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Social News 13/5
HCMC opens first drug treatment center with Suboxone
A drug treatment center, which prescribes Suboxone to treat
drug addiction, today opened in
Currently, the world is making good progress in treating drug
addition. Along with Methadone, additional medications including
Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, Naloxone, Suboxone can be used for treating drug
addiction. Among them, Suboxone are the most prominent and preeminent as it
is safe for patients; accordingly, it is widely used in many countries in the
world.
After the approval of Ministry of Health the Viet Nam
Administration for HIV/AIDS Control and HCMC authority have implemented pilot
drug addition treatment with Suboxone in Go Vap District with the financial
support of many organizations.
For years, HCMC has adopted many measures to help drug addicts
to rehabilitate and integrate into the community. One of the measures is
treatment with Methadone. So far the city has 13 centers to treat drug
addiction with Methadone. The new center is hoped to contribute reducing the
number of drug addicts and raise patients’ health condition. This also help
ensure the city’s social order and economic development.
According to an estimation, the city has more than 19,000 drug
addicts yet it is not enough figure as there are many homeless drug addicts.
The municipal People’s Committee opened the center with the
participation of representatives from the Ministry of Health, French and Amercian
Consulate General and other related agencies.
Health Ministry bans more substances in cosmetics
products
Fearing bad effects of dangerous chemicals on cosmetic users,
the Drug Administration of Vietnam of the Ministry of Health banned more 5
derivatives from Paraben and Methylisothiazolinone in cosmetics products.
Following, the Administration said that five derivatives from
Paraben include Isopropylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Phenylparaben,
Benzylparaben and Pentylparaben.
All foreign-made or local-made products are just allowed to
circulate in the market before July 30, 2015. However, these derivatives from
Methylisothiazolinone just allowed being on market before April 30, 2016.
The Administration asked departments of health in cities and
provinces to urge enterprises to re-check ingredients of cosmetics and
upgrade lists of banned substances. Health authorities must observe the
circulation of these products as per the regulation.
According to the Administration, two banned substances Paraben
and Methylisothiazolinone are often present in cosmetics products including
skin cream, mascara, rinse-off cosmetics, shaving cream and products for
children namely oil bath and damp cloth.
However, lately, in the world, studies have been linked to
breast cancer, allergies and immunotoxicities and irritation of skin, eyes
and lungs. In the Europe and the
he Noi Bai Airport Security Centre (NASC) and Noi Bai Cargo
Terminal Services Company (NCTS) have secured the RA3 certificate, which is
required in order to export goods to the European Union.
The certificate was granted by Greene & Co Hong Kong, a
company that provides air cargo security validations to EU ACC3, RA3 and KC3
standards.
Under EU regulations, as of 1 July 2014 onwards all air cargo
and mail carriers operating into the European Union from third country
airports are required to obtain an EU Aviation Security Validation in order
to maintain or acquire their ACC3 designation.
The validation, which needs to be re-issued every five years,
will be highly necessary if carriers continue to transport cargo by air into
The RA3 certification, which exempts cargo and mail from
security screenings at EU airports, is expected to help boost the volume of
outbound goods from
Site clearance destroys hundreds of graves in Danang
A construction company has destroyed at least 400 graves in
central
Workers of Tien Thanh Enterprise found graves while clearing
land at a technical storage facility under a contract with Military Zone 5’s
Army Ordnance.
The facility was built on the Nghi An graveyard in Hoa Phat
Ward of Cam Le District.
Elderly people in the area said there about 1,000, mostly
those of soldiers who died during the French War.
The construction company reported finding some remains during
the clearance, but locals say at least 400 graves have been destroyed.
“About 400 graves were cleared away; six were of my
relatives," said Nguyen Tu, 87.
There has been an outcry from local residents.
The Danang municipal government has asked the Department of
Natural Resources and Environment, in coordination with Cam Le District
People’s Committee, to halt work at the site.
The military was asked to stop work pending a decision from
relevant authorities.
Some locals have attempt to rebuild graves destroyed in the
site clearance.
Contractor questioned after girder drops on street
Hanoi Metropolitan Rail Management Board has suspended the
work of a contractor after a 10m steel girder was dropped on a crowded street
on Sunday.
The 650kg beam was dropped on
"I heard a loud noise and looked back to see that the
beam blocked the street," a driver said. "Two motorbike drivers
behind me were able to brake in time. There were a lot of vehicles on the
streets at that time but lucky that no one was hurt."
Le Huy Hoang, deputy director of the Hanoi Metropolitan Rail
Management Board, halted the construction work and asked South Korean
contractor Posco E&C to make report about the case.
Hoang said the 10m girder was not properly secured to the
crane.
"We'll determine individual responsibility upon receiving
the report and make an assessment of the case," he said.
On May 12, all equipment and material being used for the
project will be inspected.
"Low quality and out-of-date equipment will be removed.
We'll resume construction when everything is good and ready," Hoang
said.
Incidence of illegal logging increases in Lam Dong
Illegal cutting of trees increased alarmingly in the
The number of serious violations increased in the first four
months of 2015, compared with the same period last year, especially organised
cutting of trees by many ethnic and minority people in Lac Duong, Dam Rong,
Lam Ha and Bao Lam districts, the report said.
The committee said more than 600 cases of violation were
detected and dealt with since the beginning of 2015. Most of them related to
illegal collection of forest products, logging, trading and transport, even
though the province has implemented several measures to strengthen forest
management and protection.
The total number of cases of cutting of trees has declined by
nearly 100, but the number of cases involving organised cutting of trees
increased by 39, along with an increase of nearly 27ha of destroyed forest
area.
The committee has asked localities to strengthen forest
management and to mobilise the whole political system towards forest
protection and development.
The province aims to reduce illegal logging and destruction of
forest area by at least 20 per cent in 2015, in comparison with the previous
year. Organisational activities and human resources will be reorganised in
localities that lack effective measures to handle problems of deforestation,
encroachment of forest land and illegal logging.
The provincial police have been asked to work with the forest
management authority to investigate and strictly handle those violating the
law.
Districts such as Dam Rong, Lac Duong, Don Duong and Lam Ha,
as well as Duc Trong, Di Linh, Bao Lam and Da Huoai, besides Ta Den have been
asked to map out key areas that face serious problems of deforestation, and
to draw up appropriate plans to prevent and handle cases of violation.
Localities intensify efforts to gather fallen soldiers’
remains
Localities across the country are continuing with efforts to
search for and gather remains of fallen soldiers 40 years after the end of
the war.
At a conference on the issue held by the southern
He asked the provincial military command and local Steering
Committee on the Search and Repatriation of the Remains of the Fallen
Soldiers to sort and systemise information on martyrs and possible search
locations while focusing on international cooperation to recover martyr remains
in
In 2014, the province’s military command found and laid to
rest the remains of 33 martyrs killed in the locality; only four of them were
identified. Local teams also repatriated 99 sets of remains from
Elsewhere, the northern mountainous
According to the Steering Committee on the Search and
Repatriation of Remains of Fallen Soldiers, 6,093 sets of remains have been
found and laid to rest since 2012.
Thai Nguyen strives to increase livelihood of Mong ethnic
group
The
The province’s Project 2037 has provided seed varieties and
fertilizer to advantaged ethic households together with training in planting
and animal raising techniques. According to the project’s steering board,
after seven months of implementation, ethnic residents in the locality have
received hybrid corn seeds and fertiliser to plant on 308 hectares.
Around 40km of roads have been built to reach 14 out o 15
poorest Mong hamlets. In addition, electricity grids, fresh water facilities
and classrooms have also been constructed as part of the project.
Over 3,100 people received free medical examinations and
medicine.
At the project’s review meeting on May 11, Le Son Hai, Deputy
Minister and Vice Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs,
spoke highly of the province’s efforts to shift the living standards in the ethnic
minority region.
He also asked the locality to focus more on production support
and farm produce and aquaculture consumption, to increase resident income and
ensure project sustainability.
Two organisations and three individuals were granted
certificates of merit for their outstanding contributions to project
implementation.-
Solutions sought to improve land information transparency
Representatives from land management agencies and scientists
discussed how to improve land management information transparency at a recent
conference in the
A WB survey in the field showed that by 2014, only 70 percent
of land management information was made public on the mass media and at
offices providing public administrative service. The lack of transparency in
this field was believed to be the cause of many petitions. An estimated 70
percent of prolonged lawsuits are related to land problems.
Delegations at the event, co-organised by the World Bank (WB)
and
In an attempt to surmount shortcomings, authorised bodies have
published land-related information on their local electronic portal, but the
content is unsystematic and slow to be updated.
Looking forwards, electronic information management systems
should be modernized and online services should be increased while minimising
person-to-person transactions.
Authorized bodies should also improve public awareness of
policies, the Land Law and mechanisms for land management.
Delegations also discussed pressing issues and actions to
improve land administration in the country, especially the effectiveness and
responsibilities of participating parties.
Vietcombank aids national highway improvements
A project upgrading 30 kilometres of National Highway 10 is
set to receive 2.8 trillion VND (130.2 million USD) in funding from the Joint
Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank).
National Highway 10 runs through six provinces and cities in
northern coastal areas, a rapidly-growing and bustling part of the country.
The improved road, spanning across Quan Toan and Cau Nghin, will be one of
the driving forces behind the development of the port city of
Vietcombank Chairman Nghiem Xuan Thanh shared that
capitalising on its financial strength, the bank has thus far sponsored a
great number of build-operate-transfer and build-transfer projects such as
the Hanoi-Bac Giang road.
Vietcombank has confirmed its capital mobilisation and
disbursement will enable the national highway project to be completed on
schedule, Thanh said.
National Highway 10 with a total length of 351 kilometres runs
from Quang Ninh province to the northern central province of Thanh Hoa via
Hai Phong city and Thai Binh, Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh provinces.-
Fishermen in Quang Tri supported to build iron-clad ships
The Quang Tri branch of the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (Agribank) recently signed contracts to provide 23 billion
VND (1.06 million USD) for two local fishermen to build iron-clad ships for
fishing.
Accordingly, Vo Van Huu from Gio Linh district will receive
18.25 billion VND (845,000 USD) to construct a ship with capacity of 1,200
CV.
Meanwhile, Dinh Van Trinh from Trieu Phong district will be
provided 4.5 billion VND (215,000 USD) to build a new vessel with capacity of
600 CV.
The two ships are expected to be completed by the end of this
year.
Previously, Doan Van Dung from Cua Viet town, Gio Linh
district, was the first fisherman in Quang Tri to benefit from preferential
loans from the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) in line
with Government Decree 67.
The building of high-capacity steel boats for deep sea fishing
is one of the programmes introduced under Government Decree 67/2014/ND-CP to
boost fishery development.
The move is expected to increase the volume of fish caught and
lift fishermen incomes.
To be eligible for the programme, fishermen must be approved
by local People’s Committees.
As many as 2,079 new off-shore fishing ships and 205 logistics
ships will be built under this decree, according to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
New Buddhist monastery facility built in Sapa
The Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhist Zen Monastery held a ceremony to
break ground on the Truc Lam Dai Giac Zen Monastery in Sapa town, the
northern mountainous
Event attendees included representatives from the Party
Central Committee for Communication and Education, the Government Committee
for Religious Affairs, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, and 7,000 Buddhist monks,
nuns and followers across the country.
Covering 2 hectares on
A great bell will also be cast as part of the project.
Once completed, the monastery will provide a venue for
Buddhist monks, nuns, and followers from
On the occasion, the monastery’s executive board presented a
social house cheque worth 150 billion VND (6,900 USD) and 200 gifts valued at
a combined 200 million VND (9,300 USD) to disadvantaged households in Sapa
district.
The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has worked
with localities to expand the model of forming family violence prevention
groups.
The localities, which include Soc Son, Ha Dong, Gia Lam and
Thach That, have provided financial support for the groups’ activities,
including seminars and consultation services on economic development, health
care and child-raising.
The department has also distributed 12,000 flyers to raise
awareness about family violence and the rights and obligations held by all
individuals.
It has also worked with the Municipal Women Union and other
social organisations and sectors to enhance the community’s understanding of
relevant legal documents and to praise outstanding families, thus reducing
the likelihood of family violence in the city.
They also help improve understanding among members, both women
and men, about how to prevent family violence and how to forge solidarity and
sharing in their communities.
Universities’ preparations for AEC discussed
Southeast Asian languages, cultural trademarks and university
education internationalisation were the focus of a recent seminar on the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and how universities are preparing for it held
in
The event was co-organised on May 8 by the
At the event, Ngo Thi Phuong Lan, Vice Rector of Ho Chi Minh
City’s
She also noted that relevant organisations need to leverage
their resources in the region while supporting each other to boost
development.
Indonesian Consul General Jeans Anes said the AEC
establishment by the end of this year will create both opportunities and
challenges for its members and the education sector is no exception.
He said that the seminar aims to help universities from both
countries deepen their understanding about one another and seize cooperation
opportunities.
Laos-based
hydropower reservoir goes into operation
The Xekaman 1 hydropower project reservoir in the Lao
The project comprises the Vietnamese-invested Xekaman 1 plant
on the lower
The 290 megawatt facility Xekaman 1, located about 80
kilometres from
Its first turbine is scheduled to start generating electricity
in March 2016 and the second is set to become operational two months later.
The first and second turbines of the 32 megawatt Sekaman
Sanxay will go into operation in April and July 2017, respectively.
The Xekaman 1 hydropower project has an investment of 540.89
million USD—including 53.72 million USD spent on 230 kilovolt power
transmission lines.
The build-operate-transfer project is designed to have a
combined output of 1.21 billion kilowatt hours per year, about 80 percent of
which will be exported to
Speaking at the ceremony marking the reservoir’s opening,
Governor of Attapeu province Nam Viyaketh said the project creates a major
power generation advantage in southern Laos and critical to the country’s
socio-economic development.
It is also a symbol of the special cooperation and friendship
between
Ha
The Results-Based Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme
funded by the World Bank has thus far produced encouraging outcomes in
northern Ha
Official information sources revealed Ha
According to Director Ta Duc Thang from the Centre for Rural
Water Supply and Sanitation under the municipal Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development, 84 percent of local population, or about 639,500 people,
now have access to clean drinking water thanks to the WB programme which
began in 2013.
As part of the project, a water purification plant worth about
32 billion VND (1.5 million USD) brought clean water to 13,000 families
living in An Lao commune thus far this year. Another plant commenced
operations in Phu Ly city on April 25, improving water quality for 12,700
people.
Meanwhile, 15 hygienic sanitation initiatives at schools and
medical facilities benefitted 50,000 locals in 2014, almost three times
higher than the year’s provincial target. More than 2,150 households had new
toilet facilities and a number of waste-treatment plants were built.
Nearly 100 children with cleft lips and palates given free
surgery
Nearly 100 children with cleft lips and palates in
This is the first surgery mission of 2015 organised by
Operation Smile and Amway
Statistics show that in
Since 2008, Amway has partnered with Operation Smiles to
assist families whose children were born with cleft lips and cleft palates to
receive free medical check-ups and surgeries. So far, 1,100 children have
received treatment through medical missions in the partnered programme.
This is a part of Amway One by One Campaign for Children with
the aim to help disadvantaged children all around the world have better
lives, it has run for seven years in collaboration with Operation Smile. Since
2008, under the programme, 1,500 children have recovered their basic oral
functions and have for the first time in their life been able to show the
world their smile.
Leo Boon Wang, General Manager of Amway
Chief Representative from Operation Smile Vietnam Nguyen Viet
Phuong, said: “We have always been proud to co-operate with Amway throughout
the past and in continuing our organisation’s mission in
Dong Nai tracks down suspected dioxin-contaminated soil use
Relevant agencies of
The project of Toan Thinh Phat has been temporarily suspended
due to its controversial reclamation. But in an article published last
Thursday, Thoi Nay under Nhan Dan newspaper reported that some soil suspected
of being contaminated with dioxin at Bien Hoa airport had been allegedly used
by the corporation for land reclamation.
The article did not show clear evidence but questioned the
possible use of dioxin-contaminated soil taken from Bien Hoa airport for
reclamation work. The article quoted an official of Bien Hoa airport as
saying that Toan Thinh Phat transported part of the soil from the airport by
road and river.
That was the reason why
Tran Van Dung, head of Regiment 935, the unit in charge of
managing Bien Hoa airport, was cited by Dong Nai newspaper as saying that
there is currently no soil exploitation at the airport but a reservoir
construction project carried out by Dong Bac Coal-Mineral Investment
Corporation. This enterprise made use of soil dug at the project for other
purposes.
However, a source from Dong Bac Coal-Mineral Investment
Corporation said the soil was sold to Hung Thinh Phat Co. in Ba Ria-Vung Tau,
not Toan Thinh Phat for land reclamation. Moreover, the soil and water in the
reservoir have been tested and dioxin has not been found.
Toan Thinh Phat said the soil and rocks used for the land
reclamation project were sourced from Thanh Phu, Vinh Cuu and Tan Cang
quarries in
CAAV says Jetstar Pacific followed flight safety regulations
The Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) yesterday
said Jetstar Pacific and its staff had followed flight service and safety
regulations while disallowing a disabled passenger from boarding a plane.
The said passenger reportedly had not requested for special
assistance in advance.
The CAAV press release also said the passenger reached the
check-in counter five minutes late.
As reported earlier, Tran Thi Ngoc and her son, Cao Quang Son,
19, who cannot walk by himself, had planned to fly from
As stated in a document by the transport ministry, check-in
counters close 40 minutes before departure time.
However, Jetstar employee Dinh Thi Minh managed to complete
the check-in procedures for them. But it was only when Cao Quang Son reached
the check-in counter that the staff realised he was disabled and needed
assistance. The CAAV press release said since Son was five minutes late, the
airline couldn't arrange assistance service for him.
A senior officer of Jetstar reportedly informed Ngoc and her
son about the decision to refuse Son permission to board the plane, because
the airline couldn't ensure safety for these passengers and the flight's
departure as per schedule.
They suggested Ngoc and Son could take another flight, but
Ngoc refused to do so.
CAAV said Jetstar Pacific followed airline regulations in this
case to ensure the safety of all passengers of the flight and to ensure
on-time departure.
Marine Police uncover cigarette smuggling ring
Deputy Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday praised Viet Nam
Marine Police Force's investigation department for uncovering a tobacco
smuggling case, and seizing 165 cigarette cartons.
The police caught Bui Duc Khanh of Quang Ninh Province, who
was the owner of the boat number QN6688, and his nine employees, while they
were transporting 82,500 cigarette packs in the sea off the northern Quang
Ninh Province.
The cigarette packs were of the 555 brand, worth VND2.5
billion (US$119,000). Khanh could not produce any invoice or documents
related to his cargo.
Deputy PM Phuc entrusted the national defence ministry to
command Viet Nam Marine Police Force to conduct further investigations into
the case, so that strict punishment can be imposed.
The results of the investigation are expected to be submitted
to the Prime Minister next month.
Earlier this year, the authorities caught Do Xuan Trung, 37,
while he was transporting 1,320 cigarette packs in
Preventive programme helping achieve WHO's child TB goal
Thanks to the national tuberculosis preventive programme, a
man in
The man, who asked not to be named, had exclaimed earlier to
doctors in his district clinic: "How worrying! I am afraid of giving the
disease to my nine-month-old son. What can I do to prevent transmission?"
They offered to put his son through the national programme for
children under five, which has been carried out in
Under this, children whose relatives had TB were encouraged to
get tested, Dr Nguyen Hong Nguyen, the clinic's deputy head, said. If the
tests proved negative for TB germs, they were given free Isoniazid to drink
every day for six months to prevent TB, he said.
Isoniazid is an antibiotic used both to treat and prevent TB.
The children in the programme were monitored for side effects
and examined every month, Nguyen said, assuring that the drug does not have
side effects.
Any child testing positive got free treatment, he added.
The World Health Organisation estimated in 2013 that globally
up to 80,000 children die of TB and over half a million are infected each
year.
The actual incidence of TB among children was possibly higher
given the difficulties in diagnosing the disease in children, WHO had said.
In
Dang Minh Sang, head of the National Tuberculosis Control
Division's southern region based in Pham Ngoc Thach, told a recent conference
on TB diagnosis equipment, that children accounted for a mere around 2 per
cent of the cases only because TB was difficult to diagnose in children due
to a shortage of equipment.
In
This year, by late March,
Four of them had multidrug-resistant TB, he said, adding they
had been infected by relatives with TB.
Truong Huu Khanh, head of the hospital's neurology and
infectious diseases ward, warned that young children were most likely to get
TB from family members.
Earlier this month the HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No.1
admitted an 18-month-old baby with TB meningitis, who had got the TB bacteria
from his father who was being treated.
According to the US's Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, children can develop TB at any age, but the most severe forms are
most common between one and four years of age.
Children can get TB immediately after being infected or can
get the disease at any time later in life.
They can even infect their own children, decades later, if not
treated.
Sang said it was vital to implement the TB prevention
programme to achieve WHO's goal of zero child deaths from TB.
District TB clinics and reproductive and child health centres
provided the public with information about the programme, he said.
By the end of the first quarter this year 62 per cent of all
children in the city who were in close contact with TB patients were attending
the programme, he said.
The rest had refused because they were worried about side
effects despite doctors' assurances that the drug did not cause more harm
than TB, he added.
10m citizens carry Thalassemia gene
More than 10 million Vietnamese citizens are carrying the
thalassemia gene, and about 20,000 people have contracted the disease and
need treatment, experts say.
Nguyen Anh Tri, Director of the National Institute of
Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT), told a workshop in Ha Noi last
week that thalassemia is a social issue that can seriously impact the economy
and citizens' quality of life.
Tri, who is also chairman of the Viet Nam Thalassemia
Association (VNTA), asked people and authorities at all levels to act
together in managing the disease.
He said the National Thalassemia Programme should be
implemented effectively to reduce the number of children born with the
disease.
The workshop, co-hosted by the NIHBT and the VNTA to mark
International Thalassemia Day, which fell on Friday, aimed to raise public
awareness of the disease and find preventive measures.
Reports presented at the workshop said about seven per cent of
the world population carry the thalassemia genre. They also said that
The NIHBT is currently treating more than 1,500 thalassemia
patients from 20
Experts from the institute said basic treatment methods are
blood transfusions and iron elimination.
Thalassemia is a form of anaemia, a genetic blood disease a
child can inherit if one or both of his/her parents carry the mutant gene;
the risk is higher if both parents have it. The disease is not always
symptomatic, but can be identified through testing.
It is caused by variant or missing genes that affect how the
body makes haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
Thalassemia can cause complications, including iron overload,
bone deformities, and cardiovascular illness.
Globally, about 25,000 Thalassemia-related deaths were
recorded in 2013, down from 36,000 in 1990.
50 workers suffer food poisoning
The Ha Noi Department of Food Hygiene and Safety is
investigating a suspected food poisoning case in Me Linh District that
hospitalised 55 workers on Sunday.
After having breakfast served at the cafeteria of Synopex Viet
Nam Co., Ltd., the workers complained of dizziness, headache and nausea.
They were treated and discharged from the
The breakfast was provided by the PCS Co.'s Ha Noi branch to
357 workers of the Synopex company.
Ha Noi to open 500-bed
The upgrading of the
The project began in November 11, 2013, with a total investment
of US$15 billion; this included a loan of US$13.5 million from the OPEC fund
for International Development, while the rest was allocated from the State
Budget.
The seven-storey hospital is equipped with modern equipment
that were acquired on an investment of VND46 billion (US$2.1 million).
According to the Director of Central Transport General
Hospital, Tran Trung,the upgrading of the hospital had been among the major
projects of the Transport Ministry, which aimed at building a general
hospital that could offer treatments for all diseases.
The hospital will serve the healthcare needs of the people not
just in the capital region but from surrounding areas as well.
Gia Lai to withdraw misused fund
The provincial administration of Gia Lai in the Central
Highlands has decided to withdraw over VND15 billion (nearly US$692,000) that
was found to be misused by four agencies during an inspection.
This was revealed by Chief of the province's People's
Committee Secretariat Ngo Ngoc Sinh.
Inspections have found that the province's Radio and
Television Station, the Education and Training Department, the Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs Department, and General Hospital have misused
state fund to the tune of VND780 million (US$36,000), VND1 billion (US$46,000),
VND1.8 billion (US$83,000), and VND11 billion (US$507,000), respectively.
The agencies misused the funds mainly for labour contracts,
equipment purchase, and their installation.
While the Radio and Television station has refunded the
misused capital, the Education and Training Department has recovered 60 per
cent of the money, Sinh said.
The province's People's Committee has asked the inspectorate
to issue a decision on withdrawing the misused money and request the four
agencies to clarify their individual as well as collective responsibility for
the errors.
Accident stops work on sky-train
More than half a tonne of steel sheeting fell from a crane as
it was being hoisted into the air during the construction of Station Four on
the Nhon-Ha Noi urban train project on Sunday evening.
Le Huy Hoang, deputy director of the project's board of
management, later called for all work to be stopped while an investigation
into the incident was carried out.
Representatives of
They said the workers were totally to blame for the incident
because they had not checked the way the sheeting had been tied.
Hoang has told the company to make a full report on the
incident and include all safety measures. He stopped all work until safety
measures were completed.
The urban railway project is part of the Ha Noi urban sky
train project, which will have a total length of 12.5km (8.5km overhead, 4km
underground).
It Is planned to expand the line to 21 km by 2020, then 33 and
48 km by 2030. The project commenced in September 2010 and is scheduled for
completion in 2018.
Last December, scaffolding collapsed at a construction site at
the Ha Dong Terminal on
Earlier in November, a steel beam dropped from a crane at
Thanh Xuan Station during work on the same project. The accident killed one
person and seriously injured two others.
One person dies in
One person was killed and two were injured in a truck
collision in the southern
The accident happened at the intersection of road 786 and
Witnesses said the accident took place very early in the
morning, when the traffic lights were not operating.
The driver of a truck, Nguyen Van Hong, and two assistants
were transporting vegetables from
Hong died at the
The authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
Woman, son jailed for drug trafficking
A 52-year-old woman and her 23-year-old son were sentenced to
20 years in prison each for drug smuggling by the People's Court of Lai Chau
Province yesterday.
The two convicts are from
On November 17 last year, Giang Thi Che asked her son Ly A
Giang to help smuggle two cakes of heroin, worth VND280 million (US$13,300),
in Dien Bien. Giang hid the drugs inside a wooden chair, which was then taken
to Lao Cai Province by Che and Giang for delivery to another person.
However, they were arrested on November 18, 2014, in Lai Chau
Province's Than Uyen District by the provincial police, while travelling to
the planned destination.
During their interrogation, Che and Giang admitted to the
crime, stating that the lure of high profits led them to become drug
traffickers.
Man dies after being hit by train
A man trying to cross a level crossing was killed after being
hit by the HP2 train in Phu Thai Town, Kim Thanh District, Hai Duong
Province, last night.
The train was going from Hai Phong to Ha Noi.
The 31-year-old victim, named Vu Duc Ngoc, was a resident of
Kinh Mon District in Hai Duong Province. Ngoc died instantly, while his
motorbike was badly damaged.
The concerned authorities reached the accident site to
investigate the matter.
Statistics from the Viet Nam Railway Authority under the
transport ministry showed that 70 per cent of Viet Nam's railway accidents
occurred at level crossings that lacked safety fences. Most of the accidents
were reportedly caused by motorists who failed to follow traffic rules.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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Thứ Tư, 13 tháng 5, 2015
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