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Touching
love story of the “extraordinary man”
“Extraordinary man” Nguyen Ngoc Ky and his studies “Secrets” about extraordinary man Nguyen Ngoc Ky 
Your
example of overcoming difficulties and the fate has been known to many
people. What about your love story? There are still many secrets about it.
Could you "reveal" something?
(Laugh) I've always been happy, fortunate in friendship and love even though I’m paralyzed of both arms! In the 6th grade, I was invited to speak at a school. After the talks, a schoolgirl ran up to the platform, taking off her red scarf to put it on my shoulder. I was so happy! In the 7th grade, that girl moved to my school and studied in the same class with me! She had a very good Chinese compass, which was very rare and very precious at that time. But she put it in my bag together with a piece of paper with several words "To NNK (abbreviation of Nguyen Ngoc Ky)". After that, the girl, named Lieu studied accounting. Until know, we are still good friends, after half of a century! That’s friendship, how about love? I’ve heard that it was also very romantic. After I graduated from the college, I returned home to teach at the same school with my previous teacher, Mr. Chau. A friend of mine visited me, with his daughter. Love at first sight, I was stunned. She also delivered a "signal." I expressed my love to her. About 20 days later, she rode her bike to the school to visit his brother, when he was out! So she met me. We chatted. She invited me to go out. That was the first time I sat behind a girl on a bicycle on the road. I was very touched. We’d hang out, talked, forget all else around. By the time we remembered it was dark. She was about to go home but I was determined to hold her back. That night the sky was without the moon but there were a lot of sparkling stars only and we were together... What then? “I “hugged" her with my eyes! We sat together to feel our love and talked with each other until midnight. The stars were brighter. The atmosphere was extraordinarily quiet. Later, she sat on my lap, I put my feet around her to hug her tightly. Wow, it is so ... unique!  Mr. Ky and his current wife, who is his first wife's younger sister.
Teacher Ky
stopped here. Perhaps he was recollecting his first love. Then he used his
feet to seek a notebook on the shelf, with comments of his visitors, to show
me a poem by poet Truong Nam Huong, entitled "Fun verses to Nguyen Ngoc
There is a schoolboy With books in the mind The soft hands guide wind The feet write sentences His love is very clear Do not use the hands ... to enjoy spring Every night with wife Loving her by... three legs After I read the poem, teacher Ky said: "She" in the poem is my first wife. Her name is Vu Thi Nhieu, also a teacher, who was with me for tens of years and shared with me all sadness and happiness in life. She died for tens of years! It seems that you are pretty "lucky" and happy in love? Not completely! She and I came together with love, but we faced intense opposition from her family. Because the love with me, she was thwarted and beaten so much! Who would believe that the most beautiful girl in the region, who studied highly chose a disabled husband like me? Thanks to poet Doan Van Cu, who lived near her home, her father allowed us to get married. Poet Doan Van Cu had credibility with her father because her father was a fan of Cu’s poems. Poet Cu told him that I had talent, good capacity and I was a good son-in-law. And it is the fate to have love and to marry someone. Finally, her father agreed! The wedding was held! Your marriage life must be very "special" to overcome obstacles and to be happy? I and my wife were both teachers. Like others, we had to try a lot to build a happy family and to bring up our children. I always have to try multiples higher than normal people to compensate for my defects and misfortune. In addition to teaching, do you help your wife with housework and child care? And how can you do? There's nothing that I do not do. The most difficult stage was when we shared a house with my mother. When my wife delivered the first child, I had to handle more housework. After school, I did housework. Up early in the morning I did the laundry at a nearby pond. My mother saw this; she was merciful and shouted at my wife: "Your husband has two paralyzed arms. He teaches all day but he has to get up early to do laundry, how can you let him do it?" My wife was weak after giving birth. Being afraid that she was sad, I had to encourage and comfort her a lot. Since then I had to get up very early to do laundry to avoid my mum’s eyes, then I came back to the bed waiting for the morning to go to school. Thanks to that trick, I could maintain peace in my home! You are an extraordinary example but your wife is also an extraordinary woman who dared to love with the heart and overcome all obstacles to marry you. In your married life, do you have any secret to nurture your great love and the happiness of your family? Back then, many people told me that only mad girls agree to marry me. So when I married the most beautiful girl in the area, I had to try to build and maintain my happiness. Secret? Living and trying with all my heart.  I've told my friends that I had paralyzed arms but in return, the god gives me great happiness. My wife is "the gift of God" for me. When she knew that she could not be besides me for any longer, my wife was very worried about me. She did not know how I would live without her. Our children have grown and they would have their husband and wife. On the hospital bed, my wife did not stop thinking about me. My wife’s younger sister (my current wife) lived in the North at that time and her husband had died for more than 10 years ago. She lived alone with her two children. She flew from the North to the South to visit her sister who was about to die. Lying in bed, my wife cried and held her sister’s hands to say: "I beg you only one thing. You replace me to be the wife of Ky, to love and take care of him in his remaining days." I could not hold back tears, turned away, and did not know what to say. Actually, before my wife’s sister’s visit, my wife talked to me several times about this, but I brushed off. I did not expect that my wife told her sister her last wish and then went forever... My current second wife is my first wife’s younger sister. Her name is Vu Thi Dau. Duy Chien |
Thứ Tư, 31 tháng 10, 2012
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Vietnam cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka,
4 missing
A Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship sank
off the coast of Sri Lanka, leaving four crew members missing, the Vietnam
Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) announced
Tuesday.
The Saigon Queen, owned by the Saigon Shipping Joint
Stock Company (SSC), was carrying timber from
After Vietnam MRCC received a mayday call from the ship at
around 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, it transmitted an emergency announcement to
other ships in the vicinity of the Saigon Queen for help.
At 9:20 p.m. the same day, the Cyprus-flagged ship Pacific
Skipper rescued three sailors from the Saigon Queen and kept in touch with 16
others who boarded life-rafts after the accident.
Three sailors were still missing. Bad weather and darkness
hindered rescue efforts.
At 10:40 p.m. the Pacific Skipper successfully approached the
16 crew members on the life-rafts. The sailors were reported to be in good
health, except for one who was slightly injured.
When the Pacific Skipper was bringing the sailors aboard,
Saigon Queen’s captain Nguyen Minh Luan, 51, accidently fell into the water.
He has been missing ever since.
The Vietnam MRCC told newswire VnExpress it was still working with relevant agencies to
search for Luan and three other missing sailors named Hoang Van Ban, 58, Tran
Van De, 54, and Pham Phu Huu, 27.
The Pacific Skipper was heading for
By Le Quan,
Thanh Nien News
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“Extraordinary
man” Nguyen Ngoc Ky and his studies
“Secrets” about extraordinary man Nguyen Ngoc Ky  Teacher Ky said: “I still remember the morning that I woke up after illness. I was 4 years old that year. I walked out to the yard. My mother gave me an orange. I put my hand to hold it but it was very weird, my arm could not move. I tried to raise my hands to get the orange but they did not listen to my command. No matter how I tried, they were still dangling. I burst out crying. My mother hugged me. After that I knew that my mother cried more than me. Many times I found her crying. Seeing me, she hastily wiped tears, hugging me tightly. Her eyes were red. Sometimes, she lost her control and sobbed: "Son, your if parents die, what will you do to live, huh?" Mother's tears fell down my shoulders. I choked to cry. I wanted to hold my mum but my arms kept hanging down. My mum held and hugged my arms: "Oh, how my child’s arms are like this? If I am guilty, let me suffer it, please give my child’s healed arm, let me be paralyzed!" At that time, I craved for embracing my mother as previously, or taking her hand. But my arms did not understand my heart. Helplessly, I rubbed my head on her lap; her tears wet my hair. I and my mum cried together for a long time. That night, during the dinner, my mum said: "I'm going to give the eldest daughter a few acres of land. You have to take care of your brother in the future. If you get married, you have to still take care of your brother." There was an astrologist near my house. He came to see me and told my mother: "Ky is paralyzed his both arms but he will become a good person. He will have a bigger house than yours!" My mum uttered: "Oh dear, normal people cannot be sure about their future, let alone my son with two paralyzed arms. I just hope that his sister to take care of him after I die!" The astrologist said: "He will help his sister in the future!" Anyone who knew this story laughed because they thought that the astrologist just comforted and encouraged me and my mom.” Teacher Ky stopped telling that old story. Then we continued talking about his school age. How did you start studying with two paralyzed arms? 
The
school was close to my home. Seeing my friends going to school, I was very
sad. Every morning I stood at the door of my friends’ class to see them. They
turned looking at me so the teacher drove me away because "the class was
distracted!"
I stood a little far from the class to see my friends studying. Then the teacher let me enter the class. After school, he took me home and told my mum: "You should keep him at home, please don’t let him go to class. My students are distracted by him." I was very sad. I stayed at home and used my foot to keep pieces of brick and coal to write on the yard. Some people saw my effort and said: "Oh, I’ve never seen anyone who can write by feet. Please stop wasting your time!"... Were you frustrated? No! Prior to that, when I was abandoned from the class, I was sad and wandered in the garden where I saw a bird carry food with its beak. I mimicked it to write by my mouth but I could not. I thought the other way. Once I saw a chicken used its legs to scratch garbage for food. I discovered that I could use my foot to write. So I practiced writing by my foot. Unlike other kids, I did not start from the letter A. Initially, I had to use different positions to write. I bathed in sweat to be able to write letter O then V; later to other letters. After write letters on the yard by brick, I moved to write letter by pencil on papers. Then I tried to draw lines and boxes by ruler and draw circles with a compass. For normal people, this is very simple but to me it was torture. Could you go to school when you were able to write? It was not so simple. At first because of the respect for my family, a teacher allowed me to attend her class, but she stated that I could not study! But my perseverance, patience shook my teacher. She allowed me to join other students. I demonstrated that the foot can replace hands for writing, drawing, rotating the compass, doing craft tasks, folding paper boats and birds, etc. In my free time, I made bird cages, which were always better than those of my friends. By the will, energy and patience, you graduated from a college, how iwas it?  Teacher Ky met with PM Pham Van Dong. I was good at math. When I was a 7-grade student, I was selected for the math competition for gifted students of the northern region in 1963. Uncle Ho presented me a badge. In the high school, I still studied well. Once, the teacher gave me the book "How the Steel Was Tempered" by Russian writer Ostrovsky. I read and loved the character Paven Corsaghin so much. I dream of becoming a writer or a poet. Character Paven Corsaghin inspired me a lot with his sacrifice for his ideal, the dare to live with all the energy of heart, overcome adversity to live a meaning life. I entered the college with the dream to rewrite my life. The book "The unforgettable years" was written when I was a student. Being graduated from the This book was reprinted dozens of times. Once in At that time, graduating from the Indeed, at first I did not choose that profession. Prime Minister Pham Van Dong invited me to meet him. He talked with and encouraged me a lot. The Prime Minister advised me to become a teacher to teach children overcoming all obstacles and difficulties, contributing to the reunification of the country and I should get married, if necessary, the Prime Minister would be a matchmaker. I only got the advice to become a teacher! If you had a chance to choose your job again, would you have still chosen the teaching profession again? Yes! I discovered a lot of great things about this job though now I have new "career" as a writer and consultant. Thanks to the teaching job that I could realize my dreams, my ambitions, and contribute more to society! Duy Chien |
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Thứ Ba, 30 tháng 10, 2012
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Flying through storm to rescue people
in distress
PANO – Thanks to good flying skills,
experience and expertise of the pilots, a tough mission in rescuing workers
on a drifting drilling platform named GSF KEY HAWAI at high sea, has ended up
with success.
By
order of the higher command, two crews of the North Helicopter Company under
the Vietnam Helicopter Corporation flew helicopters in severe weather to the
drifting drilling platform. The pilots had to struggle against strong wind,
heavy rain and rough seas to take them ashore at 10.50 am on October 29th,
successfully saving the lives of all 35 workers on the drilling platform.
Calling for help at high sea
Landing
on Gia Lam airport after successfully completing the rescue operations,
Senior Colonel Tran Xuan Dinh, Director of the North Helicopter Company, said
that this was one of the most difficult tasks he had accomplished so far in
his career.
He
told the story about the rescue operations, as follows:
At
7pm on October 28th, the Company received a call for help from the drilling
platform. Workers on the platform said that the platform had been blown off
by storm No 8 and was now drifting freely on the high seas. The lives of the
workers were in danger.
At
that time, the weather in
On
one hand, leaders of the Company ordered involved parties to maintain
communication with the drilling platform and on the other, pilots and
mechanics carefully checked helicopters and actively prepared for rescue
flights. The pilots and helicopters were ready to take off and implement the
task when weather conditions permitted.
Leaders
and experienced pilots were summoned together to discuss plans on how to
rescue the workers on the drilling platform. Finally, a plan proposed
by Senior Colonel Tran Xuan Dinh was agreed. Under the plan, several
helicopters would fly to Cat Bi airport in Hai Phong, which could shorten the
time flying to the platform.
During
the night of October 28th, the drilling platform kept drifting in strong
winds towards Bach Long Vi Island with terrified workers on it that could
only call for help. The situation on the platform became worse when the power
went off and communication lines between the platform and the shore were
disrupted. The only way to exchange information between the platform and the
helicopter unit was via a hand phone of a worker on the platform.
From
the phone, workers on the platform continually called for help and that urged
leaders and pilots of the helicopter unit to act.
Landing on “sloping plate”
At
5.30 am on October 29th, two helicopters left Gia Lam airport for Cat Bi
airport. Senior Colonel Tran Xuan Dinh, the Director of the Company and
Senior Colonel Do Xuan Hoa, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Company,
flew helicopter EC-155B1 and Colonel Tran Quang Tuan and Colonel Chu Quang
Minh were on another helicopter heading to Cat Bi airport.
After
landing on Cat Bi airport, the four experienced pilots actively digested the
current meteorological information in the rescue zone and along the planned
air route to the workers. According to weather forecasts, the weather might
be improved. The two crews made a resolution to fulfil their task and
immediately prepared for their rescue operations.
The
flight plan was approved by the Vietnam Helicopter Corporation Command. The
two helicopters took off and started their mission. On the way to the
platform, it rained heavily and wind blew at 80km per hour. As clouds were
thick and low, the helicopters flew completely in cloud cover. When the
helicopters reached the platform location, the pilots had to pull all of
their experience and skills to beat the cloud s and find a landing zone.
The
platform had drifted 100km away from the original location and it was now
stuck in rocks, which made the platform slope dangerously by about 4 degrees.
Additionally, high seas and strong wind swung the platform violently. Almost
impossible for the pilots to land their helicopters
But,
bravery, high resolve and the expertise of the pilots won over the bad
weather. The pilots selected a proper and suitable method in these circumstances
and safely landed on the “sloping plate” on the top of the platform. Each
helicopter had to conduct 4 flights to take all 35 workers from the platform
to shore safely.
The
rescue mission was successful. With the iron will, resolve and bravery of
soldiers, the pilots have saved 35 workers’ lives in an almost desperate
situation.
Translated by Thu Nguyen
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12:01
1 tỷ USD
để tăng lương từ 1/7/2013
(Dân
trí) - Theo phương án tăng lương vừa được Chính phủ trình Quốc hội, mức tiền
lương tối thiểu chung cho cán bộ công chức, cán bộ nghỉ hưu, người có công (8
triệu người) sẽ tăng 100 nghìn đồng/tháng trong 6 tháng, bắt đầu từ 1/7/2013
tổng kinh phí khoảng 21.700 tỷ đồng (1 tỷ USD).
Phát biểu tại phiên thảo luận về kinh tế - xã hội sáng nay
31/10, Bộ trưởng Bộ tài chính Vương Đình Huệ cho biết: Vấn đề tăng lương
không chỉ là mối quan tâm của người hưởng lương mà còn của Chính phủ và lãnh
đạo các Bộ, ngành liên quan.
Tuy nhiên, để tăng lương đúng lộ trình 1/5/2013 thì cần
60.000 đồng - 65.000 tỷ đồng (tương đương 3 tỷ USD) và 29.000 tỷ đồng để thực
hiện mức lương tối thiếu 1,05 triệu đồng và phụ cấp công vụ 25% thêm 4 tháng
trong 2013.
“Điều này vượt quá khả năng cân đối của ngân sách năm
2013, do thu ngân sách 2012 đạt thấp, mức tăng thu 2013 cũng khó khăn do mức
tăng trưởng dự báo chỉ 5,5%. Trước tình hình này, Chính phủ báo cáo Quốc hội tháng
5/2013 dự kiến thực hiện một phần mức lương tối thiếu hoặc bố trí tăng lương
cho người nghỉ hưu, người có công, cán hộ có hệ số lương thấp”, Bộ trưởng
Vương Đình Huệ cho hay.
Tuy nhiên, sau khi thảo luận, Thủ tướng Chính phủ đã chỉ
đạo dự kiến trình Quốc hội xem xét phương án tăng lương ngay trong khi xem
xét quyết định dự toán ngân sách trong kỳ họp này với phương án cụ thể như
sau:
Tăng mức tiền lương tối thiểu chung cho cán bộ công chức,
cán bộ nghỉ hưu, người có công (8 triệu người) ở mức 100 nghìn đồng/tháng
trong 6 tháng, bắt đầu từ 1/7/2013 tổng kinh phí khoảng 21.700 tỷ đồng (tương
đương 1 tỷ USD). Trong đó, nguồn ngân sách trung ương lo 18.400 tỷ, địa phương
3.300 tỷ đồng.
Với ngân sách địa phương 3.300 tỷ đồng, Chính phủ sẽ lấy ở
10% tiết kiệm chi thường xuyên đã bố trí trong dự toán trình quốc hội và 50%
tăng thu dành để làm lương còn lại ở một số địa phương.
Bộ trưởng Huệ cho biết thêm, để có nguồn tăng lương phải
cơ cấu lại các nguồn chi ngân sách và triệt để tiết kiệm chi tiêu. Bởi dự
toán thu nội địa xuất nhập khẩu, dầu thô ở mức cao, độ rủi ro lớn nên không
tăng thêm khoản dự toán thu.
Theo đó, để vừa đạt mục tiêu tăng lương, vừa đảm bảo thực
hiện mục tiêu tăng trưởng GDP 5,5%, dự kiến Chính phủ báo cáo Quốc hội giảm
mức đầu tư công từ 180.000 tỷ đồng xuống 170.000 tỷ nhưng vẫn đảm bảo cao hơn
mức bội chi ngân sách, phát hành trái phiếu chính phủ 55.000 tỷ đồng - 60.000
tỷ đồng. Tuy nhiên, theo khẳng định của Bộ trưởng Huệ, dù cắt giảm đầu tư
công nhưng vẫn đảm bảo tổng mức 225.000 tỷ đồng đã được Quốc hội quyết định
cho cả giai đoạn đến 2015, đồng thời tiết kiệm chi ngân sách trung ương 10%,
giảm bớt chi hoàn thuế giá trị gia tăng, trong điều kiện ngân sách 2012 có
tăng thu thì sẽ bố trí tăng thêm cho mức hụt chi này.
“Đây là phương án khả thi nhất có thể tính đến, Chính phủ
cố gắng kiểm soát lạm phát ở 7 - 8% để đảm bảo tăng thu nhập thực tế cho
người hưởng lương”, Bộ trưởng khẳng định.
(Theo
Dân trí) Nguyễn Hiền
Cái
nhỏ nhoi nhất: Bữa cơm công nhân (và cả nông dân), đơn vị tính tiền nghìn.
Cái
“vĩ đại nhất”: Sự tham nhũng, lãng phí (đang hiện hữu), đơn vị tính nghìn…
tỉ.
Mong
các vị Đại biểu Nhân dân hãy nhớ tới chuyện nhỏ nhoi: bữa cơm người dân.
Thương
Giang
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Deputies emphasize efficiency of votes of
confidence in reality
PANO – The draft
Resolution on votes of confidence and votes of no confidence on holders of
positions elected or approved by the National Assembly (NA) and People’s
Councils was again thoroughly discussed by deputies in groups on October
29th.
Most
deputies agreed that such a resolution is necessary and some offered
suggestions to the draft, so that the votes of confidence could be applied more
effectively in reality.
Avoiding formalism
According
to NA deputies, such a resolution could help the NA and People’s Councils at
all levels to improve the efficiency of their supervision over the
performance of elected post-holders or of those approved by the NA and
People’s Councils. This is also seen as a specific step required within the
parameters of “votes of confidence” as stated in the Constitution and other
legal documents. In addition, the results of votes of confidence can
faithfully show how much people trust in elected officials or those approved
by the NA and People’s Councils, so that they can take serious measures to
improve the effectiveness of their performance and responsibilities.
Deputies
also focused discussions on the scope of votes of confidence. According to
many deputies, votes of confidence and votes of no confidence should be
applied to key positions in State agencies and localities.
“Votes
of confidence should not be extended to all elected positions or those
approved by the NA and People’s Councils, because a number of officials do
not have much impact on administrative systems at all levels,” Deputy Huynh
Minh Thien from
He
stressed that votes of confidence conducted on an extensive scale could lead
to formalism and that is the thing voters across the nation do not expect.
Some
deputies from Vinh Phuc province shared the same view.
Many
deputies agreed that votes of confidence should be limited to holders of key
positions, who lead important organisations and administrative systems at all
levels and who have considerable influence over administrative systems at all
levels.
Meanwhile,
a number of other deputies from Ho Chi Minh City said that many important
positions, such as directors of city or provincial departments, who are seen
as chiefs of sectors in a city or province, do not have to undergo votes of
confidence as they are not elected or approved by local People’s Councils.
“Votes
of confidence should be applied to such important positions. Local People’s
Councils should have authority to hold votes of confidence on holders of all
key positions in the local administration. After the votes, local People’s
Councils are responsible for dealing only with elected officials or those
approved by them, and the results of votes of confidence on other positions
should be handed over to other competent agencies,” Deputy Huynh Thanh Lap
from
“Confidence” or “no confidence”
The
draft Resolution on votes of confidence states that deputies of the NA and
People’s Councils will have four options when they cast ballots in votes of
confidence for elected or approved officials. The four options are “high
confidence”, “middle confidence”, “low confidence” and “no idea”.
According
to NA deputies, it would be difficult for competent agencies to evaluate the
results when the four options are applied in a vote of confidence. Many
suggested that there should be two options instead: “confidence” and “no
confidence”.
Deputy
Tran Du Lich said that most voters advocated the Resolution and hoped that
votes of confidence and votes of no confidence could be conducted
effectively. But they believed that votes of confidence would be less
practical and effective with the four levels of confidence.
“There
should be two levels: “confidence” and “no confidence”, he suggested.
With
the same view, Deputy Huynh Thanh Lap said that it is much easier for
deputies to rate confidence on cadres in a vote of confidence as well as for
competent agencies to decide the rate of confidence if there are two
clear-cut levels.
A
large number of deputies agreed that votes of confidence should be held every
year, but a vote of confidence on elected or approved officials should start
from the second year of their term of office. They also agreed that votes of
confidence should be held first and votes of no confidence would be held only
when cadres did not gather more than 50 percent of confidence votes.
Translated by Thu Nguyen
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Australian
aircraft carrier docks
PANO - A
light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy, “HMAS Sydney”, carrying
229 troops on board, anchored at
Colonel Ha Xuan Xu, a representative
from the Naval Command, welcomed HMAS Sydney’s captain, Colonel Luke Charles
Jones and other Australian guests.
During the visit, the crew will lay
a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh’s Statue and pay courtesies to the City
People’s Committee, the Military Zone 7 Command and the Southern Naval
Command.
During their stay, they will share
their experiences on operating helicopters on battleships with Vietnamese
troops, participate in sporting exchanges with the
A group of disabled students from
the Vietnam-Australia Loreto Group - funded Binh Minh School, will have the
opportunity to visit the “HMAS Sydney”, when in port.
The visit is a contribution to
strengthening the friendship between the two countries in general, and the
two sides’ navies in particular.
Translated by Van Hieu
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Dyke system to get upgrade
HA
NOI (VNS)— More than VND59.67
trillion (US$2.84 billion) has been earmarked to fund measures to control
flooding and provide water drainage and supply to cities and provinces around
the Hong (Red) River Delta during the period of 2012-20 under a decision made
by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last week.
Le Hung Nam, deputy director of the Water Resources
Management Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, said: "This plan has been updated with current developments
and the potential impacts of climate change and rising sea levels in Viet Nam
and especially the Red River Delta, where comprehensive work will take place
to prevent flooding and utilise the river system to its utmost
capacity."
He also said the plan was based on the latest research
on dyke systems, pumping stations and reservoirs to work out effective
solutions to ensure water supply for 20 million people in the delta and water
supply and drainage for 1.3 million hectares of agricultural land.
Under the plan, coastal dyke systems in the cities and
provinces of Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh and
river dyke systems along the Red, Ninh Co, Thai Binh, Kinh Thay and Day
rivers will continue to be strengthened to cope with the strongest storms and
high tides.
Flood drains to the sea will be built along the Red
River via the Ba Lat estuary, the
Barriers in the river beds which prevent water from
flowing and houses situated along the drainage routes will be removed.
Medium and small-scale reservoirs will be checked and
repairs will be made where necessary to ensure safety. Large-scale pumping
stations including Lien Mac, Cau Xe, Vinh Tri, Co Dam and Huu Bi will be
upgraded.
An observation system will also be set up to assess the
safety of the projects.
Delta cities and provinces, especially Ha Noi which are
always on high alert during the rainy season because of weak points in their
dyke systems, have backed the plan.
Do Duc Thinh, director of the Ha Noi office of the
Flood, Storm Control and Dyke Management Department, said landslides along
the city's 470-km dyke system had occurred more frequently this year than in
the previous three, and with more serious consequences.
There have been more than 10 landslides since the end
of August, putting local people's lives at risk.
Nguyen Huu San, a resident in the city's Ba Vi
District, said a landslide 50-70m long and 15-20m deep had swept a large part
of his garden into the river in one of the most serious incidents to have
occurred for years.
If the dyke system was not improved, landslides and
fissures would become more serious. His family was one of four who had been
relocated, he said.
San said he and his neighbours just wanted the threat
of the dyke collapsing to go away so they could focus on agricultural
production and other work.
Hoang Thanh Van, director of the city's Agriculture and
Rural Development Department, said that a comprehensive assessment of the
dyke system was needed, because just patching it up was not enough to ensure
the safety of the whole system.
Investment procedures for the degrading dyke systems
also required a lot of time and effort, he said.
Officials and residents agreed that for the
implementation of this plan, barriers should be removed.
More work
Regarding water supply, reservoirs located on the upper
reaches of
Research on stabilising the flow of water in the Red
and Duong rivers and finding solutions to raise water levels to ensure the
operation of pumping stations in the dry season will be implemented to the
year of 2015.
Water inlet sluices in the Thai Binh and Moi rivers and
fresh water storage works will be constructed.
A specific co-ordination mechanism on this issue
between relevant agencies would be applied, he said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has entrusted the
ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Planning and Investment, Environment
and Natural Resources and the relevant cities and provinces to implement the
measures needed for the plan.
Specifically, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development is responsible for co-ordinating with localities to work out
specific tasks based on the list of priorities.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment with relevant
agencies will allocate funding which is expected to come from the State
budget and people's contributions.
Finally, the Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources will increase management of sand exploitation along river banks.—
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Proposed
amendments expand President’s power
Current President Truong Tan Sang (R) with
former President Nguyen Minh Triet
Photo: Tuoi Tre
The nine proposed changes to the 1992 Constitution were
read out loud by chairman of the Legislative Committee Phan Trung Ly
yesterday (October 29) during the on-going fourth session of the 13th
National Assembly, the country’s top law-making body, in Hanoi.
Only the President has power to
appoint generals
Accordingly, the President “leads the military forces
and holds the position as chairperson of the National Defense Commission and
Security”. He/she will have the power to appoint generals, admirals, vice
admirals, rear admirals; appoint chiefs of staff, or chairpersons of the
General Political Department of the People’s Army.
The President also has the power to abolish regulations
issued by the Government or by the Prime Minister to ensure unity in the
legal system. The President has the right to attend all meeting sessions of
the Government besides being able to demand the Government to discuss issues
falling within the President’s supervision scope.
Also, the proposal re-affirms Article 103 of the
current Constitution regarding the President’s power to recommend to the
National Assembly to elect or dismiss Vice Presidents or the Prime Minister.
As for the Prime Minister’s power, he/she is empowered
to propose to the National Assembly to appoint or dismiss Deputy Prime
Ministers, ministers, deputy ministers or other members of the Government.
The Prime Minister ratifies the appointment of,
dismissal of chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the provincial (city)
People’s Committees.
The National Assembly will discuss the suggested
changes on the 6th and 15th of November.
The draft rule also affirms Article 4 of the
Constitution: that the Communist Party of Vietnam is the vanguard of the
working class adhering to Marxism –Leninism and President Ho Chi Minh
thoughts. The Party is the leading force of the state and society.
4 terrorism attempts in
On the same day, public security minister Tran Dai
Quang submitted the draft law on anti-terrorism to the NA.
Accordingly, although no terrorism cases committed by
international organizations have been reported in Vietnam, there have been
four cases by reactionary forces in exile that have been busted since 2000.
Vietnamese security forces have caught hundreds of
exiled hostile Vietnamese elements entering the country with tons of
explosives and weapons aimed at carrying out sabotage, terrorism activities.
Due to the complex global issues, the potential risk of
a terrorism attack is huge, the security minister added.
President Truong Tan Sang
(front R) with top leaders visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in
Eliminate worms in the state
machinery
In the afternoon, the National Assembly discussed the
draft resolution on collecting votes of confidence and casting votes of
confidence with regard to top officials holding positions ratified by or
voted by the National Assembly and the People’s Council.
Many deputies said the confidence vote should be
conducted every year instead of every two years as is being currently
proposed.
The National Assembly also differed on the levels of
assessment.
According to some, the rating should be divided into
three levels (i.e high, medium and low) without the “no comment” option as is
being proposed, while some others believe there should only be two levels
(i.e confidence and no confidence).
According to deputy Bui Thi An of Hanoi, such
confidence rating is very important in contributing to deterring officials
from wrongdoings, helping eliminate “worms” within the state machinery.
Meanwhile, secretary of the Da Nang City Party
Committee Nguyen Ba Thanh opined that “there must be changes. It’s not true
that there are no well-performing officials. But if you hold onto that
position, who can replace you? The danger is the knowledge that you can never
be replaced. But now there is a new drug to force you to move, to try”.
Mr. Thanh also suggested subjecting lower-ranking
officials like heads of provincial departments of transport, construction, of
natural resources and environment to the confidence votes since those
officials, although not appointed by the National Assembly, greatly influence
the public through their actions.
Deputy Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, of
Earlier on 26 October, a draft law on anti-corruption
was presented under which the head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption
will not be the Prime Minister as is now the case.
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When young people have to pay for
“showing-off”
VietNamNet
Bridge – The young always want to express and show themselves off, but
when they try to prove their personality by odd hobbies, then perhaps it's
time for young people to look back.
Passion for photography or half-hearted hobby? Photography has become a very hot trend for young people today. With a digital camera or a phone with camera function, youngsters can realize their hobby. For many people, the purpose of hunting beautiful photos is to satisfy their passion, but there are also many people who follow this trend only to ape others. The idea to become a photographer flashed in the head of N. (20 years old, Participating in online photography clubs, N. was advised to "play hard." The young man invested all his money to become an amateur photographer with tripods, lens and accessories such as moisture-proof box, special backpack, external hard drive, etc. However, not long after that, N. felt sluggish when this pleasure was not only costly but also time consuming. N. offered for sales his cameras and accessories on the Internet. From hobby to show pictures  Showing acts of killing rare animals on personal blog. Many young people also love to show off their "sparkling" portraits or their presence in somewhere on facebook to get like or comments. "Photography is a hobby of many people and I have no idea about it. But when I visit monuments and construction works, it is very frustrating that I could not take any photo just because of young people who always surrounded the works to take photo," one commented on a photographic forum. Some young people have gestures such as kissing, hugging, or climbing on majestic statues to pose for photos. At the recent Mid-Autumn occasion, toy shops on Hang Ma, Hang Luoc streets in Hunting to monstrous pictures Recently, a number of online newspapers also reflected a new movement of the youth that make others to shiver of fear. That is the "hobby” of hunting pictures of accidents. With cameras and cell in hand, these people are scrambling to hunt macabre images of accidents, violence ... then post them on the social networks for people to make comments. The more creepy pictures are, the more photographers show their dedication and skill and the more their pictures attract people’s comments. Every month we also choose the most grisly photos to present awards. The person with most impressive photo will be elected as the chairman and may make recommendations to other members of topics," a young man shared about this frightening trend on a newspaper. Many people are skeptical about this movement because they cannot imagine that there is a part of young people who have such bizarre thought and behavior. However, just go to Google, people can see hundreds of social networking sites regularly publish and update tragic images of death by a large team of corpse-hunting “photographers”. Many young people after making "victory" as killing endangered animals, causing deadly accidents, slandered each other show these "achievements" on social networks. In the most recent case, a soldier posted a series of photos on killing a langur on Facebook on July 16. Before that, a young guy "showed off an achievement” on facebook and was arrested by the authorities. This man, named Nguyen Manh Linh, 21 in Lao Cai province, who has nick name "keo mut choi boi" wrote that he killed an old man on an accident, with words of emotionless, ruthless. These people are not only criticized by the online community but also have to take responsibility before the law for what they caused. This is a lesson for those who love to express themselves but lack of knowledge, lack of understanding of the law. Le Hieu |
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