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Social News 13/4
Five fishermen rescued off coast of Da Nang
Five Vietnamese fishermen were rescued on Saturday off the
coast of
The fishing boat, from
A search and rescue ship was sent and found the fishing ship
six hours later, before taking the fishermen and the boat safety home on
Saturday evening.
The crew members were unharmed.
Food firm found guilty of unhygienic practise
Investigation by the Viet Nam Food Administration under the
Ministry of Health has shown that the Phu Nhat Hao Catering Company did not
ensure food hygiene and safety, said Nguyen Hung Long, deputy director of the
administration.
The Phu Nhat Hao Company, in the southern
On April 9, 16 students at Vo Thi Sau Primary School were
hospitalised after having meals supplied by the company with symptoms of
bellyache and vomiting.
In March this year, the company transported 72kg of smelly
fish and 12kg of pig skin to
Police catch animal traders
Hai Phong City Police have rewarded the municipal Department
of Economic Crimes Investigation Police for destroying a criminal gang
selling rare animals.
After a long investigation, on April 4 the department stopped
an automobile with a fake number plate carrying 50 pangolins.
The driver, Hoang Anh Tuan, 34, failed to show any papers
relating to the pangolins. He said he was hired to carry the animals by a man
in the
Ha Noi to rescue residents from risk of sewage floods
Authorities of Ha Noi are determined to rescue 12 houses in Ba
Dinh District which are surrounded by contaminated sewer water by April 30.
In a document released last week, municipal authorities urged
the district's competent bodies and the city's Department of Construction to
determine what caused the flooding of sewage and "rescue" more than
60 residents living at No 146,
A blockage stopped pipes in the residential area from draining
waste into the city's sewerage system, which forced these 12 households to be
inundated with sewage and waste since July 2013, the local media reported.
Also, the situation worsens whenever it rains.
The affected residents sent several petitions to district authorities,
but the local administration was unable to repair the problem. They then
complained to city authorities, blaming Nguyen Xuan Minh, a resident of No.
5,
Moreover, Vice Chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee
Nguyen Quoc Hung has demanded all involved bodies to address this
environmental issue and to not let the situation persist.
Also, lawyer Vi Van Dien from the Ha Noi Bar Association told
the Dan Tri newspaper that the delayed settlement had seriously violated
"environmental protection principles", in line with legal
regulations, and failed to abide by state policies, which reflected the
irresponsibility of authorities.
"The pollution issue at No 146,
"The local administration should take the responsibility
of handling this problem as soon as possible. Residents would not have to
live amid flooded sewage and waste for two years had authorities been
responsible," Dien said.
He added that anyone found to have caused the blockage should
be made to pay damages and be punished.
Marine police seize 135,000 tonnes of oil
The Marine Police Zone 2 said it discovered and seized a
vessel carrying 135,000 tonnes of oil of unclear origin in the southern Ba
Ria-Vung Tau Province's marine area.
On Monday, the police team, in charge of preventing and
controlling smuggling and trading fraud, stopped a vessel belonging to the
Thanh Chau Phat Company Ltd, for a routine check.
The police found 135,000 tonnes of oil in the vessel's tank.
Ha Minh Thong, the ship's captain, and seven crew members failed to produce
papers on the volume of oil.
The oil cargo was seized. The case is being investigated
further.
World Bank debars Louis Berger Group
The central city of
Earlier, the WB had announced the debarment of LBG for one
year for engaging in corrupt practices relating to two WB-financed projects
in
Under the two WB-financed projects, the Third Rural Transport
and Da Nang Priority Infrastructure Investment Projects, the company made
illegal payments to corrupt government officials. In addition, BGH failed to
effectively supervise LBG and thus bears responsibility for LBG's misconduct.
The WB has asked BGH and LBG to conduct an internal
investigation in accordance with the terms laid down by the bank to examine
the misconduct and implement an effective integrity compliance programme that
is consistent with WB guidelines.
"A company's response to misconduct is clear evidence of
where its commitment to integrity lies," Leonard Frank McCarthy, World
Bank Integrity Vice President, wrote on the bank's official website.
"What this case demonstrates is an investigative process and outcome
that has pushed the company to take remedial action toward achieving a
stronger standard of compliance and accountability across the board."
Speaking to the Voice of Viet Nam, Vo Van Thuong, the
committee spokesman, said any current information about the case was
available through the media.
The committee would direct the relevant units in implementing
these projects if they received official information, Thuong added.
The Third Rural Transport project was conducted from September
2007 to June 2014, with an investment of US$257 million. The WB's
International Development Association loan was $203 million, while
non-refundable aid from the
The Da Nang Priority Infrastructure Investment Projects
started in 2008 and was completed in 2013, funded by the WB's Official
Development Assistance loan, along with local funds. The project had a total
investment of $218.4 million. The WB's input was $152.4 million, and domestic
reciprocal capital was $66 million. The goal of this project was to improve
the efficiency and sustainability of urban services in
Vam Co River oil spill threatens shrimp farm
More than 10,000 liters of oil spilt from a crashed cargo
carrier on Vam Co River in Long An Province on Wednesday are threatening a
400-hectare shrimp farm.
The provincial Aquaculture Department and Can Duoc District's
Agriculture Extension Division dispatched officers to assess the oil spill
and activate measures to minimise its impact.
Shrimp growers in Can Duoc District's Tan Chanh Commune and Go
Cong District's Binh Dong Commune – where the oil spill occurred – have been
advised to not take water from the river for shrimp farming.
On Wednesday morning, a cargo carrier of the Dong Thap Oil and
Petroleum Transport Joint Stock Company carrying 2,200 tonnes of oil from
Vo
The southern
Sixteen of the school's students were hospitalised yesterday,
allegedly suffering from food poisoning.
The students presented symptoms of vomiting and stomach pains
after eating lunch at the canteen yesterday. The canteen used foods supplied
by Phu Nhat Hao Ltd, a company specialising in food delivery.
Samples of food were sent to
Police seize thousands of fake water filters
Ha Noi Police raided a company in Thanh Tri district
yesterday, and seized thousands of fake water purification machine filters of
Kangaroo brand.
The fake goods were found at the NANO Viet Nam Company Ltd.
The company's Director Tran Ngoc Tuan, 28, reportedly said his
company bought poor-quality material in the market to produce water filters
to make more profit. After manufacturing the filters, the company's workers
installed them in the genuine water purification machines of
The police have temporarily seized all the fake products to
continue criminal investigation in the case.
New tool for measuring poverty comes under discussion
Participants at a workshop held today in this central city
discussed ways to perfect a new tool that identifies poor and near-poor
households in
Nguyen Viet Cuong from the World Bank said the tool should
define poor and near-poor households by applying a method that measures the
characteristics of each household and the property they own.
For example, several items could be added to the assets
declaration paper, especially for households in rural areas, to determine
whether they own assets, such as cattle or a grocery store, Cuong said.
Pham Minh Thu from the
Ngo Truong Thi, chief of the National Co-ordination Office on
Poverty Reduction, said poor and near-poor households were currently defined
only by income levels.
As a result, attempts at poverty identification may result in
inaccuracies, Thi said.
However, the new tool will evaluate poor and near-poor
households by using multi-dimensional poverty measurement, Thi said.
A Government decision, dated 2011, maintained that in Viet
Nam's urban areas, a poor household is defined as having an income below
VND500,000 (US$23) per head per month, whereas a near-poor household is
defined as having an income of less than VND650,000 ($30) per head per month.
In rural areas, a poor household has an income of less than
VND400,000 ($18) per head per month, whereas a near-poor household has an
income of less than VND520,000 ($24) per head per month.
The workshop was co-organised by the Ministry of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs and the World Bank.
New
The construction of a US$80-million canal that will connect
the
Nguyen Thai Hoang, an official from the transport ministry's
Waterway Transport Project Management, said the canal was part of a project
of the ministry to develop transport infrastructure in the northern delta,
which aimed to resolve several important logistical bottlenecks in the
region.
The canal, which is expected to be opened in 2018, will help
boost regional waterway transport and connections between the region and the
rest of the country.
It will facilitate 1,000-tonne ships to reach ports along the
River Red, and 2000-tonne to 3000-tonne ships to reach ports along the Ninh
Co River and the
400 scholarships granted to poor students in Long An
Thai-invested paint maker 4
Accordingly, each student received 2 million VND (93 USD) in
cash, a bike helmet, and a schoolbag.
The total value of the scholarships is about 1 billion VND
(46,500 USD).
This is the seventh year the company has donated scholarships
to school kids in Long An.
Only 30% of drug addicts in HCMC detected: police
Only about 30% of the total number of drug addicts without
stable residence in Ho Chi Minh City has been detected since December last
year, although 2,800 drug addicts have been sent to drug detoxification
centers, the city’s vice chief police has said.
Major General Phan Anh Minh, deputy director of the city
Police Department released the figures at a meeting held by the local
People’s Committee on April 10 to review the performances in cracking down on
crime and ensuring order and security in the city over the two-month period
ending on March 15.
The 2,800 addicts are a part of the above 30% of drug addicts
and have been sent to rehabilitation centers since December 5, 2014, when
local police launched a campaign to send them there, pending court decisions
on applying compulsory detoxification to them, Major General Minh said.
According to statistics, the city now has about 19,000 drug
addicts, of whom 12,000 have unstable residence.
“Therefore, we should not think that the situation of drug
abuse will soon terminate after we sent more than 2,800 drug addicts to
detoxification centers,” the official said.
The campaign was launched after the National Assembly adopted
a resolution to allow drug addicts to be sent to such facilities as
Addressing the meeting, chairman of the People’s Committee Le
Hoang Quan said that the sending of drug addicts to obligatory detoxification
centers is a humanitarian policy.
“Don’t be afraid of wrong allegations saying that the
admission of drug addicts to such centers is an act violating human rights,”
the city leader said.
“The city authorities are determined to offer detoxification
to drug addicts with a view to help them recover health and build a better
life, he said.
The city police also reported to the meeting that 855 criminal
cases occurred across the city from January 16 to March 15, down 23.18% from
the preceding two months.
Of these cases, 520 were uncovered by units under the city
police department, which arrested 609 offenders.
France-Vietnam Job Fair seeks local talent
France-Vietnam Job Fair 2015 will be held at the
Organized by the French Institute of
The participating companies are active in fields such as
commerce, banking & finance, IT, telecommunications, industry, healthcare
& pharmaceuticals, mechanical & electrical engineering, construction,
hotel & tourism, and education & research.
They include Accor Asia Pacific, Big C, Bureau Veritas,
L’Oreal Vietnam, FV Hospital, Capgemini
The organizers welcome students, fresh graduates and
experienced candidates, including Vietnamese who have studied in
World Aviation and Astronautics Day marked in Vietnam
A celebration took place in
On March 18, 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first person to
leave a spacecraft while in orbit and float in the vacuum of space. The move
affirmed the unlimited ability of human.
Leonov with Captain Pavel Belyayev was flying onboard the
former-Soviet
Dao Trong Thi, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee
for Culture, Education, Youth, Teenagers, Children, said at the meeting that
despite geographical distance,
This year both countries will mark the 65th anniversary of
diplomatic ties and 35 years of the Vietnam-Soviet space flight on July 24th,
an unforgettable historical event for Vietnamese people.
On April 10, the Russian Centre of Science and Culture and the
People’s
Helmet law for kid largely ignored across Vietnam
The regulation that children above six years old must wear a
crash helmet when traveling on motorbikes took effect on April 10, but the
rule was not complied with in various localities nationwide.
In
They also stopped students driving motorbikes or electric
bicycle without bearing a helmet.
Patrol police teams were also sent to routes where many
schools or recreational centers are located to handle violations of the
regulation.
A traffic police officer handles a violation in which a woman
carries a teen girl on a scooter without wearing a helmet in
At the intersection of Quang Trung-Le Trong Tan Streets in Ha
Dong District, a police team handled a lot of violations by parents who
carried their children and by children who drove electric bicycles.
During three hours on duty at this location, the team fined to
25 violators, said Senior Lieutenant Pham Ngoc Thanh, a police official in
The fine ranges from VND100,000 (US$4.63) to VND200,000
(US$9.3) for those driving or riding motorbikes or electric bicycles without
crash helmets or with helmets worn incorrectly.
However, under current regulations, in case students under 16
years old drive bikes or electric bicycles, police do not fine them, but give
them a warning and record their names, home addresses and schools.
Notices of their violations will later be sent to their
families or schools.
From April 6 to 9,
A child is carried on a bike without wearing a helmet in
Police in Ho Chi Minh also handled violators on April 10 and
worked with schools on the regulation.
Police said they will send lists of student violating the rule
to their schools.
However, a lot of children were found being carried on
motorbikes without wearing a helmet on various streets.
The same situations were seen on same day in many other
localities including the southern province of Dong Nai, the central cities of
Hue and Danang, and Nghe An and Quang Binh provinces, both also in the
central region.
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Traffic police in the central
The fleet was found parked on the roadside on National Highway
7 in Nghe An’s Chuong Duong District at around 10 p.m on April 7, Kien Thuc
news website reported.
The police had received a tip-off about the trucks and lay in
wait near the spot.
When asked to produce papers, the Laotian truck drivers
refused.
The following day the officers escorted all the trucks to a
bus station in nearby Do Luong District. The investigation is continuing.
The police said the trucks had brought the timber from
Phan Huy Chuong, deputy chief inspector of the province
Department of Transport, said dozens of Laotian trucks with timber are hiding
on small roads off National Highway 7 to avoid Vietnamese traffic police.
He said more officers have been stationed on the highway to
tackle the problem.
Portuguese entrepreneur in
The Vietnamese Embassy in
At the award ceremony in early April, Ambassador Do Ba Khoa
spoke highly of Jorge Couto’s support to the embassy and Vietnamese
enterprises in establishing and developing their economic, trade and
investment ties in
Khoa expressed his hope that the general director would
continue to assist with the cooperation between
Jorge Couto said his help to Vietnamese enterprises is a
result of his personal enthusiasm for the country and pledged to do his
utmost to continue contributing to economic, trade and investment cooperation
between
Flood-proof housing programme to be extended
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to extend a
programme to build flood-proof resident areas in the Mekong Delta region
through 2020, housing over 8,400 additional households.
He urged the Ministry of Construction to work with other
ministries and localities to review programme beneficiaries while continuing
lending and extending payments for people living in poverty.
Regional localities should consider the programme their key
political task, he stated during a conference to review the programme’s
second phase on April 10 in the Mekong Delta
It is also crucial to listen to local feedback during the
implementation of the programme to ensure social consensus as well as
mobilising all possible resources for the programme, he urged.
Highlighting the special role and position of 13 Mekong Delta
localities as a major economic region of the country, PM Nguyen Tan Dung
noted that the region is prone to devastating natural disasters—especially
floods, adding that the Mekong Delta is forecast to be one of the hardest hit
areas by climate change.
Launched in 2011, the flood-proof residential areas building
programme has produced a number of results.
In the first phase from 2011-2008, as many as 804 smaller
projects to construct flood-resilient areas and dyke systems were implemented
with an investment of 5.77 trillion VND (288 million USD), protecting 146,000
households in flood-prone areas of eight regional localities.
During the second phase, which is scheduled to finish in 2015,
the programme aims to provide flood-proof houses for 56,000 more local
households. So far, as much as 97 percent of the workload has been completed
with as many as 27,185 of the planned 35,595 houses constructed.
As of the end of 2014, total capital disbursement under the
programme mounted to nearly 2.86 trillion VND (132.3 million USD) sourced
from the central budget, the Bank for the Development of Vietnam and the
Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.
According to Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung, thanks
to the programme, human and material damage by storms and floods in the
region was equal to less than 15 percent of the previous year’s figure.
The programme ensured safety for over 200,000 local households
or more than 1 million people, most of who are impoverished, he noted.
During the conference, locality representatives proposed that
new-style area building and other poverty reduction project investments be
timed to ensure synchronic infrastructure in the flood-proof resident areas
in order to enhance local living conditions comprehensively.
Greetings to Khmer ethnics ahead of traditional New Year
State and local officials conveyed greetings to Khmer people
in southern
Chol Chnam Thmay, taking place from April 14-16 this year, is
one of the most important festivals for the Khmer people. It lasts three days
(four days in leap years) and is traditionally held in a pagoda.
The festival is a demonstration of Khmer people’s aspirations,
like many other ethnic groups, to move on from the previous year’s
misfortunes and look forward to the promise of a new year.
At the Candaransi pagoda in District 3 of Ho Chi Minh City,
Khmer people and Buddhist monks participated in traditional New Year rituals
expressing their gratitude to ancestors.
Pham Dung, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Chairman of the
Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs, congratulated Khmer people on
their traditional festival and spoke highly of Chol Chnam Thmay celebrative
activities which, he said, will help preserve their traditional identities.
Khmer ethnics have put their trust in the Party and State’s
policies and joined hands with local authorities in the national development
and protection, he noted.
At a gathering in Kien Giang province, Monk Danh Nhuon, deputy
head of the executive board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s provincial
chapter, said Khmer communities have gained a facelift thanks to practical
projects and policies issued by the Party and State.
Almost all Khmer-inhabited areas have had electricity and
concrete roads while low-income families have received house building and
farmland aid, he noted, adding that local Khmers are determined to work
harder towards better living conditions and stronger local development.
On this occasion, Kien Giang earmarked more than 1.5 billion
VND (71,400 USD) sourced from its budget for supporting impoverished Khmer
households during the Chol Chnam Thmay festival.
Also on the day, nearby Vinh Long province kicked off the
sixth culture and sport festival of the Khmer people occasioned their
traditional New Year.
The two-day event includes a variety of activities, such as
photo and document exhibitions on the group’s cultural identities and their
rural area building efforts, along with traditional dancing and musical
instrument performances.
A cooking contest of traditional Khmer dishes and folk game
competitions also form part of the festival.
Mainly residing in the south of Vietnam, the Khmer ethnic
group numbers more than 1.2 million people and is among the most populous
ethnic group in the country.-
Vietnamese music teachers receive Laos Labour Orders
The Lao State has awarded the Labour Order to two former
Vietnamese music teachers—Tran To Lan and Dinh Quang Hop—in recognition of
their devotion and hard work in educating Lao students who studied at the
National Music Academy from the 1955-1969 academic years.
On behalf of the Lao Government, Minister of Information,
Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdara presented the decorations at a
ceremony held in
Representing former Lao students who studied in
He affirmed that Vietnamese teachers’ service to Lao music
students contributes to strengthening the friendship, special solidarity and
comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States and peoples.
Japanese politician honoured by
The Vietnam National University-Hanoi (VNU) presented the
title of Honourable Doctor to Seko Hiroshige, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
of
The title was in recognition of his contributions to
Vietnam-Japan cooperation in socio-economic development, cultural exchange,
education and training.
He also actively supported the establishment of the
So far, the VNU-Hanoi has granted Honourable Doctor
certificates to 37 foreign individuals.
One of the two national universities in
Northern disaster forecasting system upgraded
A project on modernising the disaster warning and forecast
system of the northeastern region’s hydro-meteorological station will benefit
from non-refundable aid of the
The project, as approved by the Prime Minister recently, aims
to improve the hydro-meteorological monitoring and forecasting capacity of
the Hai Phong city-based regional station, which is under the National Centre
for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
To that end, it will upgrade the station’s infrastructure and
provide intensive training for its personnel.
The project is scheduled to be carried out in 36 months with
an estimated 3.97 million USD aid and 9.66 billion VND (46,000 USD) financed
by
New strain of GM maize proves a success
Many farmers harvesting maize in Lang Minh commune, Xuan Loc
district, Dong Nai province say they are happy with a new strain of
genetically modified (GM) maize.
They claim it helped them save production costs by using less
pesticides and herbicides.
Nguyen Lam, a farmer with 40 years' experience in growing
maize, told Vietnam News that he had set aside 2,000 square metres of his
total 24,000sq.m maize farm to try out a new variety supplied by Dekalb
"The new strain yielded as much as the hybrid maize we
are using now, which is estimated at 11-12 tonnes per hectare, but it cost
less to produce," he said.
Lam calculated that for each hectare of maize he could save 3
million VND (250 USD) using the new variety because he had to spray
herbicides only once instead of two or three times. He also saved on the cost
of hiring workers to do spraying.
Lam also saved all the money he would normally spend on
pesticides because the new strain is resistant to three major types of kinds
of pests - leaf worm (Spodoptera litura), corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis),
and corn earworm (Heliothis armigera).
The new corn was supplied on trial to three farming households
in Xuan Loc district. Company representatives also conducted field schools to
instruct up to 300 farmers on growing techniques.
They came not only from Dong Nai, but also from neighboring
Tay Ninh, Binh Thuan, Binh Duong, and Long An provinces.
The company has also provided GM maize seeds for more than 100
farmers throughout
Pham Dong Quang, vice-director of the Cultivation Department
under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said he pinned high
hope on the GM maize.
He also claimed that use of the new crop could also boost
national maize production.
Last year, although the country harvested 5.6 million tonnes
of maize from a total acreage of 1.2 million hectares, it had to import
another 4.8 million tonnes.
In the first quarter this year, imported maize already reached
nearly 1.8 million tonnes, an increase of 11.5 percent over the same period
last year.
AKP Director General welcomed in Binh Thuan
Cambodian Press Agency (AKP) Director General Sok Mom Nimul
was received by Binh Thuan pro vincial Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Manh
Hung on April 10.
The closer ties between AKP and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
present great potential to promote the trade opportunities, tourism, and
culture of the two countries among its people, Hung said.
He hoped through AKP media coverage, business communities in
Binh Thuan and
Sok Mom Nimul said she is glad to learn more about the overall
socio-economy development of the locality.
The VNA has assisted AKP with expertise and facilities, she
said, emphasising that the long-term relationship is invaluable.
Policies required for more effective agricultural cooperatives
Outdated agricultural cooperative business models need to be
replaced in order to bring farming products into local supermarkets and
international markets, earning farmers higher income in the face of growing
competition.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central
Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan made the remark at a conference to discuss
policies for agricultural cooperatives hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development (MARD) in
The MARD recorded around 10,450 agricultural cooperatives last
year operating in farming, animal husbandry, aquaculture, forestry, salt
production and agricultural services, accounting for 50 percent of the total
cooperatives nationwide. They were mostly concentrated in the Red River
Delta,
Most of the cooperatives focus on supplying input materials
for their members, such as varieties, equipment and fertilizers, and
irrigation services while only 9 percent engaged in product distribution.
The ineffective performance led to persistently low incomes
with just over one million VND (46.24 USD) per month in several areas.
There are also insufficient linkages between farmers and
businesses. Even with successful links in the production of rice, beef,
sugarcane, coffee and pepper in the Mekong Delta, only 10-15 percent of the
total farming output was distributed by the cooperatives.
The current trend of developing agricultural value chains
necessitates an increased role of cooperatives as a bridge between farmers
and distribution businesses.
A representative from a cooperative in northern Lao Cai
province urged the MARD to set VietGAP as the compulsory standard for
agricultural production inside cooperatives and trade promotion groups to
help farmers sell their products.
Under the Politburo resolution on developing new-style
cooperatives in agriculture, fishery and trade villages, the MARD in
coordination with the VFF and the Vietnam Farmers’ Union is discussing with
local authorities and outstanding farmers in the Mekong Delta the
establishment of pilot cooperative models, first of all in rice farming.
Meanwhile, pilot new-style cooperatives in animal breeding
will be set up in some northern and southern provinces based on the
successful models of the Quy Hien cooperative in the northern mountainous
Guidelines for the establishment of new-style fishery
cooperatives will also be issued in June this year.
World Hemophilia Day 2015 marked in Vietnam
The World Hemophilia Day 2015 was marked in
The World Hemophilia Day 2015 was organised to raise awareness
about bleeding disorder and the need to build a family of support for those
living with it.
According to Nguyen Anh Tri, VHA Chairman, people living with
hemophilia can have a stable life and make contributions to society if they
are diagnosed and treated early along with the help from the community.
There is significant progress in treating the hemophilia in
With a dense network of rivers and canals plus a tropical
monsoon climate,
Acknowledging the grave importance of water in rural
development, the Vietnamese government has spared no effort to upgrade its
institutions and policies for better water resource management.
However, about two-third of this water originates outside of
Le Huu Thuan, Deputy Director General of the Water Resource
Management Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Management,
said Vietnam’s population is forecast to reach 100 million by 2020 and will
reach 120 million in the next few decades. The increasing population will
require better water quality to support a higher living standard and
production growth, creating a major challenge for national water resource
development.
Because many reservoirs and irrigation systems in Vietnam were
built before Sustainable Development Goals were defined, they were designed
to improve economic efficiency without taking into consideration
environmental protection issues.
Water management expert Nguyen Thi Phuong Lam said it’s
necessary to engage the whole community in water resource management to
ensure sustainable water resource development.
Water consumers and managers should work together to define
sustainable development goals, Lam said, adding that based on such goals,
water resource managers will create appropriate regulations to control access
to water sources and allocate sufficient water to support the ecology.
Measures are needed to prevent water resource degradation and water
pollution, restore water resources, and minimize waste water discharge into
clean water sources.
At the 3rd session of the 8th National Assembly meeting, the
revised Law on Water Resources was approved, promoting a holistic and unified
water resource management, and economical water use.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, who is also chairman of
the National Council on Water Resources, has asked the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment to prepare a national water resource planning and
survey to be submitted to the Prime Minister for approval in 2016. This will
provide a basis for
Nguyen Thai Lai, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment, said water is vital to our health, food security, and economic
development. Water is the key to sustainable development. A wise use of water
resources will help protect social security, and economic and agricultural
development.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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