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Social News 22/11
Experts:
VN should not limit motorbikes
Motorbikes
account for more than 85 per cent of vehicles nationwide. They are seen as
more affordable and offering more flexibility than other vehicles, according
to a World Bank study released at the workshop. Therefore, many local people
are unwilling to change their habit of traveling by motorbike despite safety
concerns.
Vice
chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety Khuat Viet Hung pointed
out that the motorbike was not only the most popular vehicle, but also the
least safe. More than 70 per cent of traffic accidents in
Moreover,
only 26.5 per cent of children wear helmets when traveling with their parents
by motorbike. The traffic safety committee plans to launch an action plan to
raise that number to at least 70 per cent, first in 13 provinces and then
nationwide.
At the
conference, experts also suggested ways to improve traffic safety such as
improving traffic light systems and developing electric vehicles.
The
workshop was co-organised by the National Committee for Traffic Safety and
the World Bank.
Broken
pipeline causes chemical spill in Hai Phong
A Soft
Chemical Corporation pipeline broke near
The Hai
Phong-based company had hired another company to transport 1,100 tonnes of
the chemical by barge from Hon Gai in Quang Ninh to Cua Cam Port. The work
was completed around 4 am and the incident was reported around 8 am.
The
company confirmed that the pipe broke 30m from
Deputy
chairman of the Hai Phong People's Committee Le Thanh Son instructed the
environment department and other relevant agencies, units and residents of
May Chai Ward to focus resources on helping with the case's aftermath.
The
police are investigating the cause of the incident.
Airliner,
military helicopter narrowly escape colliding above HCMC
Relevant
agencies will meet on Thursday to discuss a dangerous incident in which two
aircraft, one civil and the other military, narrowly missed colliding with
each other above
Do Quang
Viet, deputy head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV),
told Tuoi Tre on Wednesday that the agency has received an initial report
from the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) on the
incident.
According
to the report, two Vietnamese aircraft, an Airbus A321 of Vietnam Airlines
(VNA) and a Mi 172/423 helicopter narrowly avoided colliding with each other
over HCMC’s
It is
expected that the CAAV will meet with the management agencies of the
helicopter and the plane to clarify the cause of the dangerous incident, Viet
said.
In a
report sent by the VATM to the CAAV on November 18, the agency said the
Airbus had departed the airport for the central city of
Not long
after take-off, at 11:41 am, when the plane was at an elevation of 1,000 feet
(304.8 meters), the pilot detected a Mi 172/423 helicopter flying
horizontally at the same height, the report said.
Luckily,
a collision did not take place.
The
helicopter took off from the same airport nine seconds after the Airbus,
according to the report.
Meanwhile,
according to a VNA report, the elevation at which the two aircraft appeared
at the same time was lower, 500 feet (around 152 meters), and the distance
between the two at that time was 200 feet (60 meters).
Viet,
from the CAAV, initially commented that the military air traffic controller
had not complied with flight safety procedures and failed to coordinate with
the civil traffic air controller at the airport.
“If he
want the helicopter to fly across the flight path of the Airbus, the military
air traffic controller must notify the civil air traffic controller in
advance, but the former did not do so, leading to the incident,” Viet said.
A
similar case happened on June 27, 2014 when two airplanes almost collided at
That
day, intern air traffic controller Truong Nguyen Quynh Anh instructed a
Jetstar Pacific airplane to take off from a runway where a Vietnam Airlines
plane coming in from
Deputy Minister
of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep, led a Vietnamese
delegation on November 17-20 attending the Asian and Pacific Conference on
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment:
At the
conference, Diep said
Roberta
Clarke, Regional Director of UN Women Asia-Pacific, in turn said so far, no
country has gained complete gender equality.
Women
are now still facing discrimination on a number of fronts, including
inequality in the workplace and in the home, which is a threat to the safety
and development of women in society, Clarke said.
In 1995,
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by the Fourth
World Conference on Women, and subsequently endorsed by the United Nations
General Assembly in 1996. The Beijing Platform for Action has constituted a
global framework for realising gender equality and the empowerment of women
and girls.
Every
five years, progress in implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action has
been reviewed by the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
There
have been three reviews to date – 2000, 2005 and 2010 – with each review
resulting in a declaration that reinforces global commitment to the
empowerment of women and girls and outlining priority actions for the
subsequent five years.
Forum
on enhanced leadership skills support women entrepreneurs held in Hanoi
On
November 20, 200 businesswomen from across
“Bringing
together so many dedicated businesswomen from across
Highlighting
Global Women Entrepreneurship Day, the one-day forum provided practical
information to senior and up-and-coming women entrepreneurs on improving
talent management, change management, and meeting the demand to comply
effectively with international business standards, particularly in accounting
and auditing. A panel facilitated dialogue between women entrepreneurs,
USAID, and industry specialists on ways to help women entrepreneurs to engage
in
USAID
regularly partners with government and civil society to promote economic
growth and business development, especially among women and other vulnerable
groups. The Hanoi Association for Women Entrepreneurs is a socio-professional
and non-profit organization established in 2008 to support and connect women
entrepreneurs to exchange, learn from, and share business skills, knowledge
and know-how for better management and development of the women-led
enterprises.
As many
as 45 out of 92 petrol stations in the central city of
The
bio-fuel, which is made up of unleaded gasoline and 5 percent ethanol,
replaced the traditional Mogas 92 at all filling stations in
Earlier
from September 1, the central
From
December 1, 2015 onwards, the fuel will be sold at all filling stations
nationwide.
According
to the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), the total consumption of
E5-RON 92 nationwide between August 2010 and August 2014 reached 105,940
cu.m. In the first eight months of this year, the volume hit 31,000 cu.m,
equivalent to the figure of the whole 2013.
A
project to support vulnerable migrant children in
The
project is funded by the Denmark-Vietnam Friendship Association with more
than 9.7 billion VND (455,700 USD) for 2014-2017.
It
targets at least 4,000 migrant children and teenagers living in difficult
circumstances in District 7, District 8, Tan Phu and Binh Chanh districts,
including those who have a parent living with HIV/AIDS.
The
project aims to promote the rights of migrant children and teenagers and help
them lead better lives by providing basic and vocational education;
healthcare services; medical and accident insurance; and sexual health
education, including HIV/AIDS prevention, sexual abuse counselling and family
planning methods.
Additionally,
it will also run training courses for social workers and residents at project
benefiting sites.
According
to Association President Luong Thi Thuan,
The
The
confederation also recommended increasing dialogues and cooperation between
businesses and employees.
Under
the theme “Human Rights and Businesses”, the three-day event attracted 120
representatives of governments, research institutes, social organisations and
enterprises from 53 ASEM member countries.
Participants
spoke highly of the host’s role in and contributions to the successful event.
They shared their experience and made suggestions to raise businesses’
awareness and sense of responsibility in the field, especially towards
vulnerable groups such as women, children and people with disabilities.
The
first informal ASEM seminar on human rights was held in 1997 at the
initiative of
This was
the first time
More
belongings of fallen soldiers returned to Vietnam
Two
Australian professors who fought in the
The
items, returned by Bob Hall and Derrill De Heer from the
They
were handed over to the
In
recent years, delegations from the Australian university have carried out a
number of humanitarian projects to help
They
also returned a number of similar items to agencies under the Ministry of
Defence.
Workshop
on decent work from gender equality perspective
A
workshop on decent work from gender equality perspective are taking place in
Ho Chi Minh City on November 19-20 for reporters and officials working in the
labour sector in the south.
The
event, co-organised by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social
Affairs in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International
Cooperation and Development (AECID), is part of the Vietnam-Spain project on
integration of gender equality in decent work legislation and policies in
At the
workshop, participants were provided with basic knowledge on decent work and
gender equality amidst global integration, and discussed decent work,
policies and regulations towards the concept as well as media solution on the
decent work and gender equality.
The
AECID-funded project is being carried out in three years from 2013. It aims
to promote building and implementing services, policies and laws on labour,
social welfare, insurance and vocational training.
Workshop
on methadone maintenance treatment
Only
22,000 patients from 38 cities and provinces received methadone maintenance
treatment by November 15, 2014, Nguyen Hoang Long, head of the Ministry of
Health’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Department said in a workshop on the
implementation of methadone maintenance treatment in
The
event, aiming to assess the reality of drug use and access to methadone
programmes, is part of a project run by the Vietnam Union of Science and
Technology Associations (VUSTA) and the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Long
said this late implementation was due to local reliance on the Central
agencies’ support, as well as a lack of local concern and human resources
development. He added that relevant agencies should mobilise and encourage
social organisations to get involved.
Administrative
processes should be simplified to create favourable conditions for patients,
he highlighted.
Most of
the interviewed patients spoke highly of the methadone programme; however,
treating addiction faces a number of problems, such as the increasing number
of people using synthetic drugs, and lacking access to methadone programmes in
some localities, a representative from Hai Phong said.
A number
of issues were discussed at the workshop which included the legislative
framework for alternative treatment using methadone, addiction treatment in
the community and barriers in the access to methadone treatment.
Methadone,
primarily used in World War II to relieve pain, is a long acting synthetic
opiate with pharmacological effects similar to morphine. It was discovered as
a treatment to help drug addicts stop using heroin by Dr Marie Nyswander and
Dr Vincent Dole in 1964.
Swedish
experts share experience in natural disaster prevention
A
seminar on up-to-date technology in natural disaster risk reduction and
adaptation was jointly organised on November 20 by the Embassy of Sweden and
the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment in
The
event is part of a series of activities to commemorate the 45th anniversary
of diplomatic ties between
Speaking
at the seminar, Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Camilla Mellander said
Helping
At the
event, Swedish experts and businesses presented new technology in search and
rescue and adapting to natural disasters, such as marine monitoring
airplanes, off-site hospitals, early warning systems and temporary toilets or
houses for use in natural disaster affected areas.
Lieutenant
General Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the Vietnam National Committee for
Search and Rescue (VNCSR), hailed the support of
Two
Brazilian parliamentarians receive insignia for peace
Jô
Moraes, President of the Brazil-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Group and
Inácio Arruda, President of Brazil-Vietnam Friendship Association were lauded
for their contributions to strengthening Vietnam-Brazil ties.
Ambassador
Kien highly appreciated efforts in boosting the friendship between the two
countries while believing they would make greater contributions to propelling
Vietnam-Brazil cooperation and diplomatic ties forward.
The two
Brazilian officials pledged their maximum efforts to foster the friendship
and cooperation between the two countries in the future.
Vietnamese
Talent Awards honours winners
The
awards presentation ceremony for the Nhan Tai Dat Viet (Vietnamese Talent
Awards) was held in
The
awards have been organized as an annual event by VNPT Group, Vietnam
Television (VTV) and the Dan Tri online newspaper to honour talents in the
fields of information technology (IT), science, medicine and environment.
Speaking
at the ceremony, Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President
Nguyen Thien Nhan said the awards help to acknowledge the contributions of
young talents to the national development.
This is
the first time prizes were awarded in IT sector, quite different from awards
from previous years which only selected one first prize or no first prize.
Pham
Hong Diep-an outstanding environmental protection activist- was honoured for
his efforts to encourage the locals to build a green residential area in
Dr Hoang
Duc Thao and his colleagues were honoured for their research on reinforced
concrete structures and technologies which greatly contributes to the
national economic development.
Temperature
decreases rapidly in mountain Northern areas
Because
of influence of cold front, temperature in the area of mountain and midland
In
In this
year's winter, cold spells are predicted to come soon in the
The
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has funded a project to help the central
The
ministry pledged EUR257,911 (US$359,940) to clear bombs and mines in A Luoi
district and build a mine action database and information management system
for the province, where many fierce battles took place during the American
War.
In 2012,
the German ministry funded similar projects in A Luoi and Quang Dien
district, which turned nearly 220ha contaminated by UXOs into farming land.
It also supported locals in agricultural activities and raised their
awareness of UXO risks, according to Nguyen Thanh Binh, director of the
provincial Department for External Relations.
Truong
Sa islanders get access to fresh water
Inhabitants
of the island district of Song Tu Tay, off the coast of
The
system will supply 15 m3 of fresh water for the island each day.
"It's
a pilot project that will be expanded to other islands in the Truong Sa
Archipelago. It is part of a clean energy project for the Truong Sa (Spratly)
Vu said
the system would replace water from wells and tanks, which is often limited
during the dry season from May to August.
Almost
all the islands in the archipelago benefit from a recently developed hybrid
power system that provides solar and wind power 24/7, replacing diesel
generators, which provided power only for six hours.
While
some countries, such as
More
than 80 experts from Asia met at a conference held in
They
discussed the Asian corporate sector's stance towards CSR, as well as the
Asian media's role in communicating CSR-related issues to the public.
Paul
Linnarz, resident representative for
The
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) defined CSR as
"the way through which a company achieves a balance of economic,
environmental and social imperatives, while at the same time addresses the
expectations of shareholders and stakeholders."
Key
elements within the "Triple Bottom-Line Approach" were identified
as non-discrimination, fair wages, accountability, stakeholder engagement,
environmental sustainability and the implementation of labour standards.
Against
the backdrop of continuous economic growth in
However,
the adoption of CSR in
Nguyen
Quang Vinh, general secretary of the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable
Development, said there were still many businesses in
Barriers
for businesses to implement CSR include financial shortages and a legal
framework.
Vinh
said that single CSR efforts could not achieve sustainable development of
society.
"Conglomerates,
NGOs and governments in Asia should jointly set priorities to tackle common
challenges across
CSR
includes environmental protection, contributions to communities, assurance of
benefits and safety for customers, responsibility to suppliers, care of
company staff, and assurance of benefits for stakeholders and investors.
The
conference was co-hosted by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Viet Nam Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND
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