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Social News 16/5
Hot weather continues hitting nationwide
At present, the northwestern and central provinces from Thanh
Hoa to Phu Yen, even including the Mekong Delta region continue to face hot
wave with the highest daily temperature at 35- 37 degrees Celsius, even some
place like Nghe An and Quang Tri will meet the temperature of 37 degrees
Celsius.
According to the
In the northern region, the extreme daily temperature is
predicted to reach at 34- 37 degrees Celsius, up to over 38 degrees Celsius
in some place. The temperature in the northern to
Meanwhile,
As the related weather news, an ongoing typhoon named Dolphin,
which moves from offshore Pacific Ocean, towards the westward of
Protest over payout halts highway work in Quang Nam
Residents of a commune in
Work on the
Duong Viet Roan, deputy director of the Ministry of
Transport's Department for Management of Traffic Work Construction and
Quality, said 56 households in Thang Binh District had yet to agree to
compensation rates.
Several local women stood in front of an excavator and some
lay in the path of machinery.
At a recent meeting with provincial authorities, the Deputy
Minister of Transport, Nguyen Ngoc Dong, said construction of the section
needed to be completed by May 30.
Local police were called to the site to protect construction
workers and machinery.
Highway construction has also faced opposition from local
residents in Ha Lam town in Thang Binh District.
“We’ve tried our best,” said the chairman of the provincial
People’s Committee, Dinh Van Thu. “We suggested local residents bring a case
to the court, but none have done so. We have held several dialogues, but have
failed to reach any agreement.”
Than Hoa, director of Civil Engineering Construction Joint
Stock Company 545, the project’s BOT (build-operate-transfer) contractor said
there was still 10-to-15 days work to be done to complete the section, but
dozens of families, unhappy with the level of compensation, have refused to
hand over their land.
Black tomato harvest begins, fans pay high prices
Harvesting of black tomatoes, a much sought-after delicacy in
The tomatoes are believed to have been developed at
They are rich in anthocyanins, an antioxidant believed to help
fight cancer, diabetes and obesity.
Regular tomatoes sell for VND7,000 to VND12,000 a kilogramme,
while black tomatoes attract prices of VND65,000 to VND140,000 a kilogramme.
Many gardens in
Tran Mao, owner of an agriculture shop in Da Lat, said there
were many orders for black tomatoes, but because of recent storms and hail,
the already relatively small harvest has been even smaller.
A kilogramme of black tomatoes - VND65,000 to VND140,000.
Nguyen Thuy Duong, a local in
Seeds for the exotic tomato are expensive, discouraging those
who want to grow them at home.
Tran Thu Ha said she had to undertake an extensive search, but
managed to find a bag of ten seeds, which cost VND170,000.
"My family really likes black tomato, but it's too pricy
so I wanted to grow them myself. The plants are now fruiting and hopefully we
will have some to eat in the next two weeks," Ha said.
A shop in
HCM City will launch its first electric bus service going
through downtown tourist destinations like Ben Thanh Market, the War Remnants
Museum and the Nguyen Hue walking street early next month.
The buses will run between September 23 Park and Sai Gon Zoo
and Botanical Garden in District 1 with 27 stops along the way on streets
such as Ton Duc Thang, Nguyen Hue, Hai Ba Trung, and Le Duan.
They will operate between 8am and 6pm every day, with a bus
departing every 10 minutes. Tickets will cost VND10,000 while a bus can be
rented for VND100,000 (US$4.7) per hour.
Tens of thousands of private abattoirs remain uncontrolled
Only some 12,000 out of more than 34,600 private abattoirs are
controlled by veterinary agencies, while the rest are illegal and barely meet
hygiene standards, a conference heard yesterday.
The information was revealed at a conference held by the
Veterinary Department, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development.
Director of the department Pham Minh Dong said the slaughter
and transport of cattle and poultry from these private, unhygienic abattoirs
would increase the possibility of transmitting diseases from ill animals to
humans.
A survey released by the department showed that the hygiene of
most illegal private slaughterhouses nationwide was substandard. Waste water
was directly discharged into rivers, and the slaughter was carried out on
dirty floors.
Wells or rivers, which could not meet hygiene standards, were
mainly used as sources of water.
According to Dong, the boom in illegal abattoirs was mainly
attributable to a shortage of staff and loose management of authorised
agencies.
Eleven to be prosecuted for attacking officers
Nguyen Trung Can and 10 of his alleged accomplices in Thanh
Hoa district, southern Long An province, will be prosecuted for an attempted
murder of state officers on duty.
This decision was made by the district's investigation agency
yesterday.
Nguyen Trung Can's 10 accomplices are Mai Van Tung, Nguyen Thi
Thang, Mai Quoc Hen, Nguyen Trung Tai, Mai Van Dat, Mai Thi Kim Huong, Mai
Van Phong, Nguyen Trung Linh, Phung Van Tuan, and Phung Thi Ly.
On April 13, the district's People's Committee had decided to
forcibly remove their houses along a canal embankment.
On April 14, the day they were scheduled to be removed, Can
and his accomplices gathered petroleum, gas tanker, knife, and scissors and
threatened and attacked policemen who had come to evict them from the houses.
Three police officers were injured in the incident.
Can admitted to his crime to an investigation agency.
Water company asked to meet city's demand
Chairman of the People's Committee Nguyen The Thao has asked
Ha Noi's Water Company to meet residents' demand for clean water this summer.
He met with the company officials this morning to discuss a
plan to supply water to the residents of the capital city in the coming
months.
It is estimated that demand for clean water will increase by 5
to 7 per cent, or 40,000 to 60,000cu.m. per day.
Thao said that power supply has rather been smooth, although
it's just the beginning of the summer. If power is switched off, it will
affect the functioning of water pumping stations, he said.
Requesting for aggressive measures, the chairman asked water
supply units to check their pumping stations, water pipe systems, and
distribution systems. If the water transmission and distribution system
develops any hitch, timely action should be taken to solve it, he stressed.
The company should also anticipate water cuts in certain areas
and make alternative arrangements, such as distributing water on water tank
trucks.
Thao also called on relevant agencies to ensure a strict
monitoring of clean water wastage and encourage residents to save water.
MoU signed on road safety plan for children
The U.S. State Department and AIP Foundation signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Public-Private Partnership to raise
funds from the
Under the partnership, AIP Foundation and the U.S. Embassy in
The partnership further complements the National Child Helmet
Action Plan, launched by the Vietnam National Traffic Safety Committee in
January 2015, which aims to significantly raise the ratio of children across
Three delinquents were arrested in
The young men, all born in 1990, are originally cyber-security
staff.
Le Van Nguyen initiated the gang into criminal activities
after successfully attacking the host computer system at a game station.
The ring carried out their cyber fraud by taking control of
48,113 bank credit profiles stored in two websites, of which 34,000 counts of
private information were sold for more than 400 million VND (18,605 USD).
The case is under further investigation.
Vietnamese and US scholars and religious dignitaries discussed
religious policies in their respective countries during a workshop held in
The event created an opportunity for participants to increase
mutual understanding in the field.
Discussions were focused on legal regulations regarding
religious organisations, their property rights, new religions and religious
activities of foreign nationals.
Participants also compared notes on the situation and
experience of their country on religious policy and environment for religious
activities.
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for
Culture, Education, Adolescents, and Children Affairs Trinh Ngoc Thach said
he believes the workshop helped the US scholars better understand the religious
issues and policies in Vietnam .
The Vietnamese scholars, in turn, also accumulated lawmaking
experience from the
The workshop was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy
in the
Ministries respond to drug prevention action month
The Prime Minister has requested ministries, sectors and
People’s Committees at municipal and provincial levels carry out drug
prevention action month in June 2015.
He urged involved parties to increase public awareness-raising
campaigns on the harmful effect of new psychoactive drugs as well as
disseminate the Government’s policies in drug treatment, especially methadone
therapy.
The Government leader also suggested building effective
community-based support centres for drug users while diversifying
communication methods through culture and sport activities and strictly
supervising and eradicating illegal drug marketing on the internet.
Specifically, the Ministry of Public Security ought to double
efforts to crack down on major drug trafficking rings in domestic hot-spots
while working with the Ministry of National Defence to prevent drugs from
entering the country via international border gates, seaports and airports.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs is
responsible for completing relevant legal documents and assisting drug users
to integrate into the community.
The Ministry of Health is to direct municipal and provincial
health departments to open training courses and expand methadone maintenance
treatment which had initial success during a pilot in northern Hai Phong city
and southern
The programme has now expanded to 32 cities and provinces
nationwide with more than 17,500 patients being treated in 92 clinics. After
a 12-month treatment course, many patients saw their physical and mental
health stabilise, according to the ministry.
According to the Ministry of Public Security,
The ministry will devise a drug use prevention programme for
2016-2020 to submit to the government for approval.
US Marine Corps University delegation visits Vietnam
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s
Army, Rear Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh received a delegation from the US Marine
Corps University in
The RearAdmiral praised the
According to Minh, bilateral relations between the two
countries has seen remarkable achievements in many fields since their
normalisation in 1995, particularly in naval forces, healthcare, overcoming
war consequences, search and rescue, humanitarian relief and training
cooperation.
The
Thai Nguyen agencies honoured with Lao Friendship Orders
Three agencies in the
The three recipients are the provincial People’s Committee,
the provincial Department of Education and Training and the Department of
External Affairs.
Saisamon Khomthavong took the occasion to thank
Since 2010, thousands of Lao students have studied in Thai
Nguyen.
Thai Nguyen leaders informed the Lao delegation of the
province’s recent social-economic situation and urged Luang Prabang to
continue creating favourable conditions for Thai Nguyen enterprises to expand
investment, thus tightening diplomatic and economic ties between the two
localities.
Thai Nguyen currently has 20 enterprises operating in export,
import and tourism in
War heroes remains repatriated from Laos
The Central
Representatives from
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.
Bike ride raises scholarship funds
Three photographers and a videographer teamed up to make a
5,500km cross-country trip by motorbikes to raise money for charity.
They went from the northern town of
An exhibition entitled Going South feauring 30 photographs and
six short films of their adventure will open at 7pm of May 15 at Chula,
The free exhibition will remain open until May 17.
The intrepid travellers were Hong Kong-based photographer
Chris Lusher,
PM
approves
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a Japanese-funded
technical support project to improve the working capacity of management
boards of official development assistance projects in
The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) pledged 1.5
million USD in non-refundable aid through the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
for the project, which will be carried out between 2015 and 2017.
The project aims to provide technical assistance for
management boards at the provincial level, thus bettering the preparations
for and implementation of ODA projects in the country.
The Prime Minister has approved
The Australian government will provide 3.7 million USD in
non-refundable aid for the project via the Asian Development Bank.
The project will strengthen coordination among
The scheme also aims to harmonise and put in place bilateral
and multilateral transport agreements in the region and conduct study on
expanding cross-border trade movement and routes and developing a regional
logistics services network.
Workshop talks NCD prevention, control
Representatives of ministries, sectors, hospitals and
international organisations gathered at a workshop held in
Representatives from Vietnam’s National Cancer Hospital (K
Hospital), Bach Mai Hospital and the National Hospital of Endocrinology
briefed participants on the current NCD situation in Vietnam, international
experience and recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
They also suggested effective approaches for NCD prevention
and control, highlighting the inclusion of NCD-related healthcare in primary
service providers.
Scientific studies revealed major risk determinants, include
smoking, alcohol abuse, unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical
activity.
Director of the K Hospital Bui Dieu cited surveys in the
community saying that only 35 percent of those interviewed had basic
understandings of cancer; 67.2 percent said all cancers are fatal.
He also suggested developing a strategy for cancer prevention
and control from 2016 onwards, and making use of the available resources to
enhance NCD early detection, treatment and care to improve the quality of
life for patients with NCDs.
The National Strategy for the prevention and control of
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for 2015-2020 aims to manage the progression
of the diseases and reduce NCD-related early fatality and disability.
The strategy also points to measures to strengthen the
enforcement of legal frameworks, relevant policies, expand publicity
campaigns and improve healthcare service quality and supervision.
Non-communicable diseases—such as high-blood pressure,
pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, diabetes and cancer—account for two-thirds
of the total disease incidence and health-related mortality in
About 125,000 new cases of cancer are detected every year,
according to the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Medicine Department.
In 2012, there were 520,000 health-related deaths including
more than 379,000 caused by NCDs, mostly cardiovascular disease, cancer,
diabetes and COPD. In other words, seven in every 10 health-related deaths
were from non-infectious diseases.
NCD treatment can cost 40-50 times more than communicable
disease treatment, requiring advanced technology, expensive medicine and
prolonged treatment.
Malaria hospitalisations are on the rise nationwide,
particularly in the south, revealed the General Department of Preventative
Medicine under the Ministry of Health on May 14.
There are four major types of the virus in
Immigration, poor sanitation and the habit of storing water in
tanks across the country, especially rural areas, has long created favourable
conditions for malaria, medical establishments said.
The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Preventative Medicine reported
3,855 cases of malaria in May, a significant increase from last year. As the
rainy season quickly approaches, the city faces the risk of a malaria
outbreak.
According to the World Health Organisation, 390 million people
are infected with the disease each year, including 500,000 severe cases
requiring hospitalisation. Scientists are still seeking vaccines and curative
medicines.
This year, the disease outbreaks have been increasingly
spotted in such countries as
Mixed measles-rubella vaccine to be administered nationwide
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has approved a new recommended
schedule of the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation, in which the
second measles shot given to children aged 18 months old will be replaced by
a measles-rubella vaccine.
On May 13, the General Department of Preventive Medicine at
the MOH said that the measles-rubella vaccine, developed by the Serum
Institute, is supplied by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with
financial support of the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI).
According to the General Department of Preventive Medicine,
the measles-rubella immunisation campaign for children aged 1-14 years old
nationwide—the biggest of its kind—started in mid-September last year to
prevent measles outbreaks in the country.
More than 19 million children have been vaccinated against
these diseases and over 50 cities and provinces have completed the campaign,
which aims to have at least 95 percent of children receive measles
vaccination.
Medical experts gather in gynaecology conference
The 15th Vietnam-France-Asia-Pacific Conference on Obstetrics
and Gynaecology took place in
Domestic medical experts together with their foreign peers
from
Representatives from the International Federation of
Gynaecology and Obstetrics also participated in the event.
Le Quang Thanh, Director of the city’s Tu Du Hospital, said
the hospital has successfully applied global diagnostic and treatment
techniques, helping improve the professional skills of health workers and
better serving patients.
The annual conference started in 2000 and has become an
important medical event in the south with the participation of nearly 2,000
leading domestic and foreign professors, doctors and experts in the field.
The 15 conferences have received nearly 1,000 reports on the
latest scientific research on reproduction support, obstetrical and
gynaecological screening and diagnosis, cancer treatment, stem cell banks,
and cosmetic surgery.
Vietnam starts works to upgrade clinic in Truong Sa (Spratlys)
Works to upgrade Truong Sa (Spratly) Town Clinic in
The clinic is located in Truong Sa Town of the islands, which
serve as a district under the administration of the south-central Vietnamese
The clinic upgrade is done with the coordination between Tuoi
Tre(Youth) newspaper, the Hospital 175, and the People’s Committee of Truong
Sa Town.
Tang Huu Phong, Tuoi Tre editor-in-chief, handed to local
authorities VND20 billion (US$919,000), donated by his newspaper’s readers,
for the upgrade at a recent ceremony.
“The upgrade of the clinic is a small piece of work done by
Tuoi Tre readers to show gratitude to those soldiers and people who are
protecting a part of our country’s territory amid the open sea,” Phong said.
The upgrade is among many activities that have been carried
out by Tuoi Tre since it launched a program that calls on everyone to
contribute to the protection of
To date, the program has received a total of over VND55
billion (US$2.52 million) from the newspaper’s readers at home and abroad.
Than Thi Thu, head of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee’s
Commission for Propaganda and Education, said, “Truong Sa and Hoang Sa
(Paracels) [another archipelago under
In recent years, Truong Sa Town Clinic has successfully
treated hundreds of patients, said Dr. Nguyen Hong Son, director of the
Hospital 175, which offers professional assistance the clinic.
More enterprises hire employees with disabilities
More companies in
Le Huu Thuong, the centre's jobs consultant, said that an
average of 40 enterprises each year over the last five years had sent orders
to the centre to hire people with disabilities.
Thuong said that manual workers were needed in the field of
textiles and craft, and skilled employees in the fields of IT, accountancy
and design.
"Most skilled employees with disabilities are hired by
foreign-invested companies," Thuong added.
Enablecode Software Company, a subsidiary of Hoang Anh
Consulting and Services Co. Ltd, in District 3 gives priority to hire
programmers with disabilities.
"They can work at home," said Nguyen Minh Hao, the
company's project manager.
Dong Nai-based Fashion Garment Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of the
Hirdaramani Group in
The company has 85 employees with disabilities, said Nguyen
Tran Quynh Anh, who is in charge of personnel.
"They are diligent and loyal," Anh said, adding that
many of them had worked with the company for about six years.
Silva G.A. Dineshk, the company's production plant manager, said
that workers were provided training and appropriate facilities.
People with disabilities can develop their career as long as
they are strong enough to overcome challenges, he said.
Phan Thanh Tam, head of Fagi Co. Ltd, which manufactures
products for children in District 12, said that people with disabilities who
graduate from universities or colleges were able to find jobs more easily.
Tam, who has a physical disability, for example, was hired
right after graduating from the HCM City University of Fine Arts.
Now, she has her own company which gives priority to hire
people with disabilities, she said.
According to the Vietnam Federation on Disability, the country
has 6.7 million people with disabilities, including more than 4 million
people of working age.
However, only 30% of them have jobs.
Tran Quynh Trang, who is in charge of a project on promoting
rights and opportunities for people with disabilities for the International
Labour Organisation, said that people with disabilities were an untapped
resource of skills and talent.
They not only have both technical job skills and transferable
problem-solving skills developed in daily life, but represent an overlooked
and multibillion-dollar market segment composed of themselves, their families
and friends.
As the population ages, so does the incidence of disability.
Trang said it made sense to have employees who know first-hand about the
product and service needs of this consumer segment.
According to a
6,000 young doctors offer free medical treatment, eye
operation to the poor
Around 6,000 young physicians joined a national campaign to
offer free medical examinations and medicine to around 1,000 poor people in
all 63 provinces and cities of
The news was released at a press brief in
The campaign starting with gratis treatment and examination
for one million people in the country was jointly-launched by the Ministry of
Health, General Department of Politics under the Vietnam People's Army, the
Central Red Cross Society and the Young Physician Association.
Chairman of the Young Physician Association Tran Van Thuan
said that the campaign will provide examination, treatment, medical
consultation.
In addition, the campaign’s organizers will give presents to
needy people, teach people about the prevention of breast and cervical
cancer, perform free eye surgeries to elderly people, provide training
sessions for emergency aid to 5,000 teachers from 700 kindergartens and
primary schools nationwide and provide nutrition knowledge to parents as well
as teach children how to properly wash their hands with soap before meals.
The campaign also encourages young people to donate their
blood with the target to collect 13,000 blood units.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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