US-funded scholarships help poor
students complete school
The
Scholarship Programme to Enhance Literacy and Learning (SPELL) granted a
total of 2,476 scholarships worth a combined US$557,000 to disadvantaged
students in 7 central localities in the 2014-2015 academic year.
During the
2015-2016 academic year, the programme will provide additional 583
scholarships for ninth-grade students.
Established in 2004 by the US-based East Meets West organisation, SPELL’s objective is to promote school completion and a brighter future through education. It targets children of families among the poorest households in seven central localities of Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue, After 11 years of operation, the programme has presented scholarships to 5,790 students. In 2011, the SPELL Summer English Programme (SSEP) was set up to improve English and learning skills among students. Over the past five years, SSEP has funded more than US$176,000 to support high school students. Meanwhile, SPELL Goes to College (SGTC) was established in 2012. To date, it has provided four-year scholarships to 170 college students, each worth US$2,960.
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Thứ Ba, 30 tháng 6, 2015
EU urges
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Meanwhile, Vietnam
To make matters worse, under the
nation’s Power Master Plan VII the wind power capacity is expected to
increase to just 1,000 MW by 2020, Schill underscored.
To reduce Vietnam
Both the EU public and private
sector, long a leader in the clean energy field are prepared to assist with
raising the investment needed and are willing to pay more for electricity if
need be, Schill stressed.
The country has vast potential in
the field but has been focusing solely on low-cost energy, such as
hydroelectricity and coal, without a proper investment strategy to develop
clean energy, he said.
Shifting investment to green energy
Energy price hikes are not a major
concern of foreign invested businesses, according to a recent survey
conducted of 150 businesses by the GGSC and the International Institute for
Sustainable Development.
In response to a question detailing
10 factors most respondents said the cost of energy was the least important
of the factors affecting their decision to construct manufacturing facilities
in Vietnam
The most critical factors they
considered were the available labour pool, domestic market conditions and
government policies.
A majority of companies said they
wouldn’t have any qualms with paying an increase of 15% or more in the cost
of energy and could live with a price hike of 10% per year over the next
couple of years to fund investment in wind or alternative clean energies.
The consensus of the experts said Vietnam
Europe is one of the biggest trade
partners of Vietnam
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China ships attack 23 boats since start of year, says official
Le
Quang Thich, vice chairman of
Le
Quang Thich
"Eight Chinese coastguard ships
and 184 fishing ships invaded Vietnamese waters," Thich said.
"Compared with last year, the number of coast guard vessels increased by
six and the number of fishing ships increased by 161."
Thich said some Chinese ships came
within 16 nautical miles of Ly Son Island.
Authorities are conducting
programmes to raise awareness so fishermen can better work safely while
protecting the sovereignty of
A fisherman said on June 10 that
four Chinese ships surrounded boats near Hoang Sa Island. Six people boarded
their their boat and stole their catch and equipment.
Quang Ngai authorities are
cooperating with the
"We hope to receive more
attention from the government," Thich said.
"After Ly Son Island joined the
electrical power grid and was provided with better water sources, investors
have started to come in and development can both improve the economy and
national defense," he said.
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MOF’s wings clipped as NA orders issue of 5-year and
longer-term bonds
Economists say that the
National Assembly’s request to issue government bonds more than five years
“goes against all financial management theories” and “does not fit
Vietnamese practice”.
What analysts warned one year ago
has come true.The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has struggled hard this year to
borrow money for state spending as familiar capital sources have shrunk
because of a National Assembly’s decision.
The National Assembly last year released a resolution that said from 2015, the government can only issue long-term bonds (five-year or longer), while it is prohibited to borrow money for short term to offset the budget overspending. The decision was made, according to analysts, amid the warning about the increasingly high public debt. The National Assembly then decided that it is necessary to tighten the government’s borrowing so as to better control public debt. However, the method was “quite unreasonable”, economists warned. “Being temporarily stuck for money is the situation any businessman would meet in life. You will only get paid for a late consignment of goods in 10 days, while you have to pay to your workers in three days. In this case, you should get a short-term loan and pay the money back when you receive your payments,” an economist explained. “Similar things may occur with the state budget. And the proper solution in this case is issuing short-term government bonds to get money for prompt spending and pay at maturity when the cash flows into the account,” he said. It is MOF’s job to calculate how much money the state budget needs and how much to borrow. It is also its job to define the terms of government bonds to issue to optimize the use of the loans. And the intervention has placed big difficulties for MOF to mobilize capital for the state spending. Many government bond bidding sessions failed this year. One of the reasons behind the failure, according to analysts, is the lack of short-term bonds for investors to choose. “The National Assembly’s request to only issue 5-year and longer-term government bonds is contrary to all financial theories and practices,” commented Dr. Le Hong Giang, a finance expert. Giang stressed that issuing bonds with different terms of maturity is a necessary operation which not only helps optimize the use of borrowed money but also helps create interest rate curves and improves monetary policies’ efficiency. Dr. Huynh The Du, also a renowned finance expert, said government bonds at different terms can serve as the government’s financial instruments to regulate the financial market. “The presence of government bonds at different terms is very important in the market,” he said. TBKTSG |
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Social News 30/6
Ha
Noi tightens parking lot regulations
Buildings
with basements in Hoan Kiem District are being told to allow people working
or living there to park their vehicles in the basements.
The city
would not allow buildings to use the basements for other purposes while
people were being forced to park their vehicles on pavements around the
buildings, vice chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung
said at a recent meeting with the district authority.
Hung
also ordered the district authority to re-arrange parking lots on pavements
to ensure space for pedestrians.
The city
transport department and the traffic police were asked to demarcate several
parking lots on the pavements of Ba Trieu, Phan Boi Chau and 19/12, because
these pavements were more than 3.5m in width, he said.
The
traffic police have been ordered to inspect and get rid of illegal parking
lots, and to strictly deal with parking lots that were overcharging vehicle
owners, he said.
The city
has about 320,000 cars and four million motorbikes.
NGO
highlights plight of migrant workers
A local
non-government organisation held a workshop today in Ha Noi for journalists
from different city agencies on the limited social security access that
migrant workers get.
Earlier,
on Friday and Saturday, the Institute for Community and Health Development or
LIGHT, a civil society group based in Ha Noi, organised field trips for 30
journalists from television, print and online media to interview street food
vendors and waste pickers (scavengers) in the city.
At the
workshop, the reporters submitted their fact-finding reports, which showed
that the migrant workers, mostly from rural areas, had low demands regarding
different social services: 48.1 per cent of the respondents wanted to join a
programme on voluntary payments of social insurance premiums; 25.2 per cent
wanted to participate in a health insurance programme; 55.2 per cent want
access to healthcare services; and 40.5 per cent wanted to get legal and
policy consultation.
Though
their demands for these services are low, they get even lower levels of
access to them. For example, only 11.9 per cent of the interviewed persons
said they had engaged in a programme on voluntary payments of social
insurance premiums (as compared to 48.1 per cent of those who wanted the
service) and only 22.4 per cent had access to healthcare services (as against
55.2 per cent who wanted access).
Nguyen
Thu Giang, vice-director of LIGHT, told the workshop's participants that the
reporters' findings would be used as inputs for the recommendations LIGHT
would make to the concerned agencies that were drafting a law on voluntary
payments of social insurance premiums and health insurance for migrant
workers.
A survey
conducted by the National Statistical Office says 7.7 per cent of the
nation's population comprises migrant workers, with 94 per cent of them
migrating from rural to urban areas.
Migrant
workers are often found to have low incomes and little access to social
security.
Eighty
per cent live in informal rented housing.
The
workshop was held in co-operation with O2 TV channel.
Work
on new Hong bridge begins
Work on
the new
The
bridge, which is one of the province's key projects, is expected to help
develop Yen Bai into a larger and more important urban area.
The
concrete bridge is being built with a total investment of about VND675
billion (US$31.2 million), of which nearly VND521.5 billion ($21.1 million)
will be used for the construction, while the remaining amount will be spent
on site clearance, compensation and re-settlement of those who are being
displaced from their land.
Once
completed, the 16m-wide and 414.6m-long bridge will connect the centre of
The
construction of the bridge will be completed by 2019.
Children's
hospital to receive second branch
The
prime minister has approved a plan to build the second branch of the
The prime
minister assigned the hospital to work with investors in building a detailed
plan for construction and submit it to the minister of health for approval.
As
reported by the
Therefore,
the launch of a second branch is essential in creating favourable conditions
for the hospital to examine and treat children and in helping strengthen
research for children's health care.
It is
expected that the branch will be built in Quoc Oai District, a suburb of Ha
Noi City, with 1,000 to 1,500 beds.
The
total investment for construction is expected to be more than VND4.7 trillion
(US$223.8 million).
Beware
of overseas job scams: Ministry
The
labour, invalids and social affairs ministry's Overseas Labour Management
Department has warned people about frauds involved in sending people to
The
warning follows reports received from families of victims in Tay Ninh, Nghe
An, Tuyen Quang and Ha Tinh provinces.
Some of
the frauds posed as labour export companies to lure those wanted to work
aboard. They refused to give signed labour contracts to the victims, saying
that the companies' directors were travelling on business and would sign the
contracts as soon as they returned.
The
Overseas Labour Management Department recommended that people should study
and understand the working and living conditions as well as Islamic customs
before deciding to work in
They
have also been asked to sign labour contracts with companies that have been
given labour supply licences by the department.
Baking
weather returns to northern, central Vietnam
Scorching
weather has returned to both northern and central
After
several days with cool air because of Typhoon Kujira that hit the
northeastern region last week, the northern and central regions have begun to
suffer from hot weather again, and the new heatwave is expected to last from
today until Wednesday, the center said.
The heat
has returned as a western hot low pressure has continued to develop and
expand to the southeastern region, the center said.
High
temperatures in the northern region and coastal
High
temperatures in
From now
to July 1, the
On July
2, the scorching weather will gradually ease in
Today,
the high temperature in
In the
central region from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien-Hue Provinces and from
Meanwhile,
today the
Ly
Son's marine resources diminish
The
People's Committee of Ly Son Island District has proposed the People's
Committee of Quang Ngai central province to ban large boats from fishing
along Ly Son Island.
Tran Huu
Nguyen, the chairman of the island's People's Committee, said the proposal
was to conserve limited marine resources and mark a marine preservation zone
here.
According
to Nguyen, more and more fishing boats from provinces such as Khanh Hoa, Binh
Dinh, and Phu Yen, and several local vessels have started coming here to
catch fish in recent years.
They use
nets to catch small and big fish and sometimes resort to explosives as well.
Fishermen
on different boats frequently fight over the use of explosives to catch fish,
Nguyen added.
Over the
past few days, dozens of large-capacity vessels from Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa
provinces had come here to fish.
Ngo Van
Bong, a local fisherman, said that earlier, fishermen here could catch 5-10kg
of fish and squid in a day, but now, they don't get any fish because these
vessels use explosives to catch them.
Local
authorities have not taken any measure to curb this menace, Bong noted.
"We
will soon exhaust our marine resources, while coral reefs are also facing
complete destruction. Fish breeding cages set up by farmers are also
destroyed by these boats," Nguyen said.
Nguyen
Quoc Chinh, chairman of the An Hai fisheries union in Ly Son District, said
the proposal is relevant as it is necessary to protect marine resources and
the environment along the island.
Ha
Tinh wants $3.6m in drought relief
Central
Ha Tinh province has made an urgent request to the Government for 80 billion
VND (3.67 million USD) in financial aid to help the locality mitigate drought
impacts for this year’s summer-autumn crops.
Lingering
heat waves and drought have dried up local reservoirs and rivers while
ongoing saltwater intrusion in La River has seriously affected irrigation
systems.
The
province has more than 1,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice crops suffering
from water shortages and another 1,500 hectares that have had to shift to
more suitable crops. Many communes also reported serious water shortages for
daily use.
Many of
Ha Tinh’s irrigation canals are in poor condition, making it a costly
undertaking to ensure sufficient water supply for agricultural production
this year.
It is
estimated that Ha Tinh province will need over 130 billion VND (5.96 million
USD) in aid to support the summer-autumn crops.
40
years of Vietnamese integration in
A
festival featuring the Vietnamese community’s 40-year integration and
development in
Addressing
the event, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee
Nguyen Thien Nhan thanked the German Government and people for supporting
Vietnamese nationals in the country over the past years.
He hoped
the Vietnamese people in
Head of
the German Parliament’s Budget Committee Gesine Lotzsch appreciated the
successful integration of the Vietnamese community as well as the excellent
learning performance of Vietnamese students in
European
Parliamentarian Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann affirmed her willingness to help
Vietnamese nationals in
At the
festival, photos highlighting the lives of Vietnamese as well as their
achievements in
The VFF
leader then had a meeting with representatives of Vietnamese associations in
Friendship
association delegation visits Philippines
A
delegation from the Vietnam-Philippines Friendship Association (VPFA) led by
its Chairman Vu Van Tam has paid a working visit to the
During
the visit from June 15-19, the first of its kind since the establishment of
the association in 2014, the delegation held talks and signed a Memorandum of
Understanding on cooperation with the Philippines-Vietnam Friendship
Association (PVFA) in
During
their talks, the two sides discussed a proposal to establish a cooperative
relationship between the Vietnamese
The PVFA
also proposed establishing a cooperative relationship between
The
delegation, in collaboration with a mission of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development and fishing businesses, held working sessions with Philippine
partners from
Tech, taxes keys to competitiveness
Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday called on provinces and sectors to improve
the business environment and strengthen the economy's ability to compete
regionally.
Dung
stressed that sectors and provinces must enhance their competitiveness by
increasing technology use, and reforming administrative and tax procedures.
According
to Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh, the business
environment improved in 2014. Specifically, the registration time for
business licences has been cut to three days, just half of the set goal of
six days, while time spent on business initiation procedures was reduced from
34 days to 17 days.
The
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) found in a study that
In 2014
and early 2015, the time required for paying taxes was reduced by 380 hours
(from 537 hours per year to 157 hours per year) and is set to be cut by an
additional 35.5 hours to meet the target set out in Resolution 19 on
improving the country's business competition and environment.
The
procedure for social insurance payments has been slashed by 100 hours (from
335 hours per year to 235 hours per year), which is still a long way from the
target of 49.5 hours per year. The total time for tax and social insurance
payments is expected to drop by 480 hours.
The
Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Electricity of Viet Nam have issued
documents to reduce the time needed to access electricity, which has been cut
from 115 days to 85 days and will undergo additional simplification to reach
the resolution's goal of 70 days.
The
Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Customs reviewed and
adjusted policies to address customs procedures for cross-border trade
transactions.
Yet
Minister Vinh described this as the responsibility of not only the Ministry
of Finance and the General Department of Customs but also of related
ministries and agencies.
Nguyen
The Thao, chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee, said at the meeting that
Ha Noi already integrated Resolution 19 criteria into its socio-economic
development. HCM City Chairman Le Hoang Quan also said his city's top
priorities were improving business environment, tax reform, customs reform
and social insurance.
After
hearing Vinh's report, Dung expressed his concern at the small number of
sectors and provinces that had established plans for implementing Resolution
19. Just 12 sectors and 12 provinces had submitted plans so far.
"I
want to remind everyone that we need to put all our resources into improving
the business environment and cutting red tape," he said.
Dung
said considering recently improved performance indexes, the 6.2-percent
growth target is completely feasible.
He asked
for the adoption of technological advances in public e-services and
continuing administrative reform. In order to maintain current growth
momentum, ministries, sectors and localities needed to fulfill their
responsibilities to their best ability, he said.
The
leader told officials to scrutinise existing problems and shortcomings, and
find efficient solutions to push the resolution forward.
Without
national competitiveness amidst a globally integrated landscape, fast and
sustainable development is unachievable, he said, adding that macro-economic
stability was the first priority. That stability could be achieved by closely
monitoring capital and real estate markets.
Relevant
units were also asked to keep track of negotiations for economic and trade
deals that afforded the public and enterprises new opportunities. Easing
hospital overcrowding was also identified as a key task.
Japanese
agricultural technology comes to dragon fruit farmers
Vietnamese
dragon fruit growers have had a chance to approach Japanese technology in
agricultural production and farm produce preservation at a recent conference
held in
The
conference held by PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation in
association with the Department of Science and Technology of Binh Thuan
Province and Vietnam – Japan Business Club aims to help dragon fruit farmers
to learn advanced techniques to improve the quality of their produce so as to
meet export standards of demanding markets, such as: Japan, the US, and
European countries.
The
conference attracted more than 100 cooperatives, agricultural officials, and
dragon fruit farmers in
Vietnamese
drug addicts still high
The
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime yesterday held a meeting to announce
2015 World Drug Report and Vietnam Drug Report.
For
Noteworthy,
it was reported in the meeting that the rate of drug addicts living with HIV
decreased for years. However, drug addicts living with HIV have been seen
most of corners of the country.
In
addition, the number of drug addicts access to drug treatment is on upward
trend across the country. By May, 2015, the country has 162 rehabilitation
centers treating more than 29,000 drug addicts with Methadone in 44 cities
and provinces.
As per
the plan, the country will open 245 Methadone rehab centers to admit around
80,000 drug addicts to help those who have become addicted to or dependent on
methadone stop use of the drug safely
Speaking
at the meeting, head of UNODC in Vietnam Christopher Batt said that It was
estimated that a total of 246 million people - slightly over 5 per cent of
those aged 15 to 64 years worldwide used an illicit drug .
Worse,
an estimated 1.65 million of people who inject drugs were living with HIV and
men are three times more likely than women to use drugs, while women are more
likely to use more pain killers and sedative drugs.
Six
companies fined for violating food regulations
Six
companies were fined a total of VND150 million (US$6,875) for violating
regulations of advertising nutritional supplements, said head of Vietnam Food
Administration (VFA) Nguyen Thanh Phong on June 28.
Along
with the fine decisions, VFA asked the six companies to stop violations and
remove illegal advertisements as well as correct false information.
The six
violating companies have operated in production and trade of pharmacy and
nutritional supplements. Four of them are located in
Pesticides
pollute Nghe An
Nghe An
Province has 913 areas polluted by abandoned pesticides that threaten the
health of local residents.
The
provincial People's Committee reported at a conference on environmental
management last week that in the last five years, it had removed almost 500
tonnes of polluted soil from Vuc Rong, Hon Tro and Tan Phu. The Global
Environment Fund has funded a programme to remove abandoned pesticides in
There
are over 1,500 spots polluted with abandoned pesticides across
Con Dao
plans to become spiritual, eco-tourism centre
Under
the plan, the island will develop many areas, including
Sitting
185 kilometres from Vung Tau city and 230 kilometres from
It is
also home to important tangible and intangible national cultural heritages
presenting substantial potential to develop various forms of tourism such as
ecological and spiritual tourism.-
Kien
Giang spends big on sea, island development
The
Mekong Delta
Under
the programme on marine economic development from 2011-2015, nearly 2.5
trillion VND (116 million USD) has been spent on infrastructure for the
education and training sector, with 2,550 new classrooms built, thus putting
an end to three-shift schools.
Training
courses have been also conducted to improve staff capability and enhance
education quality.
As many
as 113 kindergartens and 516 schools have been opened, raising the rate of
school attendance among the 6-14 age group to 96 percent across sea, island
and border areas, said Nguyen Thi Minh Giang, Director of the provincial
Department of Education and Training.
The
Additionally,
more than 422 billion VND (19.7 million USD) has been allocated for building
healthcare centres in all communes and districts in remote areas. Health
insurance services are also being offered at the facilities.
Some 60
percent of the communal healthcare centres in the province meet national
standards, said Ha Van Phuc, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of
Health.
The
A modern
healthcare centre was built on 1,280 square metres in Tho Chau Island
commune, Phu Quoc district with total investment of seven billion VND
(327,000 USD). The facility has 26 rooms and hi-tech equipment.
Head of
the centre Pham Thanh Cong highlighted the role of the facility in ensuring
health for soldiers and residents on the island, especially when the locality
is far from the mainland with only one ship arriving every week.
Another
100 billion VND (4.67 million USD) has been invested in the telecommunications
network to ensure communication, national defence and security on the
islands.
More
than 43 billion VND (2 million USD) has been used to fund programmes on
poverty reduction and job generation.
According
to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Khac Ghi, the
province will continue its socio-economic development efforts in sea, island,
and coastal areas in the next five years.
Conservation
efforts in U Minh Ha National Park stepped up
The
southernmost
Accordingly,
the province will restructure its administrative system, and devise new
models for residential settlement. Reforestation plans and fire prevention
plans will also be implemented.
Ca Mau
province has also improved the park’s eco-tourism services in a bid to
generate income and make the national park attractive to domestic and
international tourists.
The
cajuput forest covers a total area of 75,000 hectares, with 8,000 hectares of
valuable primeval forest. The forest is a key habitat for wetland ecosystem
species and others, with many of them listed in
The park
was recognized by UNESCO as one of the three core zones of the Ca Mau World
Biosphere Reserve in June 2009.
The park
not only preserves the entire ecological system of the cajuput forest, but
also acts as an ecological tourism destination and a research site for
domestic and international scientists.
Sediment
management important for
The
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in conjunction with the World
Wide Fund for Nature in
According
to scientists, the delta receives about 79 million tonnes of sediment every
year.
However,
the construction of hydropower plans and flood-proof facilities together with
intensive exploitation of sand and pebbles, deforestation and waste dumping
in water resources have hugely impacted sediment sources, experts said.
The
declination in sediment quantity and quality has resulted in losses of 500
hectares of land and an additional 30-40 metres of coast every year. As many
as 265 erosion sites are visible along 450km of riverbanks.
Deputy
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen cited the rapid
development of hydropower resources and socio-economic infrastructure in
The
workshop created an opportunity for scientists to share experience in
effectively managing natural resources and sediment in particular.
The
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment called upon relevant
departments, sectors and localities to promote awareness-raising campaigns on
the significant role and sustainable management of sediment sources in the
delta in combination with preserving and developing submerged areas and
ecological services.
Experts
suggested enhancing inter-provincial and international cooperation in the
field and including sediment management in the national policy system while
conducting in-depth research on sediment in the
Elderly
contribute to new rural development
In
response to an emulation movement called “Old age – Bright example”, the
elderly nationwide have encouraged their children, grandchildren, and other
people, to contribute to the national new rural development program.
Thanks
to their encouragement, a total of US$150 million and more than 5 million
square meters of land have been donated to upgrade the local infrastructure
and support social welfare in rural communities.
Born and
raised in President Ho Chi Minh’s hometown, Tran That Cong of Kim Lien
commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, has always set an example for
others with his moral lifestyle and active social work.
Acknowledging
the slow pace of rural development, he and other local elders decided to
encourage other people to support the national new rural development program
as much as possible.
Thanks
to their efforts, 2014 saw positive changes in Kim Lien’s infrastructure.
Tran That Cong told VOV, "Actions speak louder than words. We elderly
always take the lead in campaigns and movements and encourage other people to
follow. For example, my family always comes first in contributing money to a
program, although we are not rich. Other people can donate land for roads if
they don’t have cash. It’s much easier for local people to get around on new
big paved roads."
Elderly
Phan At of Tinh Tra commune, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai province, donated
2000 square meters of his farm land for community houses roads.
He said
it’s important that everyone joins hands to make the national new rural
development program a success.
"My
family donated land to build schools and cultural houses for the public. We
are glad we can contribute something to national construction and
development. The new paved roads have helped reduce traffic accidents. That
was a good deed we could do," At noted.
Cu Thi
Hau, President of Vietnam’s Elderly Association, stressed, "We’ll try to
improve the association’s activities to take better care of the elderly and
encourage them to use their influence in the community, especially in new
rural development. We plan to launch an action month for the elderly when
they will be given free eye care and check-ups."
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 1-10
Film
Screening “Il était une Forêt” by Luc Jacquet
Fri 10
Jul 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng
Tiền, Hà Nội
You are
invited to the film screening “Il était une Forêt” (
Luc
Jacquet created the image and soundtrack to immerse viewers into an unknown
but welcoming and exciting world.
For more
information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer
to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language:
French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket
price: 50 000 VND
Special
price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets
are available at L’Espace.
Acoustic
Show with Indonesian grunge rocker Gede Robi
Thu 09 Jul 2015, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Grunge
rocker Gede Robi Supriyanto ventures to
Robi is
traveling with Joe Cummings of Love Bone and Daniel Eiland, funk bassist. His
aim is to share his grunge rock music whilst meeting and collaborating with
local musicians.
“The
collaboration between great musicians becomes a conversation that takes place
between the artist and the audience. The energy goes both ways and it is in
this space – created by sound – that the unraveling of boundaries takes
place.”
This is
the intention of the tour – to take some music, some musicians and ideas, and
unravel some magic. The ultimate goal is to have a great deal of fun… Because,
“If it is not fun, it is not rock and roll.”
Tickets:
50,000 VND at door
Contemporary
Concert and Dance program at HCMC Opera House
Thu 09
Jul 2015, 8 pm
HCMC
Opera House
You are
invited to the contemporary concert and dance program at the HCMC Opera
House.
Two new
dance pieces titled “Vọng phu biển” – “Waiting for Husband on the Shore”
choreographed by Nguyen Phuc Hai and Nguyen Phuc Hung will be featured in
this program. The faithfulness of Vietnamese women in marriage is expressed
in the most touching way through the image of the “Vong Phu” (“waiting for
husband”) stone.
In
addition, the program also introduces some contemporary music compositions by
young talented musicians coached in professional environment of music: Nguyen
Manh Duy Linh, Vu Viet Anh, Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, etc.
Tickets
Ticket
price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
Booking
and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972
Lecture
& Talk: “Dolls, Dreams, and Drives: Sexual Subjectivity in the Films of
Kim Kyung-Mook”
Thu 09
Jul 2015, 7 pm
Nha San
Collective
2nd
floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su,
Queer
Forever and Nhà Sàn Collective are excited to invite you to a lecture and
talk with Prof. Earl Jackson, Jr.:
“Dolls,
Dreams, and Drives:
Sexual
Subjectivity in the Films of Kim Kyung-Mook.”
Earl
Jackson, Jr.
Trans-Asian
Screen Cultures Institute
Any
description of the films of Kim Kyung-Mook must be immediately qualified. His
films emanate from an unapologetically “gay” perspective, yet their
significance extends beyond an identity politics. One of recurrent motifs in
his films involve the attempt of a young gay man to find sexual and emotional
fulfillment from an older married man only partially available. Yet the films
are neither a lament nor a victimology. Instead, these situations contribute
to a more extensive understanding of a sexual scenario as a structural
disequilibrium. Furthermore, desire is not an urge to be quelled either by
physiological satisfaction or the closure of a psychological narrative;
instead, desire remains an open question – destabilizing in its constitutive
effects and affects.
This
paper will examine Kim’s films to draw out the inscription of sexual
subjectivity and the self-constitution of the subject as object of the
other’s desire. Although the primary focus is on male-male sexuality outside
of an identity politics, the struggles for recognition within a given pairing
as well as within a subject’s self-understanding illustrate viscerally that
sexuality itself is inherently political – here in its adjudication of
submission, dominance, accommodation and resistance.
Round-table
Discussion: “Window – A strange Look on the Familiar
Wed 08
Jul 2015, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng
Tiền, Hà Nội
You are
invited to the round-table discussion entitled: “Window – A strange Look on
the Familiar Hanoi”, with the participation of Ta Huy Long, illustrator and
author of the book, and Nguyen Hoang Dieu Thuy, publisher.
“Window”,
the latest work of Ta Huy Long – one of the leading comic illustrators in
Language:
Vietnamese
Free
entry.
Classical
Concert with Song Hong Chamber, Duo Mây, and Friends and the Red Steinway
Tue 07
Jul 2015, 8 pm
New
concert hall
You are
invited to the classical concert with the participation of Song Hong Chamber,
Duo Mây, Friends and the Red Steinway.
The
young artists will perform compositions by J Haydn, W.A.Mozart, F Schubert,
F.Chopin, A.Drovak and Dang Huu Phuc.
Ticket
Ticket
price: 100 000 VND, 200 000 VND
Contact
for ticket sale: 090 323 0685/090 347 0179 or email sonviolin@yahoo.com.
Concert
– Conference “
Tue 07
Jul 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
Guimet museum
(Musée Guimet) is home to the most beautiful collections of Asian art. For
this special evening, Hubert Laot, Artistic Director of the Museum, will make
a brief introduction about Vietnamese collections of the museum, and then
focus on the recent exhibitions of Vietnamese arts and finally present the
work done for recognition of Vietnamese arts scene.
In the
second part of the evening, musician Huong Thanh will present traditional
music of
Tickets
Ticket
price: 160,000 VND
Special
price for members of L’Espace and students: 80,000 VND
Tickets
are available at L’Espace.
08 Jul –
02 Aug 2015
Oven
D’Or restaurant, Sheraton Hanoi
Lane 1
Au Co, Tay Ho Dist,
Come to
The
organizer will contribute 30% of its ticket sales on opening night – July 8th
– to one of charities of their choice named Hagar International Vietnam for
supporting women and children who undergone human trafficking, sexual
exploitation and domestic violence. Hagar’s sole ambition is to provide the
clients with the tools to reclaim the life that was taken from them and enjoy
the kind of happiness that so many of us take for granted.
The
ticket price is 990,000 VND which includes buffet dinner, soft drinks and
beers.
Please
contact Ms. Hang via hang.tranthuy@hagarinternational.org or 043.7282342 –
ext. 0 to purchase tickets.
Film
Screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” by Laurent Tirard
Sun 05
Jul 2015, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng
Tiền, Hà Nội
You are
invited to the film screening “Nicholas on Holiday” (
The
sequel to the 2009 film “Little Nicholas” – after the famous adventures of
Nicholas. Repeatedly silly and extremely funny antics would make both
children and adult laugh out loud.
For more
information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer
to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language:
French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets
Ticket
price: 50 000 VND
Special
price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets
are available at L’Espace.
US
Independence Day Picnic in
Sat 04
Jul 2015, 4 pm
The
American Club
19-21
Hai Ba Trung Sreet,
From the
organizer:
To
celebrate US Independence Day:
Enjoy
live music, circus, games and contests, lucky-draw, food, drinks, fun!
Featuring
the BIGGEST and Best Lucky-Draw in
Over 100
prizes will be given away for FREE!
Buy
tickets at the AmCham Office – Call 04.3934 2790
Adult
tickets: 500,000 VND
Children
tickets: 250,000 VND
Children
under 3: Free
Tickets
include unlimited food and drinks!
Special
Concert at
 Sat 04 Jul 2015, 8 pm
The
Grand Concert Hall
You are
invited to a special concert at Vietnam National Academy of Music with:
Conductor:
Tran Vuong Thach
Violoin
Soloist: Tran Le Quang Tien
and the
Program
Felix
Mendelssohn
– Violin
Concerto in E minor, op.64
Interval
Antonin
Dvorak
–
Symphony No.7 in D major, op.60
Tickets
Ticket
prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera
House or can book online at ticketvn.com.
For free
delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Enjoy a
part of the Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn:
March
2015 also marks a lovely “mini concert” by students at the Jazz Department of
Vietnam National Academy of Music and two renowned saxophonists from
77 Hao
Solo
Sculpture Exhibition “Invisible Movements” by Khong Do Tuyen
Opening:
Fri 03 Jul 2015, 5.30 pm
Artist
talk: Sun 05 Jul 2015, 3 pm
Exhibition:
03 – 10 Jul 2015
To
people who concern about contemporary sculpture in
Khong Do
Tuyen uses several materials professionally, in which metal has been most
frequently used, and steel seems to be the only type of metal able to express
and fulfill his creative need. Khong Do Tuyen breathes life into steel.
Khong Do
Tuyen made careful and serious decision about organizing the first solo
sculpture exhibition. It’s hard to think of any other title that is more
suitable than “Invisible Movements” for his “steel game” this time. A raging
movement is hidden under the shapes, struggle, and pain of the heavy and cold
steel…
Khong Do
Tuyen also participated in the experimental contemporary sculpture project
“NEW FORM” (2012-2014) and had his works exhibited in both phase 1 and phase
2 of the project.
Film
Screening “Colt 45″ at L’Espace
Fri 03
Jul 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng
Tiền, Hà Nội
You are
invited to the film screening “Colt 45″ (
“A
classic, dark and violent thriller, led by duo Lanvin – Joey Starr” – Le
Dauphiné Libéré
For more
information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer
to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language:
French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets
Ticket
price: 50 000 VND
Special
price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets
are available at L’Espace.
Round-table
Discussion: “Prose is fast food?” at L’Espace
Wed 01
Jul 2015, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng
Tiền, Hà Nội
You are
invited to the round-table discussion entitled: “Prose is fast food?” with
the participation of writer and painter Do Phan, Nguyen Truong Quy, moderator
Pham Xuan Nguyen.
Today
the prose stays at the heart of the Vietnamese literary creation. Its
influence is real and therefore attracts authors in search of success. On the
book market, the reader likes the prose, which deals with contemporary
issues, usually short and lends itself to discussion on social networks. Does
the prose become a fast consuming good?
Language:
Vietnamese
Free
entry.
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