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Vietnamese
‘eaten alive’ by crocodile in Australian outback
Hai Phong City
Authorities confirmed that 57-year old Tran Van Hoang was killed on August 22
by a crocodile in
Hoang is a native
of Dang Hai village, Hai An district,
According to
relatives of the victim, Hoang and his wife settled in
Australian
authorities euthanized the crocodile to remove the victim’s body.
Police
uncover largest drug trafficking case
Police of the
The two detained
men were Nguyen Van Khoa, born in 1973, and Ngo Van Thanh, born 1974, both
from Thai Nguyen province.
This is the largest
drug case that has been uncovered in the locality so far.
Authorised agencies
are further investigating into the case.
Government
requests probe into child sponsoring centres
Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Public Security to investigate
centres taking care of children and strictly punish any violators.
Orphan children
play at a sponsoring centre in
The move came after
the Ha Noi Police recently seized Nguyen Thi Thanh Trang, 36, a worker at Bo
De Pagoda in Ha Noi's Long Bien District, for alleged child trafficking.
Trang was charged
with selling a child to another woman, Pham Thi Nguyet, 35, for VND35 million
(US$1,650). Nguyet was also taken into custody.
Dam also asked the
Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to work with other
organisations and offices to inspect such centres and ensure that they were
conforming to the law.
The Ministry of
Public Security was directed to step up inspections of the number of
inhabitants in social sponsoring centres, while the Ministry of Justice was
assigned to check the implementation of adoption laws and ensure that
abandoned children had birth certificates.
Long Bien authorities
announced on Tuesday that Bo De Pagoda did not obey regulations when caring
for abandoned children and the elderly. Dozens of children lacked birth
certificates, many did not attend school and management of those leaving and
entering was loose.
Chief Inspector of
the Health Department Nguyen Viet Cuong said that a majority of the
violations at the drugstores included the absence of pharmacists, sale of
unlabelled medicines, substandard facilities and displaying medicines along
with food supplements.
Inspectors also
found that the law was being violated in 24 health clinics where foreign
doctors were registered to work.
However, most of
these foreign doctors had reportedly returned to their countries.
Former Deputy
Director of the northern port city of
Trong, 53, was
already sentenced to 16 years in prison on May 23 for helping his brother
Duong Chi Dung, ex-chairman of the State-owned shipping corporation
Vinalines, flee from
The verdict read
that as from 2001-2002, Trong was on good terms with Dong Xuan Phong, an
official from the Hai Phong City Customs Department.
On August 18, 2009,
the
On April 22, 2011,
the Hai Phong police submitted a list of the wanted criminals in the city,
including Phong, to Trong in the capacity as Deputy Director of the Police
Department, but he ignored the case.
After learning that
his brother Dung was being hunted by the police, Trong asked him to hide at
his girlfriend’s home.
A day later, Trong
requested Phong and Vu Tien Son, then deputy head of the Social Crime Investigation
Police Section of Hai Phong Police Department, to help Dung flee abroad.
Lao Cai
detects H5N6 virus in domestic fowls
The northern
mountainous
The farm owner and
the department culled a flock of 558 red pheasants after they were tested
positive for the virus.
They have also
disinfected the affected area and its vicinity twice per day.
At the same time,
the department takes more samples to virus test and intensifies measures
against poultry smuggling.
All steps are in
place to ward off other outbreaks of avian flu.
French
philanthropist funds scholarship programme
Over 400
scholarships worth VND 8 million each were awarded to high school students in
the northern region on August 24 by the French scientific organization,
Rencontres du Vietnam (Meetings of Vietnam).
Pro. Odon Vallet
and Pro.Tran Thanh Van who initially formed the Meetings of Vietnam
organisation presented the scholarships, which are part of a planned award of
a total of 2,250 scholarships worth nearly VND20 billion this year.
French
philanthropist, Pro. Odon Vallet said he is providing the funding for the
scholarships because he would like to see each Vietnamese high school student
have the opportunity to get a good education.
Pro. Odon Vallet
and Pro. Van are conducting a trans-Vietnam tour from
Since 2001, the
Odon Vallet Scholarship Fund in
Ly Son
receives submarine power cables
Central Power
Corporation (EVN CPC) on August 23 received underwater cables serving a
project to provide power from national grid for Ly Son island in central
Quang Ngai province.
The VND652 billion
project is a joint venture of Italian Prysmian Group and the Thai Duong Power
Construction Ltd. It provides for an 8km medium voltage line on the mainland
and the 26 km submarine cable.
Currently, EVN CPC
is also upgrading the power transmission lines on Ly Son island as part of a
project worth some VND28.9 billion sourced by German bank KFW.
Once completed, the
project will supply power to the whole island as the way to boost local
socio-economic development and ensure security, national defence and
sovereignty.
Electricity of
Vietnam (EVN) Deputy General Director Nguyen Tan Loc said that the group and
Quang Ngai also held a number of meetings to discuss detailed plans, asking
contractors to speed up the progress before the upcoming rainy season comes.
NGOs pledge
over 6.1 million USD for Quang Tri
Five foreign non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) have committed more than 6.1 million USD in support of
the central
The Mine Advisory
Group (MAG), World Vision, Plan, Zhi-Shan Foundation, and Norwegian People’s
Aid (NPA) pledged the aid under agreements inked with the provincial People’s
Committee at a conference on August 21.
Vice Chairman of
the committee Nguyen Duc Chinh spoke highly of the effectiveness of projects
funded by foreign NGOs, saying they have helped his locality reduce poverty,
clear unexploded ordnance, and prevent and mitigate disasters.
From 2011 to 2013,
foreign organisations and individuals donated over 26 million USD to
humanitarian projects in Quang Tri.
Such assistance has
helped give a facelift to rural and ethnic minority-inhabited areas across
the province. Notably, the rate of household poverty fell from 16.41 percent
to 11.56 percent over the period.
During the
conference, representatives from NGOs shared their experience in solving such
matters as unexploded ordnance and regional cooperation.
The provincial
People’s Committee also took this occasion to present certificates of merit
to four organisations and four individuals with great contributions to local
development.-
Vietnam-Slovakia
friendship association established
The
Vietnam-Slovakia Friendship Association in
The congress
elected the association’s a 25 member executive board headed by Bui Quang
Hai.
The association set
its tasks for the 2014-2019, including setting up an information gateway to
connect members and update information about
In addition, it
will organise at least one trip per year to exchange with the
Slovakia-Vietnam Friendship Association and invite Slovakian businesses to
visit
The association
pledged full support for cooperation on human resource training and
scientific research, aiming to strengthen friendly relations and mutual
understanding between the two peoples.
Outstanding
students awarded Odon Vallet scholarships
156 Vietnamese
students and young researchers, who excelled in their studies, were presented
Odon Vallet scholarships worth VND2 billion at an awards ceremony in
The scholarships
are part of a larger VND20 billion scholarship programme for 2,250
outstanding individuals from select countries in the world. Each is worth
VND8 million each per student and VND13 million per researcher.
The scholarships
have been awarded biannually for the past 14 years with the aim of
encouraging young Vietnamese students to overcome all challenges and achieve
scholastic success.
Odon Vallet is
reported to have inherited a large fortune from his father and he used a
portion of it to establish a scholarship fund to support poor students in
France,
Danang
expects broader cooperation with Yaroslavl
A Danang delegation
led by Chairman of the People’s Committee Van Huu Chien recently returned
from a visit to
At recent talks
with Yaroslavl Vice Governor, Dmitry Sekretarev the two sides discusses
various measures to boost cooperation.
Sebretarev
highlighted the close relations between the two provinces since they
established ties 14 years ago. He proposed supplying
For his part, Chien
introduced Danang’s strength and potential and noting that investment and
trade ties are still far from matching both sides’ potential due to long
geographical distance and businesses’ limited mutual understanding.
Meeting with
Hoi An
signs sister city agreement with Szentendre
As part of its
global economic development programme,
Speaking at the
recent signing ceremony in Szentendre, leaders from the two cities said
sister city programmes increase tourism, encourage cities to send delegations
and private citizens to visit, and provide reliable business contacts.
They are a better
way to understand cultural differences and the international markets in which
they hope to compete, they said
Szentendre Governor
Dietz Ferenc said Szentendre is famous for its cultural and tourism sites and
is very pleased to create a close link with Hoi An an acient town that is
listed among world cultural heritage sites recognized by UNESCO.
Around 21km far
from capital
1,391
Vietnamese labourers return home safely from
As of August 22, a
total of 1,391 Vietnamese workers have been safely evacuated to the homeland
from war-torn
MoLISA Department
of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) also reports that six out of the eleven labour
companies employing workers in
The evacuation
faced a number of obstacles due to the fact the workers were divided into
small bands spread out throughout
Currently, there
are 40 workers remaining in
The mission should
be completed by the end of August.
Quang
A collection of
documents and maps, considered as legal evidence proving Hoang Sa (Paracel)
and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam, are on display in
the central province of Quang Nam.
Deputy Minister of
Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan said that the exhibition aims
to raise public awareness and responsibility of safeguarding the country’s
sovereignty over the two archipelagoes.
The exhibits
include copies of ancient maps and atlases, and documents in traditional
Chinese, Vietnamese and French languages issued by Vietnamese feudal states
and the French colonial empire in
It also features
copies of official documents issued by the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (from 1975 to now), showing
Notably, the
exhibition showcases photos and objects depicting the law enforcement process
of
The event will
remain open to visitors till August 28.
FAO funds
forestry project in Vietnam
The Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has agreed to provide
funding of US$500,000 to the
The aid was
announced at a conference organized by the Vietnam Farmers’ Association (VFA)
held in
The FFF programme
will benefit northern mountainous and central localities, aiming to reduce
poverty. Contingent upon the programme’s success, the FAO will continue to
help
Nguyen Duy Luong,
Standing Vice President of the VFA said that most of households’ in
mountainous areas depend on forestation but are badly in need of financial
assistance to fund sustainable development.
In April 2014, the
VFA proposed the FAO should support farmers in eradicating poverty and
protecting the environment. The FAO chose
Closely
monitoring travellers from Ebola stricken nations
Eighty-three
individuals have entered
At a Ministry of
Health meeting in
The names of the
individuals have been forwarded to localities where they are staying so local
officials can effectively monitor their health, officials said.
To prevent a
possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, the committee said it is
vigilantly scrutinizing all travellers from the affected nations, requiring
them to complete a health declaration at the airport prior to entering the
country.
The MoH is also
sending SMS messages and emails instructing these individuals on how best to
prevent the spread of the virus, precautionary measures that should be
undertaken by them and steps to take in the event any symptoms of the deadly
disease appear.
So far, none of
these individuals have shown any signs of Ebola.
Deputy Minister of
Health Nguyen Thanh Long asked the Centre for International Health Quarantine
to continue to keep a watchful eye on all travellers entering the country
through airports. He also asked local health departments to stringently
monitor these travellers.
Le Quynh Mai, Head
of the Virology Department under the National Institute for Hygiene and
Epidemiology, said that the institute is cooperating closely with the World
Health Organisation in
They are also
cooperating with the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the
At present,
all of the necessary biological products and procedures to detect the Ebola
virus are available and have been fully mobilised.
The steering
committee said that should any Ebola-infected people be discovered in our
nation, they will be provided treatment free of charge.
Oil tanker
fire kills two, injures three
A vessel carrying
oil caught fire in the central
The vessel,
carrying 5,000 litres of oil, caught alight passing through the Lach Bang
estuary off Hai Binh Commune. One of the vessel's crew, Pham Van Tuan, 33,
died on the spot while another, Hoang Van Huynh, 37, died in hospital after
sustaining serious burns. Three others are in critical condition.
Local border guards
and firefighters managed to tame the fire after one and a half hours. Initial
investigation showed that the crew was conducting oxyacetylene welding and
encountered an electrical leakage which caused the fire.
The local authorities
and provincial Red Cross are supporting the families of victims with VND10
million (US$470) grants for the dead and VND4.5 million ($210) for each
injured.
Hoi An to
build beach erosion barrier
The central
The 137 metre dyke
will be the first stage of a 1.5km, VND115 billion ($5.5 million) embankment
along Cua Dai beach, which is expected to be completed before the rainy
season starting in October.
Water levels have
edged closer to the main section of the 1.5km road connecting the beach with
Hoi An, threatening dozens of resorts. Rising sea levels have already washed
away a 20-hectare section of Cua Dai beach.
New bridge
to be built in Kien Giang
A groundbreaking
ceremony to kick off the construction of the Kenh Xang 2 Bridge was held last
Saturday in U Minh Thuong District in the Cuu Long (Mekong Delta)
Expected to be
completed in October, the bridge will bring better traffic conditions to more
than 1,200 local people in An Minh Bac Commune. It will replace an old bridge
built in 1993, which is now in poor condition and unsafe for transportation.
The province received total capital of nearly VND290 million (US$13,800) to
build the bridge. Of that, VND37 million ($1,800) came from locally raised
funds, and VND250 million ($12,000) from Bayer Viet Nam Ltd.
General director of
Bayer Viet Nam Ltd, David Champion, said that the donations for the new
bridge would support the need for the safe mobility of local people, with the
hope that they could have more opportunities to have a better life.
Vinaphone
grants 2,000 sim cards to fishermen in Phu Yen
Vinaphone has
decided to donate 2,000 exclusive sim cards for fishermen in the central southern
coastal
These sim cards,
worth 400,000 VND each, will be delivered to sea fishermen under a joint
programme between Phu Yen Telecom and Vinaphone from August 24 to 27.
Using these
exclusive sim cards, fishermen can make domestic calls at half price, receive
free sea weather forecast or other useful information such as sea fishing
experience.
Vinaphone has
designed these sim cards uniquely for sea fishermen in an effort to reduce
difficulties that sea fishermen have been facing with while taking their sea
voyages.
Scholarships
granted to fishermen’s children
As many as 120
scholarships, worth 3 million VND each, were presented to children of coast
guard and fisheries surveillance officers and fishermen in central
The beneficiaries
are those who made outstanding efforts to achieve good academic results, many
of them come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The scholarships
were part of a programme entitled “Joining efforts to protect sovereignty
over waters in the
The programme is
expected to grant scholarships worth nearly 800 million VND (38,000 USD) in
total to 265 students in the central region this year.
Launched by the
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in May 2014, the programme has received nearly 42
billion VND (2 million USD) from readers at home and abroad.-
Activities
in Russia, Malaysia mark Vietnam’s National Day
A delegation of 13
Russian ex-servicemen and experts, on August 23 visited Hanoi as part of a
programme sponsored by the Vietnamese Association in Russia’s St Petersburg
city on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day
(September 2).
According to the
association’s president Nguyen Duc Toan, his organisation has been raising
funds for the programme over the past three years with a hope of offering an
opportunity to ex-servicemen and experts of the Soviet Union to see with
their eyes the changes in
The Vietnamese
communities in many countries are also holding various activities to mark
In
Speaking at the
event, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao briefed participants on the
development of the Vietnam-Malaysia relations, and called on Vietnamese
people living in the country to make more active contributions to the
bilateral friendship and partnership.
On the occasion,
the board launched a campaign to raise funds for activities of sea and island
sovereignty protection in the homeland.
Remaining
guest workers in
All of remaining
workers in war-torn
As of August 22,
over 340 workers were still there, mostly in the north-western city of
Misrata and Ghadamis oasis town, said deputy head of the Ministry of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department for Overseas Labour Management Pham
Viet Huong, adding that their employers offered them airline tickets.
Between August 23
and 26, around 40 workers in
According to
Vietnamese Ambassador Dao Duy Tien, 94 out of 103 working under a contract
between Sona company and Greek contractor Tageco in the south-western city of
The first group
with 63 came to
A special working
mission led by Huong will continue offering relief to workers at a border
gate between
Another working
group from the ministry is helping with evacuation in
Conference
discusses ways to implement decree on fishing development
Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Van Ninh on August 22 chaired a national conference in the south
central coastal
At the event, which
drew the participation of more than 300 delegates from ministries, sectors,
28 coastal localities nationwide and fishermen communities, officials from
the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development and Finance presented a
number of draft circulars guiding the implementation of Decree 67/2014/ND-CP.
The circulars
consist of regulations on various issues, including technical requirements on
fishing vessels as well as preferential tax and insurance policies for
fishermen.
According to the
State Bank of
The Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development has decided that as many as 2,079 new
off-shore fishing ships and 205 logistics ships will be built under the
Decree.
Many of the
participants at the event proposed that more attention should be paid to the
comprehensive development of infrastructure for fisheries, including
aquaculture areas at sea and breeding facilities, as well as fishery logistic
services and storm shelters for fishing vessels.
Representatives of
many localities said the number of fishing vessels as set by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development does not meet the demand of fishermen.
Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat explained that the number of
ships was decided based on surveys on marine reserves and the capacity of the
nation’s fishing fleets.
According to Deputy
Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, the decree provides a full, systematic and
synchronous set of basic policies to encourage fishermen build high-capacity,
iron-covered ships capable of fishing offshore, a practice that could earn
fishermen higher incomes, and at the same time contribute to protecting the
country’s territorial waters.
It also gives
priority to the building of fishery logistics vessels, which are considered a
basic factor for the effective operation of offshore catching fleets.
The Deputy PM said
Decree 67 has been built carefully basing on fishermen’s opinions, field
surveys, and lessons drawn from the implementation of previous decrees.
He added that the
Government will review the implementation of the decree in late 2016 to draw
experience for the next years.-
ExxonMobil
funds surgeries for children with cleft lip, palate
The oil and gas
company Exxon Mobil
According to Nguyen
Viet Phuong, Vice President of Operation Smile Asia-Pacific and Chief
Representative in
A 25-day programme
to realise the objective is expected to see the participation of 1,000
volunteers, he said.
According to
statistics, one of every 500 children is born with a facial deformity. In as
little as 45 minutes and for approximately 250 USD, one cleft lip surgery can
change a child’s life forever.
Operation Smile
School
education on climate change adaptation promoted
An online
conference was held in
Experts warned that
Over the past 15
years, natural disasters, including storms, floods, droughts and landslides,
have killed and injured more than 10,700 people, while causing economic
losses of about 1.5 percent of GDP each year, according to the
Hydrometeorology and Climate Change Department.
The education
sector is particularly vulnerable to the impact of environmental changes so
the Ministry of Education and Training has issued an action plan to realise
the national strategy on disaster prevention and mitigation between 2011 and
2020.
It has also
enhanced cooperation with international and non-governmental partners in
disaster risk management as well as set up a coordinating group in the field
with the engagement of over 20 foreign organisations.
From now to 2015,
the ministry plans to design PowerPoint lessons to equip teachers and
students – who make up 25 percent of the national population, with necessary
skills for climate change adaptation.
It will build
schools that can resist natural disasters in vulnerable areas and concentrate
on human resources training.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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