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New labour
safety law sets workplace rules
The new Law on
Labour Safety aims to offer better protection for workers, setting out new
workplace safety regulations and providing support for victims of workplace
accidents and occupational diseases to switch jobs.
At a conference
held on Monday by the National Assembly's Committee of Social Affairs,
Director of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Labour
Safety Department Ha Tat Thang said that as the number of enterprises increased
and more companies applied modern technology, policy improvements were needed
to ensure labour safety.
Because the issue
of labour safety was not only covered in the Labour Code but also many other
legal documents, it was difficult for law enforcement to take action,
especially at local levels, he said. Moreover, labour safety and hygiene
standards needed to be revisited in the context of production expansion and
the application of new technologies and production materials.
The Labour Safety
Department stressed the need for more activities raising awareness about
legal policies, especially in professions with high risks, as well as more
labour safety training for employers.
The department said
companies and factories with high risks of work accidents would have to
develop safety standards and contingency plans.
The draft Law on
Labour Safety will be submitted for reconsideration at the Government's
meeting session in July.
Industrial
park workers struggle
Workers at
industrial parks in
Nguyen Vo Minh Thu,
head of the labour affairs division of the HCM City Export Processing and
Industrial Zone Authority, said many employees were looking for work because
of staff cuts.
In addition, many
enterprises have not paid social insurance payments to the State fund for one
to three months, and a lot of workers have not received unemployment
insurance payments.
According to a
survey of the
Only 10 per cent of
them live in apartments built by the State or their enterprises. The
remaining 90 per cent have to rent substandard rooms in residential areas
near their workplace.
In
In a related
matter, Nguyen Thi Gai, vice chairwoman of the union of the Department of
Education and Training, said at the roundtable that teachers at many private
schools were also suffering because they had not received preferential
policies.
Teachers at most
private schools are paid for nine months only, unlike public school teachers
who receive a salary for 12 months, even though they do not work during the
summer.
Deo Ngang
tunnel halts toll charges
The Directorate for
Roads closed the tollbooth at the Deo Ngang Tunnel yesterday due to a
dangerous section of road on the approach to the tunnel.
The road surface
has been damaged by heavy vehicles.
The Directorate has
asked police and the Department of Transport in the central
Ha Noi
Police seize food additives
Ha Noi Police
seized 150kg of food additives on Wednesday illegally imported from
The company,
located in Thanh Xuan District, failed to show authorised agencies documents
to prove the origin and quality of the additives.
The food additives,
which were to be sold to restaurants to soften beef, had no label or expiry
date. Police are continuing their investigation.
One body
found after shipwreck
The Central
Steering Committee for Storm and Flood Prevention and Control in the central
coastal
The body has been
identified and and returned to his family in the province's
Binh Thuan province
and
Police on
hunt for gambling ring
The local police in
the central
The suspects are
Tran Thi An of the northern Nam Dinh Province's Vu Ban District, and Nguyen
Huy Giap of the Thanh Hoa Province's Thach Thanh District.
Earlier, the police
caught the gang leader Duong Ba Lieu, 48, and four other suspects red-handed
when they were gambling online at Lieu's house on Sunday. Later, seven other
gang members were also arrested.
The police seized
several items from the suspects' houses, including VND320 million, or
$15,000, and US$900 in cash; a fax machine; five laptops; three shotguns; and
four swords.
The case is being
investigated further.
Government
decree supports fishermen
Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decree aiming to expand aquatic production
activities and develop a fleet of fishing vessels in coastal localities.
Under the decree,
fishermen are allowed to borrow up to 95 percent of the cost of a new steel
vessel.
The shipowners can
take out an 11-year loan from commercial banks at an annual 7-percent
interest rate. They will pay only 1-3 percent of the rate while the
Government will pay the rest.
The banks can
extend payback period for the borrowers if their ships face risks at sea.
Besides, the State
Bank of
Seamen will also be
provided with training courses to operate steel fishing ships and new seafood
preservation technologies.
The decree will
take effect on August 25.
Summer camp
arouses youngsters’ love of homeland
As many as 170
outstanding young overseas Vietnamese from across the world are
enthusiastically attending a summer camp highlighting the nation’s sea and
island sovereignty as well as cultural and historical values.
Organised by the
State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) since 2003, the annual
event creates an opportunity for young expatriates to enhance solidarity and
exchanges with fellows at home, said Vice Chairman Dang The Hung.
Participants
embarked on a cross-country tour from July 8, during which they will
participate in a string of activities such as visiting President Ho Chi Minh
Mausoleum, meeting with fishermen, and enjoying special art performances on
seas and islands.
“On the first day
we had nice experience with a presenter who spoke in the dialects of
Meanwhile, this is
the fifth time 18-year-old Tran Duy An from
According to An,
the community frequently organise cultural activities and Vietnamese classes
for children in an effort to preserve the traditions and mother tongue.
Vu Long Van from
Over 2,800
blood units collected so far
More than 2,800
units of blood have been collected thanks to a nationwide donation campaign
called “Red Journey”, according to Director of the National Institute of
Hematology and Blood Transfusion Nguyen Anh Tri.
Participants have
toured five out the 25 cities and provinces, namely Kien Giang, Can Tho, Vinh
Long, Binh Duong and
Minister of Health
Nguyen Thi Kim Tien highlighted the charitable activity as a great help to
save many lives, especially those with thalassaemia - a genetic blood
disorder which can lead to heart failure and liver problems.
The annual campaign
was launched in the southern
According to the
World Health Organisation (WHO),
Last year, the Red
Journey drew over 100 volunteers travelling to 15 cities and provinces,
collecting more than 13,000 blood units.
Appearance
of wild bulls peaks villagers' curiousity
After the rumoured
appearance of will bulls, an endangered creature in the area emerged,
villagers in
On June 30, Le Quoc
Son, a local from
According to Son,
everyone thinks that the two animals are gaurs (bos gaurus) because their
bodies are black brown but the hair near the feet is while. They also have
large horns. Out of curiosity, many people decided to visit the forest at
night to see the animals with their own eyes.
Dang Chi Hau,
Chairman of Xuan Quang 1 Commune People's Committee confirmed that there are
wild animals destroyed villagers' crops. "We waited near the forest and
saw a suspected gaur go into the fields to eat. We reported the case to the
authorities of Dong Xuan District and the forest rangers of Dong Xuan,"
he said.
Authorities advised
residents to stay away from the locations where the animals are known to
roam. An official from Dong Xuan Commune Forest Ranger Unit said they were
trying to verify the information and would do everything possible to prevent
the animals from clashing with villagers since gaurs are an endangered
species in
On May 26, a gaur
suddenly came from the forest and went on a rampage in Dai Lanh Commune,
First
steel-clad fishing boat in
A fisherman from
Danang has spent VND11 billion (USD523,800) to build a steel-clad fishing
boat, the first of its kind in the city.
The boat, named
Sang Fish 01, was launched in June. It is 25.5 metres long, 7.8 metres wide
and 3.6 metres high. It has six main holds and can accommodate 18 crew
members.
Sang said that he
and his wife decided to build the boat for off-shore fishing expeditions near
the Hoang Sa Islands, contributing to the protection of national sovereignty.
They are planning for their first expedition in the Hoang Sa area next week.
Road in
Hanoi named after Vo Nguyen Giap
A 12-km stretch of
road, running from
This is among the
contents of a resolution on naming a number of roads in
The People’s
Committee proposed naming 26 roads in nine districts and changing the names
of 19 streets named after places, historical sites and famous people.
Some other cities
and provinces have also already approved the renaming of local roads after
General Vo Nguyen Giap.
Another 12-km
section of road, running from
Job fair
for returnees from RoK, Japan
A job fair for
workers who have finished labour contracts in the
The event presents
a golden opportunity for hundreds of skilled Vietnamese workers to find
suitable jobs and make full use of their overseas work experience.
The programme is
for returnees from the Employment Permit System (EPS) of the RoK and
apprenticeship of
According to the
organising board, job seekers can attend online interviews or in-person face
to face interviews at the job trading floors in the three provinces.
A job bazaar for
Vietnamese labourers in the central and southern of the country is also in
the planning stages to be held in the coming time.
Three wards in
They are Ward 15 in
District 11, Ward 15 in District 5, and Ward 13 in District 6.
Families with an
average income of below VND16 million (US$760) per member are considered poor
in the city, an amount almost three times the national poverty threshold.
In May the District
11 ward became the city's first to eliminate poverty followed by the one in
District 5.
On July 3 the ward
in District 6 became the third to achieve this.
Truong Van Luong,
head of the steering committee's office, said by the end of this year the
city hopes to see another 25,000 families climb above the poverty line,
reducing the poverty rate to 4 per cent of the population.
Some 30-40 wards
and two districts – 5 and 6 – are expected to have no poor households by the
end of this year, he said.
As of early this
year there were nearly 83,000 poor households, accounting for 4.5 per cent of
the population.
But by the national
measure of poverty — annual income of less than VND4.8 million ($228) per
person in rural areas and VND6 million ($285) in urban areas — there are no
poor households in the city.
Railway
officials check for overloading
The transfer of
goods from trucks to trains and vice versa will be tightened to stop
overloaded vehicles before they depart from railway stations as part of
efforts being made by the Viet Nam Railway Corporation and the Transport
Ministry to stop dangerous overloading.
Owners and drivers
will have to show their vehicle registration and their load capacity bills
for railway officers to cross check.
If the weight
exceeds the vehicle's permitted load, officers can refuse the goods.
More staff will
also be employed to monitor the loading of goods from trains to trucks to
prevent overloaded vehicles from departing railway stations.
Since the Transport
Ministry's decision to tighten control over overloaded vehicles took effect
in April, the Railway Corporation has checked 332 railroad cars and detected
13 infringements.
Director General of
the Viet Nam Railway Corporation Nguyen Dat Tuong said that road transport
costs had increased because of the April ruling, making firms look more to
railway freight.
"It is an
opportunity for the railway sector to develop," he said.
"But the
railway sector still faces a major challenge from outdated infrastructure
including single tracks and narrow-gauge lines with a width of just one
metre," he said.
It takes 30-40
hours for passenger trains to go from the north to the south of the country
but it takes longer for freight trains because they have to stop at many
stations and priority is given to passenger trains.
Tuong also said
that seaports were not connected to railway lines, so many goods transported
by sea were transported by road, pushing up costs.
He added that
although railway transportation was cheaper than other means of freight, the
cost for loading and unloading goods was high.
"As a result,
the cost by rail is higher than by road," he said.
As quoted in Giao thong
Van tai (Transport) newpaper, lecturer Tran Huu Minh from the University of
Transport said that out of nearly 700 million tonnes of freight transported
by land each year, only 6-10 million tonnes were carried by train and the
rest went by road.
He said that to
improve the capacity of the railway sector, restructuring was necessary to
reduce transportation times and loading costs, and improve links between
roads, railways and waterways.
In May, Transport
Minister Dinh La Thang approved a plan to strengthen these links, and improve
the capacity and effectiveness of railway transportation to reduce pressure
on roads. In
Khanh Hoa:
all ethnic minority people covered by free health insurance
The central
Currently 47,700 ethnic
minoirty residents in 26 extremely poor communes in Khanh Hoa are entitled to
free health insurance and free medical treatment under the Prime Minister’s
decision QD 30/2007/QD-TTg.
Furthermore, in
2013 Khanh Hoa began buying health insurance for ethnic minority people
living under or just above the poverty line in 27 other communes, who total
11,050.
The new scheme
adopted by the provincial People’s Council will dole out around 2.6 billion
VND each year to pay for health insurance for the remaining 4,210 ethnic
minority people who do not belong to any of the two above-mentioned
categories.
With the plan, 100
percent of ethnic minority people in the province will be covered by health
insurance.
Khanh Hoa is home
to the Raglai, Co Ho, E De and Cham ethnic minority groups with a total
population of around 62,000.
Besides medical
care, Khanh Hoa also provides various social welfare services to its ethnic
population using its own budget.
Up to 776
households in ten districts of HCMC will be relocated this month and next,
accounting for 54.4% of the total of 1,427 households affected by 24 projects
in the city, said HCMC Vice Chairman Nguyen Huu Tin.
The city had
completed construction of 1,689 apartments and prepared land for the
resettlement as of June, Tin said at a meeting of the HCMC People’s Council
on July 8.
At present, the ten
districts are taking prompt action to accomplish procedures and will relocate
the 776 households soon, he added.
For those households
who wanted to be resettled in the same locality where their properties are
affected, the HCMC government has asked districts to persuade them to move to
nearby areas, or asked investors of housing projects to quickly complete
condos in the same area for their resettlement.
According to the
investigation on the living standard of households after resettlement in the
1991-2012 period, 68% of households said they are satisfied, 22% said their
livelihoods are the same while the remainder said their conditions are worse.
The investigation was conducted in 12 districts.
Related to the
employment for people affected by projects, the investigation showed that 38%
households felt better, 45.5% felt unchanged while the rest said it was
worse.
Tin said that thousands
of properties are ineligible for home ownership certificates for various
reasons.
More specifically,
the number of transactions done on verbal agreements and not abiding by
prevailing rules after July 1, 2004 amounted to 34,000, with nearly 20,000 houses
encroaching on public land and not aligning to zoning plans. Such houses have
not been issued ownership certificates.
To resolve the
problem, HCMC authorities are waiting for permission from the Government to
grant home ownership certificates for such properties as well as for owners
of properties that have been used stably for long without disputes or
violations of land-use planning.
Khmer
people turn their heart to East Sea
The Khmer ethnic
minority community in the southern
Most venerable Tang
Sa Vong, head of Buppharam pagoda in Vinh Loi district, said the
All the pagodas in
the province have informed their monks and nuns as well as Khmer people of
Huynh Muoi in Gia
Rai district said local Khmer people are indignant with
They ask
Thach Quet, head of
the Thach family in Vinh Trach Dong commune, Bac Lieu city, said the members
of his clan always trust the Party and State’s policy of addressing the
In early May, 2014,
China illegally dispatched the rig as well as a large fleet of armed vessels,
military ships and aircraft to Vietnam’s waters and positioned the rig at 15
degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees 12 minutes 06
seconds east longitude. The location is 80 miles deep into
Despite Vietnam’s
protest, China expanded its scale of operation and moved the rig to 15
degrees 33 minutes 36 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees 34 minutes 11
seconds east longitude, 60 nautical miles deep inside Vietnam’s continental
shelf and exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
General Director of
the ministry’s General Office for Population and Family Planning, Duong Quoc
Trong made the remark at a meeting in the central province of Khanh Hoa to
mark World Population Day (July 11), themed ‘Investing in young people’.
United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) Chief Representative in
Appropriate
investment and attention will help the young people fully realise their
potential as citizens, leaders, and those who bring positive changes to the
world, he noted, adding that UNFPA calls on all Governments to include new
goals for young people in their post-2015 development programmes.
This is an
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the country to push up its socio-economic
growth by providing equal attention for all population groups and empowering
the young to fully realise their potential, Erken added.
After the meeting,
participants joined a workshop on population and family planning issues.
Nha Trang
observes World Population Day
Nha Trang city
hosted a meeting on July 10 to mark this year’s World Population Day (July
11) themed “Investing in young people”.
The event,
co-organised by the General Department of Population and Family Planning
(GDPFP) and the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee, attracted nearly
1,000 representatives and staff from the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA) and 63 provinces and cities across the country.
Addressing the
event, UNFPA Chief Representative in Vietnam Arthur Erken said
This offers a good
opportunity for
According to GDPFP
General Director Duong Quoc Trong,
The country will
create favourable conditions for young people to become involved in learning,
scientific research, and cultural and sport activities, ensuring their rights
and obligations.
Within the
framework of the event, a wide range of activities were also held, including
a parade highlighting media events on population in island areas and a
seminar on population and family planning in 2014.
2,500 local
people benefit from Doosan medical service
Doosan Heavy
Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) in collaboration with Chung Ang University
Hospital (CAUH) is holding their 6th annual corporate social responsibility
(CSR) medical service from July 7-12.
Approximately 2,500
residents of six neighboring villages in central Quang Ngai province will
receive exams treatments and medicine.
This years’ service
includes health care in
The children and a
family member will be flown to RoK for specialize heart surgery at
The sixth annual medical
service involves a group of fourteen doctors and nurses from CAUH plus one
hundred twenty Doosan Vina volunteers.
Some of the common
diseases for the elderly that are treated include rheumatoid arthritis, high
blood pressure, anemia, sciatica, aches, and bronchitis while children
receive treatment for malnutrition and dental problems.
“The living
conditions here are still difficult, so they don’t pay much attention to
their health. If they have regular exams their health will improve, some
diseases such as bronchitis, high blood pressure or dental problems will be
detected and treated.We are very happy that so many people took this chance
to have their health checked”, said Deputy Chief of CAUH Medical Clinic, Kim
Myung Nam who was also the group leader.
This year’s
charitable activities sponsored by Doosan Vina and CAUH is estimated at a
total cost of US$165,000.
Luxemburg project to guide improvements to healthcare
Different
healthcare services available at local clinics should be defined more clearly
so that patients are aware of the facilities available to them. This would
stop them from being referred to provincial hospitals and causing
overcrowding.
Osmat Azzam, a
health economist from the Luxemburg Agency for Development Co-operation, made
the comment at a workshop on the basic healthcare service package (BHSP)
yesterday.
As defined by the
World Health Organisation, the BHSP is a minimum collection of basic health
services that the public should have guranteed access to, especially
children, women and the elderly residing in the catchment areas of primary
healthcare facilities.
The BHSP in
Osmat, who has been
studying healthcare in the northern mountainous provinces of Cao Bang and
"Most basic
health services are delivered at district hospitals," Osmat said, noting
that many services were also available at commune health centtres such as
immunisations and family planning.
Nguyen Kim Phuong
from the WHO Viet Nam Country Office said the BHSP was crucial as few
countries had enough resources to cover all the services people need.
Priority services
needed to be identified in order to optimise the use of available resources
and provide the maximum healthcare benefits.
She said the
package could help improve equality and reduce poverty because many people
were vulnerable to illness-related poverty.
Deputy director of
He said that
studies on the BHSP and more understanding about financing healthcare could
help mobilise and distribute resources more efficiently and effectively.
Luxemburg has been
supporting healthcare for the poor in Cao Bang and
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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