025
dengue fever cases since the beginning of the year, a surge of 39 percent
compared to same period last year.
As per
statistics of the city's
There
has been no vaccine and specific medication for dengue fever. The Department
of Health has warned people an upward trend as it is rainy season when
conditions are perfect for breeding of mosquito which is the key factor of
disease transmission. As a result, dengue outbreaks occur every rainy season
in the counry.
Without
specific vaccine or medicine for the disease, health workers have called all
families to destroy the Aedes mosquito - the vector of the disease - by
frequently checking and removing stagnant water.
Ministry
told to promote health insurance
The
Ministry of Health and Vietnam Social Insurance will have to work with
localities to encourage people to buy medical insurance to help realize the
target of having 75% of the population being medically insured this year.
Deputy
Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told a web conference on health insurance on
Wednesday that the two agencies needed to identify why the medically insured
has not reached the target.
Data of
the Ministry of Health showed 64.6 million people, 71.4% of the national
population, had had purchased health insurance as of May 31, up 2.7 million
people (or 4.4%) against the same period of last year.
Minister
of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said the 75% target could be reached if around
three million more people buy medical insurance towards the year-end. However,
the target is not easy to achieve.
Insurance
registration procedures are troublesome while many enterprises pay insurance
premiums for their employees and health services for the medically
insured remain poor.
But Dam
insisted the ministry and the social insurance agency solve the problems and
encourage more people to buy medical insurance and provide financial support
for people in the near-poor group so that 75% of the population will benefit
from the insurance product this year and 80% in 2020.
Besides,
the two agencies need to simplify administrative procedures and apply
information technology to make it convenient for people to buy medical
insurance and for the insured to have access to better health services.
Ninh
Thuan aids drought-affected areas
Authorities
have taken drastic measures to help local people in southern Ninh Thuan
province cope with water shortages caused by the prolonged drought.
The
province has been delivering 25-30 litres of water per person to nearly 5,800
families in 19 drought-affected villages daily and provided over 2,800 tonnes
of rice aid for six districts.
Some
80,400 billion VND from the State’s financial aid have been allocated to
counter the impacts of drought, including water provision for daily use,
financial aid to help the locals deal with production damages and purchase
livestock feeds alongside digging ponds for water reserve.
Agencies
and localities nationwide have also extended a helping hand to Ninh Thuan.
The Ministry of Defence has presented 5,000 gift packages, worth 2.5 billion
VND in total, to impoverished households and policy beneficiaries from seven
districts and
Meanwhile,
the High Command of Military Zone 5 has handed over 3,000 gift packages,
worth 1.5 billion VND, to local households and sent a truck with water
filter, five tankers and personnel to help with the free delivery of clean
water for needy people.
Ninh
Thuan authorities have recommended farmers to switch to crops that require
less water, such as hybrid maize, green peas and watermelons.
Vietnam-Indonesia
friendship association’s congress convenes
The
Vietnam-Indonesia Friendship Association (VIFA) held its third congress on
July 6 in
Participants
at the congress also selected a 17-member executive board.
Addressing
the event, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations Vu Xuan
Hong praised the VIFA’s efforts in enhancing friendship and mutual
understanding between
He said
he hopes in the future, the association will diversify its operation forms to
ultilise cooperation potential between the two countries, promote bilateral
economic, cultural, tourism and science-technology collaboration.
Meanwhile,
Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Mayerfas said
He
revealed that
On the
occasion, Hong presented “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” insignia to
Tran Thi Trung Chien, former Minister of Health and ex-Chairman of the VIFA,
and Tran Chien Thang, former VIFA Vice President, for their contributions to
the association’s development.
English
seen as tool to foster ASEAN Community understanding
A
workshop in
To link
ASEAN member states together towards “a single community and identity”,
English language is a tool to raise their mutual understanding, said
Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Southeast Asia Friendship Association Phan Thi Hong
Xuan.
Sali
Kasemrat, who authored the “English for ASEAN Community” book, shared
advantages and difficulties in teaching English at Thai schools.
According
to several opinions, Vietnamese students generally fail to tap into English
for study and research as well as communicate in English fluently.
English
teaching in Vietnam only focuses on vocabulary, grammar and translation with
less use of technology, they said.
They
were of the view that the school curricula should also embrace subjects of
culture, history, and traditional values of the ASEAN community.
Currently,
English is officially spoken in 53 countries and territories and the third
popular language around the world, behind China and Spain.
It is
forecast that around 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue
and 1 billion use it as a second language.
Southwest
patients to get free treatment
An
association to sponsor the medical treatment of disadvantaged patients in the
southwest region was launched on July 4.
The
association consists of 104 members who are in charge of mobilising public
support for the deprived section.
It has
thus far raised more than 63 billion VND (2.9 million USD), of which 5
billion VND (230,000 USD) will be used for building shelters, 500 million VND
(23,000 USD) to sponsor five heart surgeries, and 100 million VND (4,608 USD)
will be utilised to support poor children, among others.
The
association plans to mobilise a total of 200 billion VND (9.2 million USD)
within the first three years of its operation.
Protestant
activities still on right track: conference
A
conference reviewing 10-year activities among Protestant communities in the
Central Highlands, the southern province of Binh Phuoc and several central
coastal provinces took place in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province on July
7.
They
have so far recorded 306 accredited and over 1,300 licensed chapters,
renovated about 150 places of worship, ordained hundreds of dignitaries and
sent thousands of followers to theology bachelor courses at the Alliance
Evangelical Divinity School based in Ho Chi Minh City.
Over
2,000 from Protestant chapters have taken doctrine courses across localities.
Five
Central Highlands provinces have given recognition to six Vietnam Adventist
Churches, one Church of the Vietnam Baptist Convention and three Churches of
the Vietnam Christian Mission.
Annually,
authorities of the participating localities open 500 training courses
available to about 250,000 Protestant dignitaries, followers and officials
from the grassroots level.
They
have been regularly updated on the Party and State’s religious policies and
the relationship between churches and all-level authorities.
As many
as 761 outstanding Protestants have been admitted to the Party.
Participants
shared that many pastors and chapters actively joined patriotic emulation and
new rural construction campaigns, among other social development causes.
They
pledged to continue bringing Party and State guidelines and policies on Protestantism
to life, which are clearly described as a basic and long-term task of the
entire political system.
Vietnamese,
Portuguese trade unions enhance ties
Chairman
of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Dang Ngoc Tung hosted a
reception for General Secretary of the General Confederation of the
Portuguese Workers Armenio Carlos in Hanoi on July 6.
During
the meeting, the two sides exchanged information on activities of each
country’s trade unions in recent years while affirming to further friendship
and cooperation.
The VGCL
has about 8.5 million members and nearly 120,000 chapters, Tung said, adding
that it has focused on the development of members, especially in in the
non-State economic sector.
Armenio
Carlos said the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers is the
biggest trade unions in the country with nearly 750,000 members in 14 member
chapters.
The VGCL
Chairman expressed his belief that friendship and cooperation between the two
sides will be deepened through the exchange of information and mutual support
at international forums.
Chinese
American apprehended over US$70,000 credit card scam in Vietnam
Police
have detained an American suspected of using fake creditcards to appropriate
over US$71,000 from foreign cardholders at a domestic bank in south-central
Vietnam last week.
Police
officers in Khanh Hoa Province on July 5 arrested Yang Qing, 43, a Chinese
American, on charges of “using information on bank accounts or cards of
agencies, organizations and individuals to pay for goods and services to
appropriate property of cardholders,” pursuant to Article 226b of the Penal
Code.
The
arrest was made after police launched an investigation based on a report
received on July 1 from the local branch of the Agriculture and Rural
Development Bank of Vietnam saying that someone could have used credit cards
to withdraw a large amount of money from the bank.
These
signs were detected when 42 payments were made in a row on June 30 through
the same Point of Sale (POS) machine installed at Huong Viet Restaurant at 1
Tran Hung Dao Street, Loc Tho Ward, Nha Trang City, the bank said in its
report.
The
total amount withdrawn through the POS amounted to VND1.554 billion
(US$71,250), Colonel Truong Vinh Quang, head of the security and
investigation agency of Khanh Hoa Police, cited the bank as saying.
After
identifying Yang, who was staying at a hotel in the ward, as the suspect,
police raided his hotel room yesterday and detained him for investigation.
On
searching the room, police seized a laptop, a credit card scanner, three
electronic devices, numerous international credit cards, 935 Chinese yuan,
23,000 Myanmar kyat and US$86.
Yang
confessed to police that he arrived in Vietnam to appropriate money from
cardholders by using fake cards.
He told
police that on June 30, he and an interpreter ate at Huong Viet Restaurant.
Yang
then asked the restaurant owner, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, to join him in a scam
in which he used the POS at the eatery to transfer the money of cardholders
to the account of the restaurant by using fake credit cards.
The
owner agreed and Yang made false payments for 50 bills for meals eaten at the
restaurant at a total amount as mentioned, he said.
The
Huong Viet boss then kept VND700 million (US$32,100) of the total as her
commission in the fraud and Yang then transferred the remaining amount to his
various accounts for appropriation, the foreigner added.
The
Chinese American said his fake cards were created by using information stolen
from real cardholders by others abroad, who then provided such information
for him.
Police
said they are clarifying the relations between Yang and Huong and expanding
their investigation into the case to identify his victims.
Two
banks in the US have found three victims who lost money from their credit
accounts used by Yang, police said.
Campaign
to promote green summer kicks off in HCM City
The 22nd
Green Summer Campaign aimed at boosting widespread youth volunteer activities
throughout the nation kicked off on July 6 in Ho Chi Minh City at a launching
ceremony attended by 1,400 young people.
The
campaign will take place for nearly a month, with the focus of volunteer
activities scheduled in cities and provinces in the Central Highlands and the
southern region. Some activities will also occur in Laos. Officials have
targeted participation by approximately 90,000 young people and students.
Ung Van
Hai, deputy chairman of the Tra Vinh Provincial People's Committee, who
attended the ceremony, expressed appreciation for the Green Summer Campaign
and praised the young volunteers for their contributions for the general
development of the community.
Hai said
the goal of green summer this year is focused on improving urban lifestyles,
numerous environmental protection activities, and galvanizing a national
response to climate change in youth across the nation.
Immediately
following the ceremony, several awareness-raising activities, such as
encouraging people to protect the environment were begun.
Vietnamese
people encouraged to travel domestically
The
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) marked its 55th founding
anniversary on July 7 and launched a campaign encouraging Vietnamese people
to travel domestically.
The
campaign aims to raise public awareness on the tourism sector’s role and
position in the national socio-economic development, and industrialisation
and modernisation process.
After
the launch ceremony, more than 200 students of the Saigon College of Arts,
Culture and Tourism cycled through HCM City main streets, calling on the
public to join hands to protect the environment and tourism resources.
Tran
Nguyen Hop Chung, a representative from Viettravel, said such activity will
help the Vietnamese people gain a better understanding about the Vietnam
tourism sector, tourist destinations and tourism development orientations.
They will be encouraged to visit more domestic tourism sites and value
Vietnam’s tourism products.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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