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The Market
Management Unit No 1 under Ha Noi's Market Management Department yesterday
seized 20 iPhone 6 smartphones from a man living in Dai Kim commune of Hoang
Mai district.
The man, named
Hoang Ba Thuc, did not have any papers to prove legal possession of the 20
smartphones, which are worth a total of VND 500 million.
Thuc admitted that
he had bought the phones from
Captain of the Market
Management Unit No 1 Nguyen Dang Khoa said that his unit was making further
investigations in the case.
More trees
to be cut down in HCMC
Many trees along
Nguyen Khac Dung,
head of the Greenery and Public Park Office under the Department of
Transport, told the Daily that the city will chop down 84 big trees and
relocate 37 others but will keep 151 out of a total 272 trees in the
construction site.
Most of the trees
that need to be cut down would lie along the bridge and near the piers, each
measuring over 80 centimeters in diameter. Therefore, the relocation of those
trees is quite unlikely due to the huge costs, Dung said.
However, more trees
will be re-planted along Thu Thiem 2 Bridge when its construction is
complete, Dung added.
In addition, Urban
Traffic Management Unit No. 2 under the transport department proposed
chopping down as many as 215 trees to expand
Furthermore, 57
trees in September 23 Park will be also uprooted to facilitate the
construction of Ben Thanh underground central station as part of Metro Line
No.1 connecting Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in
District 9.
Earlier in July, 41
trees in front of the City Opera House were felled to make room for the metro
line.
The Transport
Department has mulled a number of measures and solutions in an effort to
minimize the number of trees being cut down or relocated, Dung noted.
The department is
now preparing a plan for developing the city’s greenery and parks by 2020
with a vision toward 2025. The zoning plan is expected to be ready at the end
of this year.
Vietnam Airlines
will start selling air tickets for its services during the Lunar New Year
holiday, or Tet, from early October.
The national flag
carrier said in a statement that it would offer tickets for Tet flights five
months ahead of the holiday to enable passengers to plan their travels and
bookings beforehand.
Tet tickets will be
available for booking at its website on www.vietnamairlines.com, and
ticketing offices and authorized agents of the airline nationwide.
The carrier calls
for passengers to make bookings as soon as possible to find an appropriate
flight as tickets could hardly be found in the lead up to the biggest and
longest public holiday. As usual, demand for air travels always runs high
before and during the holiday.
In the middle of
this month, no-frills carrier VietJetAir began selling 360,000 tickets for
Tet flights. The carrier sells air tickets for Tet flights on
www.vietjetair.com, via its call center at 19001886, and at its ticketing
offices and authorized agents nationwide.
Another low-cost
carrier, Jetstar Pacific, has launched the sale of tickets for its flights
during Tet, which will fall early next year.
Over 12,500 kids face HIV risk in Son La
Around 12,500
children in the northwestern mountainous
Most of the
children come from families with one or both parents or other relatives
having HIV or using drug.
The province
authorities currently monitor and provide free treatment for 156 children
infected with HIV. However, many children of high risk are living in remote
mountain areas and experience great difficulties in accessing health care
services.
Dam Van Huong,
Director of Son La Prevention HIV/AIDS Centre, said around 400 new
HIV-infected cases are reported in the province each year, posing serious
challenges for the provincial medical management and health care services.
According to the
centre, in December 2013, the province had 8,782 HIV carriers, of whom 3,000
had developed full-blown AIDS. It ranks second in the country in terms of HIV
infection rate, just after
Son La also has
over 15,000 heroin addicts, who are at high risk of contracting HIV.
Flood-proof
housing plan benefits 50,000 families
More than 50,000
families in the province have already been relocated into flood-proof
residential clusters over the last 13 years.
With their new
houses, residents have been protected during the Cuu Long (
This year, the
flood season began in July, one month earlier than normal.
Dang Van Tuan, who
lives in a flood-proof residential area in Tan Hong District, said in the
past he had to stay up many nights to check rising water levels to move his family
out in time.
Tuan and his
family, who once lived in a makeshift house in Tan Hong's Binh Phu Commune,
moved to the cluster in 2012.
"Now it is
fine. My house is solid and the roads are good. I can now focus on work to
provide for my family," he said.
Tuan said he had
finished harvesting his rice and was now catching fish and shrimp brought by
rising water levels in his rice fields.
Located upstream
and in a low-lying area in the Mekong Delta, Dong Thap has the largest number
of flood-proof residential clusters of any site in the country.
The state-run
programme completed its first phase in 2007 and is now in its second phase.
Dinh Xuan Hoang,
deputy director of the province's Department of Construction, said the
province had built 53 flood-proof residential clusters in the second phase.
Fifty of those have
been completed and the remaining three are expected to be completed this
month.
The province has
approved new flood-proof housing for 12,444 families, or 87 per cent of
families targeted under the second phase. Of those families, more than 7,800
families have already moved to the residential clusters.
In the provinces'
Thap Muoi District, local authorities have relocated more than 96 per cent of
families into flood-proof residential clusters.
Dinh Minh Dung,
deputy chairman of the Thap Muoi People's Committee, said the district had
built flood-proof residential clusters in areas near markets and urban areas
with suitable locations.
Le Minh Hoan,
secretary of the province's Party Committee, said the housing situation had
been solved but jobs must be created in the areas where residents have
relocated.
Over the past
years, Dong Thap's districts have begun several programmes to create jobs in
and near flood-proof residential clusters. These included agricultural
cooperatives and classes in handicraft-making.
Families in
flood-proof residential clusters have also been provided soft loans to do
business.
Illegal
loggers fight forest guards
Once wary of local
authorities and forest guards, loggers in the southern provinces of Lam Dong
and Binh Thuan are growing increasingly defiant.
Driving in groups,
they bring large trucks to the forests near Di Linh and Bac Binh communes,
where they illegally chop down trees and drive away with the valuable wood.
Many bring weapons in order to protect their hauls.
Nguyen Van Tap, an
official at the Di Linh forest guard station, recalled an incident in which
the forest guards caught illegal loggers red-handed and confiscated the wood.
"On the way
out of the forest, about a hundred men, among them local thugs, caught up
with us and reclaimed the wood. Some even attempted to disarm us," he
said.
Tam Hiep Forestry
One Member Company Limited, a company charged with taking care of parts of
the forest in Di Linh commune, also experienced hostility, including
blackmail and threats, while dealing with illegal loggers.
Director Tran Anh
Tuan said the police couldn't be of much help due to the lack of evidence.
Some loggers were charged with minor offenses, but this failed to deter them
from future provocations.
The area is
under-populated, which further complicates the fight against loggers, as
their operations usually go unnoticed. Using terrain to their advantage,
loggers exploit tricky mountain paths to enter protected forest areas. Once
discovered, they quickly move to alternative paths.
Local authorities
have seen some results by setting up checkpoints, forcing loggers to relocate
their rendezvous points. Two more checkpoints are to be set up along key
routes by the two provinces' authorities.
One dead,
one injured in barbershop fire
One person died and
another was injured after a barbershop caught fire in Binh Duong province's
Thuan An town yesterday.
Tran Van Co was
found dead upstairs whilst the female owner, Tran Thi Hai, was found
unconscious and injured near the door.
Officials and
residens heard calls from inside but could not break into the house because
of heavy smoke and fire.
The local authority
is investigating the situation.
Tay Ninh's People's
Committee yesterday issued a fine of VND300 million (US$14,000) to Tay Ninh
Industrial Park Infrastructure Development Joint Company (JSC PTHT Tay Ninh
Industrial Zones) for a problem in the wastewater treatment system of
The wastewater
sample collected from the Industrial Park showed an amount of suspended
solids and true color units that was 4.6 times higher than the standard.
JSC PTHT Tay Ninh
explained that wastewater produced by Tran Hiep Thanh Textile Company was the
major reason for the incident.
The company
overloaded the system by producing around 1,000 cubic metres of wastewater
per day, leading to the discharge of untreated wastewater.
JSC PTHT Tay Ninh
Industrial Zones has fixed the problem and the wastewater now meets
standards.
Vietnamese
labor quality not improved much
Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan
Huong from the
According to her
study, more than 22,000 unskilled laborers without degree or qualification
nationwide are assuming jobs which require training and skills. On the
opposite side, around one million university degree and post-graduate diploma
candidates are assuming non-skilled jobs.
Accordingly, there
has been a drastic disparity in Vietnamese laborers’ monthly average salary.
By statistics, in the second quarter of 2014, month average income of workers
in agriculture-forestry and fisheries sector is lowest with VND3 million (US$
141.509); of workers in industry and construction is VND4.3 million (US$
202.830) and those working in service sector is VND5.2 million (US$ 245.283).
A lift slided down
last week from the 63rd floor in the newly-opened Lotte Center Hanoi before
coming to a stop at the 29th floor, terrifying seven passengers inside.
At 65 storeys, the
Lotte Center Hanoi is the capital city’s second tallest building after
Keangnam Landmark 72.
A group of people
entered the elevator on the 65th floor, the highest floor of the building,
and after moving down to the 63rd floor, the lift suddenly halted for a short
moment and then began to freely slided down at a high speed.
The lift stopped at
the 29th floor and would not open its door to let the occupants out.
Some of them phoned
the building’s management staffs and other concerned agencies for help. It
was not until 40 minutes later that the passengers were able to get out of
the lift with the assistance of the building’s staff.
The investor, Lotte
Coralis
The owner expressed
regret for the problem and apologised the passengers.
New section
of major road opened to traffic
A 1.4-km section
near Hoa Ca Crocodile Farm of Pham Van Dong Street in HCMC’s Thu Duc District
was opened to traffic on September 28 by the HCMC Department of Transport,
helping ease congestion on nearby
Traffic congestion
had been severe over the past years at this section, forcing local people to
arrange small wooden or iron bridges over the median strip to help
motorcyclists get out of jams at a fee of VND2,000.
As this road
section has come into use,
At present, six
kilometers of
Another
five-kilometer section from
Meanwhile, a
500-meter road section near Go Dua Bridge in the same district will be opened
to traffic before National Day next year (April 30), which enables travelers
to move on
This road starts
from
Soc Trang:
Work starts on breakwater and roads for rescue work
Construction
commenced on a breakwater and roads serving rescue work and national security
in Tran De district, in the Mekong Delta
The 20.5km project,
including 10 bridges, is invested by the provincial Transport Department at a
total of over VND979 billion (US$46 million). It is expected to be put into
operation by 2018.
According to Tran
Anh Viet, head of the Soc Trang provincial Transport Department, the project,
running through Soc Trang city, Long Phu district, and Tran De was of
importance to local socio-economic development. It was also connected with
arterial roads such as Southern Hau River National Highway,
Once completed, the
project not only served to prevent salinity, protect production and enhance
national security and disaster mitigation in Tran De, but also played an
important role in the transport of passengers and goods and was a driving
force for maritime economic development in Soc Trang, said Nguyen Trung Hieu,
Chairman of Soc Trang provincial People’s Committee.
At the ceremony,
construction units granted VND90 million for construction of three charity
houses in three localities within the project area.
Jetstar
Pacific Airlines offers ‘zero fare’ tickets
Budget airline
Jetstar Pacific announced on September 27 a special promotion, offering
direct 250 ‘zero fare’ return tickets (excluding tax and other additional
fees) for local peoples in
Passengers will
enter a raffle for promotion tickets at the airline's ticket offices in Hai
Phong on September 27,
Earlier, the same
programme was also organised in
The promotion gives
priority to passengers who are disadvantaged people.
Additionally, the
airline will launch a promotion programme from 12a.m on September 26 to
12:59pm on September 28, with a one-way ticket selling for VND199,000 on
international routes and VND 230,000 on domestic routes.
The tickets
(excluding tax and other additional fees) are available on the airline’s
website at www.jetstar.com or www.mobile.jetstar.com, as well as through
hotline 1900 1550 and the airline's ticket offices.
The Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) co-hosted a seminar in
Speaking at the
seminar, MARD Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh underscored the point that
agriculture, and in particular rice production, not only contributes to
global warming, but is detrimentally affected by it.
“Agriculture
accounts for 43.1% of total national greenhouse gas emissions, of which rice
production makes up 57.3%,” Doanh said.
Doan also announced
that a project to enhance Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA)
will be implemented in
John Habe, FAO
representative, in turn said success in reducing greenhouse gas emission
requires close coordination and joint efforts of ministries and leaders at
all levels and they must be reduced if the country is to achieve sustainable
agriculture.
A NAMA working
group on agriculture has been established and tasked with identifying
priorities to food production and integrated energy, social and environmental
sustainability, and potential for greenhouse gas emission reduction.
Internet
project connects Long An’s remote localities
The project
“Bringing the Internet to villages” by the Vietnam Internet Fund (VNIF) was
launched in Moc Hoa district, the Mekong Delta province of Long An on
September 29.
Accordingly, 40
computers, worth nearly VND400 million (US$18,900), were handed over to Tan
Thanh Primary School in the district, the district People’s Committee and 12
border guard posts in the province.
Moc Hoa is a
remote, disadvantaged district located in the Plain of Reed, bordering
The Moc Hoa project
is the fourth of its kind undertaken by VNIF, which is managed by VNG Joint
Stock Company. It will allow easier Internet access and greater networking
benefit for underprivileged people, particularly children living in remote
areas.
The programme has
previously launched in Huu Lung district in the northern mountainous province
of Lang Son, Dak Song district in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong
and Yen Thanh district in the northern central province of Nghe An, with a
total investment of VND800 million (over US$37,700).
Life-long
learning week launched nationwide
A life-long
learning week was launched in localities across the country on September 29
launched to raise public awareness of building a learning society.
A wide range of
activities such as seminars, workshops and book-reading festivals are being
held in response to the event.
Many young learners
are keen on upholding book-reading culture
The Departments of
Education and Training have opened vocational training courses for rural
workers and helped learners sharpen their social skills and get updated on
modern technology, in a joint effort to reduce poverty.
All sectors have
also worked hard to promote life-long learning activities at libraries,
museums and cultural houses.
In 2005, the
Government adopted the life-long learning society strategy until 2010, which
aims to create equal opportunities for people from all walks of life to
pursue studying.
Joint media programme supports HIV/AIDS prevention
The National
Committee for HIV/AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control
(NCHDPPC) and major national media agencies on September 29 signed an
agreement to carry out a national public-service campaign aimed at stemming
the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The joint
communication programme, which lasts through to 2020, will be joined by the
Under the
agreement, the press agencies will serve as a conduit for scores of HIV/AIDS
prevention messages and actively popularise key concepts pertaining to
HIV/AIDS and prevention methods.
They will, in
addition, regularly disseminate the NCHDPPC’s activities and publicise to the
general populace the importance of society in assisting HIV/AIDS patients,
drug users and prostitutes in reintegrating into the community.
Thirty candidates
will be selected in 2015 for master’s degree courses in English in
Subjects vary from
market economy management (public economy, public administration), urban and
rural development, and environmental protection (climate change and disaster
prevention), to legislation and public administration capacity enhancement.
For further
information, candidates can access the website http://jds-scholarship.org.
JDS office has
introduced the scholarship programme in
She said
US President Barack
Obama and Director General of the World Health Organisation Margaret Chan, in
their speeches, underscored the challenges of global epidemic outbreaks,
including Ebola in western African countries.
Attendees urged
more accelerated efforts towards the goal of effective prevention, early
detection and rapid response.
The conference will
become an annual event with the next to be held in the
During their stay
in the
The hosts and other
international organisations pledged help to
The
Tighter
control over foreign language education
The Ministry of
Education and Training has just issued instructions to tighten control over
the training and issuing of certificates to foreign language learners.
The tighter control
would be applied to the printing, issuance and use of foreign language
certificates throughout the education system.
As a result, the
ministry is asking for collaboration with a prestigious foreign accreditation
organisation to apply advanced solutions in testing and competence assessment
for both learners and teachers.
The design of
management systems, inspections and independent supervision over operations
of educational organisations would be also allowed.
In recent years,
foreign language education has been somewhat of a lightening rod, drawing
strong but varying opinions, especially after the ministry decided to make
learning a foreign language compulsory in high schools beginning 2015.
According to the
regulation, students who already have standard foreign language certification
would be exempt from the subject on the graduation exam.
The ministry is
scrutinising the foreign language certification process nationwide.
The o utstanding
achievement award was granted to the Vietnam Agricultural Genetics Institute,
which has worked with IAEA and domestic research institutions to create a
number of flood-proof and high-yield rice varieties since the 80s.
T he
Meanwhile, Ho Cong
Cua and Tran Tan Phuong from the Soc Trang Department of Science and
Technology also received the same accolade.
The one-off awards
were to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Joint Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO)/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and
Agriculture.
They were announced
d uring the 58th regular session of the IAEA General Conference, which
concluded in
Young
teacher finishes Hanoi-HCMC walk
Vo Manh Tuan, who
is a young teacher with a Master’s degree at
Palace in HCMC last
week after walking 2,000 kilometers from
The people
welcoming Tuan at the finish line included his family members, friends and
members of
“This trans-Vietnam
walk is aimed to raise funds to support poor children in coastal regions and
help them go to school”, Tuan said.
Tuan said he will
be back to work and continue efforts for new fund-raising projects to support
community programs after the journey.
Scholarships
benefit 200 poor school children in central VN
The HCMC Party
Committee’s Information and Education Commission last week awarded 200
scholarships worth VND500,000 to poor yet hard-working school children in
central
The commission last
Saturday presented 100 of the 200 scholarships to school children in Dien Ban
District of Quang Nam Province during a central coast tour the commission
arranged for HCMC-based news organizations, particularly those with
journalists winning the 2014 journalism awards.
A day earlier the
commission granted another 100 scholarships plus 100 radio receivers to
school children on Ly Son Island off mainland
Phu My Hung
Corporation and The Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund have offered scholarships
and charitable aid with a total value of over VND9.1 billion as part of their
2015 program.
The Lawrence S.
Ting Memorial Fund awards 473 scholarships, worth a combined VND4.12 billion,
to excellent students from 34 high and tertiary schools nationwide. Each
selected high school student will get a VND4.5 million scholarship in every
school academic year while college and university students will receive a
VND10 million scholarship each. Moreover, the Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund
also sponsors local charitable funds and associations with a total value of
VND5.06 billion this year.
Besides, the
Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund donates educational equipment for IT teaching
and learning in
After nine years of
operations, the Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund has given more than VND192
billion to social and charitable activities, especially in health and
education.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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Thứ Ba, 30 tháng 9, 2014
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