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People's
Court sentences three men for drug trafficking
The Hoa Binh
Province People's Court on Wednesday sentenced three men for drug
trafficking.
Ly A Thenh, 39,
from the
The Dien Bien
Police had been hunting for Thenh since 2006 for trafficking 700 grams of
heroin. Thenh fled the province with his family and moved to
In August 2012, the
Hoa Binh Province Police and the provincial Border Guards caught Thenh,
The three men
admitted that they were hired by a man in
The police said
that in the period between May and August 2012, Thenh and Chu smuggled nearly
60 kilograms of drugs and more than 1kilogram of methamphetamine into
Binh Chanh
fire destroys company workshop
A fire broke out at
a wood processing company in
The local police
mobilised more than 20 fire engines and 100 firefighters to extinguish the
blaze, which was finally stamped out after seven hours.
A large number of
products and equipment of the company were destroyed in the fire, but no
injuries were reported.
The case is under
investigation.
In the next 11
years the number of highway toll stations in
This is expected to
recoup investment in roads, smoothen traffic flow to the city centre, and
raise funds for more road works, the department said.
The seven existing
toll booths are on the
More are set to
come up by 2020 on the Ben Luc-Long Thanh Expressway, National No.22 in Cu
Chi District, Provincial Road 15 in Hoc Mon District, Ring Road No.3, Thu
Thiem Tunnel, and near the
By 2025 the number
will rise to 20 with new ones set up on the HCM City-Moc Bai Expressway and
HCM City-Thu Dau Mot-Chon Thanh Expressway when they are finished and beside
flyovers in Districts 1, Phu Nhuan, Binh Thanh, Tan Binh, Binh Tan, and Binh
Chanh.
But critics like
Assoc Prof Dr Pham Xuan Mai, former dean of the transportation technology
faculty at the
Thai Van Chung,
general secretary of the HCM City Association of Transportation and a lawyer,
was quoted on Tuoi Tre newspaper that the distance between toll stations, as
regulated by the Ministry of Finance, should be around 70km, but in
Dr Nguyen Huu
Nguyen of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities rejected
the department's argument that toll stations would help ease traffic
congestion, saying that with many drivers trying to avoid them the congestion
would worsen in other places.
He too complained
about the surfeit of toll booths. For instance, between Binh Chanh District
in
Thong Quan Company
said transport costs have risen 30-40 percent in the last two or three years.
Dang Van Diem,
director of the company, was quoted by Dat Viet Newspaper said a truck must
pay VND160,000 (US$7.6) for a round trip between Binh Duong and HCM City, and
double that between Dong Nai and ports in HCM City.
For a fleet of five
container trucks making two round trips between Dong Nai and HCM City, his
company pays VND5 million ($238) a day.
He feared the cost
would rise by at least 50 per cent when a toll station is set up at
Residents
told to relocate from dangerous building
The People's
Committee of Ha Noi has ordered 37 households living in an old apartment
building in Ba Dinh District's Giang Vo residential area to shift by the end
of next month.
The 35-year-old
structure has been condemned and is said to face a high risk of collapse.
The city has
prepared accommodation for the households in the Phap Van-Tu Hiep urban area,
the committee said on Tuesday.
It added that if
families had their own accommodation, they would receive financial support
from the city.
Vice chairman of
the committee Nguyen The Thao said that the residents had to move out by the
end of September.
Thao assigned the
capital Construction Department and the People's Committee of Ba Dinh
District to mobilise residents.
He said that if
necessary, the two agencies could enforce evacuation of any household.
The construction
department has been asked to find a suitable investor to try and repair the
old apartment building.
An assessment made
by the department in July last year showed that the building was sinking, the
staircases and walls were weak. The staircase has been placed on a high-alert
danger list during the rainy and flood season.
The department has
temporarily reinforced the staircase to ensure safety for the residents in
the short term.
However, the
residents used the repair work as a pretext for not leaving the old apartment
building, the committee said.
One of the
residents, Tran Thi Sam, told Viet Nam Television (VTV) that she and others
wondered if they would be allowed to return if they left the building.
"We need to
know a specific time for our return," she said.
Terms of
home loan repayments extended
The Government has
extended repayment terms from 10 to 15 years on loans borrowed from the
national VND30 trillion (US$1.41 billion) home-credit package.
The beneficiaries
of the new decree are household and individual clients who applied for the
loans to purchase or lease homes.
In addition, the
new decision adds groups of loanees, such as civil servants and office
holders, members of armed forces (soldiers and policeman), and workers purchasing
homes (from property projects in localities they are residing) valued under
VND1.05 billion.
During his visit to
worker dormitories in
The ministry's move
would make it easy for banks participating in the credit package programme to
increase lending, a representative of a real estate firm in
Over the past year,
only 7 per cent of the VND30 trillion home credit package has been disbursed.
Private
hospitals struggle to attract new patients
Private hospitals
are facing huge difficulties in getting patients. They claim they could help
reduce overcrowding at State-owned hospitals if they had Government
co-operation, a spokesperson for the Viet Nam Private Hospitals Association
has said.
At a conference on
private hospitals on Tuesday, Nguyen Van De, chairman of the association,
said that huge investments had been made on private hospitals in terms of
size, infrastructure and medical equipment.
However, many were
still struggling to attract patients.
Figures from the
Ministry of Health show that there are about 170 private hospitals
nation-wide with a total of about 45,000 beds.
Some had 500 beds
or more, such as
De said an
association survey of 170 private hospitals showed that many were losing
money.
Some are even in
the verge of bankcruptcy.
The reason,
according to De, is the gap between private and State-owned models.
He cited patient
transfers as an example. Patients at State hospitals are always moved to
other State-owned hospitals instead of private ones, even if there are plenty
of private vacant beds.
De said the
availability of qualified health staff was another problem. Most private
hospitals had to hire retired doctors or employ doctors and specialists from
State hospitals part time.
This was not
conducive to private hospitals conducting complicated operations, he said.
Vu The Hung,
director of Trang An Hospital, said private hospitals were also in need of
good doctors and health staff. However, many refused to do join because they
did not want to give up safe positions and sign private contracts.
According to the
association, private hospitals should be given more supports such as tax
breaks, special land deals and human resources to develop sustainably.
Unregulated
electric scooters raise risk of traffic accidents
The lack of
regulations for increasingly popular electric scooters increased the risk of
traffic accidents, speakers said at a national conference on Tuesday.
Up to 80 per cent
of traffic accidents involved electric bikes and motorbikes, and most of the
drivers were under 18, Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee
Khuat Viet Hung said.
As many as 87 per
cent of electric bike riders did not wear helmets, according to a survey
carried out by the World Health Organisation in Viet Nam earlier this year.
Nguyen Thi Mai Anh
from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Department of Child
Care and Protection described typical driving practices, saying students
often rode electric bikes with as many as three people on a single bike, none
of them wearing helmets, and veered unpredictably from side to side.
More than 61,300
electric bicycles and motorbikes were legally imported to
Electric motorbike
users were required to have licence plates starting in June under a new
Ministry of Public Security regulation. When applying for the plates, users
must provide quality certificates and receipts.
The new rule does
not apply to electric bicycles that can be pedalled and have maximum speeds
of 25km per hour. However, many electric bike users cannot register with
authorities anyway because they lack papers certifying vehicle quality,
origin or ownership.
Specific
regulations for electric scooters would improve traffic safety, as would
higher fines for drivers who violated regulations, Deputy Head of the
Department of Road and Railway Traffic Police Nguyen Ngoc Tuan said.
Electric motorbikes
without plates would be punished like other motorbikes starting next July,
said committee vice chairman Hung. The committee would work with relevant
agencies to help drivers complete registration procedures before the
deadline.
Ly Son
island joins national grid
A submarine power
cable from Ly Son island in central Quang Ngai province was successfully
connected to a transformer station onshore in Binh Son district on Tuesday.
This was part of a
US$31.1-million project to provide electrify for the island's 22,000 people.
The project included 8.7km of middle voltage transmission lines in Binh Son
district and 26.2km of 22kV undersea cable.
The network
connecting Ly Son with the national grid is expected to come into operation
on September 28.
The Japanese
Embassy in Ha Noi yesterday provided healthcare funding of US$120,700 to the
Tuyet Thai Elderly Care Centre in Ha Noi's Dong Anh District.
The money will be
used to purchase medical equipment such as X-ray machines and rehabilitation
machines, and patient monitoring. The grant is part of a non-refundable aid
deal worth $325,080 that the Japanese Embassy signed with
Currently, 32
elderly individuals aged 58-103 are receiving care at the Tuyet Thai Elderly
Care Centre.
Ha Noi
seizes 8 tonnes of fake MSG
Ha Noi Market Watch
has seized nearly eight tonnes of fake seasoning powder or monosodium
glutamate (MSG) in the city.
On Tuesday, the
inspectors found a truck carrying more than two tonnes of packets with the
label of seasoning manufacturers Ajinomoto, Miwon, Aone and Knorr.
The driver of the
truck failed to show the required documents and admitted that he had been
hired to transport the goods to a storage facility in Gia Lam District's Yen
Vien Commune.
Inspectors checked
the storage facility and found more 5.7 tonnes of packets with the same known
labels.
Government
to send drought aid to Ninh Thuan
The government will
send nearly 800 tons of rice immediately to
According to a
decision signed on Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, the rice
consignment will be taken from the national reserve storage. The People's
Committee of Ninh Thuan is in charge of allocating the rice to the deserving
beneficiaries.
The labour and
finance ministries will have to monitor the situation of the people, see if
further emergency aid is needed and report to the Prime Minister.
The Ninh Thuan and
Binh Thuan provinces have been suffering from drought for the past five
months.
Dengue fever
cases fall from last year
The number of
dengue - fever cases so far this year has dropped by 40 per cent compared
with the same period last year.
The turnaround has
been credited to a better flow of information about the disease, said Tran
Dac Phu, director of the Ministry of Health's Department of Preventive
Medicines.
In the central
area, the number of patients fell by more than 70 per cent and in the Central
Highlands by 60 per cent.
Ha Noi had 90
cases, a decrease by 50 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Phu told the Nong
thon ngay nay (Countryside Nowadays) that medical workers kept close watch on
affected areas and gave advice on preventing the disease.
After an outbreak
of the mosquito-borne disease last month in Yen Hoa Commune in Ha Noi, the
city's Preventive Medicine Centre joined hands with medical stations to spray
affected areas.
"We do not
have a vaccine for dengue fever. The only measure to prevent the disease is
to destroy the mosquitoes' reproductive environment," he said.
Director of Ha Noi
Preventive Medicines Centre Nguyen Nhat Cam said residents should clear up
water puddles around their houses.
They should use
mosquito nets while sleeping and wear long-sleeve shirts when going into
mosquito-ridden areas, he said.
Odon Vallet
scholarships awarded to more students
The Vallet
Scholarship Fund continued its mission in
French Professor
Odon Vallet from the
Students at
university and in college received 10 million VND each, whilst secondary
school students were given 6 million VND.
Over the past 14
years, Odon Vallet has used his own money to finance the grants to excellent
young students in
He will be touring
Since its
establishment in 2001, the fund has allocated over 100 billion VND (4.76
million USD) to more than 21,000 students.
In 2014, the fund
is expected to grant over 2,000 scholarships worth 20 billion VND (nearly
952,400 USD) to students throughout
Workshop
exchanges nuclear radiation response experiences
Experiences in
state of emergency mechanisms for dealing with nuclear radiation were shared
during an event jointly organised by the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and
Nuclear Safety and the Office of Nuclear Energy under the US Department of
Energy in Ninh Thuan province on August 25-26.
In the workshop,
McClelland, an expert in the
According to
McClelland, a unified and effective national response programme is not
possible without active participation and coordination across sectors at all
levels. He noted that local authorities in particular need to play a leading
role.
The Agency for
Radiation and Nuclear Safety presented
The central
Trial
bilingual teaching in natural science subjects to start
Bilingual teaching
in Vietnamese and English of maths and natural science subjects will be
conducted on a trial basis at senior high schools for the gifted and those
meeting certain conditions, in the 2014-2015 academic year, according to the
Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).
This forms part of
the pilot activities under the programme “Teaching and learning foreign
languages in the national education system for the 2008-2020 period.”
The Ministry of
Education and Training also requested schools participating in the pilot
English programme for 5th, 7th and 10th graders continue to expand the
programme to other grades to ensure the continuity in study.
At the same time,
the ministry will continue to assess the competence of teachers of English
and organise training courses to ensure they meet the requirements of the new
curricula.
On the other hand,
the teaching of other foreign languages, including French, Japanese, German,
Chinese and Russian will be encouraged depending on the capacity and needs of
localities.
Illegally imported
chicken may possibly cause recent bird flu outbreaks in the country but
the livestock sector were safe as bird flu, blue-ear, and foot-mouth diseases
are under close observation, said experts of a meeting in August 26 in
Dam Xuan Thanh,
deputy head of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development said that after discovery of three bird flu
outbreaks in the northern mountainous provinces of Lang Son, Lao Cai and the
central
Tests showed that
all samples are negative for bird flu virus A/H5N6.
No more fresh
outbreak has been detected since then.
However, medical
experts worried that virus strain in poultry outbreaks in Lang Son, Lao Cai
and Ha Tinh is same deadly kind discovered in
That kind of virus
strain was also found out amid the poultry in Luang Prabang of
Vets said that
illegally imported chicken in Lang Son from the north boder gates was the
cause of bird flu in the province while chicken in Ha Tinh was transmitted
the virus from wild birds because farmers here let their ducks foaming in the
field with the wild ducks.
Hoang Thanh Van,
head of the Department of Livestock Production said that the livestock
sector were safe as bird flu, blue-ear, and foot-mouth diseases are under
close observation; accordingly no fresh outbreaks occurred. Price of poultry
in the country hike; breeders can earn profit.
Agriculture and
Rural Development Minister Cao Duc Phat said that poultry farmers are excited
as they earn profits; however, if the government and local authorities are
neglected in controlling the bird flu domestic waterfowl flocks will be
destroyed.
Japanese
police confirm identities of Vietnamese drowning victims
Japanese police
have officially confirmed the identities of the two Vietnamese who drowned in
a beach accident and recovered from the coast of
The unfortunate are
22-year-old Bui Ngoc Diep, a student living in
The two were among
a group of seven Vietnamese young people who were swept away by high waves
while swimming in a forbidden sea area in the coastal city on August 15. Four
of them fortunately escaped alive, while one was rescued but later died at
hospital and Diep and Trinh went missing. Their bodies were found on August
18.-
Lack of license suspected in Operation Smile deaths
Despite OSCA's
claim to have only used licensed practitioners, authorities have said that
the organization did not have a license to perform the surgeries.
The Hanoi-based
Centre for Researching and Aiding Operation Smile (OSCA) was originally a
beauty salon. In 2011, the chairman of OSCA was prosecuted after illegally
performing cosmetic surgery, which ended with a woman's death. The Hanoi Department
of Health said they gave OSCA permission for orthopedic, rehabilitation and
physical therapy, but not a license for plastic surgery.
According to OSCA,
the organisation was established by a government decision and licensed by the
Department of Science and Technology in
Dr. Le Tan Phung
from the Khanh Hoa Province Department of Health said they had ordered OSCA
to provide licenses and a letter certifying agreement from Military Hospital
87. He said, "We received the dossier on August 22 and haven't had the
chance to review it. But on that same day, the OSCA had already carried out
surgeries on the children." He went on to say that reports from OSCA
after the incident still lack details, such as a complete list of names of
surgeons and anesthesiologists.
Pham Van Ai,
chairman of OSCA, said after the complications on the first child, they
replaced the machines and continued with the other surgeries. However, the
second child also showed complications, so they changed operating rooms. Even
though eight of the children came out of surgery normally, complications
continued with the third child. Ai then said that the complications might be
from the side effects of medications used.
Colonel Nguyen Ba
Hanh, director of Military Hospital 87, said this is the second time they
have cooperated with OSCA. The hospital lends out equipment and facilities
while OSCA doctors perform the surgeries. The hospital has halted the
programme and sealed off all evidence and equipment for the pending
investigation.
Luong Ngoc Khue,
head of the Treatment and Examination Management Department, said problem
could be with the anesthesia used.
Fire
Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Department restructured
The Ministry of
Public Security (MPS) held a ceremony on August 26 to officially launch the
Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Department (FPFRPD).
According to
Government Decree No. 21/2014/ND-CP issued on March 25 which amends and
supplements some regulations on the functions, tasks, and organisational structure
of the MPS, the FPFRPD, which used to be under the Police General Department
for Administrative Management of Social Order and Safety, will now be
directly governed by the MPS.
Speaking at the
ceremony, Lieutenant General Bui Quang Ben, Deputy Minister of the MPS,
emphasised that the event marks an important milestone in the development of
the FPFRPD.
He also urged the
Department to continue to uphold its traditions and to work hard to fulfil
all assigned tasks.
Head of the FPFRPD,
Colonel Doan Viet Manh vowed to work out a concrete action plan to fulfil the
goals of fire prevention and fighting, contributing to socio-economic
development and thus earning the respect of the Party, State and people.
Scientists
stress request to develop sci-tech human resource
Scientists of the
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) have stressed the request to
develop future scientific researchers, at a working session with Vietnam
Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President, Nguyen Thien Nhan on
August 26.
According to
Director of Institute of Materials Science, Nguyen Quang Liem, human
resources mobilised in science and technology have not yet met the quest for
the sector’s development.
He cited that under
His opinion was
supported by Director of the Institute for Environmental Technology, Nguyen
Hoai Chau. Chau pointed out that research institute units have been allocated
with limited quota for official personnel, which leads to the lack of human
resources for the institutes, while causing difficulties for young and
talented scientists who want to apply for jobs.
Speaking at the
event, VFF President, Nguyen Thien Nhan highly appreciated the frank and
enthusiastic opinions contributed by the scientists.
He asked VAST to
work out a plan to develop human resource for science and technology for the
next five to 10 years.
He also pledged
that VFF would work closely with the science and technology circle to boost
human resources for national construction and development.
Members of Vietnam
Robocon team returned to their homeland yesterday and were welcomed as
winners of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Robocon Contest in
Robocon team of
The annual robocon
contest was launched by
Duong Chi
Dung's brother receives prison sentence
The senior police
official Duong Tu Trong gets his sentenced increased by 15 months in prison
for helping Duong Chi Dung flee during the Vinalines corruption case.
Duong Chi Dung,
former chairman of the state-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines
(Vinalines) was prosecuted for violating government directives and
regulations and causing damages to the state.
Duong Tu Trong,
former deputy director of Hai Phong Police Department and Dung's brother,
helped him flee the country before his arrest. Dung was later prosecuted and
sentenced to death.
In May, the Supreme
People's Court sentenced Trong to 16 years in prison for helping a wanted
suspect escape the country.
On August 28, the
Haiphong City People's Court is holding the another trial for Duong Chi Dung
for the added charge of abuse of power. Trong has admitted to his
wrongdoings.
Because Duong Tu
Trong fully cooperated with the investigation, has a good record and has
contributed to the state, the prosecutor proposed reducing his sentence to 12
to 18 months of imprisonment.
Trong said,
"I'll accept whatever verdicts the jury hands down. I won't
appeal."
Duong Tu Trong was
sentenced to 15 more months in prison.
Media urged
to work more to stop rhino killing
The media was urged
to devote more coverage to the major threat facing the world’s population of
rhinoceros, which has declined by 90 percent over the last 40 years due to
surges in poaching for rhino horn.
Participants made
the call at an informal discussion on “The media’s role in raising public
awareness and improving
Due to rooted
traditional belief that rhino horn can cue a range of diseases including
cancer,
The last rhino in
In
If this trend is
not reversed, rhinos will become extinct in approximately 6 years.
Doctor Nguyen Chan
Hung, President of Vietnam Cancer Association, cited research results
announced by the World Wide Fund for Nature as early as 1983 as saying that
rhino horn has no healing power, as it is made of the same material as
human’s finger nails or hair.
Several public
information campaigns have been launched in the country with the aim of
changing public misconception and reducing demand for the horn.
The CHANGE
organisation, in coordination with WildAid, African Wildlife Foundation and
the Centre for Environment Training and Communication, started the Stop Using
Rhino Horn campaign in
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