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Chairman of the
In a message to
foreign firms and agencies, Thao stated that over the past few days
Vietnamese people, including those in
However, he said, a
number of activists and extremists in some provinces have caused social
disorder and destroyed the property of foreign businesses. The riots have
damage
In response, Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested tough measures to prevent further
unrest and offer support to affected enterprises in a bid to maintain
political stability and nationwide security.
Thao vowed to
strictly follow the Government leader’s instructions and implement
Officials charged
over illegal forest listing
Four officials from
the Natural Resources and Environment Office in the Central Highlands
Following a police
investigation, the suspects illegally listed 78ha of forest as ‘abandoned
land'.
Their actions led
to trees being chopped down, causing damage of over VND500 million ($23,500).
Vietnam
attends ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM)
A Vietnamese
delegation led by Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Pham Thi
Hai Chuyen attended the 23rd ALMM held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from May
20-22.
The meeting
addressed progress made on the establishment of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community (ASCC) and the implementation of the ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Work
Programme (ALM-WP) for the 2010-2015 period.
It also examined
measures to instill in the regional workforce a heightened awareness of the
importance of economic competitiveness and concrete measures that need to be
undertaken to boost the competiveness of goods and services produced in the
region, within the context of realizing the ASEAN Community by December 31,
2015.
Ministers expressed
their satisfaction with the progress of implementing the ASCC master plan and
ancillary programmes in recent times, noting with great satisfaction the pace
of development in the areas of labour market information, corporate social
responsibility, labour relations, occupational health and safety, and
HIV/AIDS prevention.
They appreciated
They agreed to
promote intra cooperation and called on member countries to devise strategies
and strive to build creative and dynamic labour forces, while supporting
businesses in creating better jobs and a more harmonious working environment.
At the conclusion
of the meeting, the ministers issued a joint statement, agreeing that Laos
will the host the 24th event in 2016.
As acknowledged in
the joint statement, the Vietnamese delegation was singled out for its active
participation and contributions to debates at the conference, particularly in
regards to measures to bolster labour cooperation among member countries and
improve the competitive edge of the labour forces.
On the sidelines of
the meeting, Minister Chuyen met with the Lao labour minister on cooperative
measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation.
Government
tightens vehicle resale rules
People who sell or
gift their vehicles must inform the concerned authorities who issue
registration certificates.
If the authorities
are not informed, these individuals could face administrative action in case
the vehicles are involved in an accident or are used for criminal activities.
The order, issued
in Circular 15 by the Ministry of Public Security, will be effective from
June 1 and will replace Circular 36 on vehicle registration. Within 30 days
of the ownership rights being transferred, organisations and individuals who
purchase or are gifted vehicles must complete the registration procedures on
the transfer of ownership with the vehicle registration agencies.
Vietnam to
present Annual Tourism Report
A forum soliciting
information for publication in the Vietnam Annual Tourism Report 2013 was
held in
The event was
hosted by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism with the technical
support of the European Union project “Environmental and Socially Responsible
Tourism Capacity Development”.
Domestic and
international experts will help
David McEwen, a
project specialist, presented an in-depth proposal pertaining to the content
at the report, saying it should include an overview of 2013’s tourism
objective implementation , an overview of the global tourism growth in ASEAN
and
This will be the
first annual report on the country's tourism, contributing to bringing
benefits to the tourism sector, potential investors, and state agencies.
The first annual
report is expected to be released in September.
The Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) will finance JPY60 million for a project to develop
competitive human resources for the information technology (IT) sector in
The project will be
carried out by Vietnam Software and Information Technology Services
Association (VINASA) and
It helps build and
run training programmes for Vietnamese engineers in IT businesses. It aims to
train 10 trainers and more than 130 engineers from universities and businesses
across
A recent VINASA
survey conducted in nearly 40 Vietnamese IT businesses shows businesses that
have developed relations with
Hoa Hao
Buddhists convene fourth congress
Delegates from Hoa
Hao Buddhist chapters nationwide gathered at An Hoa Pagoda in the Mekong
Delta
The congress’
opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and head of
the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs Pham Dung, and other Party,
Government and Fatherland Front officials.
The congress
elected a 27-member Central Executive Board of the sect, headed by Nguyen Tan
Dat.
In its action
programme for the fourth tenure, the Central Executive Board of Hoa Hao
Buddhist Sect said it will continue upholding achievements reached in the
last tenure, contributing to promoting moral values and national culture
quintessence.
The sect will also
work to foster more social and charitable activities, thus joining hands with
other religions and people nationwide in the national construction process.
During the third
tenure lasting from 2009-2014, the sect built many houses for the poor and
bridges in rural areas, and presented gifts to the needy at a total sum of
more than VND734 billion (nearly US$34.5 million).
Founded in 1939 in
An Giang province, the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect has developed in 19 provinces
and cities nationwide with over 2 million followers.
Meeting
marks International Day for Biodiversity
A meeting was held
in
Deputy Minister of
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Bui Cach Tuyen
noted in
This not only
destroys the ecosystem but also has a knock-on harmful effect on society,
economy, human health and national security, he said.
Tuyen stressed that
the country needs to implement effective measures to prevent the illegal
activities.
He also added that
At the event, the
MONRE also awarded 17 winners of a children’s competition on wildlife
protection.
Result of a survey
on biodiversity was also announced by Vietnam-based HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
and the Department of Biodiversity Conservation.
Launched by the
United Nations in 2000, the annual event aims to increase community awareness
of the issues related to global biodiversity and wildlife conservation.
Job fair
for Vietnamese students in Taiwan
Nearly 400
Vietnamese students recently participated in a job fair at National
The event attracted
18 Taiwanese companies, including household brand names E. Sun Bank, Cathay
Life Insurance, Vedan, Multicom, Fubon Life Insurance, Vnex, Nanpao, Asus,
and Pouchen.
The fair served as
a bridge connecting Vietnamese students with Taiwanese companies, assisting
them in locating employment after graduation.
Job seekers visited
booths and held direct interviews with potential employers.
A workshop was also
held, creating an opportunity for employers to provide information about the
work environment and the job position along with long-term prospects for
future advancement.
A Vietnamese
official has delivered an impassioned speech at the ongoing 67th Assembly of
the World Health Organisation (WHO), calling on the organisation and United
Nations agencies to intensify their response to climate change.
In his address,
Deputy Health Minister Le Quang Cuong also asked nations to strengthen their
connections within the framework of the Regional Forum on Environment and
Health between the 10 ASEAN member countries and
He confirmed the
determination of the Vietnamese Government and Health Ministry to build and
implement national strategies and action plans on dealing with the threat of
climate change from now to 2020.
The speech also
focused on how the environmental crisis damages human health and each
country’s socio-economic development.
The 67 th World
Health Assembly is taking place in
During this
session, the Vietnamese delegation is scheduled to give over 20 reports,
including ones on infectious and non-infectious disease prevention,
preparations for a influenza pandemic and newly-emerging contagious diseases,
and the care for people with disabilities.-
Charity
programme helps needy people in Tuyen Quang
The Tin Tuc (News)
daily newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in collaboration with the
Nam Duong Investment JSC on May 21 presented 800 cans of powder milk to
ethnic children in Hoang Khai commune, Yen Son district of northern Tuyen
Quang province.
The milk donation
is part of the “Accompanying disadvantaged areas” programme that was launched
by the newspaper in August 2012 to assist poor people in natural
calamity-prone areas nationwide.
This is the second
time the programme brought help to Tuyen Quang. Last year, the newspaper and
the company donated 200 cans of milk to ethnic children in the province’s
Lang Can commune, Lam Binh district.
The programme has
so far helped children from poor families in Son La, Ha Giang, Thanh Hoa and
Ha Tinh provinces.-
Medical
specialists share experience in obstetrics, gynecology
Domestic and
foreign obstetrics and gynecology experts are taking part in a conference in
The 14 th
Vietnam/France/Asia-Pacific Conference on Obstetrics and Gynecology was
organised by the Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital and the National College of French
Gynecologists and Obstetricians.
More than 60
scientific reports on newborn screenings, prenatal diagnosis, and cosmetic
surgery were presented during the two-day event.
Medical documents
and valuable clinical experience shared at the previous events have been
applied effectively at the municipal Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital.
Deputy Minister of
Health Nguyen Viet Tien highlighted the annual international workshop as an
opportunity for the city to look towards a practical programme for better
public health.-
The Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) always attaches importance to
taking measures to protect endangered wildlife, Deputy Minister Bui Cach
Tuyen said on May 22.
At a
According to Anjali
Acharya, leader of the World Bank’s Environment Team, the alarming decrease
in the number of wild animals is attributed to the smuggling and illegal
consumption of species.
She voiced her
pleasure about Vietnamese youngsters’ attention to wildlife protection and
believed that they will contribute greatly to intensifying biodiversity
preservation.
On the occasion,
the organising board honoured 17 individuals for wining a competition themed
“teenagers and actions for wildlife” jointly held by the ministry’s General
Department of Environment and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central
Committee.
The winning works
include video clips and short essays that have become valuable material for
the youth union’s campaigns aimed to raise public awareness of wildlife
protection.-
Training
program changes lives
The HCM City
Women's
For the last two
years the living room of Pham Thi Ngoc Chi's house in District One's Nguyen
Cu Trinh Ward has been used as a place to make handmade beaded products.
The products include
bags, chains, bracelets, animal and flower shapes made from plastic beads of
various sizes and colours.
Chi, deputy head of
a team making the product, said the ward unit of the Women's
The team now has
more than 30 members.
Thanks to the work
each now earns VND500,000 to VND1.5 million (US$24 - 70) a month, she said.
The team also
provides free three-month courses in the handicraft for other women in the
ward, she said.
Similarly, the
District 3 Women's
Since 2009 it has
trained 881 women at a cost of more than VND200 million ($9,500), with 362 of
them now having stable jobs.
Phan Thi Cuc, who
attends a hairdressing class run by the unit, said: "With vocational
skills, we [women] can find a job to earn extra income for our
families."
The District 3 unit
has also liaised with factories, clubs, and domestic services groups to get jobs
for 249 women.
In Nha Be
District's Nhon Duc Commune, the Women's
Tran Thi Bich Thuy,
deputy chairwoman of the city Women's
The programmes to
provide vocational skills and jobs for women have helped many find stable
jobs and stabilise their lives, she added.
The deputy head of
the HCM City Health Department, Nguyen Huu Hung, yesterday visited Thu Duc
District to check for risks associated with dengue fever and hand, foot and
mouth disease.
Risk was still
high, particularly in residential areas with high rental density, Hung said.
Rubbish, including
coconuts and disposable containers, which are home to mosquito larvae, were
scattered around homes.
The peak season for
the two diseases has arrived, so the department has set up four inspection
teams to check all districts.
Hung said that the
department's head and deputy head were leading each team.
From the beginning
of the year to May 16, the city's Preventive Medicine Division reported 2,809
dengue fever case and 3,470 hand, foot, and mouth cases.
The districts of 8,
Binh Chanh, Thu Duc and Binh Tan have had the highest number of cases.
However, the city
saw a downward trend of dengue fever cases over the last three months, from
513 cases in March to 203 in May.
However, the upward
trend could return as the rainy season would arrive soon, he said.
He said that it was
important to disinfect areas and clear rubbish around residents' houses and
sewerage.
Schools, especially
kindergartens, should be disinfected carefully, especially to prevent the
spread of hand, foot and mouth disease, he said.
Health centres in
the city's wards and communes are providing free chloramine to residents for
disinfectant use.
Hung said it was
important for residents to disinfect their houses and keep everything clean,
and wash their hands with soap to prevent hand, foot and mouth infection.
Circular
broadens access to loans
Home buyers will be
able to mortgage houses they are going to buy, known as the "future
asset", to acquire bank loans as of next month.
The future assets
that will be eligible to be used as mortgage collateral include existing
commercial housing or residential housing belonging to housing projects.
Houses being built on land given to borrowers are not eligible to be
mortgaged at the bank.
The move is part of
a circular jointly issued this month by the ministries of Construction,
Justice, Natural Resources and Environment and the State Bank of
The plan will also
allow borrowers who don't have any existing mortgages to access bank loans.
The value of the future houses – the mortgage – will be set by the buyers and
the bank.
House buyers will
have to show housing purchase contracts signed by them and housing developers
and at least the foundation of the house must be completed before it can be
mortgaged to a bank.
HCM City-based Dat
Lanh Real Estate Company vice director, Nguyen Van Duc, told Nguoi Lao dong
(The Labourer) newspaper that the circular would help people, particularly
low-income earners, access loans to buy houses.
Previously, those
who wanted to use loans to buy houses were required to put up other items for
security, such as houses or land, a condition which many borrowers failed to
meet.
Chairman of HCM
City Real Estate Association, Le Hoang Ngan, said the VND30 trillion (nearly
US$1.5 billion) package launched in May last year offered preferential loans
for low income earners to buy affordable housing.
About 4.8 per cent
of the package had been disbursed, he said, implying that disbursement speed
had been too slow. Ngan said that the current pace had been partly due to
borrowers not having assets to mortgage, excluding them from bank loans.
The circular could
speed up the disbursement of the package and stimulate the domestic real
estate market, he said.
Vice director
general of Phuong Dong Joint Stocks Commercial Bank, Truong Dinh Long, said
the circular would create more confidence in lending to house buyers.
"The move
promotes the bank's credit for individuals and connections between banks and
housing developers," he said.
However, both
commercial banks and house buyers could be vulnerable to housing firm
decisions to halt or stop projects altogether.
Long also
emphasised that it was necessary for the bank to assess the competence of
housing investors.
Unexploded
grenades leave 2 kids dead
Two children from
Phuc Trach Commune in the central
Hien said the
nine-year-old and five-year-old found the grenades in a field and took them
home to play with at lunchtime yesterday.
The deadly devices,
which look like toys, killed the two children immediately.
Whirlwinds
damage houses, injure 5
Whirlwinds have destroyed
three houses and blown the roofs off 10 others in the mountainous districts
of Nam Giang and Bac Tra My in the central province of Quang
Five people were
injured in the two districts.
Head of the Nam
Giang People's Committee secretariat, To Ngoi Voi, confirmed yesterday that
whirlwinds and heavy rain in Ca Dy Commune destroyed a house and blew the
roofs of three more on Tuesday, damaging farm produce at the same time.
He said three
people received first aid for minor injuries at the communal health centre.
Firms pay
fines for violating food safety rules
Authorities in the
central Ha Tinh Province found that nearly 1,000 food manufacturers and
traders were violating food safety regulations.
This was discovered
after 4,650 local manufacturers were investigated during an action month on
food safety organised from April 16 to May 16.
Director of the
provincial Health Department Le Ngoc Chau said that the firms paid nearly
VND443 million, or US$21,000, as fines for violating food processing and
storage rules and for not having legal documents for conducting their
operations.
The authorities
also destroyed products, including confectionary, soft drinks and milk worth
over VND100 million, or $4,760, for not having labels, not stating their
origin and expired products.
Fatherland
Front raises $568,000 for Truong Sa
The Ho Chi Minh
City office of the Vietnam Fatherland Front has so far received donations of
nearly VND12 billion (US$568,000) to the ‘For beloved Truong Sa’ program.
Trade union
officials donate VND1.2 billion to the Coast Guard, fisheries surveillance
forces, and fishermen in Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands (Photo: SGGP)
On May 22 Nguyen
Hoang Nang, member of the city Party Committee, handed over to the committee
VND1.2 billion raised by trade union officials for the Coast Guard, fisheries
surveillance forces, and fishermen.
The city Department
of Health’s trade union contributed VND400 million, Co.opMart gave VND300
million, and the HCMC War Veterans Association donated VND70 million.
The program was
launched a week ago and will go on until the end of this month.
Training
program changes lives
The HCM City
Women's
For the last two years
the living room of Pham Thi Ngoc Chi's house in District One's Nguyen Cu
Trinh Ward has been used as a place to make handmade beaded products.
The products
include bags, chains, bracelets, animal and flower shapes made from plastic
beads of various sizes and colours.
Chi, deputy head of
a team making the product, said the ward unit of the Women's
The team now has
more than 30 members.
Thanks to the work
each now earns VND500,000 to VND1.5 million (US$24 - 70) a month, she said.
The team also
provides free three-month courses in the handicraft for other women in the
ward, she said.
Similarly, the
District 3 Women's
Since 2009 it has
trained 881 women at a cost of more than VND200 million ($9,500), with 362 of
them now having stable jobs.
Phan Thi Cuc, who
attends a hairdressing class run by the unit, said: "With vocational skills,
we [women] can find a job to earn extra income for our families."
The District 3 unit
has also liaised with factories, clubs, and domestic services groups to get
jobs for 249 women.
In Nha Be
District's Nhon Duc Commune, the Women's
Tran Thi Bich Thuy,
deputy chairwoman of the city Women's
The programmes to
provide vocational skills and jobs for women have helped many find stable
jobs and stabilise their lives, she added.
Program to
improve daycare for children in industrial parks begins
A project to
support private daycare centers in industrial parks and export processing
zones to ensure 75 per cent of workers’ children under three are given care
at safe, quality nurseries began May 19.
The first phase of
the program by the Vietnam Women's Union and the Ministry of Education and
Training will be carried out from 2014 to 2017 in Hanoi, the northern
provinces of Hai Phong and Bac Ninh, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, and
the southern provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Long An, Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
Ten more provinces
will be included in the second phase.
It aims to have
more then 500 private daycare centers in the country by 2020 by encouraging
old teachers to set up new ones and funding improvements to existing ones.
Source: VNN/VNS/VNA/VOV/SGGP/ND/SGT
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Thứ Sáu, 23 tháng 5, 2014
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