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Social News 10/4
Vietnamese workers in Yemen move to Oman
Nineteen Vietnamese guest workers in Yemen, where violence has
recently been escalating, safely travelled to Oman on April 8, said Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh at the ministry’s regular press conference on
April 9.
Binh told reporters that immediately after being informed of
the situation of the 19 Vietnamese citizens, the Vietnamese embassy in Arab
Saudi and
Most of the workers are offshore fishermen contracted with a
Korean company.
Localities step up fight against corruption
Many localities in
Ngo Quang Huong, head of the Kien Giang Province Committee of
Internal Affairs, said April 8 new regulations are being issued on paying for
information on corruption information.
Organisations, local people and foreigners can provide
information to the committee if they discover any corrupted officials in the
area. The committee will review and verify the accuracy of the information
and reward whistle-blowers depending on the value of the provided information.
The authorities pledge to keep the identity of informants secret.
Last year, many localities announced plans to pay for
information about corruption, including in the provinces of Quang Ngai, Binh
Thuan and Lam Dong. The local internal affairs committee will pay from
VND500,000 to VND10m for valuable information.
In the past two years,
Nguyen Minh, secretary of the
Chau Minh Son, head of Binh Thuan Province Internal Affairs
Committee, said the act aims to encourage people and even officials to
participate in the corruption fight.
"We hope to create an 'everyone fights against
corruption' movement so we can reduce and prevent corruption in each
agency," Son said.
Residents barricade streets with bikes to protect houses from
rainwater
A number of residents in the Central Highlands of
Recently, thunderstorms accompanied by downpours have swept
through
Many people living on Tran Hung Dao and Doan Thi Diem Streets
in Quyet Thang Ward one day decided to line up their motorbikes across the
streets to stop vehicles traveling through them.
Some of them explained that rainwater would be spilled into
their houses when vehicles traveled through the flooded areas so they just
wanted to protect their living places.
This ‘initiative’ has led to traffic congestion in the areas
and met with mixed opinions.
While many people have expressed their opposition to what
people in Kon Tum have done, saying they have no rights to block traffic,
others have shown their support.
“I’m from Kon Tum and I’ve heard of some cases in which people
died from being thrown into the sewers,” Tinhnguyenvan, a reader, wrote to
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
Nguyen Xuan Hanh, another reader, said floods have hit the
city for years and local people shut down the streets also to prevent
vehicles from breaking down due to the floodwater there.
Some others said authorities should step in to handle the
situation.
Vietnamese leaders should engage more with citizens: UNDP
official
Efforts by leaders to engage in dialogue with citizens to hear
their voices and feedback should be welcome and encouraged, UNDP Country
Director in Vietnam Louise Chamberlain has said.
The UNDP official made the statement in an interview with Tuoi
Tre(Youth) newspaper last week, in reference to Huynh Duc Tho, chairman of
the People’s Committee of Da Nang City, making his email address public on
February 26, and Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Minister of Health, announcing her
official Facebook page on February 28.
Chamberlain remarked that such moves are consistent with a
more responsive and accountable government agenda that
“More frequent interactions with users of public services – if
their feedback is heard – can help improve the quality of the civil service
in general and of public services in particular,” she said.
Interaction can also help with the monitoring of people’s
satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, with public services and therefore provide
important information that helps the government further improve its
performance, Chamberlain said.
“Of course, inviting feedback means being open to both praise
and criticism! If the government is committed to receiving and acknowledging
feedback, and responding to it, then it can pave the way for really
meaningful dialogue that improves the government’s services to its citizens.”
Regarding the cases of Da Nang Chairman Tho and Health
Minister Tien, the UNDP official said, “We hope that more public offices will
engage directly with citizens. We look forward to seeing how this develops,
and hope that others will follow.”
She affirmed that public servants and officials all over the
world are eager to listen to the concerns of citizens, and many have a strong
service ethic and a drive to improve their locality and country.
But the government needs to have the tools to act on it – the
bureaucracy needs to be responsive to the concerns of citizens, and this is
why outreach mechanisms are important, Chamberlain said.
A well-performing public service office is not static, it
evolves over time in response to people’s needs and other opportunities,
Chamberlain said, adding that survey tools to systematically collect citizen
concerns also play an important role.
“The Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration
Performance Index (PAPI) is one example of such consultation that we are
supporting at UNDP,” she said.
Every year, through PAPI, the voices of nearly 14,000
Vietnamese citizens are captured, analyzed, documented, and transferred to
policymakers and practitioners at both central and local levels.
Last year, UNDP also supported a survey in
There are different ways to consult citizens, but methods
involving technology and social media are used by the majority of countries
today, she said.
Some countries like Switzerland consult citizens about
specific issues via referendums, while in Asia, a good example of using
modern technology is in Singapore, where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
launched his Facebook page to hear and discuss public concerns, attracting
more than 660,000 followers, Chamberlain pointed out.
In 2012, as part of a global consultation to seek input for
the priorities for the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, the UN
office in Vietnam supported a consultation with over 1,300 Vietnamese people
on the kind of future they want – and even more voted on the issues most
important to them on the ‘My World’ website.
A total of seven million people were consulted and this has
helped governments around the world to shape a development agenda for the
future, focusing on 17 universal development goals, the official said.
She also said, “Some good principles for governments to follow
are to involve people in making decisions that affect their lives, to hear
what people have to say, and to respond transparently through action and
dialogue.”
Hanoi People's Committee has asked the authorities in Quoc Oai
and Chuong My districts to inspect, repair and rebuild dilapidated nursery
schools in their areas.
Do Lai Binh, vice chairman of Quoc Oai People's Committee,
said, "By July 30, the schools will be completed to receive children in
August."
Hundreds of children in these two districts play and study in
deteriorated classrooms, such as at Luong Xa Nursery School, which is an old
storage house but, due to budget restrictions, has only two rooms for 70
children, the third too run down to use.
In 2010, a new nursery project was carried out, but the
project was abandoned before the building was finished.
Nguyen Van Nha, chairman of Dong Quang Commune, said it is
speeding up completion of a new school by September.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) is scheduled
to add 545 flights from April 25 to May 4, an increase of 17.8% over normal and
up 82.9% compared to the same period last year.
The addition aims to meet the surge in demand for air travel
during the upcoming Liberation Day (April 30) and May Day national holidays.
Accordingly, VNA plans to operate 513 extra flights on high
demand domestic routes, especially flights to and from Da Nang, Phu Quoc and
Nha Trang including 106 on the Ho Chi Minh City-Phu Quoc route, 101 on the
Hanoi- Da Nang route, 67 on the Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang route, 64 between Ho
Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, 35 between Hanoi and Phu Quoc and 27 between
Hanoi and Nha Trang.
The carrier will also add 33 flights from
The additional flights will provide around 332,472 additional
seats for the holidays.
During the period, 32 extra flights will also be added on some
international routes from both
TU inaugurates new foreign language centre
The new centre was inaugurated by Deputy Defence Minister
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh on April 6, who was accompanied by
Indian Ambassador to
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister Vinh said the new
facility will provide the university with many new options in training
high-quality future leaders who are good at foreign language.
These upgrades reflect the high standards the school is
renowned for, and will benefit both students and the nation’s security and
national defence, he added.
The fresh design provides spacious, bright, safe, and
functional study areas – with fast and free wireless connectivity available
throughout the building.
Students have access to state-of-the-art interactive teaching
equipment, which enables them to learn more effectively.
In addition, the impact on the environment has been a vital
consideration throughout the project to ensure that the new infrastructure is
substantially more efficient, helping the facilities reduce carbon footprint.
Aviation sector aims to better serve the disabled
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested
relevant agencies carry out an examination and determine modifications and
supplements to their transport regulations to provide improved service to the
disabled.
Regarding Directive No 1630/CT-CHK on improving the quality of
aviation services for the disabled, issued on April 6, the CAAV asked the
Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to strongly enforce the rules on
management and coordination at airports.
Accordingly, the ACV Director is to perform his role and
responsibility of proactively responding to passenger complaints concerning
airport services, especially those lodged by the disabled.
The ACV is also required to develop an action plan to develop
wheelchair friendly access at airports, as many do not currently meet
regulations.
According to the Directive, airport staff is to actively
provide airport hotline information for passengers and assist them to ask
questions and make comments at their convenience.
Meanwhile, airports authorities under the CAAV are requested
to pay heed to supervising and controlling the quality of aviation and
non-aviation services at airports, especially those provided to people with
disabilities, as well as work with relevant agencies to address issues.
All aviation sector personnel are obliged to strictly abide by
the polite behaviour code of conduct.
An American animal activist has urged Vietnamese people to go
vegetarian at least one day a week for all the health and environmental
benefits that it brings, and as a way to save more animals from being
slaughtered.
Robert Lucius, Program Manager - Asia Pacific at Humane
Society International, a major international animal protection organization,
has recently returned to
Founded over 60 years ago, the Humane Society International
works to protect all animals, including animals in laboratories, farm
animals, companion animals, and wildlife around the world, according to its
website.
Lucius served in the U.S. Marines for 22 years. After he was
discharged from the army, he began working for the Humane Society
International in pursuit of his animal protection cause.
In recent years, he has been engaged in activities to go
against the practice of consuming dog meat.
During one of his previous trips to
He shared that reckoning moment with Tuoi Tre (Youth)
newspaper during his most recent trip to the country.
When he was traveling on a street in
The dog gave him a haunting look as if it were begging him to
come to its rescue.
“I thought I was considering rescuing it when the bike
carrying it went off. By the end of the trip, while I was eating, I happened
to see the carcass of a slaughtered dog. I thought: ‘That’s enough. I’m done
with meat,” Lucius recounted.
He then told his wife that he would go vegetarian, and
sometime later his wife and their five-year-old son followed suit.
“We strongly encourage people to go vegetarian. However, such
a thing is next to impossible in urban life, as we tend to succumb to
pressure from our families and friends and the irresistible temptation to
consume meat. If you cannot give up on meat, we urge that you have meat-free
meals at least one day a week. By doing so, you would save many animals from
being butchered, and make incredible changes to your own health and the
environment,” Lucius advised.
He explained that demand for meat, which is growing each day,
has put a mounting strain on many countries.
In
“However, there are many cattle parts which will go to waste
such as bones, hairs, and skin. That means humans’ staple cereals are
transformed into cattle meat – a considerably more wasteful form of food. The
more middle-class people consume meat, the hungrier the poor are,” he
elaborated.
Lucius revealed he read an article in 2011 regarding a large
pig ranch, located in the central Vietnamese
The farm, which raised up to 5,000 pigs at one time, met with
vehement objections from residents for its detrimental environmental effects
and foul odor emitted from a huge amount of animal waste.
The waste matters seep into underground currents before
pouring into rivers and lakes, which results in a rise in nitrate and
phosphate and deprives their water of oxygen, thus causing “dead zones” in
rivers or lakes, Lucius further explained.
Cattle farms are second only to automobiles in causing
greenhouse effects, the activist stressed.
“We vegetarians consume mostly vegetables and cereals. Their
production process is more cost-effective and economical in terms of
electricity and natural resources and of course emits remarkably less
greenhouse-effect substances compared to meat production,” Lucius noted.
He also refuted the so-called long-standing theory that
maintains humans stay on top of the food chain.
“Modern-time researchers observe that we humans are part of a
‘food grid.’ We’re reliant on other species just as much as they are on us,
and therefore should make sure we won’t destroy the grid,” Lucius maintained.
He also pointed to the rising meat consumption among today’s
Vietnamese people, particularly city dwellers, which goes against the
people’s tradition of eating a bountiful amount of vegetables and a little
meat.
The animal activist underlined that though people raise cattle
or dogs and cats for food, they are in no position to maltreat the defenseless
animals.
Instead farmers and slaughterers are supposed to raise the
animals with the respect they deserve and cause them as little pain as
possible when it comes to butchering them.
“To what I and many others know, dogs share a special bond
with humans, as they are the first species we tamed around 14,000 years ago.
Canines are also known for their intelligence, faithfulness, and capacity to
feel and express affection toward their owners,” Lucius said.
“It’ll be a betrayal of that long-standing relationship if we
kill them for food.”
Illegal forest activities increase in Dak Lak
There's been a continuous increase of illegal forest
exploitation, transportation, logging and forest land encroachment in Dak Lak
province, Vo Minh Son, an official of the People's Committee, said.
Since the beginning of the year, the Tay Nguyen (
The forest management force seized nearly 645cu.m of timber
and 109 vehicles in connection with the violations.
The provincial authorities have strengthened patrol forces in
the districts of Ea Sup, Buon Don, Krong Bong and Cu M'ga, besides Ea H'leo
to catch illegal loggers.
Head of the forest management and protection department Le
Cuoc said besides raising awareness about the need for forest protection
among local residents, the province needed close coordination among local
authorities and relevant agencies to deal with the deforestation issue, and
with persons who attack forest protection forces.
Overloaded trucks damage dyke roads, cause pollution
People living near the dyke system in Ha Noi's Bac Tu Liem
District have been complaining about overloaded trucks severely damaging the
dyke road and polluting the environment.
Meanwhile, the local authorised agency admitted lax control
over overloaded trucks, blaming it on shortage of human resources and
regulations.
Nguyen Thanh Phuong, a resident of Thuong Cat Ward, said the
8.6km-long dyke road was the main road for trucks carrying sand from the
River Hong (Red). Although signs banning trucks that can carry more than 13
tonnes have been installed, trucks with the capacity of carrying up to 25
tonnes of sand and cement have been seen using the road regularly.
"They (overloaded trucks) have damaged the road. Sand
from the trucks flies and covers households located near the road,"
Phuong said.
A part of the road passing through Thuong Cat Ward has been
seriously damaged by cracks and subsidence. There are 20cm-wide potholes on
the road passing through Thuy Phuong Ward. Local residents have filled these
potholes with soil and broken bricks to make the roads safe for people.
Nguyen Hung Cuong, head of the Residential Area No2 in Tan Phong
Ward, said he covered his two-storey house with canvas to prevent collection
of dust, but it didn't help much.
"Dust covers my house, though we try to clean it three
times a day," he said.
Huong, another resident in the ward's
Dinh Quoc Dat, senior official of the dyke management unit No
1, said trucks carrying sand from the river gathered at a place before
transporting their cargo to construction sites in Bac Tu Liem District.
The unit had reported the case to the authority, and issued
warnings to these vehicles too. However, it was not effective as the unit was
not authorised to fine the overloaded trucks.
Shortage of staff also made it difficult to resolve the issue,
Dat said, adding there were only six members in the unit.
Nguyen Thanh Son, head of Bac Tu Liem District's Traffic
Investigation Unit, said overloaded trucks usually operated at midday or
midnight to avoid detection by the traffic police.
He said the unit would put more police personnel on duty at
midday and midnight to crack down on overloaded trucks on this road.
Cancer patient first child to get main vein replacement
Doctors from Viet Nam National Hospital of Paediatrics and
Viet Nam National Heart Institute successfully replaced an inferior vena
cava, the main vein in the stomach, and removed a tumour on a child who
suffers from renal cancer. He was the first child in
Hoang Van Truong, 5, from the central
After Truong received chemotherapy to shrink the tumour,
doctors removed it and replaced the injured vein. He was discharged two weeks
later and is now in stable condition.
New treatment methods must get Ministry of Health approval
New medical treatments must get approval from the Ministry of
Heath (MoH) before being used, according to a circular issued by the Ministry
of Health.
It takes effect on June 1. There will be two stages in the
application of new methods of treatment: the research phase and the official
phase.
The new treatments include methods that haven't been used yet
in Viet Nam and new research in other countries acknowledged by the host
countries or the MoH's Administration of Science, Technology and Training.
Hospitals to focus on patient satisfaction
Patient satisfaction has become increasingly important in
today's competitive healthcare environment, Dr Ho Manh Tuong, General
Secretary of HCM City Society for Reproductive Medicine, told a workshop on
Sunday held in
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While competition between medical institutions is increasing,
little had been done to identify the most important characteristics of
healthcare services to improve patient satisfaction, he said.
He noted that healthcare quality included both technical
quality, which reflects the accuracy of medical diagnoses and procedures, and
functional quality, which is how patients perceive the services delivered.
"In other words, since patients are often unable to
accurately assess the technical quality of healthcare service, patients have
a tendency to infer technical quality based on functional aspects," he
said. "Patients' quality perceptions are usually determined by
functional quality."
Dr Nguyen Minh Man, deputy manager of the city's University
Medical Centre's general planning department, said patient satisfaction
depended on several factors: doctors and nurses' competence, results of
examination and treatment, hospital care for patients, waiting time, patients'
trust in hospitals, hospital facilities and medical fees.
Dr Le Huu Phuc, who is studying for a master's degree in
Healthcare Management in
To achieve the highest patient satisfaction index, Phuc said
hospitals should provide good salaries, have a safe working environment and
proper policies.
If not, low-quality healthcare services would be provided,
causing patient dissatisfaction.
The Ministry of Health has told health departments in
provinces and cities to improve patient satisfaction at their hospitals.
Vuong Anh Tai, deputy head of the city Department of Health's
medical profession division, said that his department had started to pay more
attention to patient satisfaction.
The city Department of Health is, in partnership with global
healthcare company US's Merck Sharp&Dohme and market research company
Nielsen Viet
Based on the survey, the city will take steps to improve
shortcomings.
"Satisfaction of patients and their relatives are
important in the development of both public and private hospitals," he
said.
Besides professional skills of doctors, he said the hospitals
should also conduct their own surveys on patient satisfaction periodically.
Last year, 53 per cent of complaints via hotlines of hospitals
in the city reflected patient dissatisfaction about behaviour and working
attitudes of health staff, including doctors and nurses.
Man said doctors and nurses at his hospital were given
training in communications skills. A special unit monitors the staff while
they work and patients provide feedback so that staff can improve in a timely
fashion.
He said these skills should be incorporated into a training
programme at medical universities.
Ministry issues pig-feed warning
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced it
would shutter pig feed producers' and traders' businesses if they were found
with banned substances.
The ministry held a conference in Ha Noi on Monday to launch
crackdown on male breeding pig and pig feed violations. Nguyen Xuan Duong,
vice head of the ministry's Department for Animal Husbandry, reported that
pig feed producers and traders who were found to make or trade substandard
pig feed would be fined and issued two warnings, after which they'd be forced
to close.
If the feed was found to contain banned substances, they would
be forced to close and their names would be published in the mass media, he
said.
Duong said the amount of low-quality feed seemed to increase
whenever pig prices rose.
He said this year inspections would focus on producers, mixers
and traders of both feed and veterinary medicine, as well as pig farmers.
They would also prioritise small- and medium-sized producers and producers of
supplementary feed, Duong said.
"For pig farms, priority will go to the high-risk
category, i.e. those that produce feed by mixing ingredients on their own or
that use leftovers from restaurants and cafeterias for breeding," he
said.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Vu Van Tam pointed out some
challenges that lie ahead. Due to understaffing, the ministry only inspected
50 per cent of businesses, farmers and producers, while instances of repeated
violations were as high as 60 or 70 per cent, he said.
Tam highlighted the need to inspect farms, as well, saying
many preferred substandard feed with unknown origins, because it cost less.
A report by the Department for Animal Husbandry stated that
last year the sector carried out inspections in six provinces, checking 88
feed producers, 71 traders, 256 meat pig farms, 33 slaughterers and 14
pork-trading businesses.
The inspectors collected 329 samples of feed, 311 samples of
pig urine and 346 samples of pork.
Testing results showed that 11.6 per cent of the sampled feed
was in violation of quality standards, in terms of raw protein, amino acid
and minerals; 2.4 per cent failed safety criteria and 5.2 per cent contained
banned substances.
Authorised agencies gave out fines totalling VND545 million
(US$25,000).
The conference was told that 2014 was a successful year for
the animal husbandry industry, riding on increased production and good
selling prices.
The industry grew 4.85 per cent in the first quarter of the
year, despite the high price of feed, the report said.
Van Tri-Chem transmission line put into full operation
The National Power Transmission Corporation (EVN-NPT) has
finalised the installation of a transmission line connecting the southern
bank of the
Under the second phase of the Van Tri- Chem transmission line
project, the facility is expected to ensure power supply for
On December 30, 2014, EVN-NPT inaugurated phase 1 of the
project (from the 220kV Van Tri substation to the northern bank of the Red
River), providing stable electricity to
Construction of the Van Tri-Chem transmission line started on
December 2012 with a total investment of over VND574 billion (US$26.4
million).
The project consists of two components: construction of a new 17km
220kV line passing through Hanoi’s Me Linh, Dong Anh and North Tu Liem
districts, connecting the 220kV Van Tri substation (Dong Anh) with the 220kV
Chem substation (North Tu Liem); and extending the 220 kV Chem substation.
The line is responsible for transmission of power from
hydroelectric sources in the northwest including the Son La Hydropower Plant
line to the Son La-Hiep Hoa 500kV line and thermal sources in the northeast
through the 500kV Quang Ninh-Hiep Hoa line to
Coach operators to hike holiday fares
Coach operators at Mien Dong Coach Station in HCMC have got
approval to raise fares by up to 40% compared to normal days during the
Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labor Day holiday.
The strong fare rise is to help coach operators offset losses
from the trips back to HCMC as their seating occupancy is low.
People will have six straight days off as the Government
decided to combine the upcoming break with the holiday of Hung Kings’ Death
Anniversary holiday falling on April 28.
Thuong Thanh Hai, deputy director of Mien Dong Coach Station,
said travel demand is predicted to rise by 3% during the holidays over the
same period last year, particularly short routes and those leading to
amusement parks.
The station forecast a strong increase in passengers from
April 27 to 30.
Therefore, coach operators will increase fares by 30% for the
trips to Ba Ria-Vung Tau and up to 40% for the longer trips to the southern
provinces of Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc and Dong Nai, the central localities of Binh
Thuan, Ninh Thuan and Danang and the
Meanwhile, coach operators at Mien Tay Coach Station want to
hike fares by around 40% during the upcoming holidays but competent agencies
have not approved this rise.
To meet rising demand during the holidays, Saigon Railway
Station will operate ten more trains for the Saigon-Nha Trang route and two
more trains for each of the HCMC-Quy Nhon and the HCMC-Phan Thiet routes in
addition to normal daily trains.
More carriages will be connected to the north-south trains
departing from HCMC to
Train fares will not increase during the holidays.
Voluntary family health insurance package suspended
The Vietnam Social Insurance Agency has suspended a policy
which requires individuals to purchase voluntary health insurance via a
family package as both buyers and agencies have found it difficult to
implement it.
The policy was put on hold until January 1 next year after
three months of implementation.
Pham Luong Son, head of the agency’s Health Insurance Policy
Implementation Department, said the Health Insurance Department of the
Ministry of Health and the agency have received many complaints about the
troublesome procedures which buyers have to complete before they have health
insurance cards issued for them.
People are required to come to the agencies of the wards or
towns where they reside to purchase voluntary health insurance, and local
agencies check the number of family members and send the list of buyers to
district-level social insurance agencies for issuing insurance cards.
Son said the agency will propose improving relevant
regulations before the policy resumes next year.
Son said the Law on Health Insurance with effect on January 1
this year regulates the fee of voluntary health insurance will change
depending on the number of family members. The second, third and fourth
persons will pay 70%, 60% and 50% respectively of the fee paid by the first
and the fee for the fifth buyer is only 40%.
The fee is equal to 4.5% of the current base salary.
The agency said the policy aims to avoid the bankruptcy of the
national health insurance fund if only the sick pay fees for the fund, and
ensure the sharing of family members.
Expert urges
A senior Vietnamese official has urged the Transport Ministry
to undertake a review of all projects in light of recent cases of corruption
exposed by the media.
Duong Thanh Bieu, former deputy head of the Supreme People's
Procuracy, said the internal inspection system in
"These make us think more about our corruption fight and
we must learn from these experiences," Bieu said. "We must provide
clear and detail information in these cases to public."
Last year, Japan Transportation Consultants Inc. admitted to
the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper it had given JPY80 m to Vietnamese railway
officials to win a contract.
In March, news reports in the
In early April, the World Bank Group banned Louis Berger
Group, Inc. (LBG) for one year for engaging in corrupt practices under two
Bank-financed projects in
Asian police coordinate to combat drug trade
Law enforcement officials from 18 Asian countries are
gathering in
The Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program, which
began at RMIT University in HCMC on Tuesday, aims to build police cooperation
to address cross-border crimes, with focuses on illicit drug trafficking and
money laundering.
In the past ten years, more than 700 police and law
enforcement officials from 25 countries, including 200 from
“We can no longer expect that individual efforts will be
successful in combating transnational crime,” Australian Consul General John
McAnulty told the opening ceremony.
“Only through the establishment and maintenance of mutually
beneficial partnerships, built on high levels of cooperation, collaboration
and communication can we realistically challenge those that engage in crime
and harm our societies,” he said.
Senior Colonel Nguyen Hien Dung, a representative of
“To prevent and combat the illicit drug trafficking and money
laundering effectively requires close cooperation between all countries’ law
enforcement agencies especially in criminal information sharing, detection,
investigation and prosecution,” Dung said.
The program’s graduates are achieving success in the
international law enforcement field, the Australian Consulate-General said in
a statement.
“Many have been appointed to international roles as Police
Liaison Officers with the United Nations and other leading international
taskforce teams addressing transnational crime,” it said.
Lao students enjoy homeland New Year in Thai Nguyen
More than 100 Lao students studying across the northern
mountainous
The local chapter of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association
hosted the event, warmly greeting the young expatriates.
Musical performances from Vietnamese and Lao youths incited a
festive mood at the big party.
Bun Pi May takes place annually from April 14 – 16 with a
number of ritual activities and local customs, including bathing Buddha
statues, splashing water and praying for a year of luck, happiness and
fruitful harvest.
More than 400 Lao and Cambodian students are learning in 8
universities, colleges and high schools in the locality.
Over 40% of young Vietnamese show alcohol addiction signs:
research
A research by a Vietnamese psychologist on the drinking
behaviors of young Vietnamese has indicated that over 40 percent of
youngsters display signs of alcohol addiction.
Over half of the respondents said they tell lies to be able to
drink alcohol while 27.7 percent admitted to borrowing money for a drink.
More than one-third (37.9 percent) said they drink regularly
and over 40 percent bear signs of alcohol addiction. Another four percent
proved to be heavy drinkers.
The research had the participation of 470 young people from 18
to less than 28 years old, most of whom think of drinking as an indispensable
choice of salaried people and as a way to bond with others as well as to
improve their communication capability.
It was done by Huynh Van Son, a psychologist and deputy
chairman of the Vietnam Psychological Association.
The number of people suffering from diseases related to
alcohol and beer such as neurosis, delirium tremens, and liver problems has
risen alongside the number of traffic accidents caused by drunk driving, the
institute said.
Source : VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/TT/Dantri
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