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Social News 15/5
New terminal for crowded
The new terminal will be located adjacent to the existing
terminal which went into operation in 2011 with annual capacity of six
million passengers. In 2014, the terminal served five million passengers and
is expected to reach capacity at the end of this year.
The Ministry of Transport said construction of the new
international terminal was urgent.
The new terminal will cover 40,000 square metres and have 40
check-in counters and nine gates. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2016
and will be completed by June 2017 in time for the Asia-Pacific Economic
Co-operation (APEC) forum to be held in
Disabled air travellers hampered by lack of proper airport
equipment
Disabled people in
In early May, a disabled passenger, was unable to board a
Jetstar Pacific flight because the airline did not have the equipment
necessary for boarding.
In April, two employees of Vietjet Air were fined for refusing
to allow a disabled passenger to board a flight from Danang to
Nguyen Thi Van, the passenger, said everything was fine when
she went from
The airline accepted responsibility but said she should have
told them 48 hours before departure of her special needs so boarding
equipment could have been arranged.
Vietnam Airlines said some 4,000 disabled passengers a month
require special equipment for boarding.
But the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) said only five
of 21 airports have the appropriate equipment.
Airlines serving Tan Son Nhat and Danang airports rent
equipment from the airports.
Vo Huy Cuong, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Authority
of Vietnam, said the ACV had been asked to review the situation and create
plan to supply more equipment to airports.
More rare timber seized in Thua Thien-Hue
After seizing 4.5cu.m of rare timber last weekend, border
guards in central Thua Thien-Hue province yesterday announced the seizure of
more illegal forest timber in A Luoi district.
Border guards stopped three locals who were transporting
1.5cu.m of dao, a local endemic forest tree, down a stream.
One of the transporters admitted that he was going to sell the
timber to a dealer in Huong Tra district.
Across several localities in the Central region, forest timber
is preferred for making furniture and for use as construction material.
Earlier, border guards captured 11 armed men and seized nearly
two tonnes of rare timber from them.
Fisherman found dead following storm in Thanh Hoa
A 19-year-old fisherman in central
Earlier on Saturday, fisherman Vu Ngoc Anh, along with two
other fishermen aboard the boat TH 1248-TS, were fishing in the sea, 30
nautical miles from northern
One fisherman on Anh's boat was also killed, while 13
fishermen in the two other boats survived the storm.
Local authorities are now assisting the victims.
Also on Saturday, two fishermen in northern
Vaccine didn't cause baby's death, says officials
The Department of Preventive Medicine has confirmed that there
was no connection between the quality of a vaccine and the death of a
13-day-old boy in
On May 8, the baby boy was taken to the communal clinic of
Xuan Thang Commune, Tho Xuan District,
The baby first underwent routine skin testing and was reported
fine after the normal 30 minute waiting period. He was then injected with the
vaccine at about 8am.
According to members of the family, the baby started to cry at
11am and was then breastfed. An hour later, he developed breathing problems
and was taken to the clinic, where he became unconscious. When the family
took him to the General Hospital of Tho Xuan District, doctors said the baby
had died.
On the same day, 283 other children were vaccinated with the
same vaccination and showed no signs of distress.
A sample of the vaccination, however, was taken for testing
and forensic examination. The Professional Consultants' Council on
Complications During Vaccination has since concluded that the cause of the
baby's death remains unknown and there was no connection between the death
and his having been vaccinated.
Hai Phong launches first district e-government system
The Ngo Quyen District People's Committee yesterday launched
its e-government system, marking the first location to implement this pilot
model in
The e-government system seeks to reduce administrative
procedures, time and spending for people and enterprises. The system will
help improve transparency and efficiency for local authority's operations
through minimising paper work, simplifying administrative procedures and
sharing data between governmental organisations.
Further, the e-government system will provide on-line services
for residents. The district's residents will be provided private user names
for using on-line services, paying fees, submitting documents and receiving
communications.
The Ministry of Information and Communication deputy minister,
Nguyen Minh Hong, noted that successful results from the pilot model would
later be expanded to remaining districts, as well as other provinces and
cities in
The Ngo Quyen e-government system was established following an
e-government trial held in central
Drug trafficker gets life sentence
According to the indictment, police arrested Hoan in June,
2012, for unlawful detaining a man who borrowed money from him and causing
social disorder.
While searching his house, they allegedly found 305 grams of
heroin and methamphetamines, weapons and equipment for making heroin.
In May, 2012, Hoan and his accomplices are said to have
illegally seized Hoang Van Hai in an attempt to make him pay the money he
borrowed from Hoan.
In April, 2014, the court tried Hoan and seven other
accomplices. Hoan was sentenced to death for drug possession and trafficking
and the rest charges.
At an appeal trial court in October, 2014, Hoan's lawyer asked
for the death sentence to be repealed because he claimed the court was unsure
if Hoan had possessed the heroin.
The appeal court annulled the extreme sentence, but upheld the
rest, giving Hoan 21 years in jail.
At today's trial, Hoan, again denied he possessed the drugs
found at his house, saying they belonged to Bui Quang Son, who is wanted by
the police. However, Hoan admitted some responsibiliuty because the drugs
were found in his house.
The judges replied that it was unreasonable to think that Hoan
didn't know about the drugs. The court then handed down a life sentence to
him for illegal possession of about 168 grams of heroin. He was also fined
VND150 million (US$6,900).
Experts call to maintain financing for malaria prevention
Health experts voiced concern that reduced funding from the
State Budget and international donors would cause a lessening of efforts to
prevent the spread of malaria in
At a national conference on sustainable investment for malaria
prevention this morning, participants noted that Viet Nam would face a high
risk of malaria outbreaks, as reductions in the spread of malaria in the
country might prove to be unsustainable.
The health ministry's Preventive Medicine Department director,
Tran Dac Phu, said that a reduction of 50 per cent in State budget funding
during 2014-15, along with less international financing in the coming years,
would threaten the continuation of reducing malaria in Viet Nam.
"Increased population movements, trade exchanges between
regions, especially in the Indochina region, and Artemisinin resistant
malaria found in many areas, have become a major challenge for malaria
control and elimination efforts in the region, including in
Mobilising enough financial resources at national and
international levels would be an important step in reducing malaria
infections and fatality rates, and step-by-step eliminating malaria in
The National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and
Entomology director Tran Thanh Duong estimated that Viet Nam would need total
funding of more than VND1.75 trillion (US$82 million), including $48.3
million from international donors, for malaria prevention programmes during
2016-20.
The institute's statistics showed that malaria infection rates
had fallen to 3/10,000 people in 2014, from 155/10,000 people in 1991. Also,
the number of malaria fatalities had been reduced to 6 last year, compared to
nearly 5,000 in the 1990s.
Some 11 million people have been protected annually thanks to
the use of mosquito killing insecticides, along with about 1 million doses of
malaria medicine being provided free of charge to those living in
malaria-infested areas.
The World Health Organisation reports that malaria remains a
major cause of death and illness in the world, with an estimated nearly 200
million annual cases and some 600,000 deaths each year. Countries sharing
borders with
Residents trash Ha Noi apartments
Many residents in old or low-cost apartment buildings throw
rubbish on the stairs, in the lifts and other public areas. They also use
common space to store unused furniture, toys - or to hang clothes.
Cramped living quarters are often given as an excuse. Nguyen
Thi Tam, from CT6 residential block in Ha Dong District's Kien Hung Ward,
said many residents were ignorant about the need to keep public areas clean
and tidy.
"The transformer station in my block once blew up because
someone threw a lit cigarette butt into a ventilation pipe leading to waste
storage bins," she said.
Although no one was injured, two motorbikes were burnt and
there was a blackout in the building for three days," Tam said.
Nguyen The Hung, who lives in Xa La residential area, said
that she often saw nylon bags, cigarette butts and candy wrappers in the
elevator.
Despite being cleaned every day, there is still rubbish in the
elevator due to people's lack of awareness, Hung said.
Nguyen Binh Minh, another resident, said many people still
fought to get into a lift, refusing to wait until people got out.
Minh said people from all walks of life and with a mix of
customs and traditions often shared common areas. "Awareness about
respecting common areas play an important role in developing new traditions
of civility."
According to cultural expert Nguyen Thi Kim Lien, besides
improving each resident's awareness, the role of management boards was also
important.
However, the role of the boards was often limited because of
the small numbers of staff compared to the thousands of residents they are
paid to look after.
She suggested there should be co-ordination between residents
and management boards to build a collective awareness.
A movement in Bac Nghia Tan Ward is a good example. Dao Van
Thu, head of residents group No 27 in the ward, said residents were unanimous
in their support for a movement to promote cultural life.
"In 1999, residents from A3 apartment block started a
movement to take advantage of stair space for community activity. They set up
a small library at the entrance to the stairs so that residents came to read
books and chat with each other. This improved solidarity and a better
lifestyle," he said.
The movement has now expanded to many apartment blocks in the
ward.
The movement not only calls on residents to behave themselves
in a civil manner in common areas, but also to improve their awareness and
thus educating small children, Thu said.
"Every day children pass by the common areas and see
people reading books or newspapers. If they enjoy a good lifestyle, they will
become good citizens," he said.
Vu Duc Quy, who lives in Xa La residential area, said,
"All city people should teach their children how to use stairs and
elevators. They should be taught how to behave in a good manner and how to
protect the environment."
Binh Thuan copes with prolonged drought
Residents in the central
Ham Tan, Ham Thuan
Locals are also experiencing a serious shortage of fresh water
with bottoming water levels in almost all water reservoirs in the locality.
Farmers in Tuy Phong district have halted rice farming on more
than 400 hectares due to water shortages and over 10,000 households in Ham
Tan district are facing prolonged water shortages for personal use.
The current drought is attributed to low rainfall in 2014. The
current water level of reservoirs is about 21 million cubic metres,
equivalent to only 10 percent of the total capacity.
As a result, Binh Thuan cultivated only 25,000 of the 33,000
hectares of paddy field in the 2014-2015 Winter-Spring crop.
Binh Thuan’s agricultural sector is working with local
authorities to mobilise resources and roll out long-term measures to cope
with the dire situation.
War heroes repatriated from Laos
The Central
Representatives from
Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial
People’s Committee showed his deep gratitude to the fallen soldiers who
sacrificed their lives for the Vietnam-Laos friendship.
After the memorial service, the sets of remains, which were
collected in
Millions of Vietnamese soldiers laid down their lives for
national liberation during the two resistance wars against French and US
forces as well as in international missions in
Thousands of fallen soldiers are still unaccounted for across
The search for, gathering, repatriation and re-interment of
the martyrs is conducted annually, receiving due attention from the Party and
the State.
On May 17, the city will inaugurate a monument dedicated to
the late leader and move a statue of President Ho Chi Minh meeting children
to the municipal Children’s House.
The monument is a valuable sculpture capturing the spirit and
personality of the leader as well as his special love of locals in the city.
An exhibition themed “Uncle Ho with the South – the South with
Uncle Ho,” will run from May 17-19. An art performance honouring the late
leader will also be held in Ho Chi Minh Monument Park during which the
municipal Party Committee will present Party badges to 2,153 local Party
members.
The city will also pay a floral tribute and offer incense to
the late leader as well as honour outstanding individuals and collectives
with excellent performance in studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s
moral example from 2014-15.
Winners of a contest to create literature, media and art on
studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example will be
announced and their work will be presented on Ho Chi Minh City Television.
A number of smaller exhibitions on various topics will also be
organised to honour the great leader.-
Precious rains save crops in Central Highlands Dak Lak
People in the Central Highlands
While the rain was not heavy, it fell for hours in the
districts of Ea H’Leo, Krong Nang, Krong Buk, Cu M’gar, Cu Kuin, Buon Ho town
and the city of
Over the last two days, Dak Lak has enjoyed rain with average
precipitation of 50 millimeters .This has reduced the risk of forest fires
and alleviated water supply shortages for local daily use.
The drought badly damaged over 50,600 hectares of crops and
triggered a lack water tomore than 20,000 local households, causing an
estimated economic loss of nearly 1.7 trillion VND (79 million USD).
According to the Central Highlands Hydro-Meteorological
Station, this year’s rainy season is expected to start later than usual (near
the end of May) and there will be less rainfall than seen in previous years
across the region.
Vietnamese in
Hundreds of Vietnamese nationals in the
The event heard that April 30, 1975 was an important
historical milestone for
The Southeast Asian country is a reliable friend, partner, and
responsible member of the international community, raising
It is a member of many international organisations and forums
such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Europe
Meeting (ASEM), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and World Trade
Organisation (WTO).
The Vietnamese community in Cyrus called upon the
international community to support
The meeting and its art performances and photo exhibition on
Sustainable investment for malaria prevention discussed
A national conference was held in
Co-hosted by the Ministry of Public Health and the World
Health Organisation, the event was attended by representatives from relevant
agencies and international organisations in
Recent unofficial statistics show that there are 15 million
Vietnamese people living in malaria-impacted areas, and treatment drug
resistance was recorded in five provinces across the country.
According to Director of the National Institute of
Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Tran Thanh Duong, the State budget
for malaria prevention was about VND100 billion (US$4.6 million) each year
from 2010 to 2013, helping provide mosquito-repellent and medicine to
millions of people.
Through the tireless efforts made by ministries, sectors and
localities and the support from the Government, the number of malaria cases
reduced remarkably from 155 cases per 10,000 people in 1991 to only three per
10,000 in 2014. The malaria mortality rate also saw a strong decrease with
only six deaths reported in 2014.
However, the country still records nearly 30,000 incidences of
malaria annually, including about 110 patients with malignant malaria.
Last year, the State budget sources funnelled into disease
prevention decreased by half and grants from international organisations have
been cut, posing challenges to the country’s target of full elimination of
malaria.
Additionally, the number and quality of personnel operating in
the field has yet to meet demand, especially in remote areas.
Foreign representatives warned that the disease is likely to
break out again if preventive measures are not implemented drastically and
the investment for the work is neglected.
Safety Fun Run to educate garment workers about safety and
health
About 4.500 garment workers in the South are set to join
Better Work Vietnam’s annual fun run this year on May 17 in Binh Duong to
highlight the issue of health and safety in the apparel industry.
The 2015 “Safety Fun Run” is the sixth event of its kind
organized by Better Work Vietnam – a partnership between the International
Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation – to
strengthen connections among workers, employers, buyers and the wider
community to raise awareness on key health and safety topics facing workers.
The theme of this year's event is "Worker's Health"
with the aim to promote healthy living and good nutrition through practical
education and guidance.
A study by non-profit organization Business for Social
Responsibility on women’s health showed that workers at some factories in the
apparel and footwear industries face a range of common ailments, including
upper respiratory tract infections (coughs and colds), headache, fatigue, and
diarrhea.
Recent focus groups conducted by Better Work also revealed
cases of workers skipping meals and factory doctors identifying signs of poor
nutrition.
“Healthcare practices and nutrition issues affect both
workers’ health and productivity at work”, said Better Work Vietnam Manager
Nguyen Hong Ha. “By supporting a healthy workforce, factories are investing
not only in better lives for workers, but in better business outcomes too. In
this respect it’s a win-win for all”.
Apart from the run (1.5km for females and 2km for males),
workers from 33 garment factories will also have a chance to test their own
knowledge with quizzes, participate in live performances and exchange
experiences with peers from other factories to improve their healthcare and
safety practices.
Better Work Vietnam now boasts a membership of more than 350
factories across
Women are paid 24% less than men
For the most part, the world’s women are in low-salaried,
insecure occupations, like small-scale farming, or as domestic workers.
The United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality
and the empowerment of women (UN Women) recently published a report entitled
“Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing
Rights”.
Introducing the report, the UN Women Executive Director
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said,”Our world is out of balance. It is both
wealthier and more unequal today than at any time since the Second World War.
We are recovering from a global economic crisis – but that recovery has been
jobless. We have the largest cohort ever of educated women, yet globally
women are struggling to find work.”
Unemployment rates are at historic highs in many countries,
including those in the Middle East and North Africa, in Latin America and the
Caribbean as well as in southern
For the most part, the world’s women are in low-salaried,
insecure occupations, like small-scale farming, or as domestic workers – a
sector where they comprise 83 per cent of the workforce.
In flagship report Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016:
Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights, UN Women’s investigate what this
failure means – and propose solutions.
Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka affirmed, “We take a fresh, holistic
look at both economic and social policies and their implications for the
entire economy. We look particularly at the ‘invisible’ economy of unpaid
care and domestic work that anchors all economies and societies.
Conventional measures like GDP have historically been blind to
a large proportion of the work women and girls do, and unhearing of the
voices of those who would wish to allocate public resources to their relief,
for example through investments in accessible water and clean energy.
We suggest the need to apply a human rights lens to economic
problem-solving. We propose specific, evidence-based solutions for action by
both government and the private sector, to shape progress towards decent,
equally paid jobs for women, free from sexual harassment and violence, and
supported by good quality social services.
Our public resources are not flowing in the directions where
they are most needed: for example to provide safe water and sanitation,
quality health care, and decent child- and elderly-care services. Yet water
is essential, families still have to be nourished, the sick still have to be
tended, children brought up, and elderly parents cared for.
Where there are no public services, the deficit is borne
primarily by women and girls. This is a care penalty that unfairly punishes
women for stepping in when the State does not provide resources and it affects
billions of women the world over.
Data from
Our globalized economy seems to be working at cross-purposes
with our universal vision of women’s rights; it is limiting, rather than
enabling them. Where there is no choice, there are few rights.
But there are solutions. The report proposes a number of
specific ways in which to mobilize resources to pay for public services and
social transfers: for example by enforcing existing tax obligations,
reprioritizing expenditure and expanding the overall tax base, as well as
through international borrowing and development assistance.
Global corporations also have a central role to play by being
employers that offer equal pay and opportunities. Shareholders can and should
ask corporations to act with responsibility to the countries in which they
operate.
Annual tax revenue lost to developing countries due to trade
mispricing, just one strategy used by corporations to avoid tax, is estimated
at between US$98 and US$106 billion. This is nearly US$20 billion more than
the annual capital costs needed to achieve universal water and sanitation
coverage.
With the right mix of economic and social policies,
governments can make transformative change: they can generate decent jobs for
women and men and ensure that their unpaid care work is recognized and
supported.
Well-designed measures such as family allowances and universal
pensions can enhance women’s income security, and their ability to realize
their potential and expand their life options. Finally, macroeconomic
policies can and should support the realization of women’s rights, by
creating dynamic and stable economies, by generating decent work and by
mobilizing resources to finance vital public services.
Ultimately, upholding women’s rights will not only make
economies work for women, it will also benefit societies as a whole by
creating a fairer and more sustainable future.
Vietnam Airlines will fly 4,040 additional flights with more
than 620,000 seats on 20 local routes to meet the peak summer demand starting
May 23 to August 31.
With the increase, the national carrier will provide a total
of 3,550,000 seats, up 21 per cent more than normal and 12 per cent compared
to last year.
VNA will offer 2,400 flights during the peak time, between
June 20 and August 10.
The domestic routes to benefit from this program are Hanoi-Ho
Chi Minh City/ Nha Trang/ Da Nang/Da Lat/Phu Quoc/Buon Me Thuot/Quy Nhon/Tuy
Hoa/Vinh/Dong Hoi; HCM City - Nha Trang/ Da Nang/Da Lat/Phu Quoc/Buon Me
Thuot/Quy Nhon/Dong Hoi/Con Dao; and Da Nang – Hai Phong.
South- central region suffers drought & water shortages
Currently, the south-
Vice director of Department of Agricultural and Rural
Development of Ninh Thuan province Phan Quang Thuu yesterday reported that
the province has received no rain during past four months, therefore local
residents and cattle are facing to food and water shortages.
Hectares of vegetable and fruit crops are withered by hot
weather. Annually, rainy season comes from September to November; therefore,
dry weather is predicted to shoulder over the provinces on the large scale.
Statistic showed that thousands of cattle dead from lacking of
food and water in Bac Ai, Thuan
Binh Thuan province has suffered long term heat wave in
previous months, causing water shortages on the large scale.
Department of Agricultural and Rural Development of Binh Thuan
province warned that nearly 530 hectares of fruit crops and 2, 000 hectares
of planting and 23, 800 households with 220, 000 residents and 190, 000
buffaloes and cows are facing water shortages.
Tuy Phong is the most seriously affected district by prolonged
drought during recent months. Nearly 800 hectares of rice and vegetable crops
were met the challenges of drought and water shortages.
Meanwhile, in Ham Tan district, hot weather destroyed nearly
1, 200 hectares of planting. Everyday, nearly 1, 000 households in Tan Duc
and Thang Hai district loss VND 100, 000 to purchase fresh water from Ba
Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai.
With seriously water shortages, Vietnam Red Cross Society
supported 15 million litters of fresh water to residents in Ninh Thuan’s
Thuan
Earlier, Vietnam Red Cross Society offered 900 plastic water
tanks at a total cost of VND 1, 135 billion for poor households, ethnic
minority people in Ninh Thuan, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak.
The Vietnam Food Administration, a part of the Ministry of
Health, responsible for managing food hygiene, safety, and quality, yesterday
said it has not issued certificate of food safety to palm oil from
Ghana of Kemtoy Miyan Cash & Carry, which the UK’s Department of Food
Safety is asking to remove from market due to containing the illegal dye
known as Sudan IV, which is genotoxin and carcinogen.
After receiving the warning from the UK’s Department of Food
Safety that Kemtoy Miyan Cash & Carry’s palm oil from Ghana is being
withdrawn from sale as the oil contains banned Sudan IV that are used
for coloring solvents, oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes,
Vietnamese food safety authority has asked related agencies to check the
circulation of the products in the market.
Reports from agencies said that from December 1, 2008, Vietnam
Food Administration has not issued certificate of food safety to Ghanaian
palm oil; however, the food authority will keep updating the news of the oil
to consumers.
Unsafe products to be destroyed: Inspectors
Since the food safety violations has become rampant lately,
Nguyen Thanh Phong, head of the Department of Foodstuff Safety, said that in
May and June, his department liaising with related agencies will set up two
teams to inspect selling and importing food additives and materials for
processing food.
Inspectors will pay unscheduled visits to these businesses
which had committed food safety and hygiene violations before.
The Vietnam Food Administration, part of Ministry of Health,
and related agencies will set up inspection teams in the North. In the South,
the Department of Food Safety worked with the Ministry’s
Inspectors will take samples for tests and issue harsh
penalties to business who sell unsafe foodstuff without clear indication of
origin and expiry food. Inspectors will destroy unsafe and unlabelling
products not let them circulate in the market.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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