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Annual run
raises funds for kids with cancer, heart disease
Thousands of
Hanoians are expected to participate in a run that will raise funds for
underprivileged children with cancer and heart diseases.
The annual Ha Noi
Run for Children (HRC) on November 9 will begin at the main gate of the Thong
Nhat (Reunification) Park on
Launched by the
Embassy of Canada and other agencies, the HRC fundraising event is now
considered a fall tradition in the capital city that draws both expatriates
and Vietnamese citizens. The event helps raise about US$500,000 each year.
"People's
support and participation contributes to the assurance of a stronger and
healthier future generation for
"Many
international friends who live, work in Ha Noi regularly participate in the
event with the desire to help underprivileged children with cancer and heart
diseases," said Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, secretary general of the Viet
Nam-Canada Friendship Association.
This year, the HRC
will be held under the patronage of actress Le Khanh and singer Thai Thuy
Linh. T-shirts, pop-up food and beverage concessions will be available. All
profits will be donated.
In a recent
petition, the city People's Committee has asked to work on related
formalities so that construction can begin next year and finish in 2017.
Early completion of
the bridge, one of 14 to span
The city has a
transportation master plan for the period through 2020, approved by the Prime
Minister in 2013, which says removal of the Ba Son Shipyard – where the
bridge will start — is "in the list of priorities for the 2013-15
stage".
A master plan for
seaports in the
Construction of the
bridge can only start when the shipyard goes.
According to
Ba Son Co. Ltd.,
the operator of the shipyard, has built a 200m pier and other facilities at
the CaiMep –
The Ministry of
Defence, owner of the shipyard, had asked to delay work on the bridge until
2018 so that Ba Son Corp could achieve its production goals.
Thu Thiem Bridge No
2 will be 19.3m wide and 1.2km long including approach roads at both ends in
Districts 1 and 2.
It will cost VND2.3
trillion (nearly US$108.5 million).
Bridges in
Son La pose accident risk
Most bridges
crossing the Ma River in the
The district has 94
bridges, including 75 suspension bridges and 10 pontoon bridges. Many were
built by local residents out of simple materials such as bamboo and wood.
Hundreds of people
and vehicles cross each bridge every day.
Bui Thi Chinh, who
lives in Chieng Khoong commune, said that when she crossed the commune's
handrail-less bridge, it swung from side to side, making her feel terrified.
Vice Chairwoman of
the People's Committee of Song Ma District Cam Thi Ngoc Yen said only 25 out
of the 94 bridges were safe enough to use.
While local
authorities planned to repair 45 and remove 15, the lack of funding made this
difficult, she said, adding that they had set up warning signals and signs
guiding residents to avoid deteriorated bridges.
Earlier this year,
the Government approved a VND931 billion (US$44 million) plan to build 186
suspension bridges in 28 cities and provinces in the northern, central and
Central
Disease
prevention awareness still low
People's awareness
of disease-prevention measures remains low, the deputy head of
Nguyen Huu Hung
said the department had found many water containers with mosquito larvae in
Tan Thoi Nhat Ward in the outlying district of 12.
An inspection was
conducted following a report of 10 patients with dengue fever in the ward
over the last 10 days.
However, since the
beginning of the year, the number of dengue fever cases in the city has
fallen by 20 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to a
report from the municipal Preventive Health Centre.
Still, Hung said
that people should not ignore preventive methods.
The department will
check disease-prevention measures at other districts on a weekly basis as of
next month.
He said the
department and local preventive health centres have yet to identify the
reason behind the many absences of students at
The Pasteur
Institute is testing stool samples taken from students who had symptoms of
fever, headache, stomachache or vomiting.
Local health and
school authorities are encouraging students at the school to wash their hands
and are monitoring food and water supplies, according to Hung.
Since October 21,
more than 200 students have been absent from the school. Some of them,
however, have recovered and returned to school.
Nationwide
campaign expands access to health care services
One million poor
and disadvantaged residents of the country's remote, border and island areas
will receive free health services under a humanitarian community health care
campaign launched here yesterday.
The health services
offered under the campaign include check-up, treatment and consultation and
will be given to at least one million poor and disadvantaged people every
year, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.
Speaking at the
launching ceremony, Tien said many residents of poor remote and island
districts still had insufficient access to health care services due to
traffic congestion and the shortage of infrastructure, medical facilities and
human resources of the state health care system.
"The campaign
aims to inform and mobilise society to get involved in providing humanitarian
community health care to poor and disadvantaged people," stressed Tien.
At the event,
Nguyen Thien Nhan, president of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central
Committee, highlighted the importance of the humanitarian initiative in
providing people with health care.
"Through the
campaign, many people will be provided health care services, as well as
information and knowledge on taking care of their health. Thousands of blood
units and health insurance cards will be donated to disadvantaged
people," said Nhan.
"The campaign
will be an important start for a new movement, with the participation of the
entire nation in the coming years," added Nhan.
During the
campaign, mobile teams of doctors and volunteers will provide health check-up
and treatment services at community or local medical stations.
They will also
provide consulting services to strengthen people's awareness of health care,
personal hygiene and the environment, as well as accidents, injuries, and
disaster, search and rescue operations.
The six-month-long
campaign is being organised under the framework of a co-operation programme
from 2014-2017. It is being implemented by the Viet Nam Red Cross, in
collaboration with the Ministry of Health, General Department of Politics
under the Ministry of Defence and Viet Nam Young Physician Association, with
support from Prudential Life Insurance in
Law
students qualify for Asia-Pacific event
Three law students
will represent
Tran Bich Ngoc, Ho
Vu Minh Dien, and Le Ngoc Bao Trang of the HCM City University of Law
defeated another team from their university in the final round of the
Vietnamese qualifying competition yesterday.
They had earlier
defeated eight other teams from seven leading law schools across the country.
The contestants,
who had to speak in English, had to argue their cases like lawyers do in the
real courts. This year's topic was about international humanitarian affairs.
The competition, to
be held at the Military Zone No.7 Stadium in Phu Nhuan District, will feature
62 teams from 16 schools and robotics training centres from the city, Ha Noi,
and
The competition,
titled "Zero Waste" this year, will require teams to programme
their robots to transport waste to recycling plants and biological treatment
sites.
The three top teams
will represent
Police
seize 13 heroin bricks from drug dealer
The city's police
yesterday arrested a 44-year-old man named Mai Quynh Tho, a resident of the
Viet Hung commune, and seized 13 bricks of heroin from him.
Tho was caught
while he was carrying five heroin bricks. The police found eight more bricks
buried in his garden.
Director of the
Police Department Bui Quyet Toan said that Tho was the leader of a gang that
transported drugs from Son La and Hoa Binh to the Nam Dinh province.
The gang reportedly
transported 10 to 20 heroin bricks during each trip. Toan added that Tho had
been jailed once for "illegal dealing in and the transport of
drugs".
The police are
making further investigations in the case.
Quang Ninh
Police bust drug trafficking ring
The Quang Ninh
Police on Wednesday smashed a transnational drug and arms trafficking ring
that extended from
The police seized
7kg of heroin, eight guns, more than 180 bullets and nearly VND2 billion
(US$95,200) in cash from Nguyen Van Hai, 38, who was transporting the goods
on an automobile.
Seven more guns and
more than 170 bullets of different kinds were seized during a police search
of Hai's house in the province's
Hai's 49-year-old
accomplice, named Hoang Vinh Phuc, was also arrested.
The police are
investigating the case further.
New grads
lack banking skills
Most banks in
Vice-director of
Ernst & Young Viet Nam, Vo Tan Hoang Van, said his company has spent
three to four weeks to retrain students to meet the demands of the workplace.
"The quality
of the personnel input that the colleges provide us does not live up to our expectations,"
Van said. "Vietnamese students tend to have problems with general
knowledge. For example, very few banking-finance students really grasp the
meanings of the Law on Credit Institutions."
His feelings were
backed by Luu Trung Thai, former vice-director of the Military Bank (MB) who
said the quality of banking-finance personnel was challenged right at the
first step – education and training.
"Lots of
students major in banking and finance each year, but not many are capable of
adjusting to the workplace. Most need to acquire enough skills and
knowledge."
Despite a 250 per
cent increase in the number of banking-finance staff over a decade to about
180,000 officers in 2012, the quality of personnel was still relatively low,
said Tran Huu Thang, deputy director of the Personnel and Organisation
Department of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV).
"Most new
graduates have both skill and knowledge gaps to work at," Thang added.
Students were found
to lack such skills as work attitude, teamwork, communication and English.
Some had little general knowledge of the banking and finance industry.
A survey by the
Institute of Manpower, Banking and Finance (BTCI) and the HayGroup this year
showed that only about two thirds of the 32,000 banking and finance graduates
in 2013 were recruited, leaving another 12,000 unemployed or unable to get a
job inside their major.
Forty per cent of
banks said they still did not have enough employeest, according to a report
in the first quarter of this yhear by the SBV's Department of Monetary
Statistics and Forecasting.
Banks also
struggled to recruit executives in specialised fields, especially risk
management, general management and investment. The banks have had to use
foreign experts to fill the positions, despite the high costs.
Meanwhile, the SBV
forecast that the demand for executives would climb to about 94,000 people in
2015.
Korean
medical centre to train VN personnel
The centre, will
help
Park
project land used as dump site for years
A section of Cau
Giay Park Project land that belongs to Cau Giay and Nam Tu Liem districts has
been used illegally for the last four years as a construction waste dump
site.
Residents said
trucks loaded with garbage have been dumping construction waste in the
60-hectare area since 2011. The land is supposed to become part of
"The district
ordered local authorities to patrol and monitor the slot for illegal dumping
of construction waste, but it was difficult to do due to lack of
manpower," said Duong Cao Thanh, chairman of the Cau Giay People's
Committee.
Residents still own
some of the land, because the city hasn't finished paying out land
compensation. This makes patrolling the area complicated, said Nguyen Truong
Son, vice chairman of the Nam Tu Lien People's Committee.
Local residents
said a gang of thugs used to run the illegal dumping operation. The gang even
set up checkpoints to supervise trucks coming and going, and prohibit
outsiders from breaking in. City authorities have since shut down the thugs'
operations, and they haven't been seen since.
Nguyen Quoc Hung,
vice chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee, visited the site last week
and ordered local authorities and agencies to stop the illegal dumping
immediately and start clearing the ground. Hung ordered the Ha Noi Department
of Transport's inspectors to increase patrols, and take away drivers'
licences and temporarily confiscate trucks if they were found dumping waste.
The Ha Noi People's
Committee also requested that the city police further investigate the gang
running the dump site. The city ordered local authorities and police to
report the results of their investigations by the month's end.
Electric
shock kills 2 while soldering
A couple died
yesterday from electric shock while welding an iron frame at their house in
Luong Son Commune, Ninh Son District in the
Neighbors said Le
Xuan Cuong, 37, used a soldering iron with uncovered electric wiring to weld.
The wiring created an electric shock, the force of which made him stick to
the metal frame.
His wife, Ha Thi
Mai, 31, tried to pull her husband away, but the frame shocked her as well.
Cuong and Mai were
then taken to
Lao Cai
seizes smuggled goods
The Lao Cai Police
and Market Watch on Wednesday discovered goods smuggled in from
The police found
6,200kg of dried apples, 24 boxes of sausage covers, 750 sets of clothes,
570m of fabric and other goods transported on a lorry. None of the items had
any documentation on their origins.
A company in the
southern
Heavy rains
ruptured a waste water reservoir at Do Phu Manufacturing, Trading and
Import-Export Co Ltd in Suoi Ngo Commune, Tan Chau District on September 13.
The leaks spread polluted water, damaging 56 families' houses, belongings and
farms in the surrounding area.
The company spent
VND1.3 billion (US$61,900) to compensate victims.
Wildlife
thrives in Ca Mau forest
The populations of
birds and wild animals have surged in recent times in the U Minh Ha cajuput
forest in Ca Mau, according to the province Sub-department of Forest
Protection.
There are storks,
egrets, cormorants, night herons, water cocks, and many other species.
To protect the
birds, the sub-department has carried out several measures, including
preventing people from coming into close contact with them and providing them
with food and water.
Several rare
animals, including monkeys, wild boars, weasels, pythons, and crocodiles,
have also been spotted in increasing numbers.
Local forest
rangers said, based on their tracks, wild boars probably numbered in the
hundreds now after not being seen in the forest for many years.
Herds of animals
had been seen looking for food along the sides of roads, they said.
Ca Mau has banned
the hunting, transportation, and sale of rare wild animals since 2000.
Authorities have
busted 77 cases of hunting and possession of animals and seized turtles, wild
boars, deer, and cobras weighing more than a tonne. The animals were later
released back into the forest.
The U Minh Ha
cajuput forest spreads over more than 80,000ha in Tran Van Thoi, U Minh, and
Thoi Binh districts.
250
wheelchairs and bicycles donated to Nghe An’s children
As many as 120
wheelchairs and 130 bicycles were donated to disabled and disadvantaged
children in
The gifts are
expected to boost the children’s morale and help them continue going to
school.
Over the past 5
years, Vietnam Outreach, an Australian charity, has presented thousands of
wheelchairs and bicycles to children in difficult circumstances and children
with disabilities all over the country.
Nghe An province
has provided thousands of local children with free medical checkups, medicine
and surgeries over the past 20 years.-
Exchange
programme boosts Lang Son-Guangxi children friendship
As many as 150
children from Lang Son city in the northern border
The programme aims
to foster and develop connections between youngsters and children on both
sides, as well as the relations between the two peoples.
Along with a number
of friendship activities, the children took part in a musical exchange on
November 1, with songs featuring
As part of the
programme, a seminar was held to discuss the friendship between border
children in Lang Son and Guangxi.
During the two-day
event, the children also paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his
monument and visited a number of historical sites in Lang Son.
They also attended
a dialogue with teachers and pupils in Vinh Trai primary school in Lang Son
city.
Flag pole
inaugurated in island off Binh Dinh province
A 22.66m flagpole
was inaugurated in Cu Lao Xanh Island, in Nhon Chau commune, Quy Nhon city,
central Binh Dinh province, followed by a flag raising ceremony on October
31.
The flagpole, first
of its kind in near-shore islands along the country, was built through
cooperation between the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee
and the Vietnamese Students’ Association.
Speaking at the
event, Le Quoc Phong, Secretary of Communist Youth Union Central Committee
and Chairman of the Vietnamese Students’ Association highlighted that the
flag pole is contributed to affirm the nation’s sacred sovereignty over seas
and islands and offers a new attraction for tourism.
Its construction
was funded by the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) with
a total investment of 1.2 billion VND (nearly 56,500 USD).
Cu Lao Xanh island,
also known as Nhon Chau, is about 12 nautical miles from Quy Nhon city, with
a population of over 2,100 people.
Association
connects Vietnamese students in UK
The Vietnamese
Students Association in the UK (SVUK) organised an annual congress on
November 1 with the aim of consolidating the organisation to be able to
effectively represent more than 8,000 Vietnamese students in the
Addressing the
event, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Van Thao spoke highly of the
efforts of the SVUK’s executive committee and said he hopes they will connect
Vietnamese students by organising more practical activities.
He suggested the
association run activities that support students in their study and organise
cultural exchanges to introduce
The congress heard
reports on the SVUK’s activities in the 2013-2014 academic year, such as the
photograph contest SVUK InFocus, the fundraising campaigns Any Penny Counts
for measles-infected children in
At the congress,
Mai Lan Van from City University London was elected as the new SVUK
President.
Last October, the
SVUK was officially recognised as a member of the Vietnamese Student
Association.
1,000
Japanese cherry trees planted in Dien Bien province
One thousand
Japanese cherry trees were planted in the northwestern
The activity was
jointly carried out by
Aoki Takashi,
Dotoku Kaikan Chairman, said 2014 marked the 60th anniversary of the victory
of the Dien Bien Phu campaign, led by late General Vo Nguyen Giap, which
ended French colonial rule in
The planting of the
trees in Muong Phang commune, where the battle took place, also demonstrated
people’s belief and prayers for peace, he added.
Cherry trees have
been grown in Muong Phang since 2006, which is said to have favourable
weather and soil conditions for this species.
Apart from Muong
Phang commune, Dien Bien’s Department for Agriculture and Rural Development
has also piloted planting cherry trees in other areas, such as near the Pang
Hoc and Tay Trang border gates.
Central
Highlands improve living conditions for ethnic minorities
The Central
Highlands provinces have provided financial assistance and language training,
and allocated land to local ethnic minority households in a bid to improve
their living conditions.
By 2013, as many as
231 households in Krong Nang district, Dak Lak province, which is home to
more than 15,000 ethnic minority residents, were given 200ha of farmland and
residential land.
Vice Chairman of
the district’s People’s Committee,
In addition, local residents
also received financial assistance and technical guidance on cultivation,
husbandry and forest protection.
Since 2002, the
Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam
Dong have allocated over 30,000ha of land to nearly 80,000 ethnic minority
households.
Meanwhile, Kon Tum
province has implemented measures to preserve spoken and written ethnic
minority languages.
The Central
Highlands are home to 6.5 million people, with ethnic minorities accounting
for 45 percent of the region’s population, including the Bahnar, Jrai,
Kon Tum, Gia Lai
and Dak Lak provinces have added Bahnar, Jrai and
The Central
Highlands provinces also worked with ministries and research institutions to
publish Ede-Vietnamese and Bahnar-Vietnamese dictionaries and bilingual books
that were distributed to local communities.
NGO-funded
projects boost Vinh Phuc’s development
International
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have so far poured aid worth 1.4
million USD into the central province Vinh Phuc this year, improving local
living standards through a number of social projects.
The NGOs, hailing
from the
The Korean KFHI
organisation has been running programmes in the province since 2007. During
that time, the organisation spent more than 3.6 million USD on supporting 60
poor households with start-up capital for production, helping 1,240 students
pay their tuition fees, assisting disadvantaged families in building new
homes, and supporting schools in mountainous areas to improve their
infrastructure.
Meanwhile, the
World Together Organisation continued its support for nearly 100
disadvantaged students in need.
GRET, a French
non-governmental organisation, helps improve the living conditions of migrant
female labourers in Vinh Yen city by improving their professional skills and
awareness of their rights.
Currently, the
locality is striving to attract investment in other sectors, including
environmental protection and waste treatment, natural disaster prevention and
climate change adaption, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.-
Ethnic
minority students commended for academic results
More than 110
ethnic minority students were honoured at a ceremony in
The ceremony was
co-organised by the Government’s Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs and the
Vietnam News Agency in coordination with the Ministry of Education and
Addressing the
event, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the great efforts of
the students themselves as well as the dedication of their teachers so that
the students from disadvantaged areas could have made the accomplishments.
He took the
occasion to stress the importance of education in sustainable poverty
reduction, especially in ethnic-inhabited and mountainous areas.
Deputy Minister and
Vice Chairman of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Nong Quoc Tuan, who
is also head of the ceremony’s organising board, said the education and
training sector in ethnic and mountainous areas has reaped significant fruits
in improving people’s knowledge, training human resources and nurturing
talents over the past years.
He reported that
the country has a total of 304 ethnic boarding schools, which have cultivated
many outstanding ethnic students.
He said the
committee will continue partnering with ministries, branches and social
organisations to mobilise all resources for investment in education and
training in ethnic and mountainous areas in a bid to narrow the gap of
education.
Law
students qualify for Asia-Pacific event
Three law students
will represent
Tran Bich Ngoc, Ho
Vu Minh Dien, and Le Ngoc BaoTrang of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law
defeated another team from their university in the final round of the
Vietnamese qualifying competition on October 31.
They earlier
defeated eight other teams from seven leading law schools across the country.
The contestants,
who had to speak in English, had to argue their cases like lawyers do in the
real courts. This year's topic was about international humanitarian affairs.
Vietnamese,
Lao war veterans recall war life
Over 300 former
Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts for missions in
As part of an
agreement between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties, States, armies and peoples,
a command unit of the Vietnam People’s Army was tasked with supporting Laos
in its fight for national liberation from 1945-1975, during which generations
of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and military experts overcame numerous
hardships with their Lao comrades, resulting in the success of the Lao
revolution.
Nearly 35,000
Vietnamese soldiers died on Lao soil, while 60,000 returned home as war
invalids.
Deputy Defence
Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Thanh Cung said in his speech that even
though many years had passed, the victory of the Vietnamese voluntary soldiers
and military experts remained a proud milestone in the history of
Vietnamese,
Swedish nationals look back upon friendship
Vietnamese and
Swedish citizens met up in
The Chairman
recalled the movements supporting
In her speech,
Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander said
Swedish investors
are keen to invest in urban transport, health care, clean technology,
banking, information technology and communication sector. Two-way trade
between
Participants spoke
highly of the continuous and effective support the Swedish government and
people offered to
The event was part
of the celebrations organised on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of
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