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Rescued seamen reach home
The Viet Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre
of Region III, along with the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Border Guard, helped seven
seamen reach home today.
The seamen had been aboard a sinking fishing vessel on March
25, the province's Tuy Phong District authorities, said.
The fishing vessel, owned by Pham Minh Chien, 58, from Tuy
Phong District, sank on March 25 at a distance of about 260 nautical miles
off the Vung Tau sea. The vessel, along with the seven seamen, was rescued by
a Singaporean ship.
The Singaporean Ship PU2008 had landed at the
They were then transported home to the Ba Ria-Vung Tau
Province by the Viet Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre of
Region III.
Fire destroys Tan Phu mattress workshop
A huge fire broke out at 6.20pm yesterday in a workshop
manufacturing mattresses in Tan Phu District,
Initial reports said the fire flared up in the workshop's
store and then spread fast to the neighbouring areas, producing thick smoke.
Terrified workers and residents staying near the workshop were
quickly evacuated from the area.
About 112 firefighters were able to extinguish the fire after
two hours.
The fire destroyed 700sqm of area, comprising stores and a
section of the neighbouring houses. No damage to human life was reported.
The local authority is investigating the cause of the fire.
Boy drowns in Ngan Mo River
A three-year-old boy drowned in a river in the central
Head of the Cam Due Commune's Police Phan Thanh Giap said
three-year-old Nguyen Trong L, son of Nguyen Trong Vinh in Cam Due Commune in
Cam Xuyen District, drowned after falling into the river.
According to the policeman, the boy was sleeping when his
grandmother went to the neighbouring house for some work at about 5pm on
Tuesday. The boy woke up and could not find his grandmother. He then went up
to River Ngan Mo in the vicinity and fell into the water.
A local resident saw the boy fall and cried for help.
Unfortunately, the child could not be saved.
The boy's grandfather had been taking care of him because his
parents were working in the southern
Workshop on gender equality in justice system held
This was stated by experts during a two-day workshop that
began in Ha Noi today. The workshop discussed gender stereotyping in the
justice system and women's access to justice in cases involving gender-based
violence. It also reviewed penal procedural codes, discussions on which
attracted representatives from the Ministry of Justice, United Nations (UN)
Women, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Centre for Studies and
Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA).
Nguyen Van Anh, director of CSAGA, said the latest national
research on domestic violence, which was conducted in 2010, showed that 87
per cent of the women taking part in the research had not sought support from
authorities or any other public services. As many as 66 per cent of domestic
violence victims did not feel satisfied with the mediation carried out in the
community, and more than 70 per cent of the mediation cases did not achieve
expected results.
Anh said the process for accessing legal support was so
complicated.
"Moreover, present norms regulated that if domestic
violence victims wanted to receive legal support, they must be poor women,
old women, disabled women or women from ethnic minorities, thus the number of
women receiving legal support was limited," she said.
The law directs that couples in disagreement must be
supervised after the mediation, but in fact, no inspectors were assigned to
do the job, she added.
"Communes' people's committees could only offer
encouragement to the victims, they were not trained about legal procedures or
to give consultancy to the victims," she said.
For instance, a woman had chosen to remain anonymous in Ha
Noi's Ung Hoa District after recently being bitten by her husband. Even
though the Chairman of the Commune's People's Committee and Head of the
Commune's police had come to her rescue, she was advised to keep calm and
resolve the case herself. Returning home, she was bitten once more by her
husband for dishonouring him before the local authorities, Anh said.
Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa, director of the Department of Criminal
and Administrative Law under the Ministry of Justice, said the Laws on
Labour, Domestic Violence Prevention and Control, Human Trafficking
Prevention and Control and the Penal Code should be revised and harmonised
and the necessary amended regulations should be added.
Information about shelters for domestic violence victims
should be announced in public. Workers at the shelters should be imparted
knowledge about the relevant laws so that they can give proper guidance to the
victims.
Anh added that legal support teams, with participation of
students and teachers from law universities and schools, should also be set
up.
"Compulsory alcohol detoxification for people indulging
in domestic violence should be included in legal regulations as reality has
proved that alcohol makes domestic violence more serious," she said.
Overseas Vietnamese to attend Hung King’s death commemoration
ceremonies
As an annual tradition, a delegation of overseas Vietnamese
will attend ceremonies on the occasion of the death anniversary of Hung Kings
from April 22 to 29 at the invitation of the Committee for Overseas
Vietnamese Affairs.
About 70 outstanding Vietnamese nationals worldwide, who have
contributed greatly to Vietnamese communities abroad, will offer incense in
tribute to national ancestors, heroes and cultural celebrities across the
country.
They will visit several historic sites, including the Temples
of Great Mother Au Co, Great Father Lac Long Quan and Hung Kings in Phu Tho
province; the grave of General Vo Nguyen Giap in Quang Binh province; and the
memorial house of Great Poet Nguyen Du in Ha Tinh province.
Registration for participation is available at Vietnamese
representative agencies abroad and Committee for Overseas Vietnamese
Affairs.-
Tap water to run to more households in Cu Chi by year-end
The government of HCMC has told Saigon Water Corporation
(Sawaco) to quickly build a pipeline to provide clean water for 50,560
households in Cu Chi District by the end of this year.
Sawaco will have to connect the pipeline to Kenh Dong water
plant for clean water supply to residents in the outlying district before
December 31 as required by a document issued by the local government last
week.
Sawaco will upgrade seven water pumping stations in Cu Chi
District in the next three months, build three more stations before
September, and install 210 general water meters and 707 water containers for
dozens of thousands of local households that have yet to have access to
running water.
Data of Sawaco showed that as of the end of last year, tap
water had not run to 317,200 households in the city, mostly those in the
outlying districts of Binh Chanh (78,046 households), Hoc Mon (69,039
households) and Cu Chi (93,200 households).
At present, many households on the outskirts of HCMC have to
rely on well water, and at some places, underground water is contaminated.
Early this year, Sawaco suggested raising average water prices
by 10.5% each year in the next five years so that it will have more capital
to expand the city’s water supply system as the investment makes up around
72% of the clean water production cost.
HCMC will increase its total water supply capacity to 3.7
million cubic meters per day by 2025, 2.2 times higher than the current
level.
To realize this target, a number of water plants will be
expanded, including Thu Duc 2 and Tan Hiep 2 with each having a daily
capacity of 300,000 cubic meters. More than 1,600 water supply pipes will be
built in the years to come.
The local government asked the departments of transport and
health as well as district authorities to identify those outlying areas where
households have no access to running water and to map out plans to supply
clean water for them at the same quality and prices with those in inner-city
areas.
Programme launched to help areas at risk
A programme to support communities in the disaster-affected
areas of
The three-year programme aims to increase the disaster
preparedness and resilience of 6,000 vulnerable children and 30,000 community
members.
The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in
The project will also support communities in organising
disaster-prevention drills and developing plans for better resilience, as
well as advocating for the use of risk-reduction education in communities and
schools.
The project will be funded by the Prudence Foundation and
implemented by Save the Children in coordination with the Ministry of
Education and provincial centers for flood and storm control from 2015 to
2017.
Every year, two million people are estimated to be affected by
the frequent storms and typhoons that hit
Focus on infant healthcare
Participants at the Inter-Parliamentary Union's 132nd General
Assembly (IPU-132) yesterday highlighted the role of parliaments in
addressing key challenges to securing better healthcare services for mothers
and children.
They also stressed on the importance of mobilising financial
sources and issuing detailed regulations on healthcare for mother and
children.
Reviewing the progress of the IPU's 2012 resolution for action
on healthcare as a basic right, the delegates shared their experiences and
successes as well as initiatives to fulfill all commitments on healthcare
access for women and children. The resolution calls for actions from IPU
members to issue policies and implement necessary solutions to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of under-five mortality rates by two
thirds and maternal deaths by three quarters, while providing universal access
to reproductive healthcare.
They agreed that since the resolution was adopted at the IPU
General Assembly in
Representatives from
Razee Mohammad Fakhrul, a member of the Bangladeshi
Parliament, said that the success in his country came from campaigns to raise
awareness of both parliamentarians and people.
The parliament had also set up bodies to be in charge of
healthcare services, he said, adding that the media and private organizations
were also involved in protecting women and children's health.
Reports from
Betty Amongi-Ongom, a member of
Regulations on early testing and treatment for those with
HIV/AIDS had been added to laws, she said, adding that all mothers were
eligible for HIV tests, and new-borns with HIV/AIDS were treated and cared
for.
Participants also noted the challenges to healthcare services
for women and children, including the high death rate of mothers due to
complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. A report showed that on
average, around 1,500 women died each day from these complications. Despite
efforts to improve healthcare for mothers and children, up to 287,000 women
died in 2010, and 6.9 million children died in 2011.
Truong Thi Mai, Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National
Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs, said that although
To meet the post-2015 sustainable development goals in
healthcare services for mothers and children,
Other delegates agreed that to overcome the challenges to
ensure healthcare for mothers and children, countries should stick to their
political commitment, and enhance support and co-operation among IPU members
and global partners.
In a related event, the IPU, in co-ordination with the
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, held a session yesterday
to outline how the global strategy will be updated to cover the post-2015
period in line with the new sustainable development goals.
Entitled Improving the Health of Women, Children and
Adolescents: Consultation on the updated Global Strategy, the session
discussed a number of topics including global efforts on women and children's
health and the engagement of parliaments on the issue; the position of a
global framework in national policymaking; and experiences in the development
of financing and accountability mechanisms for these processes.
On the same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held a
state-level reception for participants of the IPU 132.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, IPU President
Saber Chowdhury and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong attended the party.
PM Dung said the success of the event cemented the role of the
IPU in the international arena.
It's not only the world's largest multilateral parlimentary
co-operative forum, but also contributes greatly to the United Nations in
building the agenda for global sustainable development after 2015.
He also said in the current context, the threat of terrorism,
land and sea conflicts and non-traditional security issues such as climate
change, epidemics and food safety, countries needed to co-operate closely.
He said in order to maintain peace, stability and sustainable
development, countries needed to respect the integrity and legal rights of
other partners, while contributing to address common concerns.
The value of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) field missions, a
cooperative effort of UN country teams and participating country parliaments,
was the main topic of the Office of the Standing Committee for UN Affairs'
session yesterday in Ha Noi.
At the session, held as part of the IPU-132, representatives
from a dozen countries spoke about the outcomes, experience and lessons drawn
from tripartite collaborations between the IPU, UN and their parliaments.
There was a clear consensus, assistance from IPU and UN
agencies helped encourage female participation in parliamentary activities
and helped parliaments design agendas that better served their people.
Ha Minh Hue, member of the Viet Nam National Assembly's
Committee for External Relations, represented
He said the information and experiences gained proved to be
useful not only for Vietnamese, but also for the international community in
the fight against HIV/AIDS. The session also made the time to discuss and
review various countries' parliamentary capacity to mainstream new
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their work.
Sustainable development has been set as the UN's global top
priority. With macroeconomic instability in many big economies, increasing
inequity, serious environmental degradation, ongoing conflicts and epidemics,
sustainable development is considered key in solving these issues.
The UN will set the next wave of SDGs this year, on the basis
of a country's success in implementing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
over the last 15 years.
Delegates said parliaments must create the necessary legal
corridors for the implementation of SDGs and push public relations campaigns
to reach their goals.
"Finding the structure of a parliamentary secretariat
with maximum efficiency" was put on table as the key point for debate at
the second session of the the Association of Secretaries General of
Parliaments (ASGP) at the ongoing Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Ha
Noi.
Representatives spoke of fruitful experiences in the work to
boost the role of secretariat in assisting the parliaments.
On Sunday, the ASGP held its first session with a focus on
public and media relations.
The ASGP is an IPU consultative body that brings together
senior parliamentary officials to study parliamentary law and promote
cooperation between the services of different parliaments.
The ASGP seeks to facilitate contacts between holders of the
office of Secretary General in any parliamentary assembly, whether such
assembly is a member of the IPU or not. ASGP membership is thus independent
of the IPU.
The task of the association is to study the law, procedure,
practice and working methods of different Parliaments and to propose measures
for improving those methods and for securing co-operation between the
services of different Parliaments.
Ministry to install supervision system on highways
The Transport Minister directed in the second quarter of the
year, the Ministry will install supervision system in highways, the national
avenue 1A and
The Minister said at meeting on March 30 about the project to
build supervision system and guarantee traffic order as per the model of
calling for social contribution. The investment will be carried out through
contracts with investors as per Build-Operate-Transfer Contract.
It is hoped that the system will help traffic police handle
violations in the roads especially careless driving and crossing and
overloading by vehicles which has long been considered to cause traffic
accidents and damage traffic infrastructure. Therefore, police can have
measures to prevent.
The Ministry will finalize a draft to send to the Prime Minister
proposing administrative penalties on road traffic violations after the
Ministry collected the feedback of the Ministry of Public Security and
related ministries and agencies.
Transport Minister Dinh La Thang said that current traffic
violations are very complicated threatening lives of drivers and destroy
infrastructure. As the state budget is limited, the government should promote
social contribution to invest in traffic supervision.
In the amendment, the Ministry will petition the PM to raise
penalties on traffic violations such as drunk while driving and overload
vehicles.
Vietnamese consulate helps flood victims in Madagascar
In response to the Madagascan Government’s appeal, a programme
providing relief to areas affected by recent floods in
As many as 750 families impacted by flooding in the Alarobia,
Anosivavaka and Morarano districts of the capital city of
The activity was valued by the Madagascan authorities,
promoting
Tropical Storm Chedza crossed
Preparations made for metro construction in HCM City
The Prime Minister has approved a technical assistance project
preparing for the construction of the metro line No.5 in
The technical assistance project is set to conduct a
feasibility study on the metro line which will serve as the basis for
negotiations with the Asian Development Bank about loans.
It will also make a report assessing
The newly approved project will be carried out from now to
November 2017 with an investment of 840,000 USD, including 600,000 USD funded
through Official Development Assistance.
The 17-km-long metro line No.5 will start at Sai Gon bridge
and end at the Can Giuoc bus station. The construction project will also
build a metro maintenance station covering 25 hectares.
About 8.8km of the line from the Bay Hien intersection in Tan
Binh district to Sai Gon bridge in Binh Thanh district will be built in phase
I, costing more than 857 million USD.
Once operational, the line No.5 will transport around 526,000
passengers a day, according to the HCM City Management Authority for Urban
Railways.
Campaign to lift intellectual property rights
The Ministry of Science and Technology on March 31 launched a
month-long campaign to commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day (April
26) with the support of the Software Alliance (BSA).
The campaign is aimed at improving public understanding of
intellectual property laws to enhance the recognition, application,
development and protection of intellectual property rights; promote research
and innovation, apply science and technology for greater productivity and
socioeconomic development in
From March 31 to April 30, the ministry will organise a series
of activities to enhance public awareness about intellectual property, such
as contests for university students and conferences for businesses.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Deputy Minister Tran Viet
Thanh, said educational and training activities will be held during the next
one month, and an inspection of the implementation on legal regulations will
also continue to be carried out in May and the ensuing months.
Attending the ceremony, Roland Chan, Senior Director of BSA's
Compliance Programme in Asia Pacific, said the
"There is no doubt that software has changed the world.
During the 2013 to 2014 period, inspectors and monitors at
ministries, and for local authorities imposed fines in more than 32,000
cases, worth 139 billion VND (6.61 million USD) for counterfeit, sub-standard
goods, and intellectual property infringements.
Last year, inspectors from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism conducted checks at 82 enterprises for compliance with current
computer software ownership laws and fined violating companies a total of
1.57 billion VND (more than 74,000 USD).
Quang Ngai responds to overfishing
1,200,000 tiger prawns were cast into the sea at Sa Can
estuary in the central
The initiative was co-hosted by the Quang Ngai Centre of Aquatic
Varieties and the provincial Aquatic Production Resources Protection and
Exploitation sub-department to honour Vietnam Fisheries Day April 1.
The centre’s Deputy Director, Dao Tu Hien, said local aquatic
resources are threatened with excessive exploitation.
He claimed that the release of the tiger prawns will help the
recovery of the natural environment, preserving this precious variety.
The centre will provide an additional of 100,000 carps, 50,000
tilapias and 130,000 crabs for the districts of Tay Tra, Son Tay, Ly Son and
beyond.
RoK province seeks medical engagement with Binh Duong
The
Kim Yon-Chang pledged to promote investment in
Liem said Binh Duong welcomed Korean enterprises to engage in
the local economy and spoke highly of the healthcare services available to
residents as provided by a medical delegation from Deagu.
From March 30 to April 1, My Phuoc General Hospital and the
Deagu delegation of 52 medical personnel and 30 volunteers have offered free
medical checkups and medicines for an estimated 2,500 disadvantaged people.
With a recent annual growth of 14.5 percent, Binh Duong is
among the top four localities with highest amount of foreign capital in
Deagu has a reputation for its strong development in the
medical, electricity and electronic product sectors.
Green, energy-saving solutions on display in
The International Exhibition Fair for Environment and Energy
Technology (ENTECH HANOI 2015) will convene from May 20 to 22 at the Hanoi
International Exhibition Centre in Hoan Kiem district,
The 6,000 square metre fair features between 160 and 200
booths run by 150 domestic and foreign organisations and enterprises in the
field.
Energy saving equipment and solutions are on display at the
event as will green energy products in the industrial production,
transportation and construction industry.
A series of seminars will be organised on improving the
efficiency of energy use in industrial production and commercial offices
alongside presenting energy saving solutions for small- and medium-sized
enterprises.
Other side events include a trade forum between
The fair also provides a platform for business partnership
development and technological transfer.
Hosted by the Hanoi Industry and Trade Department, ENTECH
HANOI 2015 has been held annually since 2009. It is intended to help
businesses seek and employ advanced, energy-saving and green technologies
towards cost reduction and improved competiveness.
VNG launches mobile coupon app
VNG Corporation on April 1 launched
A store in
The app is available on iOS and Android operating systems,
while the version for Windows Phones will be available soon.
After downloading the app, users can sign in with their
Facebook or Zalo accounts to receive coupons and stamps of shops that have
registered to use YAP. The users can store the coupons or manage stamps on
their
The app also gives recommendations on good deals available at
stores close to the user's location, with the help of smartphone location
tracking.
At the moment, 20 SHOP&GO stores in
Police find criminal signs in scaffold collapse that killed 13
in Vietnam
Vietnamese police have initiated criminal proceedings for an
accident in which a scaffold collapsed at a construction site of a
Taiwanese-owned company in
Police officers in the north-central
“The case is no longer a mere accident. Police have determined
that there are criminal signs in it and have therefore kicked off criminal
proceedings,” said Colonel Bui Dinh Quang, deputy director of the Ha Tinh
Police Department.
The collapse occurred at 8:00 pm on March 25 at the
construction site of the
Also on Tuesday police officers held a meeting with relevant
agencies to discuss an investigation plan to find out the cause of the
accident and clarify the responsibilities of those concerned.
At the meeting, police concluded that there are signs of
criminal offences in the collapse after analyzing the results of their
initial investigation, the information and evidence collected from the scene,
and the testimonies of the victims and witnesses.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung demanded on Monday that the
chairperson of the Ha Tinh People’s Committee order bodies involved to look
into the cause of the collapse and strictly handle it in accordance with
current regulations.
On the same day, the deputy director of the Ha Tinh police
department, Nguyen Van An, said that employees of the South Korean contractor
are banned from leaving
According to the provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids,
and Social Affairs, the collapse was likely brought about by a fault in the
friction band of the hydraulic system that lifted materials at the
scaffolding area.
An Ninh Thu Do (Capital Security) newspaper cited surviving
workers as saying that when dozens of them were working on the scaffold, the
rail of the hydraulic system that was lifting materials up suddenly fell from
a height of 30 meters, taking along with it the entire scaffolding, which was
25 meters tall, 40 meters long, and 35 meters wide.
Worker Nguyen Van Hanh, 24, who was injured in the incident,
toldTuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that he was working at the site on the evening
of March 25 when he felt the scaffold under his feet sink down twice and
shake.
Someone was shouting to warn that the scaffold could collapse
and all workers fled the scene, Hanh said.
After ten minutes, a South Korean manager asked the workers to
return to work and assured them that it was safe, he said, adding that
several minutes later the entire scaffold, weighing hundreds of metric tons,
fell down with a crash.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT
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