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Social News 27/2
A number of waste treatment plants in
Notably, the 73ha Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex (Phase II)
in Soc Son district will be put into operation in April.
According to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee
Vu Hong Khanh, the city will discharge an estimated 8,500 tonnes of solid waste
a day by 2020 and 11,300 tonnes by 2030.
To treat the waste, the city authorities have zoned off areas
for solid waste treatment by 2030. Under the Prime Minister-approved
planning,
There are currently nine enterprises collecting and processing
household waste in the city. Most of the waste is treated using several
methods such as burying and burning.
Around 5,400 tonnes of waste are discharged each day in
Rail discounts given to worthy passengers
Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, war invalids, dioxin victims,
former revolutionary fighters and the disabled can now avail various
discounts while purchasing railway tickets, as per a government decree passed
today.
The railway discounts will vary from 30 to 90 per cent,
depending on who is buying the ticket.
Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, former revolutionary fighters are
entitled to a 90 per cent discount, while war invalids, dioxin victims and
the disabled will be entitled to a 30 per cent discount.
A maximum of two children, aged below six, may also ride the
train free of charge.
Thieves empty
Thieves broke into an Agribank ATM in District 12,
Bank workers noticed the ATM had been damaged and contacted
the police. Security cameras revealed footage of heavy smoke billowing from
the machine at around three o'clock in the morning.
Police are hunting down the suspects.
Two-day-old cured of rare heart disorder
The
The baby was born at
After transfer to
Nguyen Tat Dung, the physician who performed the anesthesia
for the baby, said that the survival rate for babies found with the condition
upon delivery was just 20 to 30 per 100,000 cases.
By Tuesday afternoon, 10 days into intensive care, the boy had
recovered and could be fed milk, said Asso.Prof. Dang The Uyen, head of the
hospital's ward for cardiovascular anesthesia.
Parking lots raise prices over the holiday season
During the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, parking lots at
tourism and relic sites in Ha Noi dramatically hiked their parking fees by
from three to five times the government regulated prices, leaving many
visitors feeling cheated.
A correspondent of the online newspaper Dan tri's reported
that parking lots at the Tay Ho Temple in the Quang An ward had parking fees
of VND10,000 per motorbike but the regulated prices of the municipal People's
Committee is VND3,000.
The prices for automobile parking were VND70,000, almost three
times the regulated price of VND25,000.
To avoid suspicious visitors, motorbike guards did not use the
parking ticket forms released by the Ha Noi People's Committee; they made
their own parking tickets marked up with their higher prices.
Tran Thi Mai, 52, a resident in Cau Giay District, said that
when she questioned the vehicle guards about the prices they told her that if
she didn't want to pay she could park her bike wherever she wanted, just not
in their lots.
"I did not want to quarrel with them, so I had to
agree," she said.
Similarly, at the
In
Trinh Phuong Thai, director of the Public Services Company
under the Voluntary Youth Benefit Service Co Ltd, said that the company set
up nearly 70 parking lots in the city with 900 guards.
All of the lots put up price signs in accord with the
municipal People's Committee's price.
Le Truong Hai Hieu, deputy chairman of the District 1 People's
Committee, said that on February 16 the district set up an inspection team to
check more than 20 parking lots in the area. Five parking lots
were found with raised prices of VND10,000 for motorbikes and were
fined.
Ministries work to ensure traffic safety during spring
festivals
The National Committee for Traffic Safety and local ministries
must take drastic measures to ensure traffic safety and order during spring
festivals.
The Ministry of Public Security is to strictly handle traffic
law violations including speeding, driving in the wrong lane, and driving
under the influence of alcohol.
The Ministry of Transport is to tighten the management of
transport business activities at railway stations, car depots, and ports,
while working with localities to address cases reported by local residents
through hotlines in a timely fashion.
The Ministry of Information and Communication directed press
agencies to enhance communications campaigns designed to reduce traffic
accidents and popularise traffic regulations.
Traffic police forces will focus on key highways, especially
those in
Local Departments of Transport and the festival organisation
boards were asked to increase the frequency of bus and coach services for
festival attendees.
The National Committee for Traffic Safety will send inspection
teams to examine localities with an increasing number of fatal traffic
accidents.
From December 16, 2014 to February 15, 2015, the country
reported 4,115 traffic accidents, leaving 1,567 dead and 3,771 injured.
The figures represent an annual decline of 14.7 percent in
traffic incidents, 13.81 percent in the number of fatalities, and 20.46
percent in the number of injured.
During the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, as many as
536 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, killing 317 people and injuring
509 others.
Trees planted on Truong Sa archipelago
Residents and soldiers in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelagos planted
100 trees on February 23 (the fifth day of Lunar New Year).
The event was one of many annual activities during the festive
season, Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper reported.
Pham Van Hoa, Chairman of Truong Sa Town's People's Committee
under Khanh Hoa province's Truong Sa district, said most of the trees could
survive harsh weather.
Local residents have also planted thousands of new trees on
the islands after a campaign was launched by the local authorities.-
HCMC to complete traffic projects this year
They include a Y-shaped flyover project at Go Vap crossroads
that will be built this year. The main section of the overpass will begin
from Nguyen Oanh and end in
The 6-12m wide flyover project will break ground in March and
complete within six months to open for traffic on the National Day, September
2. Total investment capital is estimated at VND405.7 billion (US$19.07
million) with VND247 billion to come from the city’s budget. It is expected
reduce traffic jam in the area during rush hours.
A tunnel project is also planned at An Suong crossroads in
District 12. The twin tunnel connecting Truong Chinh Street up to Highway 22
will have a total investment capital of VND448 billion (US$20.06 million)
from the city’s budget.
A road project linking Ba Chiem Bridge and Hiep Phuoc
Industrial Zone in Nha Be District has also been scheduled. It will permit
vehicles to travel at 80 kilometers an hour.
The 2.16 kilometer road will include Sa Sap Bridge, which has
broken ground and is expected to be built by April before the Reunification
Day and May Day holidays. Other items will start construction this year.
Total investment capital for the project will be VND412 billion (US$19.36
million). Of these construction costs will occupy VND313 billion.
Another VND65 billion (US$3.05 million) project to upgrade
1.65km of Highway 50 has begun in January and is scheduled to complete by the
second quarter. It will be broadened up to 15 kilometers in width along with
drainage system.
In addition, the city have planned other projects to build
Kenh Lo Bridge in Nha Be District, upgrade Highway 1A in Binh Chanh District,
tarmac Nguyen Van Linh Street, broaden Road 10 in Binh Chanh and Binh Tan
District.
Tay Ninh provides buildings to local Cao Dai Church
Authorities in southern Tay Ninh province handed down the
decision made by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee to deliver
three facilities to the
The facilities include the Tay Ninh Hospital of Traditional
Medicine (20,000 square metres), the provincial oriental Chinese Medicine
Association building (5,000 square metres) and the provincial Culture Hall
for Children (56,000 square metres).
Monsignor Thuong Tam Thanh, Head of the Sacerdotal Council of
the
Previously, the locality donated other facilities to the
Church for charitable and religious activities.-
Annual blood donation festival to be launched
The Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Blood Donation Festival 2015 will
be held at My Dinh National Stadium in
Nguyen Anh Tri, Director of the National Institute of
Hematology and Blood Transfusion, highlighted the drive at a voluntary blood
donation festival on February 24 to kick-start the annual event nationwide.
He expressed his hope that the initiative will get warm
response from agencies and individuals to save more lives.
Over the past 10 years, many lives have been saved by 6.4
million units of blood collected from donors.-
Localities urged to enhance disease prevention
The Ministry of Public Health has requested People’s
Committees in provinces and cities across the country to intensify disease
prevention efforts after the Lunar New Year (Tet) and during the 2015
festival season in response to a recent Government directive.
Local health departments were asked to enhance community
surveillance of respiratory and airborne diseases, especially the flu from
poultry to humans, measles, whooping cough and varicella and limit the spread
of any occurrences.
Health examination and treatment centres must prepare to
receive patients, provide emergency aid and treat, avoid shifting patients to
higher-level medical units whenever possible, and set up isolation areas to
limit contagion.
Localities will strengthen and expand national inoculation
programmes, especially the measles-rubella and whooping cough vaccine.
Simultaneously, the departments of agriculture and rural
development have been ordered to closely monitor the situation and eradicate
any bird flu hotbeds, including reporting to the health sector to implement
joint measures when necessary.
They will also enhance sanitation and decontamination to
contain the spread of avian flu viruses.
Interdisciplinary task forces will work to inspect and manage
disease prevention, vaccination and food safety in the coming time.
Binh Dinh to improve health care
An additional 551 hospital beds will become available in
central Binh Dinh province within the first quarter of 2015.
The added facilities include 300 beds at a new treatment area
of the provincial general hospital and 251 beds at a medical centre in Quy
Nhon city.
This year, Binh Dinh has requested the Government investment
in the construction of a 400-bed obstetric establishment and a 700-bed
general hospital.
The province has also worked to improve treatment quality and
implement a number of medical projects, including a project on health insurance
for local residents.
Binh Dinh currently has 3,430 beds available, amounting to
22.2 beds per 10,000 locals.-
Free health check-ups for the poor
As many as 700 impoverished individuals, war veterans and
orphans in two communes of the Phuc Tho district in
The drive was jointly organized by the Labour Union of the
Vietnam News Agency, the Vietnam Young Doctors’ Association, the Daham
Voluntary Association of the
Speaking at the campaign’s opening, Chairman of the VKFA Dang
Hoang Can said bilateral ties between
Cultural and social welfare activities of voluntary
organizations have contributed significantly to the traditional friendship of
the two nations, he added.
Secretary of Phuc Tho district’s Party Committee Ngo Duy Hieu
said the programme reflects the close relationship between the people of
The event is a regular activity of the Vietnam News Agency’s
Labour Union to offer a helping hand to impoverished households and
disadvantaged children.
Dak Lak takes measures to prevent forest fires in 2015
The Central Highlands
According to the province’s forest management department, its
units and local governments have put in place emergency response plans and
constructed fire preventive works such as fire-isolating roads, warning signs
and fire watching towers.
Forest rangers are also on duty around the clock while working
closely with local authorities to spread the message among local populations.
The province also cements more than 700 forest development
units and forest protection squads. It also persuades ethnic minority
households living close to forest to commit themselves to obeying forest
protection regulations.
Dak Lak currently has 507,274 hectares of forest, of which
300,000 hectares are covered by highly flammable tree species such as
Dipterocarpaceae and bamboo.
No forest fire has been recorded so far this year.-
The
Monsignor Thuong Tam Thanh, Chief of the
The dignitary took the occasion to introduce the content and
significance of the 29 booths at the exhibition, which were run by 29
parishes from all over the country. He said the display demonstrates the
followers’ heart to God and Goddess, promoting the morally right actions to
contribute to building a life of prosperity and happiness.
The church, also called Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do (The Great Faith
of the Third Universal Redemption) , was founded in 1924 in Tay Ninh and it
has to date attracted millions of followers.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/Dantri/ND
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Thứ Năm, 26 tháng 2, 2015
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