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Centre
addresses problem of unexploded bombs and mines
Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to establish the Viet Nam National Mine Action
Centre (VNMAC) to deal with unexploded bombs and mines.
The centre, managed
by the Ministry of National Defence, will work with agencies on research and
policies to reduce the harm that can be caused by unexploded ordnance.
It will act as the
main agency for mobilising international support for dealing with bombs and
mines left over from wars.
The centre will be
in charge of co-ordinating projects on bomb and mine clearance and supporting
bomb and mine victims.
An estimated 15
million tonnes of bombs, mines and explosives were used during the American
War in
At the current pace
of detecting and defusing unexploded ordinance, it is estimated that it will
take
On Wednesday, a
team from Mines Advisory Group detonated 25 mortar and artillery shells in
Dong Ha city in
Hoang Minh Phuong,
head of the team, said local people unearthed the deadly ammunition during
construction of their houses. He said the ammunition was live and would have
easily exploded.
The HCMC government
has mapped out a plan to borrow US$763 million from the World Bank to
implement many components of the flood management project from 2015 to 2020.
The city government
has sent a document to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, seeking the
ministry’s support to ask for the World Bank’s ODA loans for the project in the
2015-2017 period.
Under the impact of
climate change and rising water level, floods have hit many areas in the city
when there are downpours and tides, which directly affect the livelihood and
health of local people.
The flood risk
management project consists of many components such as building tidal
sluices, docks in the Vam Thuat River and Rach Nuoc Len; dredging and
reinforcing the dykes of Tham Luong-Ben Cat-Rach Nuoc Len canal; building the
drainage system in Go Vap District; and upgrading canals connecting to Tham
Luong-Ben Cat-Rach Nuoc Len canal in Tan Binh and Go Vap districts.
The Prime Minister
approved the city’s irrigation and flood prevention planning in August 20,
2008. However, according to the HCMC government, the planning’s scale is vast
and the costs are huge while the economy is still in difficulty and capital
has not been allocated.
Soai Rap
dredging to be finished in April
The management unit
of the Soai Rap dredging project’s phase two is accelerating the progress so
that the river section of nearly 60 kilometers can handle a large vessel on
April 19.
The project tempo
had been stepped up since February 25 as requested by HCMC Chairman Le Hoang
Quan together with the installation of the buoy and signal system in order
for a 50,000-ton vessel of Japan to sail straight from the East Sea to Saigon
Premier Container Terminal (SPCT).
If so, the project
will be finished nearly two months ahead of schedule. Under the plan, the
According to Tran
The Ky, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Transport, during the nine
days after April 10, the river bottom will be scanned along a length of 54
kilometers, maritime notifications will be given, signal buoys installed, and
there will be an announcement allowing ships to use the river to enter Hiep
Phuoc Port.
Over the past time,
ships from Can Gio estuary has had to take the
The plan to dredge
the
After over 15
years, with cooperation of the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the project’s
first phase was finished on November 9, 2001 with a depth of 8.5 meters along
a length of 59.24 kilometers and able to handle ships of 5,000-15,000 DWT.
However, the
project’s second phase encountered capital difficulty and then was assigned
to the management unit established in 2011. The investment amount for this
phase is VND2.797 trillion, with
GM crops
needed in developing countries
Developing
countries are being put under pressure of growing more genetically-modified
(GM) crops as to deal with problems related to water shortage and the
increase of weeds and pests, experts said at a conference in Philippine
capital
Representatives of
countries and territories taking part in the biotechnology conference,
including
It is because
problems related to weeds and pest control along with low crop yields have
forced developing economies to resort to GM crops en masse to avoid
dependence on imported food products, speakers said at the conference
organized by Singapore-based Croplife Asia, a non-profit organization
specializing in biotechnology.
Among those
countries,
By the end of last
year, the area of GM crops in developing countries have surpassed that in
developed countries.
Of 18 million
farmers in 27 countries that plant GM crops, farmers in eight developing
countries have grown 81.2 million hectares of GM crops, or 46.2% of the
global total. In addition, the total area for GM crops worldwide has grown
100-fold since 1996, when it was first planted, to 175.2 million hectares by
the end of last year.
According to the
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
(ISAAA), GM crops have been proving values as a helpful tool for poor
farmers, who are facing the pressure of water shortage, affect from climate
change, and the increase of weeds and pests. ISAAA predicts that GM area will
continue to expand in the next few years.
In a latest
research, it finds out that almost all farmers who have grown GM crops said
they would continue the cultivation in the coming time.
Women
occupy 70% of HCMC traffic rule violation number
Over two-thirds of
the people who broke traffic rules in
xThe committee
released the statistics at a conference in the city to review its performance
in 2013 and discuss new tasks for this year.
Last year city
police handled more than 700,000 violators of road and railway traffic rules,
of whom nearly 500,000 (71 percent) were women, according to the statistics.
Men accounted for
87.3 percent of the total 764 dead victims in traffic accidents.
More than half of
these 764 victims were immigrants, said Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, deputy head of the
committee.
The city’s
population now tops nine million, of which more than one million people hail
from other provinces, Tuong added.
Along with the 764
deaths, almost 4,600 people were injured in a total of 5,073 traffic
accidents that occurred in the city last year, the committee reported.
The number of
traffic accidents in 2013 decreased by 26.3 percent compared to a year ago.
The dead and
injured declined by 6.3 percent and 29.2 percent, respectively, in the same
manner.
Most of the traffic
accident victims were aged 19-24 and the majority of the crashes happened
from 7:00 pm to 12:00 am every day.
Last year 19,300
more cars and about 300,000 more motorbikes were registered in the city,
taking the total number of cars and motorbikes to 487,600 and 5.9 million by
year end, the committee said.
Couples in
HCMC encouraged to have two children
The HCMC Population
and Family Planning Division said this month it will promote the 2014
national target on population, in which it will call for all married couples
in the city to have two children, instead of asking them to stop at two as it
has done for years.
According to the
division, the average number of children for one woman in the city is quite
low, with the rate of 1.5 children per mother. Meanwhile, the national ratio
is 2-2.1 children per mother.
The birth ratio of
the city is now nearly 0.9%, or nine babies are born every year for a
population of 1,000.
Another important
issue needed to be promoted in the new population policy, said the division,
is to minimize the imbalance in baby gender.
By late last year,
the country population had reached 90 million.
The country was
predicted earlier by the General Statistics Office to start having population
ageing in 2017, yet in 2011, it started to be in the shift with the number of
people over 65 years old accounting for 7% of the population.
Ministries
diverge in position of new Long Bien Bridge
Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism disapproved of three solutions proposed by the
Ministry of Transport to build the new
The ministry’s
first solution is to build a new bridge at the current area and remove the
old one for preservation at the
The second proposal
is to construct a new bridge with a different design but the same shape to
meet development guidelines. The Culture of Ministry rejected this proposal
because they would like to see the original bridge preserved for national
patriotism.
The third proposal
is to refurbish the new bridge by rebuilding the center of the old
bridge. The Ministry of CST rejected this because it would change the
shape of the bridge.
The Ministry of CST
proposed the Transport Ministry to reconsider all these three methods.
Hanoi People’s
Committee should file documents to list Long Bien as a national relic to have
suitable preservation measures and study a project to build the new bridge
separately from the current bridge, said the spokesman.
Danish
ambassador to
Danish Ambassador
John Nielsen, Miss Vietnam 2008 contestant Nguyen Thuy Van, and singer Bao
Tram will be representing the Earth Hour 2014.
The event will take
place at the
The campaign will
include activities such as Green Destinations,
Earth Hour is a
global event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. It takes place
annually on the last Saturday of March.
Indian
Buddhist Culture exhibition opens in city
An Indian Buddhist
Culture exhibition opened at Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts from March
6-15.
The exhibition is
part of Indian Culture Week. More than 35 photos, paintings and sculptures
showcase the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama who became known as 'the
Buddha’.
The week will
include a series of activities such as Indian traditional dance and singing
performances, free yoga classes, and an Indian food fair.
The event is
organized by the Consulate General of India in HCMC; the municipal Department
of Culture, Sport and Tourism; the HCMC Union of Friendship Organizations and
the Ho Chi Minh City Buddhist Sangha.
Ministry
bans several contractors from bidding
Several contractors
of
The banned
contractors include large companies like COMA3, Hanoi Construction Company
No.44, Thang Long Experiment and Construction Company and Mechanical
Engineering Construction Company No 623.
Thanh An 119
Company and 620 Chau Thoi Concrete Corporation have been prohibited
from bidding for two years due to violations while working on projects with
the Can Tho City Department of Transport.
The Transport
Ministry Inspectorate ordered agencies to block accounts of the violators.
They also suspended two supervisors and one engineer for negligence.
These contractors
failed to ensure the work progress and were irresponsible for implementing
bids. They could not present documents required.
Northwestern
poverty reduction policies to face review
Deputy Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for a thorough review of poverty
reduction policies in the northwestern region, home to over 30 ethnic groups.
He made the
suggestion during a working session held with the Ministry of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in
The region holds an
important position in terms of socio-economics, security and national
defence. Its economy, however, lags far behind other localities. Over 70
percent of its workforce is focused in the agriculture, forestry and
fisheries sectors.
Phuc, who is also
the head of the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region, hailed MoLISA
for bringing down the poverty incidence, adding that this task is also the
responsibility of other ministries, departments and local administrations. He
asked them to continue this to narrow the wealth gap and raise public
awareness of fighting social vices.
The official
requested that vocational training should go hand in hand with job creation
as part of efforts to realise the Government’s strategy on vocational
training for the 2011-2020 period.
Inspections of
enterprises that supply guest workers abroad should be stepped up while
issues of public concern such as human trafficking, child sexual abuse and
creation jobs for drug addicts after rehabilitation must be addressed as soon
as possible, he said.
MoLISA suggested
working out regional master plans on socio-economic development, including
economic sectors, hi-tech zones, and vocational training centres.
Last year, the
region generated jobs for over 160,000 workers and improved income for more
than 15,000. At the end of 2013, its rate of poor households was reduced to
21.5 percent, or over 454,000 households.
VietnamWorks
programmes support job seekers
VietnamWorks, a
leading recruitment company in
Jonah Levey,
Founder and Chairman of Vietnamworks, said the events aim to meet the labour
market’s needs by bringing employers and job seekers together so they can
make more informed and better employment choices.
The events provide
a chance for job seekers to access more information about their favourite
enterprises, and learn of the required experiences and skills for jobs, he
stressed.
They also provide
recruiters the opportunity to meet face to face with potential candidates,
which is always a definite plus for both the employer and job hunters, he
added.
Vietnamworks is
coordinating with YanTV and Today TV channels to organise the first Reality
TV show on careers, starting on March 6.
In the show, 10
outstanding candidates were selected from thousands of job seekers to live
together in a house and face 12 different career challenges in 12 weeks.
The winner will
receive three awards worth nearly VND1 billion, including the 6 -month
contract (VND120 million) in a leading company in
The two winners of
the “Move Up” online programme on sharing career dreams and success, which
were ended on February 14, were awarded a trip to Paris worth US$10,000,
Jonah Levey revealed.
Evaluating the
employment market in 2013, VietnamWorks said that the three provinces of Bac
Ninh, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai experienced the highest growth in demand for
human resources.
Of which, top 5
attractive sectors included information technology, accounting,
administration - secretary, production – processes, and customer service.
Kovalevskaia
Prize honours Vietnamese scientist
Associate Prof. Dr.
Le Thi Luan, who has spent 16 years studying and producing Rotavin-M1, an
anti-diarrhoea vaccine for children, will be presented with the prestigious
Vietnam Kovalevskaia Prize at a ceremony in
With Rotavin-M1,
which has been sold on the market since August 2012,
The 52-year-old
Deputy Director of the Centre for the Reach and Production of Vaccines and
Biologicals under the Ministry of Health has devoted 24 years in her life to
this specific field.
The initiative to
produce the vaccine was raised in 1998 when she took part in a World Health
Organisation programme to prevent diarrhoea among Vietnamese children.
At that time, many
Vietnamese children suffered as there were not enough vaccines to treat it.
Nearly 100,000
children in 60 cities and provinces have so far received Rotavin-M1, which
costs one-third the price of imported vaccines.
According to Luan,
as many as 6,800 Vietnamese children under five years old with diarrhoea will
be successfully treated each year thanks to the vaccine.
Rotavin-M1 has been
evaluated by the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, and approved
for use by the National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals.
On this occasion,
the Kovalevskaia Prize will also be awarded to Associate Prf. Dr. Nguyen Thi
Bich Thuy from the Institute for Transport Science and Technology under the
Ministry of Transport for her successful scientific research.
The prestigious
prize, named after the great Russian female mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaia,
is awarded to female academics with excellent achievements in sciences or
arts and humanities. The Vietnam Kovalevskaia was established in 1985.
Smuggled
Chinese pigeons seized in Quang Ninh
The Ministry of
Public Security in coordination with Quang Ninh province’s market management
team has seized 2,000 pigeons that entered
Vu Van Thien, a
driver from the
The appropriate
authorities are planning to cull the seized birds.
The illegal
cross-border import of poultry is banned due to the rising threat of avian
influenza to northern border provinces following
The Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development coordinates with relevant departments of
the trade and defence ministries and the police to try and prevent the virus
entering the country.
Two H5N1 deaths
were reported in January in
Trade
ministry launches energy-saving campaign
The Ministry of
Industry and Trade (MoIT) officially launched a campaign ahead of the 2014
Earth Hour on March 6, urging everyone to make changes for a greener planet.
The annual drive
aims to raise public awareness of the importance of saving electricity and
alleviating climate change threats.
Deputy Head of the
General Department of Energy under the Ministry, Nguyen Khac Tho, called on
all organisations, businesses and individuals to turn off lights and other
unnecessary power sources during earth hour from 20:30 to 21:30 on March 29.
At the launch, the
organising board introduced three faces representing this year’s campaign -
Danish Ambassador to Vietnam John Nielsen, runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2008
Thuy Van and singer Bao Tram.
Nielsen said that
the Danish Government will support
A wide range of
activities including drawing competitions and cycling events will be
organised during the campaign.
All Vietnamese
provinces and cities took part in last year’s event, saving 401,000 kWh to
the national grid, of which 219,000 kWh was saved in
Vietnam-
Laos agrees to upgrade solidarity monuments
The agreement was
reached at a meeting between a delegation of the Vietnamese Government
Special Task Committee and those from
Accordingly, the
Vietnamese side will provide
The two sides
discussed issues related to the search and repatriation of the remains of
Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and specialists who laid down their lives in
They also planned
to hold the 19th meeting in
RoK shares
development knowledge with Vietnam
The
Deputy Minister of
Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong made the remark at a March 6 seminar in
He noted the KSP,
part of Vietnam-RoK cooperation framework, will contribute to strengthening
management and law-making capacity for Vietnamese officials through
consultations and policy recommendation implementation.
RoK Ambassador Jun
Dae Joo agreed the program has put forward recommendations to Vietnamese
managers and lawmakers in order to set socio-economic development
orientations.
It targets four
main areas: national energy security policies – Korean experience and policy
implication for
Bui Tat Thang,
Director of the Development Strategy Institute, said the KSP has made a
useful contribution to socio-economic development planning for the 2011-2020
period in
The program in the
future will be focused on upgrading industry to boost growth potential,
drawing up a high qualified human resource development strategy for the
public sector, managing economic groups, and building an early warning system
for the financial market.
The Korean Ministry
of Strategy and Finance began the KSP in developing countries in 2004, aiming
to share its development experience and help promote socio-economic
development. In addition, the program supports these countries in raising
international competitiveness and finalising institutions.
Soft skills
a must for Vietnamese workers
Vietnamese workers
lack in soft skills, including team work, communication and adaptation to new
circumstances, according to a survey jointly conducted by a Vietnamese labour
institute and Manpower group.
Foreign investors
reveal soft skills and professional skills are equally important in their
recruitment decision.
Since
Thus their human
resource development orientations may create new trends and forecast
development for the future labour market, the survey finds.
It also points out
a worrying trend that some FDI businesses attract workers from their rivals,
instead of training their workers.
The results of the
survey indicate that FDI businesses have not been largely affected by the
economic crisis as more than half of them are still going strong and only 5%
have suffered from losses.
Most FDI businesses
have invested in technology and more complicated production processes, but
they prefer recruiting unskilled workers on low expenses. This may prevent
business operations in the future.
At the March 6
seminar to launch the survey, participants discussed solutions for improving
Vietnamese workers’ skills to meet foreign investors’ requirements in the
future.
They proposed that
universities, colleges and vocational schools should coordinate with FDI
businesses to teach skills in line with their development strategies.
Work
accident inspections progress slowly
The progress in
inspecting work accidents, especially fatalities, is slower than expected,
stated the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA)' Bureau
for Safe Work's head Ha Tat Thang.
According to
MOLISA, out of the total number of over 560 fatal work accidents that
occurred last year, only 175 have been properly investigated and officially
reported to the ministry.
Thang pointed out
that many work accidents occurred during the process of mineral exploitation
in projects conducted by private companies or by the people for civil use.
These cases have so far not yet been investigated and included in statistics
and reports.
He noted that many
localities failed to submit a report analysing the figures of work accidents
by the types of enterprises and the categories of professions, or failed to
provide an adequate, full report as required.
The reports were
also sent very late, he remarked.
Most notably, the
percentage of enterprises sending reports to the local Department of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs was still low, he added.
"During 2013,
only 19,818 companies, or about 5.3 per cent of the total number of companies
nationwide, sent reports [on work accidents], thereby making it difficult for
us to review the comprehensive situation of work accidents nationwide."
Thang emphasized.
According to Thang,
excluding serious accidents that are being investigated, only three cases of
accidents [which occurred last year] have been submitted to the People's
Procuracy for criminal prosecution. All the three cases are of fatal nature.
While shedding
light on the problem, Thang claimed that the key reason was that the number
of inspectors for work accidents was still very limited, which made it
impossible to cover all the companies in order to ensure occupational safety.
"Just over 460
inspectors are working, while more than 700,000 companies are
operating," he pointed out, sharing that except in
In response to the
slow progress, MOLISA has requested the Ministry of Public Security and the
Supreme People's Procuracy to call on all the relevant underlying agencies to
step up co-operation in the investigation and processing of work accidents.
The Ministry stated
that stronger co-operation was necessary so that the victims of work
accidents can be offered timely compensation and violations in labour safety
can be dealt with appropriate punitive measures.
According to
MOLISA, last year saw approximately 6,700 work accidents, an increase of 82
reported cases against 2012. Yet, over 560 cases resulted in deaths, an
increase of 10 cases against the previous year.
During March 16-22,
Guidelines
enhance key legislation
The first oversight
guidelines for the Law on Senior Citizens and the Law on Domestic Violence
Prevention and Control, introduced yesterday, will help prevent abuse and
better protect victims, officials say.
The guidelines were
launched at a ceremony held by the National Assembly's Committee for Social
Affairs (CSA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
"The
guidelines will greatly facilitate and enhance the work of (NA) deputies and
authorities at different levels," said Nguyen Van Tien, deputy chairman
of the CSA.
So far,
implementation of the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control as well
as various bylaws had not been as effective as desired, requiring the serious
attention of both governmental agencies and parliamentarians, he said.
According to the
National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in
However, 87 per
cent of the women who have experienced such abuse do not seek help from any
official services.
Most senior
citizens in the country are self-employed in agricultural activities with low
and unstable income and some 17 per cent of them live under the poverty line,
according to the Viet Nam Ageing Survey 2011.
Women and senior
citizens belonging to the ethnic minority communities are more vulnerable to
poverty than their male, urban and Kinh (majority community) counterparts,
the survey found.
Arthur Erken, UNFPA
Representative in
The deputies should
identify problems in the implementation of laws as well as limitations that
render them irrelevant to the actual situation on the ground, so that changes
can be made to improve the legislation, he said.
HCM City's Old Binh
Loi Bridge, the first ever to be built across the Sai Gon River, faces a high
risk of collapse as vessels sailing under it routinely flout safety norms,
sailing during high tide and bump into it, authorities said.
Built in 1902, the
bridge linking Binh Thanh and Thu Duc districts has a train track and two
lanes for two-wheel vehicles.
Over the past few
years boats and barges have caused several accidents by sailing under the
bridge even when the water level is high.
The latest occurred
in December when an oil tanker got stuck in the bridge after its captain
tried to sail underneath during high tide despite warnings from officials
regulating waterway traffic.
City rescue forces
had to spend around two hours to extricate the tanker.
The officials said
they are unable to prevent such violations because they do not have the
authority to penalise offenders, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.
Nguyen Toan Man,
head of the bridge's traffic regulating station, said competent agencies
should install electronic boards to indicate the water level and warn vessels
not to try and sail beneath the bridge.
The railways should
install warning lights and reflecting paint on the bridge so that ships can
clearly assess the clearance they have, he said.
It should be made
mandatory for boats to follow the instructions from the Traffic Regulating
Station, he added.
Vu Trung Ta,
director of River Management Zone No.10, which manages the section of the
river, said the waterway police and Transport Department's Inspectorate
should help regulate traffic under the bridge since they have the authority
to penalise violators.
The city should
erect barriers to prevent boats from sailing under the bridge when the
clearance is inadequate, he said.
Can Tho to
improve education record
The Mekong Delta
city of
All of its
districts have regular education centres while its communes and towns have
community-based learning centres.
For many years, the
department, in coordination with the media, has raised public awareness of
the importance of life-long learning and building a more knowledgeable
society.
By last December,
Can Tho saw all communes and towns meet criteria to popularise
secondary-level education. Over 7,400 out of 9,300 students graduated from
secondary and high schools, moving on to vocational colleges.
Several localities,
however, still see low rate of enrolment in pre-schools.
This year, the
department will work more actively to promote pre-school education while
calling for more support in terms of equipment and facilities. It will strive
to have all 6-year-old children start their education and minimise dropouts.
The city will also
host a week promoting a life-long learning campaign.
Conference
highlights application of technology in health care
A national
conference on healthcare science and technology took place in
Attendees at the
event were updated on latest technologies in the fields, including
state-of-the-art equipment for liver transplants and endoscopies.
Scientists also
presented their research on new pharmaceutical breakthroughs and
technological advancement.
According to Prof.
Nguyen Tien Binh, Director of the
In particular, it
has been the first centre in
The academy is also
leading in the application of biotechnology in the treatment of some
diseases, including cancer, he added.
Participants at the
conference agreed that in recent years
The Vietnamese and
Finnish governments on March 6 signed an 11 million EUR agreement for the
second phase of their joint innovation partnership programme (IPP).
The phase, which
will run from 2014-2018, has been financed with 9.9 million EUR from
It aims to enhance
the capacity of
The Vietnam-Finland
IPP is considered the focus point of the Nordic country’s current support to
Addressing the
signing ceremony, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan expressed
his belief that in its second phase, the programme will continue helping
In this phase, the
programme will focus on completing legal frameworks in science and
technology, enhancing creative renovation, supporting and developing products
at regional level and building a strong expert team to give advice in
technology innovation for businesses, he said.
The first phase of
IPP was conducted from 2009-2013 at a cost of more than 7 million EUR, mostly
from Finnish aid, under the management of the Ministry of Science and
Technology and
The programme has
covered 60 projects in institutional capacity development, creative
innovation and technology renovation support.
Accordingly, the
project will cover an area of 21.066 hectares in Dong Ke and Tran Phu
communes, Chuong My district. It will be divided into two key divisions
including the waste treatment area and the post-treatment zone.
The treatment
facility, supported by modern equipment and advanced technologies, is set to
meet international standards. It will be located near main internal roads of
the zone to make waste collection and transport easier.
An array of items
such as management housing, office, greenery area, park, and repair and
mechanical shops, showrooms will also be constructed in these areas.
The construction of
the zone is expected to meet increasing demand of rubbish dumping and
treatment in the city’s western area, especially the Xuan Mai urban area and
hi-tech zones.
According to Deputy
Director of
Under the project,
which has been recently approved by the Hanoi People’s Committee, the first
seven systems are scheduled to run in 2014.
The city at present
houses 47 industrial clusters, of which only seven have concentrated waste
water treatment systems.-
Hau Giang
sets up 14 projects against climate change
The southern
The projects will
focus on building a system of sluices to prevent sea water intrusion, and
upgrading embankments and roads.
The province has
directed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the
agriculture and transportation sectors to invest in works responding to
unusual weather and serving production and daily life, especially dyke and
flood control projects and water reservoirs.
It has also promoted
communication activities on climate change and its impacts on people.
Hau Giang, one of
Mekong delta provinces, has been severely affected by the global climate
change in recent years as it has experienced unusual weather developments
with higher numbers of storms, prolonged drought and serious sea water
intrusion.-
Two rare
animals released in Da Nang
A python snake
(python molurus) and an Asian palm civet (paradoxurus hermaphroditus) were
released, by the Biodiversity Conservation Centre (GreenViet) in
co-ordination with Da Nang city’s forest guards, into the Natural Reserve on
the Son Tra Peninsula on March 5.
The python was
caged by a family in Hoa Cuong Bac ward, Hai Chau district,
The Asian palm
civet was found illegally caged at a coffee shop in Thanh Khe district,
The two animals
were in good physical condition to be set free on the afternoon of March 5.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGGP/Nhandan
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