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String of activities mark 85th anniversary of Vietnam
Communist Party
A series of activities have been held across the country in
the presence of Party and State senior leaders to celebrate the 85th founding
anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3, 1930-2015).
On February 1, Politburo member and Vice Chairwoman of the
Vietnam National Assembly, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan led a delegation of Party
Central Committee members to visit former President Nguyen Minh Triet; former
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai; and Senior lieutenant General and Hero of the
People's Armed Forces Phan Trung Kien, who are living in Ho Chi Minh City and
Binh Duong province. Politburo member Ngan hoped that the former leaders will
continue to make further contributions to the nation.
On the same day, authorities of
In
In the hometown of Tran Phu, the first General Secretary of
the CPV in Duc Tho district, Ha Tinh central province, the Central Committee
of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a forum entitled 'Party with
the youth' on February 1. The forum attracted more than 200 youth union
members in the province, reviewing the glorious history of the Party and
showing the determination of the youth in building a pure and strong Party.
Many other provinces across the country such as Phu Tho, Tuyen
Quang, Hai Duong,
Jetstar Pacific opens
Low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific officially opened a new
domestic route connecting
The new route will operate three flights per week on Tuesday,
Friday and Sunday, using a 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.
The first flight departed from
After landing at Dong Hoi airport, Vice Chairman of the Quang
Binh provincial People's Committee Tran Van Tuan presented flowers to the
first passengers of the route.
The new route aims to meet increased demand and improve trade,
investment, tourism, and cultural exchanges between
The route is part of Jetstar Pacific’s project connecting
seven regions of
According to an announcement of Jetstar Pacific, over 7,500
visitors have currently booked tickets for the
Young people of
Nearly 1000 students from
The campaign initially collected more than 500 units of blood,
and many have signed up to donate during the Tet vacation if more units are
needed.
The event, jointly organised by the Hue University Youth Union
and the Centre for Haematology and Blood Transfusion under the
On the side-lines of the event, other activities were also
held such as a bicycle parade, a culinary festival, and a space for folk
games and dancing.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
will help the Vietnamese Government improve its disaster management capacity
with the development of an incident command system.
The memorandum of understanding was signed on January 29
between Deputy Assistant Administrator of USAID Asia Bureau Jason Foley and
Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.
Minister Phat said
He added that the USAID’s support not only helps Vietnamese
people reduce the impact of climate change but also helps ensure global food
security as
The agriculture ministry also expects USAID will assist
Vietnam enhance its capacity to deal with avian influenza, especially with
the risk of the A/H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China spreading to Vietnam.
The signing of the memorandum is part of a wide range of
activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalisation of
relations between
Romal
Local authorities initiated investigations against Romal
Vietnam Company Limited, a company specialised in distributing European
kitchen appliances, for importing counterfeit Chinese appliances branded as
European goods to trick customers, according to the newswire Doi Song Phap
Luat.
On January 22, the company’s director Nguyen Thi Ninh and her
husband Nguyen Huy Tho as well as relevant people were summoned to testify.
Simultaneously, local authorities carried out inspections at the company’s
retail shops.
At the end of the investigations, authorities uncovered and
seized thousands of Chinese products such as induction cookers, microwave
ovens, infrared cookers, electric fans and gas stoves, relabeled as European
products.
Notably, the relevant agencies raided a Romal Vietnam retail
shop in
A subsequent raid of a branch office in the central city of
Danang led to the seizure of 85 products for the same reason.
Soon afterwards,
Accordingly, Ninh, Tho and their employees confessed that
Romal Company has been importing a massive volume of goods from Wintime
Import and Export Trading Limited of Zhongshan company located in Guangdong,
China since 2008.
They also confessed to distributing the swapped products via
the Romal company and other websites, local supermarkets, shopping centres at
many large cities in the country, such as Ha Noi, Bac Ninh, Danang and
This illegal business conduct brought massive profits for the
company. The average price of a counterfeit European product is VND15 million
($700), 4-5 times as much as a Chinese product. Since 2008 Romal Company has
imported a total quantity of goods worth hundreds of thousands of dollars per
year.
The Ministry of Public Security is currently investigating
this case aiming to launch a crackdown on the company’s violations.
Nearly 1,000 OVs to attend 'Homeland Spring'
Around 1,000 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) will join the programme
'Xuan Que Huong' (Homeland Spring) 2015 which is scheduled to take place in
The information was released at a press briefing in
During the event, the participating OVs will visit Cu Chi
tunnels, offer incense to commemorate fallen soldiers at
Party and State leaders and OVs will offer incense to Hung
Kings at a temple in the National Cultural and
State President Truong Tan Sang will attend the Homeland
Spring 2015 art performance and convey New Year wishes to OVs.
COVA and the Hanoi People’s Committee will organise a number
of activities for OVs who do not have a chance to join the programme in
Technical problems cause military helicopter crash
Initial investigations have revealed that technical problems
caused the crash of a UH-1 military helicopter that killed all four people on
board in
Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen
briefed reporters on the accident’s probe at the Government’s regular press
conference in
In response to reporters’ queries on the age of the US-made
aircraft, Nen said the chopper, which was produced in 1970, underwent the
second major overhaul in the
Investigation is still continuing and the official result will
be announced publically, he added.
The helicopter, which was on a training mission, departed from
the southern city’s
It was found going down in hamlet 4 of Pham Van Hai commune,
Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying Binh Chanh district, which is about 15km
west-south west from the airport.
Funeral for military personnel killed in helicopter crash
A funeral for four military personnel who were killed in the
January 28 helicopter crash during a training exercise was held in
The crash occurred at 7:23am on January 28 in Binh Chanh
district, killing four crew members aboard the UH-1 which belongs to the Air
Force Regiment 917 under the Vietnam Air Defence-Air Force Service’s Division
370.
President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung,
Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh sent wreaths to the funeral.
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party
Committee Le Thanh Hai, on behalf of the city’s authorities and people,
expressed profound condolences to families of the deceased.
Following the memorial service, the dead were cremated in Binh
Hung Hoa cemetery and buried in their home
In honor of their meritorious service, the Defence Ministry
agreed to posthumously promote three of them to a higher military rank and
raise salary to one another.
Flagpole built on outpost
The outpost island of Mat off the coast of central Nghe An
province will be home to a 22.6m flagpole serving as the country’s marine
sovereignty marker as the construction of this facility was started on
February 1.
The pole will have the main side carrying the pole’s
coordinates and looking towards the sea. It will be hung with the national
flag measuring 4x6m.
The construction costs 1.25 billion VND (over 59,500 USD) and
is carried out by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee
(HCYUCC) and the Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No.4.
It is scheduled to be completed on the occasion of the 84th
anniversary of the establishment of the Youth Union in March.
Besides this flagpole, other fours will be built on the
outpost islands of Son Duong (Ha Tinh province), Hon Me (Thanh Hoa province),
Cu Lao Cham (Quang Nam province), and Son Cha (Thua Thien-Hue province).
The move is expected to help affirm
Embassy in Canada holds get-together ahead of Tet
The Vietnamese Embassy in
At the event, Ambassador To Anh Dung reviewed the homeland’s
development with economic growth pace at 5.6-5.8 percent, FDI topping 20
billion USD, and overseas remittances of about 12 billion USD.
The Vietnamese Government stepped up economic restructuring,
administrative reform, investment climate improvement, and negotiation on
free trade agreements, he added.
He said Vietnam-Canada relations made forward progress last
year, as demonstrated by the signing of a letter of intent defining
prioritised cooperation areas for the years ahead during the visit to the
North American country by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham
Binh Minh.
Two-way trade is expected to approximate 3 billion USD in
2015, compared to over 2.5 billion USD in 2013, the diplomat noted, adding
that
He reaffirmed that expatriates are an inseparable part of
Vietnam and the State always creates the best possible conditions for them to
integrate into local communities while preserving national identities and
contributing to the homeland.
The Ambassador appreciated their contributions to the
homeland’s development through investment, trade, and education as well as
charitable activities.
At the get-together, participants had a chance to enjoy folk
songs along with traditional dishes.
Duyen Hai 1’s first turbine connected to national grid
Turbine No.1 with a capacity of 622.5 MW of the Duyen Hai 1
thermoelectricity plant in Duyen Hai district, the southern
According to the Management Board of the Duyen Hai Power
Centre, the turbine will experience a test run till July 25.
Comprising of two turbines with a total capacity of 1,245 MW,
the Duyen Hai 1 plant is expected to generate about 7.8 billion kWh of
electricity per year.
Using modern technologies and equipment, the plant is able to
meet requirements of productivity, stability and safety in operation, and
environmental protection.
The coal-fired power station is one of the four plants forming
the 4,308 MW Duyen Hai Power Centre, which has a total investment of 5
billion USD sourced from the Power Generation Company 1 under the Electricity
of Vietnam Group.
Covering an area of 878.91 ha in Duyen Hai district, the
project includes four coal-fired themo-electric power plants using
traditional steam-condensed turbine technology. It is part of the National
Electricity Development Planning in the 2011-2020 period and beyond.
Vinh Long farmers expect bumper vegetables Tet crop
Farmers in Vinh Long, one of the main vegetable growing provinces
in the Mekong Delta, are busy planting crops ahead of Tet (Lunar New Year)
next month and expecting a good harvest.
Bui Thi Hong Tham, who has 2,000sq.m of land under vegetables
in Tra On district's Thoi Hoa commune, said she was planting green bean,
corn, and various kinds of herbs.
"Thanks to favourable weather, my vegetables are
developing well and disease-free.
"I hope to have a bumper harvest and sell the vegetables
at a good price."
Tra On farmers are growing of various vegetables like green onion,
cabbage, bitter melon, and cucumber on around 250ha, according to local
officials.
In Long Ho district, farmers have begun growing vegetables for
Tet since last December.
In Long Ho's Phuoc Hau commune, farmers are growing 60ha of
vegetables, with the Phuoc Hau Safe Vegetable Co-operative accounting for a
fourth of that.
Nguyen Van Xua, a member of the co-operative, said, "I
grow cabbages and expect to have a good harvest this Tet.
"The co-operative has trained us in producing safe
vegetables."
Nguyen Hoang Quy, deputy chairman of the Phuoc Hau Commune
Farmers Association, said, "This Tet the co-operative has contracted to
sell vegetables to supermarkets and companies in neighbouring
provinces."
The association has also taught farmers techniques to grow
clean vegetables, he said.
Tran Thanh Tam, who is growing watermelon for Tet in Long Ho's
Thanh Quoi Commune, said, "My watermelons are likely to be harvested
five days before Tet."
Last year Tam grew rice at this time.
At the end of last year the area under vegetables in Vinh Long
was up 8.2 percent from 2013 at around 48,000ha, according to the province
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
It attributed the increase to some districts that are suitable
for growing vegetables encouraging farmers to rotate between rice and other
food crops.
They are advised to grow one rice crop and two others a year
or at least one non-rice crop along with two rice crops to earn higher
profits, which could be two to five times the amount from just rice.
According to the department, a farmer who grows a
winter-spring rice crop and two watermelon crops a year can earn annual
profits of 113 million VND (5,300 USD) per hectare.
The rotation of crops also helps improve the fertility of rice
fields and reduces the cost of treating rice diseases and pests, agriculture
extension officials said.
Under a province plan to restructure agriculture in 2014-20,
the area on which a third rice crop is grown will be reduced by 20 percent
this year to 148,000ha.
District agriculture bureaus have instructed farmers to grow
clean vegetables and co-operate with co-operatives and companies to guarantee
outlets for their output.
Corn, soy bean, sesame, watermelon, winged yam have been
identified as high-value crops for planting instead of rice.
Nguyen Van Duc, who grows winged yam on 1.3ha in Mang Thit
district's Long My commune, said he earned profits of 40-60 million VND
(1,900 -2,800 USD) per hectare per year.
"Winged yam does not need much care like rice and fetches
higher profits than rice."
Ngo Viet Son, a local agriculture official, said many farmers
had switched to winged yam and now the crop was grown on 26ha in the commune.
There were plans to grow the vegetable on 30ha in Long Hoa 1
and 2 hamlets this year, he added.
Authorities from northern Phu Tho province on February 1
presented the noble State title “Vietnamese heroic mother” to 271 women who
made remarkable contributions to the cause of national construction,
liberation and development.
Forty-seven of the recipients are still alive. The recognition
came in celebration of the 85 th founding anniversary of the Communist Party
of Vietnam (CPV) on February 3.
Phu Tho is home to 733 Vietnamese heroic mothers, said
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh, who also
recounted that over 18,000 locals laid down their lives and 11,593 become
invalid during the country’s wars of resistance.
He called on organisations, businesses, donators and
individuals to raise funds for building houses for the beneficiaries as well
as helping them fully benefit from the social welfare policies.-
Over 4,000 people walk for traffic safety
More than 4,000 people joined a walk in support of traffic
safety in
The event was co-organised by the National Committee for
Traffic Safety and the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Associations.
This was the first in series of activities of the Commit
Vietnam project to increase public awareness of civilised lifestyle and improve
the image of
Vice Chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety
Khuat Viet Hung said that
According to the Ministry of Transport, there were 25,322
traffic accidents nationwide last year, killing 8,996 people and injuring
24,417 others.
Social organisations join legislative activities
Legal experts suggested enhancing the involvement of social
organisations in the National Assembly law-making process during a workshop
held in northern Vinh Phuc province on January 30.
Articles 9 and 28 in the 2013 Constitution encourage the State
to create favourable conditions for the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), its
member organisations and other societies to get involved in the design of
legislation.
The feedback and response mechanisms constitute an important
channel and effective tool for social organisations to voice public concerns
over pressing issues such as land property, environmental protection, social
welfare, and gender equality.
This will also provide a means for people, especially those
from vulnerable groups, to join and examine the implementation of
socio-economic policies.
Pham Thi Hoai Giang, deputy director of the Governance for
Inclusive Growth (GIG) project highlighted the important role of
non-governmental and social organisations in
Participants also pointed out current shortcomings, such as a
lack of clear and convenient mechanisms for social organisations to provide
feedback on draft laws and normative legal documents.
Recommendations included improving the legal framework,
increasing the transparency and publicity of legislative activities, and
creating equal opportunities for social organisations to engage in the field.
The Vietnam Television (VTV) presented professional equipment
to the Lao National Television (LNTV) in
The 100,000 USD aid package, including three cameras and spare
parts, were within a cooperation memorandum of understanding inked between
the two sides in 2014.
LNTV General Director Boun Chao Phichit thanked the Vietnamese
Party and State in general and VTV in particular for their assistance to LNTV
over the past years.
VTV has supported LNTV in various aspects from infrastructure
and equipment to personnel training, which demonstrates the two countries’
comprehensive cooperation, he added.
VTV Deputy General Director Tran Dung Trinh said VTV will
continue to help the Lao side build broadcast framework, promote channels,
and produce advertisements in the time ahead. It will also give training to
LNTV’s staff members from now to 2017.
Tet gifts presented to the poor in Mekong Delta
State officials on January 30 presented gifts to the poor in
the Mekong Delta provinces of Ben Tre and Hau Giang as the Lunar New Year
holiday (Tet) is just less than one month away.
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Ben
Tre officials gave 4,800 gift packages to low-income people. The presents,
worth over 2 billion VND (95,200 USD), were donated by businesses in
In nearby Hau Giang province, President of the Vietnam
Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan presented Tet gifts to poor families and
Agent Orane/Dioxin victims in Dai Thanh commune,
In addition to the State’s supports, the poor and AO/Dioxin
victims in Hau Giang also received more than 66,000 gifts contributed by the
public.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh the same day delivered 100
Tet packages to impoverished households and policy beneficiary families in
Hoa An commune, Hau Giang’s Phung Hiep district.
During their visits, the officials asked local authorities to
ensure a merry Tet for all people, especially disadvantaged households.
Vietinbank builds social welfare facilities in Ben Tre
The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade
(Vietinbank) has handed over to the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre several
schools and clinics it built last year for the locality.
At a ceremony on January 30, the bank also presented 400
houses to poor families in the province, which were worth nearly 32 billion
VND (1.5 million USD) in all.
The construction was funded by the bank’s profit and its
staff’s donations.
Addressing the ceremony, National Assembly Vice Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan lauded VietinBank’s significant contribution to social
welfare efforts in the province over the past few years.
She expressed her hope that the bank will continue assisting
the province in social welfare initiatives.
Since 2009, the bank has donated over 6.5 million USD in the
form of houses for the poor and public facilities to Ben Tre province.
Wind power offers security and sustainability
The wind power development not only contributes to ensuring long-term
power security for
With over 3,000 kilometres of coastline and numerous islands
within its national boundaries,
Wind power development in
Incorporating plans for wind power development in the national
power planning strategy through 2020 will help decision-makers understand
potential reductions in CO2 emission and the other benefits wind power could
offer the nation.
To achieve power security and environmental protection, the
Vietnamese Government is focusing on developing clean and renewable energy
sources.
Vietnamese energy scientists used the Long-range Energy
Alternatives Planning System to simulate the national energy system and
forecast the country’s 2030 energy demand with wind power replacing
thermoelectric plants, generating the resulting CO2 emission levels.
If plans for wind power development move forward as planned,
According to figures from the Ministry of Industry and
Only two wind power projects have thus far commenced
operation; one in Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan with a capacity of 30
megawatts generated from 20 turbines, and the second in the Mekong Delta
According to the national power plan through 2020, wind power is
being prioritised and encouraged to fulfil the target of installing a
combined capacity of 1,000 megawatts by 2020 and 6,200 megawatts by 2030.
Highway 1A expansion inaugurated
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on January 31 held a ribbon
cutting ceremony for what is an important international crossing for the
country – the
upgrade and expansion of the
This is another historic day for
Deputy PM Phuc stressed the project will help reduce
congestion and traffic accidents and shorten travel time among the provinces,
helping promote socio-economic development and ensure defence security.
It took two years to construct the VND19,909 billion project,
which was completed 12 months ahead of schedule. The section stretching
from Thanh Hoa to Ha Tinh is 315 kilometres with four lanes for
four-wheeled vehicles and an additional two lanes for motorcycles.
The 395.5-meter VND190 billion Nguyet Vien overpass project
was also inaugurated at the event.
Vietnamese Embassy in Canada celebrates Lunar New Year
The Vietnamese Embassy in
Ambassador To Anh Dung briefed the participants, including
hundreds of Vietnamese expats and Canadian friends, on the country’s current
situation and relations between
Two-way trade turnover is estimated to hit US$3 billion in
2015 against the 2013 figure of US$2.5 billion.
Ambassador Dung stated that the OVs community is an
indispensable part of the nation and the
He spoke highly of OVs’ contribution to their homeland through
investment, trade, education and charity activities.
During the gathering, participants enjoyed folk songs and Tet
traditional dishes.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/Dantri/ND
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