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Social News 12/3
The Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam will start to issue
international driving licences in August.
Nguyen Thang Quan, head of the directorate's Vehicles and
Drivers Management Department, told online newspaper VnExpress that the
directorate was compiling a circular with instructions on issuing
international driving licences.
The circular is expected to be completed by August. Under the
decision, drivers can obtain the licence by paying a fee of VND135,000
(US$6.5) by wire transfer, he said.
The international driving licences will look like passports
and will be available in various languages including English, French, Russian
and Spanish. This international driving licence will be valid in 73
countries.
The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is an international
treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and increase road
safety by establishing standardised traffic rules amongst the participating
parties.
The Convention was ratified at the United Nations Economic and
Social Council's Conference on Road Traffic in
Large bomb defused in Quang Binh
The Military Commander Board in the central
The bomb, a war remnant measuring 1.8m in length and 0.85m in
diameter, was located near the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
It was found buried in the ground by a family in Huong Hoa
district's Tan Ap hamlet on Sunday, while they were building a house.
The family immediately called for help.
The board, in co-ordination with the provincial Mines Advisory
Group, removed the bomb to a safe area and defused it.
Police seize 2,000 smuggled smartphones, tablets
Police seized 2,000 smartphones and tablets illegally
transported by a pickup vehicle on a stretch of
The smart phones and tablets were sophisticatedly hidden
inside the pickup's coachwork.
Nguyen Van Ngan, the owner of the goods, failed to show valid
documents to show the place of origin of the smartphones and tablets, the
police said.
Ngan and the pickup's driver have been remanded in custody for
further investigation.
Transport Ministry announces establishment of electronic tolls
Electronic toll collection systems (ETCs) will be installed on
a trial basis in at least one lane of the three tolls across the National
Highway No1 and part of
This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Nguyen
Hong Truong, today.
The three tolls, which are located in the central Quang Binh
and Nghe An provinces and on the
Drivers will also be issued an electronic tag (E-tag), which
will be attached to the inside portion of the front windscreen of a vehicle,
and denote an account. The tag will transmit a signal to the computer at the
toll gantry as it approaches, and the toll will charge the account
automatically, he said.
During the period of trial, the model for manual toll
collection, which requires a toll collector to sell tickets and make an entry
of the vehicles in the system, will also be maintained, Truong added.
The ETC technology will be applied at more than 35 tolls
across the National Highway No1 and the
The ministry had assigned the TASCO Joint Stock Company and
the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam to implement the project,
Truong added.
He further stated that the ETC would use the US Radio
Frequency Identification system, which is the latest technology in the world.
It is simple, involves low investment costs and has a quick identification
speed. It can also save a lot of time for drivers, curb congestion when
vehicles stop to pay the fees manually, and strengthen the State's management
and help avoid losses.
A representative from TASCO JSC said the cost of building an
ETC toll was much lower than the current toll as management agencies would no
longer have to pay for ticket printing and toll collectors.
According to his estimation, the new system could save up to
VND3.4 trillion (US$159 million) each year, compared with the current one.
Responding to a question on fees charged under the new system,
Truong confirmed that the fees would remain the same.
Figures show spike in two infectious diseases
The number of cases of dengue fever, and hand, foot and mouth
disease tends to increase in some areas in the country in January and
February, said the health ministry.
The ministry has asked the People's Committees of provinces
and cities to strengthen measures to prevent the occurrence of these
diseases, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said.
The ministry said that the disease may continue to spread in
the future, if drastic measures are not taken at the beginning of the
epidemic season.
According to the ministry's report, the country recorded more
than 5,260 cases of dengue fever in 38 provinces and cities in the first two
months of the year, including three deaths in the southern provinces of Dong
Thap, Dong Nai and Long An. The number of infections increased 27 per cent
compared with the same period last year.
The number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases reached more
than 5,330, with two deaths in Dong Thap and Hau Giang provinces.
Dr Nguyen Nhat Cam, director of the Ha Noi Preventive Medicine
Centre, said that since the beginning of the year, the city has recorded 230
hand, foot and mouth disease cases among children, mostly one to three years
old, which is a marginal increase.
To prevent and minimise the number of cases and deaths, the
health ministry has asked the authorities at all levels in provinces and
cities to carry out measures, particularly in high-risk areas.
Health departments also need to strengthen inspections to
detect infections early.
According to the ministry's request, the education and
training sector needs to launch activities on prevention of these diseases in
schools, especially in kindergartens.
Cham islanders to get electricity in October
About 2,600 people living in Cu Lao Cham (
The electrification will take place through a submarine cable
system under a project implemented by the Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).
The VND485-billion (US$22.7 million) project is funded by the
State budget and EVN's Central Power Corporation. The industry and trade
ministry approved the project in early February.
The project will include 15.5km of submarine cables, 30km of
lines over land and eight transmission stations.
At a meeting held yesterday to kick off the project, Vice
Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Thu ordered the local
authorised agencies to provide favourable conditions to the project's
investor and contractor in implementing it.
The Hoi An City authority has been asked to support the
project in land clearance activities, he said.
Thu also required the central power corporation to quickly
select a location to build an electricity operations centre on the island,
which is about 18 km off Hoi An City.
The islanders currently get electricity for only six hours a
day through diesel generators, which is costly and inadequate for meeting the
needs of daily life and production activities.
Workshop on medical waste management launched
A one-day training workshop on medical waste management
started yesterday in the northern province of Cao Bang as part of Project
VIE/027 supporting health care policy for the poor in Cao Bang Province,
under Viet Nam – Luxembourg Co-operation.
Another training workshop will kick off today in the northern
province of
The US$8 million project seeks to assist the provincial
authorities to replace incineration of medical waste practices with green
methods using autoclaving methods and waste recycling.
The Project VIE/ 027 co-operates with Health Ministry's Viet
Nam Environment Health Management (VIHEMA) to develop a plan to strengthen
capability of health staff in six district hospitals and 102 commune health
centres.
Draft building law draws flak
A draft decree on building and upgrading apartments issued by
the Ministry of Construction has been criticised by construction experts.
Nguyen Trong Ninh, deputy director of the Housing and Real
Estate Market Management Department, which comes under the ministry, told Tien
phong (Vanguard) newspaper the draft decree was set up to overcome obstacles
in upgrading old apartment buildings by investors and landlords.
For instance, old apartment buildings that need upgrading are
often in densely populated city centres where residents are not clearly aware
of their rights and responsibilities during building upgrades.
"They often ask for too much compensation because they
think that high profits are involved or do not co-operate during
construction," said Ninh.
The draft decree proposes that the height of apartment
buildings be only limited by structural constraints.
Investors claim that high apartment buildings ensure that
residents can stay in their apartments if they do not want to move.
But Dao Ngoc Nghiem, deputy chairman of the Ha Noi Urban
Planning and Development Association, said that the draft decree was contrary
to the Law on
He said that compliance with the law meant that the inner city
area in Ha Noi would have to reduce its population from 1.2 million to 800
thousand.
Therefore, Nghiem argued that raising the height of old
buildings in city centres was against the law.
"The law is the country's strongest document, thus we
should follow it by finding suitable measures," he said.
Le Van Lan, deputy chairman of the Ha Noi Association of
Architects, said that raising the height of old apartment building to help
investors raise funds was not recommended.
He also said that the State had regulations limiting
population densities in city centres.
"If the ministry raises the height of buildings to
satisfy investors, population density will increase and lead to traffic
jams," he said.
Doctors urge correct use of medicines
The healthcare community, including medical staff and patients,
should choose antibiotics more carefully, paying attention to the safety,
origin and quality of medicines and avoiding overuse, doctors said at the 9th
Asian Respiratory Tract Infections forum held in
With a focus on urgent issues in managing lower respiratory
tract infections, the forum attracted more than 350 doctors in the Asian
region, including
Lower respiratory tract infections have become more prevalent,
and there is growing evidence of an increasing proportion of
community-acquired pneumonia cases being caused by drug-resistant bacteria in
the past decade, both in adults and children, the forum heard.
Tran Van Ngoc, head of the Respirology Department of Cho Ray
Hospital, said that "a report from the Asian Network for Surveillance of
Resistant Pathogens showed that S. pneumonia, the common cause of
community-acquired pneumonia, had resisted more than three antimicrobials
with a proportion of 75.7 per cent in
He added that "the overuse of antibiotics from both
healthcare providers and patients, the inappropriate choice of low-quality
antibiotics and the incorrect dosages of antibiotic usage have led to a
serious increase in antibiotic resistance."
As a result, healthcare costs and the time needed for
treatment had both risen.
Ngoc said there was a strong correlation between antibiotic
abuse or misuse and the emerging resistance to major bacterial pathogens.
Therefore, surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and
educational and campaign activities for appropriate use of antibiotics and
vaccinations to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease are important steps for
prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance, he said.
Le Thi Tuyet Lan, president of HCM City Society of
Respirology, told the forum that "within the Asia Pacific region in
general and
To solve the problem, participants shared their insights and
experience on how to better use medicine.
They updated medical best practices in the management of
pneumonia and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive disease, as well as
new advances in the management of challenging the diseases.
Jointly organised by HCM City Society of Respirology and the
representative office of Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd in
Online social insurance transactions to commence from April
Enterprises in
The Viet Nam Social Security (VSS) and TS24 Corporation had
signed an agreement last December, to use the iBHXH software developed by the
latter firm to help facilitate online declarations of social and health
insurance.
The software will support online declaration of social and health
insurance procedures, and management of employees and records that have been
declared. The software will also be promptly updated with any change in
social and health insurance policies.
Currently, VSS has piloted the iBHXH network for use in social
and health insurance declarations across 36 provinces and cities. So far,
iBHXH had been provided to more than 30,000 enterprises.
With this new form, the time taken for administrative
procedures in the social insurance sector will be reduced by 45 hours.
State agencies and social organisations joining the social
insurance programme will use the software from the beginning of October this
year to accelerate the reform of social security administrative procedures.
Under the directive of the government to promote
administrative procedural reforms, the VSS has reduced the number of
procedures from 263 to 111, to help people and businesses while working with
social security agencies.
Two persons prosecuted for preparing fake documents
The police in the northern
The two suspects being investigated are Do Van Tuyen, director
of Luc Ngan District's Social Insurance Agency, and Le Van Minh, director of
Luc Ngan District's Electromechanical Joint Stock Company.
Tuyen allegedly took VND123 million (US$5,760) as bribe from
two 53-year-old men living in the district.
Then Tuyen asked Minh to illegally sign two documents to
verify that the two local men had paid full social insurance for 20 years.
As per regulations, people receive a monthly pension from the
Social Insurance Agency if they have paid full social insurance for 20 years.
The police are continuing their investigation in the case.
Train driver killed in crash with truck in central Vietnam
The driver of a train was killed when it hit a truck and
derailed in central
Police said the southbound train crashed into the truck at a
crossing in
An investigator said the crossing does not have a barrier but
has automatic warning signs, but the truck driver must have ignored that.
The collision was strong enough it smashed the train’s
locomotive, killing the 53-year-old driver Le Van Phu, who was stuck inside.
Three other train passengers were injured and rushed to
hospital. The driver of the truck, which was carrying rock, broke his legs
and suffered spinal cord injuries.
The first three carriages derailed.
Do Thuy Hang, a train attendant on the second one, told news
website VnExpress that she was chatting with some passengers when there was a
loud bang.
“Everything tumbled, everyone was panicked.”
Hang was injured on her right arm.
Nearly 100 police officers and railway workers arrived at the
site for rescue.
It took them until early Wednesday morning to tow all 14 the
carriages with around 500 passengers to Quang Tri Railway Station, more than
ten kilometers away.
They also had to pick up rock that fell from the truck.
An official said the province has provided the train driver’s
family VND5 million (US$235) as initial support.
Police are investigating further.
Statistics from the Railway Authority at
First faculty of Korean studies takes shape
Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities
(HCMUSSH) on March 10 announced its decision to establish the faculty of
Korean studies, the first of its kind in
Principal of the HCMUSSH Vo Van Sen said Korean studies was
formerly a subject included in the Oriental Studies Faculty. This subject was
made an independent faculty to meet the demand for human resources in the
country’s socio-economic development process. Its key tasks are to teach and
study the Korean language, and promote Vietnam-Korean relations, and
socio-economic, politics and diplomacy development towards global
integration.
Mr Sen said over the years, the sector has trained about 2,000
students to supply human resources to several Korean businesses in
The faculty of Korean studies has four major subjects, namely
Korean language, Korean culture and society, Korean economics, politics and
diplomacy, and Korean studies E-school.
Apart from these subjects, the faculty also has a Korean
studies coordination centre. Associate Professor Phan Thi Thu Hien is now
Head of the faculty.
British Council funds workshop in Hanoi
As many as 40 young Vietnamese and British scientists have
registered to attend a workshop on Innovation in Chemical Engineering for
Sustainable Environment set to take place on March 9-12 in
The event, titled Researcher Links 2015, is being co-organised
by the British Council of Vietnam, Hanoi University of Science and
Technology, and
15 professors and scientists from 6 leading Vietnamese and
The four-day seminar will introduce 24 researches and the
latest technology on 3 main topics-industrial waste treatment, green
energy conversion from chemical processes, and green chemistry and
electrochemical process..
Newton Fund will also be introduced at the event. The new initiative
is part of the science and technology development programme for the
The fund will aid research and innovation activities regarding
health care and life science, environmental improvement and energy security,
future city development and digital creativity. British Council Vietnam will
run the Newton Fund with more than GBP3 million for the period 2014-2018.
Lao
Cai to plant additional 8,000 hectares of forests
An additional 8,000 hectares of protection and production
forests will be planted in northern mountainous Lao Cai province this year.
The province plans to focus on lowland districts and along
newly built and upgraded highways, notably the Noi Bai – Lao Cai highway
running through Tan An commune and Cam Duong commune.
The locality’s reforestation has been implemented through the
active involvement of local relevant bodies and ethnic minority groups, said
To Manh Tien, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development.
The work has greatly contributed to the forestry sector’s
restructuring efforts, designed to improve local incomes and attract
travellers, he added.
Planted forests cover almost 50,000 hectares and account for
one fourth of the total forestry in Lao Cai. Local forest coverage has
exceeded 50 percent thus far, particularly in Van Ban, Bao Yen and Bao Thang
districts where forests areas make up 50-65 percent of all lands, a fourfold
increase from 1995 coverage.-
Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh
agreed with
At the sixth ministerial-level meeting between the two
countries’ planning ministries in
The ministers expressed satisfaction at the implementation of
a cooperation minute signed between the two ministries last year.
They appreciated the work of technical teams from the two
ministries in calculating the production values of some provinces in
The two ministers briefed each other on economic development
in their respective countries.
They noted that
The ministries signed the meeting’s minutes which outlined
measures needed to boost cooperation activities in 2015.
Ministry conducts vaccination inspections nationwide
The Ministry of Public Health has established 11 working
groups to supervise the implementation of the vaccination drive at all levels
and localities as part of efforts to improve the programme’s efficiency.
Accordingly, the inspection will be carried out in the
northern provinces of Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang, Ninh Binh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong,
Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc and the capital city Hanoi; the central provincial
localities of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen,
Binh Dinh and Khanh Hoa; the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai,
Dak Lak and Dak Nong; and the southern localities of Can Tho, Vinh Long, Hau
Giang, Tien Giang, Long An, Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh
City.
The groups will focus on supervising free and full-cost
inoculation programmes and the results of the expanded measles-rubella
vaccination campaign.
The Ministry stated that the national free vaccination
programme to prevent communicable diseases has been organised in all
provinces and cities nationwide with 35-40 million inoculations provided and
benefiting 1.6 million newborn babies.
About 19 million children have received measles-rubella shots
since 2014, the ministry noted, adding that thanks to the programme,
To cope with recent vaccine shortages in full-cost inoculation
programmes, the ministry rolled out long-term measures including promoting
the domestic production of vaccines, and asking producers to increase the
number of imported vaccines.
It also required State medical establishments offering
full-cost vaccination services to use vaccines similar to those used in the
national free campaigns in order to facilitate access.
Experts from the World Health Organisation said that all
vaccines used in
The Prime Minister has approved a project to improve surgical
capacity to manage tuberculosis-related and other pulmonary diseases in
The project aims to advance the country’s surgical system
capacity in a bid to meet increasing demand for lung cancer treatment and to
support the national tuberculosis and pulmonary prevention and treatment
programme through 2020.
The initiative is scheduled to be implemented from 2015 to
2018 and supervised by the Ministry of Health (MOH)
The project has total investment of over 2.3 million EUR with
2 million EUR in non-refundable aid from the government of
The Prime Minister has requested the MOH to coordinate with
relevant authorised bodies to carry out the project in accordance with
regulations on managing and using ODA and other concessionary sponsorship
funds.
HCM
City,
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang
Quan and Mayor of the
The MoU aims to maintain and intensify existing cooperation
between the two cities in climate change adaptation over the next three
years. Given the progress both cities have made in implementing response
strategies and
They will share experiences in applying climate change
response measures, designing plans and attracting public involvement.
At the signing ceremony, Quan said that the “
Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, in turn, pledged to connect experts
from the two cities to generate ideas for effectively completing projects and
attracting investment in the field in Ho Chi Minh City.-
The southern
The warned areas include “khop” forests along road No. 791
from Border Station 833 in Tan Binh commune to the Xa Mat international
border gate along the Vietnam-Cambodia border line; the Chang Riec
historical-cultural forest; the forests on either side of road No. 792 along
the Vietnam-Cambodia border; planted forests in Tan Thanh and Tan Hoa
communes; and Ba Den Mountain.
Additionally, Tay Ninh is focused on protecting more than
5,300 hectares of artificial forests in Chau Thanh, Ben Cau, and Duong Minh
Chau districts located near residential areas.
It also assigns officers and locals to monitor the forests
around the clock.
According to Deputy Director of the provincial Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development Ta Van Dao, no fires have been recorded so
far this year thanks to well-organised and executed preparations and
precautions.-
Insufficient
labour supply in Dong Nai province
The southern
A representative from the Saigon Textile and Garment Export
Import Joint Stock Company said that although the company had no limits on
the number of labourers it wanted to recruit with a starting income of 5 million
VND (234.5 USD) per month, it only received tens of CVs.
Enterprises have a significant demand for labourers to expand
their businesses, said Lam Thanh Thu, vice director of the a job introduction
centre said, adding that their efforts to attract workers have been
unsuccessful due to the limited labour supply.
Of the total needed workforce, 88 percent of the demand is
unskilled labourers, 8 percent is technical workers and the remaining are
college and university graduates.-
Trade union to promote workers rights
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the
The two sides need to work together to address enterprise wage
and insurance debts while co-organising movements among trade unions to
develop production, business, and improve the living standards of members, he
said.
The Prime Minister made the request at a working session with
VGCL officials in
He suggested the two sides increase cooperation in building
and popularising policies and legal documents in the field as well as
handling petitions and urgent matters raised by workers more effectively.
Chairman of the VGCL Dang Ngoc Tung confirmed that the
confederation will work closely with the Government to actively contribute to
national construction, development and protection.
The VGCL aims to increase its membership to 10 million by 2018
from the 8 million at present.
ADB assists in Green Urban development
Chairman of the Thue Thien-Hue People’s Committee met with a
Chief Specialist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) regarding the Urban
Development type
The project was planned to be implemented in Ha Giang, Vinh
Phuc, and Thua Thien-Hue province with an initial investment of 1 million
USD. ADB provided 800,000 USD of the initial capital injection under a
non-refundable scheme.
It was set to have been carried out from January 2014 to
February 2015, however due to changes in aid criteria of ADB projects,
funding allocated to the project were adjusted to over 2.3 million USD.
Accordingly, the ADB will still contribute 800,000 USD, but
with an additional 1 million USD from the Urban Climate Change Resilience
Trust Fund (UCCRTF) under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility (UFPF) of
the ADB, 300,000 USD from the Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF)
under the Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF), and the remaining balance will be
provided by the government of Vietnam.
And, the duration of the project was also adjusted, expectedly
starting in March 2016. These adjustments were approved by the Prime Minister
in Decision 2331/QD- TTg dated December 23, 2014. At the meeting, the ADB
official Sofia, said the bank has established a disbursement mechanism
consistent with the bank’s loan policies and ensuring efficient project
implementation with special attention to the quality of technical
infrastructure for building the
The province aims to have 95 percent of its land area
considered urban, 70 percent of industrial parks using water treatment
systems, 100 percent of medical waste collected and treated to meet
environmental standards, and to provide 5 square metres of public green land
area per person by 2020.-
Can Tho Catholics Solidarity Committee launches 2015 plans
The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) of
the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held a meeting on March 10 to review the
patriotic movement among the community and launch plans for 2015.
At the meeting, priest Phan Dinh Son, Chairman of the CSVC-Can
Tho chapter reported that Catholic dignitaries and followers in the region
implemented numerous practical measures in response to the patriotic movement
to promote economic development, reduce poverty, and ensure social order and
safety in residential areas.
In 2015, the CSVC-Can Tho chapter, together with Catholic
dignitaries will continue to promote the patriotic movement among the
Catholic community in the region, Tran Duc Hieu, Vice Chairman of the
CSVC-Can Tho chapter stated.
In addition, it will gather and reflect legitimate aspirations
of Can Tho city’s Catholic people and organisations to the Vietnam Fatherland
Front.
The committee plans to hold a conference to honour good
examples among the Catholic community in the third quarter of 2015.
Catholicism constitutes the second largest religious community
in Vietnam, behind Buddhism (over 12 million), with 5.7 million followers,
followed by Hoa Hao (1.4 million), Cao Dai (808,000), Protestantism
(734,000), Islam (73,000), and Brahmanism (56,000).
Two arrested for illegally transporting Vietnamese to China
Police in the northern mountainous province of Son La has
taken into custody two locals for illegally transporting 26 Vietnamese people
to China.
The arrestees are Pham Van Ngoc-a passenger bus driver and
32-year-old To Van Dung, a resident from the Huy Ha commune, Phu Yen
district.
Initially, Dung told police he had asked each person to
deposit between VND3.5 million and VND4.5 million. Within a short period of
time, the accused had successfully gathered 26 people, including 12 women,
and earned hundreds of millions of dong in the process.
He later hired Ngoc to transport these people to a trail in
Chi Lang district, Lang Son province and waited for the right time to help
them flee to China.
The provincial police are conducting further investigations to
gather more incriminating evidence against the accused.
Source :
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