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Huge blaze burns down warehouse in Hải Phòng
The scene of the warehouse fire in Hải Phòng City.-- photo baomoi.com
A
huge blaze burnt down a warehouse and three other houses last night in Hải
Phòng city, reported the Voice of Việt
According
to people living in the local area, the fire started at the warehouse about
6pm Thursday at 648,
Eyewitness
said there was a huge explosion at first, followed by black smoke coming out
of the warehouse. Some 15 minutes later, the warehouse caught fire.
The
wooden and plastic plates aggravated the fire, which quicky spread to
neighbouring houses. The warehouse owner tried to extinguish the blaze, but
to no avail.
The
fire was put out after many hours, but just in time to prevent it from
spreading to a nearby petroleum station.
There
was no loss of human life, but the blaze completely burnt down the warehouse,
besides seriously damaging three houses next to it.
The
warehouse has been in the residential area for more than 10 years. People in
the neighbourhood had reportedly complained to the local government in the
past about safety concerns, but no action was taken.
Bình Thuận to develop Mũi Né into national tourism site
The
central
By
2025, Mũi Né would become the main resort centre of Bình Thuận and the
south-central coastal region, welcoming 10 million visitors. And by 2030, the
area would meet all requirements for becoming a national level site, with 16
million visitors and VNĐ58 trillion (US$2.5 billion) in tourism revenue.
The
area aims to attract new markets in central and northern Europe and the
Phạm
Trung Lương, former deputy head of the Institute for Tourism Development
Research, said: “To achieve the goal,
“The
province should also care more about environmental factors and the effects of
climate change,” he added.
Lương
emphasised that developing Mũi Né into a national tourism site would boost
development in the region, and links with the Central Highlands.
Representatives
of tourism agencies and cultural experts in Bình Thuận and neighbouring
provinces and cities attended the conference. They called for more investment
in entertainment and traffic infrastructure.
Ngô
Thanh Loan of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities noted
that Mũi Né’s “key resource is the beach, so protecting the natural landscape
is a must during development”.
Nguyễn
Đức Hòa, deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, asked the
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to collect opinions from all
attendees at the conference.
He
asked the department to submit the development plan to the People’s Committee
soon.
Tuyen Quang hosts Lao Front for National Construction
officials
Officials
from the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) have asked
LFNC
Vice President Nhotkeomany Suphanuvong and her entourage made the requests at
their meetings with leaders of northern Tuyen Quang province during their
visit to the locality on March 28-29.
During
the meetings, the two sides exchanged experience in history studies and
museology. During the anti-French struggle,
Thang
gave his guest an overview of cooperation between Tuyen Quang and Lao
localities in the areas of agriculture and rural development, industry,
trade, culture-tourism, and education. Tuyen Qang has offered scholarships
for 23 students from Xiangkhouang to study in
Nhotkeomany
Suphanuvong, for her part, said her visit to
She
thanked Tuyen Quang for preserving the Lao revolutionary memorial complex and
hoped that the LFNC would learn from theory and practices of the Vietnam
Fatherland Front.
Programme raises awareness of protecting water resources in An
Giang
The
Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) in collaboration with the Procter & Gamble
Vietnam held a ceremony to launch a programme “Clean drinking water for
children” in Long Xuyen city, the Mekong Delta
Addressing
the event, VRC Vice President Tran Quoc Hung said An Giang is one of the
provinces most affected by water pollution and suffering from severe water
shortages.
Water
shortage is the root cause of numerous social issues, such as diseases,
infant and children mortality, raise drop-out rate, and pose difficulties for
people in their daily life, Hung said.
Over
the past two years, the clean water programme, funded by the Procter &
Gamble Vietnam, has been launched in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Long An,
An Giang, Dong Thap, benefiting over 110,000 households.
In
2017, the company provided 800,000 P&G Purifier of Water packets for more
than 60,000 households in the storm-affected provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri
and Nghe An.
The
programme helps raise the awareness of the importance of clean water for
community health, thus reducing diseases and mortality caused by water
pollution, he said.
Claude
Zuhowski, the Global Disaster Relief Coordinator at Procter & Gamble
Vietnam said, over the past two years, the programme has helped many
Vietnamese families have drinking water, particularly those severely affected
by floods and natural disasters.
Procter
& Gamble Vietnam pledges to make greater efforts to expand the programme
in all other Vietnamese localities suffering water shortages and vulnerable
to natural disasters in the future, she said.
Fisherman refuses cash offer, releases rare turtle back to sea
A
Vietnamese fisherman has released a rare turtle back into the ocean after
snaring it off the central coast of
The
incident was reported on March 29 by the management committee of Ha Tinh’s
fishing ports.
Nguyen
Van Truong said a dealer had offered him VND10 million (US$446) for the green
sea turtle (chelonia mydas), but he had refused. Vietnamese' average annual
income is US$2,385.
“Turtles
are endangered animals so I want to release it back into the sea and play a
part in the conservation of the species,” he said.
Truong
received help from local authorities to free the marine creature back into
its natural habitat.
This
isn’t the first time a rare sea animal has been saved by compassion in
The
species is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Just
recently, four chelonian species in
Fire threat stalks Bình Dương wood workshops
Many woodwork plants in
With
the year just three months old there have already been fires at many wood
processing workshops in
Recently
there have been several fires in Tân Uyên town that caused serious damage
with thousand of square metres of workshops burnt down and several businesses
going bankrupt as a result.
In
February a fire destroyed a 1000sq.m facility belonging to Mỹ Nghệ wood
processing workshop in Thuận An town.
The
province has more than 600 woodwork facilities, but only 10 per cent of them
have effective fire prevention equipment.
Though
losses caused by fire are huge, most businesses, with an eye on cost, fail to
invest in fire prevention equipment.
Nguyễn
Thanh Điệp, deputy director of the Bình Dương Fire Prevention and Fighting
Police Department, said the main reasons for fires were a lack of awareness
among people and failures to have proper fire prevention equipment.
The
fire department has begun to step up checks and is slapping penalties on
those businesses that fail to meet fire prevention norms.
Experts: Work on Long Thanh airport needs to be sped up
Construction
of
At
a seminar co-organised in
Deputy
Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong held that creating favourable
conditions for the construction of
According
to the International Air Transport Association (IATA),
At
the seminar, many experts expressed concern about policies and measures
related to capital resources, modes of investment, land clearance,
resettlement and compensation to landowners.
Nguyen
Ngoc Hung, Deputy Director of Dong Nai’s Department of Natural Resources and
Environment, said the airport project will be the largest one in the province
since 1975, which will cover an area of 5,000ha, including 1,800ha of rubber
trees.
Relocating
residents will not be a problem because most of them have agreed to move and
cooperate in land clearance and compensation, he said.
However,
about 15,000 people, most of them farmers and workers at rubber plantations,
need to be resettled and given new jobs.
Land
for two new residential areas is being recovered and vocational training for
people of working age will be offered, Hung said.
He
suggested the Government set a clear policy related to land prices to avoid
unreasonable price hikes and ensure profits for residents.
The
long wait for the start of this project has affected the living conditions of
local people, because they don’t know when it is going to be built, said
Duong Trung Quoc, a National Assembly deputy.
“We
need to draw up plans for urban planning instead of focusing on the airport
project only,” he said, adding that the government should call for their contribution
and see their participation as critical for long-term growth.
The
Long Thanh airport has been designed to handle about 100 million passengers
and five million tonnes of goods each year. Total costs are estimated at
336.6 trillion VND (14.8 billion USD). Construction of the first phase is
expected to begin in 2020 with completion in 2025.
The
first terminal to be completed in the first phase of the project is expected
to handle 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of goods a year.
Combating natural disasters – task of all: PM
The
combat against natural disasters is the task of the entire political system
and society, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a conference of the
Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in
The
PM said the work requires the effective use of resources of the State,
organisations and individuals, and puts people on the centre of the
effort.
He
lauded the establishment of the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention
and Control as a right decision as the unit works efficiently in consulting
the Government, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and
other relevant agencies to steer responses to natural disasters.
Scientific
and technological advances and traditional experience should be utilised at
the same time in the effort, the leader said, asking agencies and localities
to make natural disaster response as part of their socio-economic development
plans.
Apart
from increasing resources for the combat, localities need to step up
international cooperation, while paying attention to the communications work
and personnel training in this field, PM Phuc said.
He
highlighted the participation of businesses in this realm and underlined the
need for
Another
task is to improve institutional tools and policies on natural disasters, the
leader said, urging the Government’s Office to acquire proposals of
ministries, agencies and localities and submit to the Government and the PM
in order to serve the issuance of a resolution on natural disaster prevention
and control in the coming time.
In
2017, a record number of 16 typhoons and four low pressures occurred in the
Singaporean-funded project inspires reading habit
The
Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and
The
three-year project will provide Vietnamese and English books to students,
along with online studying material, multimedia equipment and other library
resources through four mobile libraries per week in seven schools in District
2 and District 8.
About
120 Singaporean volunteers will come to
Bui
Xuan Duc, Director of the
Lian
Wee Cheow, SIF President said that positive impacts on the community were
shown in the first phase of the project. In the second phase, the project is
hoped to continue helping deal with common challenges of society. The project
also reflects the sound friendship between people of
The
WoW in
In
the global scale, the project contributes to the UN sustainable development
goals, particularly the goal number four on quality and goal number 17 on
global partnership and cooperation.
Since
2011, along with
Watchdog seizes over 4 tonnes of expired corn
The
Hà Nội Market Management Department’s Team 14 seized four tonnes of corn
seeds with unclear expiry date on Wednesday afternoon.
The
corn was seized at Tiên Tiến Agriculture Co. Ltd in Đầm
The
team found that the company had kept over 820kg of expired corn seeds for
sale and some 3.5kg of corn seeds with re-printed expiry date.
A
representative of the company also failed to show legal documents to prove
the origin of the corn seeds.
According
to data from the city’s Steering Committee against Smuggling, Trade Fraud and
Fake Commodities, nearly 1,050 cases of smuggling and trade fraud were
detected and fined in March alone, contributing VNĐ435 billion (US$18.9
million) to the State budget.
Event honours country’s first dead brain donor
The 108 Military Central Hospital organised a ceremony to honour Major Lê Hải Ninh, a soldier whose lung, heart, kidney and corneas were donated after he was declared brain dead at a ceremony yesterday. His organs helped save the lives of six patients in the north and the south cities of Việt Ninh contributed to the medical history in Việt Earlier, Ninh, 45, from Yên Mô District, “After learning about Ninh’s situation, his family decided to donate his organs, including the lung, heart, kidneys and corneas to save the lives of six needy patients, including two soldiers,” said Prof. Mai Hồng Bàng, director of 108 Military Central Hospital, at the event. “The hospital has carried out legal procedures, in accordance with the law on donation, removal and transplant of human tissues and organs. This is a noble and humanitarian gesture by major Ninh and his family,” said Prof. Bàng. On March 26, the 108 Military Central Hospital’s team of 60 doctors successfully performed the first ever lung transplant from a dead brain donor in Việt Trần Ngọc Hanh, 52, from At the same time, Ninh’s organs were transplanted to five other patients. A cornea was transplanted to a patient at the hospital, while the other one went to a patient at the The hospital also collaborated with the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Collaboration Centre, “All the six receivers are in stable health condition, especially Hanh, the lung receiver,” said Prof. Bàng. At the event, health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến handed over a ’For people’s health’ insignia to Ninh, while the hospital leader presented free health insurance cards to his family.
Tay Ninh, Cambodian localities cooperate to fight border crime
Leaders of police of the southern Under the document, the four localities, which share a border line, will continue information exchanges on border crime and joint work among their border forces. The sides will join hands to facilitate local residents to travel for tourism, health care and trade in line with Vietnamese and Cambodian laws. They will work together to ensure border security, plant border markers as scheduled, and tackle trans-border crime. They are also committed to collaborating with other agencies to boost communications activities to raise public awareness on the matter. In the past time, the sides carried out regular meetings to exchange information and discuss join action plans. They have thus far cooperated to investigate 11 cases, arresting four suspects and seizing over 16kg of drugs.
Vietnam
Television (VTV) should continue improving the quality of its broadcasting
programmes, while harmonising news with other issues on national welfare and
those of public concern with great social impact.
The
requirement was made by Politburo member and Head of the Party Central
Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education Vo Van Thuong during
a working session with the VTV staff in
At
the meeting, Politburo member Thuong acknowledged the active contributions
made by VTV to national development and defence, external relations, Party
building work and the construction of the political system.
In
the remaining months of 2018, the station should focus on disseminating the
Party and State’s resolutions on the issues related to Party building and the
fight against political and moral degradation, Thuong said.
It
also needs to raise the responsibility of its leaders and improve the
capacity of its reporters and editors through offering them training, while
ensuring information safety, the senior Party official added.
VTV
General Director Tran Binh Minh reported that his station is broadcasting on
nine channels from VTV1 to VTV9 with a total broadcast time of about 205
hours a day, comprehensively informing the public on all important events. It
has also developed paid channels as VTCcab, SCTV and K + with increasingly
improved quality and coverage.
VTV
has focused on implementing a roadmap for converting technologies towards
high definition TV programming and digital terrestrial television during
2015-2020, while continuing to improve its digital content quality strategy
to adapt in the internet era.
Minh
also suggested that the Central Commission for Communications and Education
and the Ministry of Information and Communications take stronger measures to
prevent the violation of TV programmes copyright, as well as strengthening
the management and control of information activities on social networks to
prevent fake news.
Spring Book Fair – A space for book lovers
The
Spring Book Fair 2018, considered as the reading culture festival, opened on
March 28 at the Vietnamese Women's Museum,
The
event attracts a large number of book lovers.
The
book fair is an annual activity, organised by three major publishers: Women
Publishing House, Kim Dong Publishing House and Youth Publishing House, held
from March 28 to April 1.
Nearly
40,000 books in various genres, including culture, education, politics,
economics and literature are being offered at favourable prices starting from
VND2,000 (US$0.08), as well as a sale promotion of up to 50 per cent,
alongside interesting gifts accompanying the books being sold.
In
addition, the participations will have the opportunity to attend a talk on
tips to hunt for government scholarships, which will be shared by writer Tran
Ngoc Thinh, best-seller author of the book titled Du Hoc Khong Kho (Studying
Overseas is not Difficult) at 9am, March 31.
Noted
writer Nguyen Thi Thu Hue will also discuss her short stories collection
titled Cua De Danh (Reserved Property) with the audience at 3pm, March 31.
Various
games and drawing activities are also being held at the fair.
On
the occasion, the fair’s organising board will organise a ceremony to hand
gifts worth VND10 million (US$438) to the library at Thien Phuc Pagoda in
Quynh Phu District, in the northern
STF donates scholarships to Phu Yen students
The
STF – Pham Phu Thu scholarship program of the Saigon Times Foundation (STF)
under the Saigon Times Group late last week joined forces with Phu Yen
Province to hand over 30 scholarships worth VND3 million each to high-school
students in Dong Hoa, Tay Hoa, Son Hoa, and Dong Xuan districts of the
province. The scholarships were funded by Nha Be Garment Corporation.
Since
2017, the program has raised VND5.05 billion from corporate and individual
benefactors to present 532 scholarships and 21 sets of computers totaling
VND2.2 billion to students in provinces and cities including Thai Nguyen, Ha
Founded
in 2017, the STF-Pham Phu Thu scholarship program has a mission of providing
financial support for students with poor family backgrounds to continue their
schooling.
The
program is calling for contributions from businesses and other generous
donors to help poor students.
Kido picks two Vietnamese football players as brand
ambassadors
Two
Vietnamese football players Bui Tien Dung and Quang Hai, who have garnered
widespread attention from local fans after outstanding achievements at the
recent Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship, have been picked
as brand ambassadors for Kido Corporation.
Dung
and Hai are members of the Vietnam U23 football team that heaped praise from
millions of supporters throughout the country for their strong fighting
spirit at the AFC U23 tournament.
The
signing ceremony between the company and the two players took place at Van
Hanh Mall in District 10 late last week.
Building apartments, hotels to be required to buy fire
insurance
Facilities
susceptible to potential fire and explosion hazards must purchase fire
insurance, according to the Government’s Decree 23/2018/ND/CP.
The
decree which comes into force on April 14 requires compulsory fire and
explosion insurance.
Accordingly,
apartment buildings, hotels, guest houses and hostels having five storeys or
above, kindergartens of over 100 kids, and gas stations among others are
subject to fire insurance.
The
decree regulates the total insurance for damaged assets at each place is less
than VND1 trillion (US$43.9 million). The insurance rate is calculated on the
minimum insurance premium multiplied by the premium rates in accordance with
fire and explosion risks.
Deduction
of a maximum of 10% of the indemnity insurance will be made if facilities in
danger of fire or explosion fail to fully meet fire prevention and fighting
safety regulations, leading to bigger damages.
The
fire insurance seller will not make arising or additional compensation due to
insurance fraud.
Nearly
2,000 structures are not covered by fire insurance, and the majority of them
are apartment buildings. Many buildings have yet to establish a management
board while residents in others are not unanimous in purchasing fire
insurance.
He
stressed those failing to purchase fire insurance as per the new decree will
face a fine of up to VND80 million (US$3,506).
HCMC to finish sustainable poverty reduction program earlier
than planned
As
of this time,
Moreover,
city leaders wanted to finish the sustainable poverty reduction program two
year earlier.
One
of poverty house which local administration has helped to escape poverty is
Le Hoang Thien’s family. The family is one of 375 social welfare beneficiaries
in district 5, all of them escaped the poverty. In addition to district 5,
districts 3 and 6 have no more poor households.
Le
Hoang Thien couple has three daughters while they have unstable employment.
Worse, his wife was undergoing operations; accordingly, their lives got
harder and harder. While they were in despair, local administrations have
provide timely assistance.
Early
in 2017, the local administration presented the family a booth so that his
wife can sell food for breakfast in front of Vien Dong condominium. Moreover,
they are eligible for lending VND50 million ($2,190) from bank as capital
while Mr. Thien can earn VND3.5 million with his new employment as a guard at
Trung Dung Company in district 8.
He
said that he and his wife are unanimous not let children qui school despite
difficulties. Understanding his family condition, the district leaders
exempted his children from tuition fee as well as give scholarships to the
three kids. His daughters are eligible for loans of VND28 million from the
social policy fund when they become university students.
Furthermore,
the family is supported to have health insurance and their dilapidated house
was repaired last year worth VND30 million.
Finally,
all his daughters all finished schooling and can make money to support the
family.
Revealing
experience to finish the sustainable poverty reduction program earlier,
Deputy Chairman of People’s Committee in district 5 Truong Canh Ba said that
district leaders usually updated the number of poor households and nearly
poverty households in the districts, the number of unemployed people to seek
job for them or send them to vocational training.
District
leaders also study how many dilapidate houses to provide timely assistance.
Within two years, 42 houses in poor repair have been built and repaired.
Similarly, 660 poor households in district 6 gradually overcome the
destitution and their children can continue schooling.
Deputy
Chairwoman of People’s Committee in district 6 Le Thi Thanh Thao said that
the local government take heed to poor families’ children by providing
scholarships. For past time, the district has presented nearly 5,200
scholarships worth VND5.1 billion.
Moreover,
116 kids from low-income families are being sent to learn in vocational
schools.
In
reality, poor people needs help to repair houses and vocational training.
Annually, HCMC authorities help to build and repair around 1,000 houses of
poverty-line and near poverty households. However, nearly additional 6,700
citywide needs repairing.
Head
of Sustainable Poverty Steering Board in HCMC Truong Van Luong urged that the
city needs carry out synchronous measures including developing social
condominium and building more new houses even investing in children of
low-income family in schooling and employment.
From
now to end of the year, it is expected eight more district have no poverty
houses helping reducing the rate of poverty households below 0.3 percent,
said Mr. Luong.
The
city strives to finish the poverty reduction program for the period 2016-2020
two years earlier than planned, Mr. Luong added. Different from before,
district leaders now focus on reducing poverty in the terms of education,
medical care, employment, and housing also.
Finalround of Math and Physics ViOlympic to take place on April
15
The
final round of the 2017-2018 ViOlympic, an online math and physics
competition, will take place on April 15, 2018. Nearly 15,000 pupils from 50
provinces nationwide have entered the final round. This is the tenth year
that the ViOlympic has been launched.
The
final round of Math ViOlympic (Vietnamese version) is for learners in Grade
5, Grade 9, and 12; Math ViOlympic (English version) is for learners in Grade
4 and Grade 8; Physics ViOlympic is in Grade 9 and Grade 12.
According
to the ViOlympic Center (under FPT Corporation), one of the changes in this
year’s final round is the form of continuous questions.
In
particular, the final round lasting 60 minutes includes 3 same parts as free
rounds and 1 special part where questions will appear without limit. When
answering correctly, contestants receive 10 points per question. However, if
they are wrong in 5 questions, the round will automatically stop. This helps
to assess candidates’ ability and then categorize them precisely.
FPT
signed the strategic cooperation agreement with the Vietnam Institute of
Educational Sciences (under the Ministry of Education and Training) to study
and adjust the content of the ViOlympic since the academic year of 2017-2018
in order to encourage student participation; they will also focus on adding
applied math problems and puzzles for thinking development.
They
will develop other online learning and educational products in the future.
In
the near future, FPT will perfect a mobile version of ViOlympic and chatbot
service – robot answering frequently asked questions.
A coastal road to be built in Thai Binh province
The
Prime Minister recently approved an investment plan for the construction of a
coastal road in the
The
project will be implemented from 2018 to 2021, with the view of facilitating
transport connection along the northern coastal corridor, expanding the land
fund for production activities, enhancing the efficiency of sea resources
use, and serving socio-economic development in the localities served by the
road.
The
facility also aims to create favorable conditions for rescue work and
response to disasters and climate change, while strengthening national
defence and security in the coastal areas.
The
35.5km road, which has a design speed of 80kph, will be built at total costs
of VND3.87 trillion (US$170.28 million), including VND1.1 trillion from the
State budget, VND1.59 trillion from the local budget and other legally
mobilized sources, and VND1.29 trillion from the BOT investor.
A
2.19km bridge across the
In
terms of financial solutions, the project investor, to be decided through the
form of bidding, will construct a toll station, with a projected toll
collection period of 23 years and three months (from 2022 to 2045).
The
PM assigned the Thai Binh provincial People’s Committee to work with relevant
agencies to finalize the project’s feasibility study report, and arrange the
local budget and other legal capital sources in the province’s annual budget
plan, in order to implement the project on schedule.
Experts discuss generating decent work for female migrant
workers
More
than 100 experts from
The
seminar, themed “Decent work for Female Migrant Workers – Challenges and
Solutions”, was jointly by the Plan International and the UN Entity for
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
According
to a recent labour market scan survey in
Nguyen
Quang Viet, Deputy Director of the National Institute for Vocational
Education and Training, said that
However,
the State’s preferential policies on vocational training and employment often
refer to registration books, which is a challenge for migrant workers, he
added.
He
suggested State management agencies to carry out policies and mechanisms
supporting vocational training and introducing jobs for female migrant
workers.
“The
need for decent jobs, a safe living environment and access to social and
protection services at destination is real. Many international commitments
support women’s economic empowerment, including the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and a series of
International Labour Organization conventions on gender equality,” said
Sharon Kane, Country Director of Plan International.
“Plan
International supports women’s economic empowerment in line with these, and
our programmes will continue to promote women’s ability to secure decent work,
which contributes to advancing economies and sustainable development,” she
added.
Meanwhile,
Elisa Fernandez, Head of UN Women Vietnam Office, highlighted that
discrimination and inequality fuel social instability and income
disparities.
"If
efforts to close gender gaps and to promote better employment opportunities
for women are not stepped up, current mega trends – such as climate change,
demographic trends, migration flows and the technical revolution – will
affect women and girls disproportionately," she said.
To
achieve sustainable development goals, she suggested
First festival of
As
many as 21 gold, 33 silver and 44 bronze medals were presented to
participants of an international festival on
The
three-day festival, the first of its kind, was co-oganised by the Vietnamese
Traditional Martial Arts Federation and Khanh Hoa’s Department of Culture and
Sports.
It
drew the participation of four international delegations and 55 domestic ones
from 24 localities nationwide.
The
festival aimed to honour cultural values and the quintessence of
Programme launched to provide clean water for children
A
meeting was held in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province, on March 29, to
observe World Water Day 2018 and kick off a programme on ‘Bringing clean
drinking water to children’.
Addressing
the event, Vice President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee
Tran Quoc Hung said that An Giang is one of provinces in Vietnam that is most
affected by water pollution and shortages.
In
addition to causing social issues and disease among infants and children,
water scarcity also affects people’s livelihoods.
Over
the past two years, the programme on ‘Bringing clean water to children’ has
been held under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on humanitarian
collaboration between the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the
The
programme has benefited more than 110,000 households in six cities and
provinces, including Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Long An, An Giang and Dong
Thap.
It
has also raised public awareness on the importance of water to people’s
health and has helped to minimise sickness and mortality caused by
contaminated water.
Financial sector helps boost transition for low-carbon
economy: experts
Financial
and environmental experts gathered at an international workshop on the theme
of “Sustainable Finance on Climate and Energy,” which opened in
The
event was jointly held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(VCCI), the Vietnam Banking Association, the International Finance
Corporation (IFC), and the world’s leading conservation organisation, World
Wildlife Fund (WWF) in
According
to experts, climate change will have a profound impact on humans and
eco-systems during the coming decades with adverse effects on the economy,
cultures and livelihoods. The situation is particularly alarming for
Undeterred
by such challenges, more than 180 countries gathered in
The
aforementioned goal requires an increasingly critical role of the financial
sector in managing climate-related risks and supporting the transition to a
low-carbon economy. Its contribution is expected to be an important
instrument to
VCCI
Secretary General Nguyen Quang Vinh said that
Naomin
Tan, Sustainable Finance Engagement Manager of WWF-Singapore, agreed that the
financial sector plays a pivotal role in the transition to a low-carbon
economy by shifting capital away from unsustainable activities. Particularly
in developing countries like
With
25 years of implementing sustainable development, including nearly six years
of delivering the Vietnam Green Growth Strategy,
At
the event, leading financial and environmental experts shared their knowledge
and experience in low carbon development, risk assessment for environmental
and social projects, and sustainable finance products.
According
to the “Sustainable Scenario for the Vietnamese Power Sector until 2050”
report by WWF-Vietnam and Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance, 100% of
Vietnam’s power can be generated by renewable energy technologies by 2050,
whilst significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions linked to climate
change. For that reason, the financial sector should make the transition
towards investing in renewable energy while gradually divesting from
unsustainable thermal power plants.
New direct air route brings more tourists to Mekong Delta
The
travel and transportation services company WorldTrans on March 28 announced
to provide 8 direct charter flights on Can Tho – Bangkok- Can Tho route.
Accordingly,
flights will depart from Can Tho Airport on June 6,10,14,18,22,26,30 and July
4, using 180-seat AIRBUS 320 aircraft. Flight duration is 1 hour and 25
minutes.
A
return ticket will be cost from VND4.6 million (US$200) (including tax and
fees).
On
this occasion, the tour operator, Vietravel offers to travelers tour packages
for five days and four night worth VND 7,190,000 – VND7,490,000.
The
direct route helps save about 6 hours transiting in
The
Mekong Delta city of
Can
Tho expects to welcome 8 million tourists in 2018, including 350,000
international travelers and 2.45 million long-stay holiday makers; and earn a
total revenue of VND3,500 billion, said Deputy Director of the municipal
Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Le Minh Son at the conference
reviewing the city’s tourism industry in 2017 which was held in January.
Building apartments, hotels to be required to buy fire
insurance
Facilities
susceptible to potential fire and explosion hazards must purchase fire
insurance, according to the Government’s Decree 23/2018/ND/CP.
The
decree which comes into force on April 14 requires compulsory fire and
explosion insurance.
Accordingly,
apartment buildings, hotels, guest houses and hostels having five storeys or
above, kindergartens of over 100 kids, and gas stations among others are
subject to fire insurance.
The
decree regulates the total insurance for damaged assets at each place is less
than VND1 trillion (US$43.9 million). The insurance rate is calculated on the
minimum insurance premium multiplied by the premium rates in accordance with
fire and explosion risks.
Deduction
of a maximum of 10% of the indemnity insurance will be made if facilities in
danger of fire or explosion fail to fully meet fire prevention and fighting
safety regulations, leading to bigger damages.
The
fire insurance seller will not make arising or additional compensation due to
insurance fraud.
Nearly
2,000 structures are not covered by fire insurance, and the majority of them
are apartment buildings. Many buildings have yet to establish a management
board while residents in others are not unanimous in purchasing fire
insurance.
He
stressed those failing to purchase fire insurance as per the new decree will
face a fine of up to VND80 million (US$3,506).
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