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Under the new
general plans from now until 2025, approved by the HCM City People's
Committee, other administrative centres at city level will also be developed
in District 9's Long Truong Ward by a further 280ha, and the new southern
urban area will extend a further 110ha.
Some administrative
centres will be relocated to a new 500ha-site in the north-west of the city,
and others to a 200ha-site in Binh Chanh District's Tan Kien commune.
The administrative
centres at local level will be placed in Hoc Mon (north of the city) and Nha
Be (south of the city) Districts.
According to the
plan, the city will start to develop to the east (along the new
The city will also
stretch north-west along National Road 22, and west and south-west along
The city aims to
increase the housing area per capita from 16.4 square metres (2013) to 17
sq.m next year, 20sq.m in 2020, and 22.4sq.m in 2025.
Kien Giang
on high alert for forest fires
Forestry officials
in the Mekong Delta
Much of the region,
including, Phu Quoc island, U Minh Thuong, and Long Xuyen Quadrangle, have
been mired in drought and the dry weather has created an overload of
combustible materials which easily could ignite into flames.
The Kien Giang
Forest Ranger Department reported that the prolonged draught in conjunction
with a lack of precipitation not only has increased the risk of wild fires to
a high level, but has caused a severe shortage of water in reservoirs and
other water supply facilities necessary to combat them.
Local authorities and
residents are coordinating with relevant agencies to take all precautionary
measures available and recue forces have been put on standby around the
clock.
Kien Giang province
has allocated nearly VND7 billion (around US$350,000) for forest fire
prevention and established more than 200 rescue teams with the active
participation of over 5,000 local residents.
The delay is due to
several technical errors discovered during pilot issuance of the new ID cards
in three districts, such as network congestion and the power leak of the
photo capture devices.
Problems also arose
from officials being unfamiliar with the issuance process.
All citizens 14
years old and above will be given a new ID card either when applying for a
new card.
The new 12-digit ID
cards are expected to provide better security as well as being more resilient
and attractive. The new ID numbers will be the personal identification
numbers for the life of the user.
The unified ID
number is expected to replace 20 different personal documents currently used
to identify an individual. They each have a separate numbering system,
causing confusion in administrative procedures.
The issuance of the
new ID cards aims to reduce paperwork and cut administrative expenses.
Hospitals
in
The heat wave in
The hospital has
been receiving 3,500 toddlers per day, said Dr. Cu Thi Minh Hien, deputy head
of the hospital’s Treatment Division. This is a 20 percent increase compared
to last month.
The hospital is
experiencing overcrowding in many divisions.
Doctors of the
Children Division of Bach Mai Hospital examine and treat around 300 children
a day.
The department has
only 60 beds for 160 patients. As a result, up to six children are sharing beds.
Most patients
suffer from respiratory disease, rhinitis, sore throat, pneumonia and
meningitis, according to hospital doctors.
Many of them below
six years old have pneumonia due to complication of measles. The drastic
change from wet, cold weather to hot, dry weather has affected children’s
immune systems.
Master
lecturers allowed to extend contract
The Ministry of
Education and Training just announced that professors, associate professors,
and people with master’s degrees in universities are now able to extend their
contract after retirement if they wish.
People with
master’s degrees can extend their contract by five more years, associate
professors can extend theirs by seven years, and professors can extend theirs
by ten years.
Those who wish to
extend their contracts will enjoy all benefits as regular faculty. They will
be offered generous pensions for retirement.
The Van Son
Importer Company has been asked to recall three dietary supplements due to
the US Food and Drug Administration’s warning against toxic ingredients.
Super Fat Burner,
Maxi Gold, and Esmeralda supplements were found containing sibutramine and
phenolphthalein, two ingredients found to be toxic to human health.
The company will
report a withdrawal to the Vietnam Food Administration before April 6.
Sibutramine was
found to interact with prescription medications and is a risk for people with
heart conditions. Phenolphthalein is an active ingredient in popular
laxatives and was found to increase risk of cancer and digestion disorders.
HCMC
tightens security in hospitals
A conference to
enhance security an organization in medical facilities was held on March 28
by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.
Nguyen Tan Binh,
director of the Department of Health, asked various hospital directors to
strengthen measures to ensure maximum safety in hospitals by conducting
evaluations on security and emergency care.
Binh ordered the
hospitals to develop strict regulations of examinations and treatments. He
also ordered the establishment of visiting regulations in order to combat
criminal activities in hospitals.
The department and
the police signed regulations for better communications with city hospitals
and police departments. These regulations include processing information
management, crime, detection, and handling violations.
Local Sweet
Potato Certificated Exclusive Brand name
Citizens in
The people in Dak
Buk So of Tuy Duc District were farming rice, pepper, and corn before sweet
potatoes.
In 2002, district
authorities started importing Japanese sweet potatoes. A cooperative 19/5 in
Dak Buk So bought the seeds for the potatoes and started producing them at 15
tons per hectare. They are sold at VND 5,000 per kilogram whereas the
traditional Vietnamese sweet potato is only sold at VND 1,000 per kilogram.
Local authorizes
held workshops on how to grow these potatoes. In 2013, citizens planted 50
hectares of the Japanese sweet potatoes. There is currently 300
hectares of farmland in Dak Buk So dedicated to the potato.
The Japanese sweet
potato is extremely productive with Dak Buk So’s climate, said Pham Thien
Viet, deputy chairman of Dak Buk So People’s Committee.
The first crop gave
18 tons per hectare and costing VND 6,000-8,000 per kilogram. Each hectare
profited VND 40-50 million per harvest. The potato receives two harvests per
year.
The province
lowered the poverty rate to 16 percent. Eighty percent of households in the
province are middle class.
There are 2,500
hectares of sweet potatoes in Tuy Duc District, according to the Tuy Duc
Agriculture & Rural Development Department.
The Tuy Duc Sweet
Potato Association was founded in 2009 to promote the crop. The Tuy Duc—Dak Nong
Sweet Potato brand was established in 2012 and certified by the National
Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam under Science and Technology
Ministry. It is exported to various provinces and countries worldwide.
Tuy Duc sweet
potato is exported to many countries and is popular, said Tran Dinh Manh,
Chairman of Tuy Duc People’s Committee. We are working to build a nursery for
Tuy Duc’s households.
Various companies
including Kim Oanh of
The potato is
processed into candies and cakes and sold at local supermarkets or exported.
The potatoes are sent to Lam Dong Manufacturing Plant or HCMC to be processed
into other goods.
“Dak Buk So is
currently lacking a processing plant. It will be much more cost-effective if
the city has its own,” said Pham Thien Viet.
Other districts in
Dak Nong including Dak Song, Dak Mil, and Dak G’long have also started
cultivating the plant.
Every year, Dak
Nong province produces 90,000 tons of sweet potatoes. Dak Nong is calling for
investment enterprises to produce seeds and build a manufacturing plant at a
capacity to process 70,000 tons per year in Dak Song and Tuy Duc.
High school
graduation exams set for June 2 – 4
The high school
graduation examinations for the 2013-2014 academic year are scheduled to take
place from June 2-4, according to Deputy Minister of Education and Training
Nguyen Vinh Hien.
This year, students
will sit exams in four subjects instead of six subjects including two
compulsory subjects and two elective subjects.
Mathematics and
literature are the two compulsory subjects while the two elective subjects
are among physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography and foreign
languages. For foreign languages, students can choose one of six languages
including English, Russian, French, Chinese, German and Japanese.
Essay tests will be
used for literature, mathematics, history and geography exams;
multiple-choice tests will be applied to physics, chemistry and biology exams
while foreign languages use both essay and multiple-choice test formats.
According to the
Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), preliminary results of the
graduation exams will be reported to the MOET by June 18 and the results will
be published later.
Police
seize illegal timber
The local police
seized an illegal consignment of 3.7 cubic metres of ironwood and truong chua
(Nephelium chryseum) yesterday in the central
The driver of the
truck, in which the timber was being transported, could not show to the
police the legal documents which would prove the origin and owner of the
cargo. The driver, 32, belongs to the Quang Ninh District.
The seized timber
was handed over to the district's forest ranger division and would be dealt
with as per the rules. The case is under investigation.
Ironwood belongs to
group II category, which consists of timber that cannot be exploited or used
for commercial purposes.
Student
dies in Can Tho swimming tragedy
Three students were
hospitalised after a swimming accident at
One student died
and one remains in poor condition, although the third recovered, according to
Can Tho Hospital.
The three went to
the park with seven other schoolmates, who are in sixth and seventh grade at
Doan Thi Diem secondary school in the province's Ninh Kieu District.
The park, which
opened at the beginning of this year, attracts many students because swimming
is free. However, there is also no rescue service.
Journalists
receive international training
More than 100
journalists and media authorities will benefit from a workshop on
investigative journalism, which was given financial support by the Embassy of
Denmark in
The workshop, which
covered undercover reporting and editorial rules, is one of the first
in-depth international workshops of its type in the country.
Representatives
from the Party Central Committee's Ideology and Culture Commission, the
Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Association of Vietnamese
Journalists and the ambassador of
This initiative was
organised jointly by the
The workshop was
held in Ha Noi on Sunday and a similar workshop will be organised in
Ha Noi
shores up flood defences
Ha Noi's Department
for Agriculture and Rural Development has started to inspect dyke systems and
irrigation projects ahead of the rainy season in June.
Head of the city's
Flood, Storm Control and Dyke Management Department, Do Duc Thinh, said this
year's weather was forecast to be unpredictable, and could threaten the
safety of dykes, reservoirs and irrigation plants.
Regular inspections
were necessary to minimise possible damage, he said, noting that the
department had asked local authorities to prepare emergency staff and
equipment in case of an incident.
Companies that
operated irrigation plants and reservoirs have been asked to develop suitable
water-storage plans and flood/storm prevention measures.
Ha Noi has nearly
800km of dykes, 167km of embankments and 84 flood and storm run-offs. Over
37km of dykes along the Hong (Red) River are directly protecting the city
centre.
However, most dykes
were made from sand on sharp bends with narrow, weak foundations.
In March, the Ha
Noi People's Committee introduced a new plan to ensure dyke safety, security
and urban development for an estimated cost of over VND45 trillion (US$2.13
billion).
District hospitals provide 40 percent of health care services
District-level
hospitals in Vietnam now provide about 40 percent of check-up, treatment and
other health care services, heard a recent seminar in the northern province
of Nam Dinh.
However, these
hospitals’ limitations in size and capacity have led to poor service quality,
prompting patients to seek treatment at central and provincial hospitals
causing overloads, said participants.
To address this
problem, the Examination and Treatment Management Department under the Health
Ministry, the Nam Dinh provincial Health Department, FHI 360 organisation,
and the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) jointly piloted a
project on improving the capacity of district-level hospitals in Nam Dinh
province.
The project was
carried out from October 2012 to March 2014 at 11 hospitals in nine districts
and Nam Dinh city, with CDC technical support and funding from the
Speaking at the
seminar, Bui Thi Minh Thu, Director of the provincial Health Department said
the grassroots-level health system, including district hospitals, plays an
important role in caring for public health in localities and ease overloads
in central and provincial hospitals.
Therefore, the
project creates an effective model which should be expanded to other
provinces, she said.
Measures
for central coastal seafood growth
A conference was
held on March 29 in the central coastal
With nine provinces
and cities, the region is endowed with a coastline of 1,400 km –making up
43.8 percent of the nation’s total shoreline, and extensive fishing grounds,
particularly Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
Figures from 2012
show the region is home to 46,201 fishing boats and over 200,000 fishermen.
The area for aquatic cultivation was estimated at 33,778 ha, producing over
180,000 tonnes of produce worth 27 trillion VND (1.3 billion USD).
Attendees put forth
a number of solutions to develop the industry in a sustainable manner, such
as restructuring the sector by increasing added value, promoting the links
between fishermen and businesses, perfecting the fisheries infrastructure
system, and enhancing the quality of human resources.
The application of
new cutting-edge technology and bettering policies in the field are two of
the measures needed to realise the target, participants said.
Many scientists
have also proposed the Government enforces incentives linking high-class
tourism and aquatic development with protecting the national sovereignty over
seas and islands.
The conference is
part of the 2014 Seafood Festival which is underway in Phu Yen province
(March 27 - April 2).-
Workshop reviews water improvement for ethnic minorities
Experts gathered at
a seminar in
Co-organised by the
Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) and the Office of the French Red Cross in
It also offered a
chance for concerned parties to draw lessons and seek to expand the clean
water and hygiene models in other areas, laying a foundation for the
effective implementation of subsequent projects in the country.
Speaking at the
event, VRC Vice President Tran Thi Hong An said that the project, carried out
between January 2011 and March 2014, included the gender issue in strategic
documents and raised the capacity of the VRC, women’s unions and authorities
of the targeted communes as well as public awareness of gender and clean
water.
However, it still
saw challenges in participating areas and people, unstable capacity
improvement, and the low feasibility and sustainability of water and hygiene
models.
The project had a
total investment of VND7.5 billion (US$357,000), 75 percent of which came
from the European Union (EU), with the remaining provided by the French Red
Cross.
Thanks to it, 7,500
locals were provided with knowledge on gender, hygiene and clean water. About
300 households and some agencies and organisations gained access to safe
water.
As many as 180
cadres of the VRC, women’s unions, administration and agencies in targeted
communes were provided with gender training.
Deputy PM
welcomes Harvard professor
Deputy Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested adviser of the Harvard’s Vietnam
Programme, Professor Thomas Vallely greatly help boost Vietnam-US education
and training cooperation.
At a March 31
reception for the
He praised the VELP
for providing a forum for Vietnamese senior policymakers as well as business
leaders to participate in research-based dialogue on policy challenges
confrontingVietnam and the world.
Prof. Vallely also
applauded
He said will do all
he can to improve the quality of Vietnamese teaching at US universities as a
contributions to enhancing the education partnership between the two
countries.
Science and
technology innovations exhibited
A science and
technology exhibition opened at the Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh Museum on March
31, showcasing
The event, which
will run until April 24, introduces 124 of the best researches and solutions
selected from thousands of entries in national science and technology
competitions.
Professor Dang Vu
Minh, Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations
(VUSTA), said the works on display relate to a variety of spheres, including
information technology, electronics, telecommunication, mechanics, automation
engineering to name only a few.
In addition to
receiving 19 national awards for innovativeness and 12 awards for technical
creativity, many innovators for a number of the works brought them to
fruition and resulting in enormous practical contributions to modern day
life.
In particular, the
annual Scientific and Technological Innovation Award has attracted the
attention of a large number of scientists and researchers from institutes and
academia eager to contribute to the development of science and technology.
Dialogue
focuses on empowering women and girls
Roughly 150
delegates from state management agencies, research units, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) on March 31 attended a dialogue in
Addressing the
opening ceremony, Pham Thi Hai Chuyen, Minister of Labour, Invalids and
Social Affairs emphasized that the development of the social welfare system
is one of top priorities in
The Vietnamese
Party and State have always paid special attention to promoting gender
equality and have implemented several important policies to create amore
favourable framework and environment conducive to the attainment of gender
equality in general and much improved social welfare in particular.
Minister Chuyen
dilated on the challenges faced by women and girls resulting from issues
related to the recent economic downturn, impact of climate change, and
inefficiency in integrating gender in social welfare policies.
At the talk,
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations for
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka said that social welfare is seen as a foundation for gender
equality and empowerment of women.
However, she noted
that an estimated 5.1 billion people (some 75% of the world’s population)
have not yet fully enjoyed the benefits of accessing social welfare.
She emphasized the
importance of social welfare to each nation’s development, especially in the
fight against poverty. Social welfare plays a key role for governments in
implementing the eight millennium development goals (MDGs), she concluded.
The UN official
said that the Vietnamese Government has affirmed the need of social welfare
since 2001 and the adoption of government’s resolution in 2012 has reflected
the country’s strong political commitments in socio-economic development.
Mlambo-Ngcuka said
her organization has co-ordinated with the Vietnamese Government in
implementing several programs to promote gender equality and raise public
awareness about ensuring Vietnamese women’s rights.
It has also
committed to further supporting the Vietnamese Government’s efforts in
strengthening social welfare and justice in the future.
New rural
area programme helps to improve local life
The living
standards of people in
In Xuan Thoi Thuong
commune in Hoc Mon District, infrastructure and people's livelihoods have
improved, with many transport projects, healthcare and cultural facilities,
schools, and others operating there, Van Thi Bach Tuyet, chairwoman of the
district People's Committee, said.
Xuan Thoi Thuong
Commune is one of six communes in the city chosen to participate in the
programme, the others being Tan Thong Hoi and Thai My in Cu Chi District, Tan
Nhat in Binh Chanh District, Nhon Duc in Nha Be District, and Ly Nhon in Can
Gio District.
The programme seeks
to develop infrastructure and production, improve livelihoods, protect the
environment, ensure social security, culture, and other aspects by creating
jobs, providing loans, and training people.
Speaking at the
meeting, Nguyen Phuoc Trung, director of the city Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development, said the six communes have fulfilled all of the
programme's 19 criteria related to transport, irrigation, housing, poverty
mitigation, and political and social security among others.
The average per
capita income in these communes has risen significantly, he said, adding that
in Xuan Thoi Thuong Commune for instance it increased to VND32.2 million
(US$1,524) from VND29.5 million ($1,396) a year earlier.
Huynh Cach Mang,
chairman of the Can Gio District People's Committee, said living standards
have improved and every house has access to the power grid as well as clean
water.
Last year the city
expanded the pilot programme to 50 other communes. Trung said it carried out
more than 1,500 traffic, irrigation, electricity, and educational works and
rebuilt 730 dilapidated houses at a cost of VND3.9 trillion ($184.7 million).
Besides, more than
VND7.4 trillion ($355 million) was invested in agricultural development to
improve people's income and reduce poverty, he said.
The poverty ratio –
households with a yearly average income of below VND12 million ($568) are
classified as poor — has fallen from 5.77 per cent in 2010 to 1.15 per cent
now, he said.
This year the city
would ensure that at least 17 other communes fulfill a minimum of 17 of the
criteria, and all other communes meet at least 15, he said.
Le Thanh Liem,
deputy chairman of the city People's Committee, said the city also targets
replacement of all dilapidated and temporary houses this year as part of the
programme.
Trung said the city
needs around VND9.78 trillion ($463.2 million) to invest in basic
infrastructure, restructuring production, education, healthcare, and cultural
activities in these areas this year.
Regulation
aims to curb overloaded container trucks
The Viet Nam
Register Department under the Ministry of Transport now requires all
container truck drivers to attach photos of their original truck to the
registration certificate. The move aims to stop drivers from using oversized
cargo tanks following recent reports by the Viet Nam Road Administration that
overloaded trucks seriously damaged roads. Thousands of billions of dong from
the State budget have been spent to repair National Highways 1, 5 and 10 as
well as the Phap Van-Cau Gie and
In some provinces
where mines and quarries, border gates and seaports are located, heavy
container trucks operating day and night have destroyed the narrow roads.
In Ha Noi, there
are about 121 transport enterprises with over 850 trucks. More than 16,170
container trucks operate nationwide; 75 per cent of them have expanded
containers to carry more cargo, according to the Viet Nam Register
Department. Some have even renovated their containers to carry a volume of
cargo three times higher than the original size.
Nguyen Hoang Linh,
deputy director of Ha Noi's Transport Department, said that after the
register department approved the renovation of cargo tanks in 2012, many
drivers took advantage of the decision to carry excess cargo. While 40-tonne
trucks should not have been allowed to be imported into the country as they
were not suitable for domestic roads, the department agreed and simply
required transport enterprises to carry less than 20 tonnes of cargo, he
said. However, no authority conducts inspections to see whether transport
enterprises comply with this requirement.
Nguyen Huu Tri,
deputy director of the Viet Nam Register Department, said requiring photos of
the original truck would help pinpoint violators, who would be required to
cut the containers down to size on the spot.
Drivers of the
thousands of trucks licensed to get their containers expanded before 2012
would receive certificates with stamps. These drivers would also be fined if
found carrying excessive cargo.
Recently, the Viet
Nam Road Administration installed 63 scales nationwide to weigh trucks on
highways.
The ministry is
chalking out a draft decree on transport conditions, which requires that
trucks with capacities higher than 10 tonnes be equipped with black box
recording devices.
Poor Can Tho
households to access clean water for first time
More than 5,830
rural households across the Mekong Delta city of
This is part of a
large project on water supply and rural environmental sanitation in the
Mekong Delta region, funded by the World Bank until 2016.
From now to 2020,
the city plans to build 182 clean water facilities with a total capacity of
112,000 cubic metres per day, install 2,800 kilometres of new water pipes and
dig thousands of wells, in order to help all locals access sanitary water.
Meanwhile, water
plants in the city will also be upgraded to meet the increasing demand of
local people.-
Sea grape
cultivation to benefit Truong Sa island district
The Nha Trang
Institute of Oceanography has finalised a project to transfer techniques in
cultivating, processing, and preserving edible seaweed to soldiers living in
Truong Sa island district, in the central coastal Khanh Hoa province.
A project to grow
the ‘sea grape’ species has been piloted at Navy Zone 4 in the province’s Cam
Ranh city for one year, bringing about many positive outcomes. Sea grapes
grow rapidly and are able to produce a maximum of 10kg per square metre,
according to Nguyen Xuan Hoa from the institute’s marine flora department.
Sea grapes, rich in
nutrition, take up a relatively small space, are easy to nurture and are well
suited to island environments such as Truong Sa.
Some 40 local
officers and soldiers on the island have received training in farming
techniques and methods to preserve the sea grapes.
Once processed, sea
grapes are used in many traditional dishes in
This edible species
has been farmed elsewhere in Khanh Hoa in recent years, reaching a high
economic value.-
Pursuing happiness
has long been underlined as one of the key principles of the Vietnamese Party
and State, which can be seen in the official headline of all documents
“Independence-Freedom-Happiness”.
In celebrating for
the first time the International Day of Happiness on March 20, Vietnam has
chosen the theme of the day as “Love and Sharing”, in connection with the
2013 Family Year of “Connecting Love”.
Deputy Head of the
Family Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran
Huong Duong said activities organised on this occasion all aimed to encourage
citizens to join hands in developing welfare and building warm and
progressive families.
The annual
celebration was founded in June 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly.
As many as 193 member countries, including
Happiness is
celebrated on March 20 as each year on this date a universal phenomenon
occurs: The sun is on the same plane as the earth’s equator so that day and
night are of equal length, creating balance in the earth’s celestial
coordinate systems.
The UN wants to
spread the message that balance and harmony are the keys to happiness.
In 2012,
Vietnamese were
ranked the 63rd merriest people on the planet, according to a 156-nation
survey published by
Mitigating
air pollution needs public effort
People from all
walks of life should join hands to protect the environment through small
practical deeds.
This is the message
from the “20 seconds for green Earth” project, which encourages commuters to
switch off their engines at red lights to reduce the amount of emissions.
Air pollution has
become increasingly serious as a result of 6 million bikes travelling in the
city.
The level of lead
rose by a maximum of 36 percent in 2013 over the previous year, according to
the municipal Department of Environmental Protection.
Professor Nguyen
Van Phuoc, President of the Institute for Environment and Natural Resources,
said ecological pollution is a festering issue in
It is also blamed
for deteriorating public health and contributing to the greenhouse effect,
Phuoc added.
The number of
people suffering from respiratory problems - mainly caused by polluted air -
accounts for 3-4 percent of the population, according to Nguyen Dinh Tuan,
former Rector of the Natural Resources and Environment University.
Statistics also
indicate that the percentage of people with breathing difficulties in
developing cities such as
The city is also
piloting a number of buses running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) – a clean
fuel, which has proved effective and saved around 30 percent of fuel costs.
Municipal
authorities have also concentrated on developing green industry and clean
manufacturing technology.
Environmentalists
said residents are the main participants in activities causing environmental
pollution and they themselves have to incur the consequences. Therefore,
protecting the environment is not only the responsibility of local
authorities but also of each citizen, experts said.
Sharing this
viewpoint, Professor Phuoc stressed the need to call on the whole community
to take part in the environmental management system, and the public should be
informed of statistics relating to the field and enhanced awareness of the
issue.
Additionally, it is
suggested that residents are encouraged to change their daily habits that
badly affect the environment and use public transport or bicycles.-
Dong Nai
puts water supply system into operation
The first phase on
the Nhon Trach water supply in the southern
The plant cost 2
trillion VND (95 million USD), and was funded by Japanese ODA, according to
Dang Trong Thanh, Director of the Dong Nai Water Supply Company.
With a capacity of
100,000 cubic metres per day, it is expected to supply clean water to Tam
Phuog and An Phuoc communes in Long Thanh and Nhon Trach districts.
The project was
approved by the Prime Minister and began construction in 2008.-
Lai Chau
households vulnerable from natural disasters
More than 1,100
households in the northwestern mountainous
Since 2000, over
450 disasters occurred in the seven local districts, claiming the lives of 26
people, leaving 15 injured and destroying 350 houses. The total economic
damage was estimated at over 130 billion VND (61 million USD).
Local authorities
have directed the Steering Committees of Storm and Flood Prevention of all
districts to warn locals of the risk of disasters, while using capital
sources from national target programmes to cope with the issue.
Despite an annual
average economic growth of 13 percent over the past decade, Lai Chau remains
one of the most impoverished provinces in
Its rate of poor
households stood at 27.22 percent last year.
According to the
World Bank,
In 2013,
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