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Social News 17/6
German
hailed as ‘hero’ for warning motorcyclists about slippery
A German
tourist in
The
young man, identified only as Maxx, was initially seen walking over to
motorists on
Several
did not know what he meant, kept driving and skidded and fell.
So he
then made a bilingual sign with the help of a young Vietnamese there to help
drivers understand.
People
in the area said oil from restaurants overflowed on the street after the
heavy wind and rain that afternoon.
Some
Vietnamese were cleaning the street, and the man helped by cautioning others.
Photos
and a video of him are all over local forums with people praising his act as
“heroic” even as many young Vietnamese could be seen laughing as bikes kept
falling.
Many
said it should have embarrassed the Vietnamese who did nothing.
But then
it’s easier said than done.
New
UN Convention for a better life of older people
A part
of older people in
The
information was shared by participants at a seminar to get opinions on the
International Convention on the Rights of Older Persons (ICROP) in
The
seminar aims to reach a consensus among ministries, departments and relevant
agencies to propose that the United Nations approves ICROP to help older
people have a better life and receive better care.
Pham
Tuyet Nhung, deputy head of the International Relations Department at the
Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE), said 1 out of 3 older people in the
world are ill-treated. In
The VAE
urged the Government and relevant ministries to support the completion of the
UN legal system for the elderly.
Do Manh Hung,
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs, said
only 60% of the older people in Vietnam have a health insurance card, much
lower than the country’s average rate of 73%.
Participants
discussed the ICROP contents and expressed their hope that relevant agencies
will get involved in the campaign to protect the rights of older people.
Vu Xuan
Quang, a representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that
The VAE
hoped that a new ICROP will be an effective tool to ensure the rights of
older people.
Summer
camp for children organised
A summer
camp for bright disadvantaged pupils in the provinces of An Giang, Ben Tre,
and Dong Thap and Can Tho city, and children of soldiers stationed on Truong
Sa (Spratly) archipelago and DK1 marine defense platform will be held in Da
Lat from June 22-26.
More
than 120 children attending the camp will, besides visiting tourist
attractions, learn about the history, nature and people of the Central
Highlands, read scientific books, tell stories about scientists, and learn
how to fabricate simple machines, all meant to stimulate an interest in
science.
"Summer
Camp for Small Ambassadors of Vietnamese Goods", an annual camp, seeks
to offer children in "special circumstances" and those striving to
overcome difficulties in their lives a meaningful summer.
They
will be joined by members of the Ambassadors Club for Vietnamese Goods, all
of whom are famous actors, writers, poets, designers and other celebrities
and promote consumption of domestically made products.
Seminar
boosts Vietnam's trade links with Czech Republic
The
trade seminar “Vietnam Day” in
Commercial
Counsellor in the Czech Republic Nguyen Thang Long gave an overview of
Jaromir
Dudak, head of the Asia-Africa Department from the Czech Ministry of Industry
and Trade, said the
The
Czech government greatly values economic and trade ties with
At the
seminar,participants shared their experience in doing business in
Long
said between now and the end of this year, the Vietnam Embassy will continue
holding similar events targeting Czech investors who are interested in the
Over the
past five years, two-way trade between the two nations has doubled, hitting
US$652 million in 2014, 86% of which was in
The
Southeast Asian nation imports industrial and hi-tech products, including
precise engineering items, petrochemical equipment, energy and defence
industry from the Czech Republic that wants to import Vietnamese aquatic
products, coffee, tea and pepper.
The
Overseas Labour Management Department has unveiled a new program for Vietnamese
household and onshore fishermen professionals to work as temporary guest
workers in
“The new
rules strengthen protections for the workers and also spur recruitment of
Vietnamese for such jobs,” said Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, head of the Overseas Labour
Management Department.
The new
scheme is the latest move to revamp the temporary guest worker program
between
The
changes will take effect July 1 and have been hailed by advocates for guest
workers who said they would make it more difficult for businesses to exploit
vulnerable workers.
Currently,
more than 160,000 Vietnamese temporary workers are employed in other
professions such as manufacturing and the medical fields throughout the
The
Under
the revised rules, the department will impose fines on both workers and
businesses for failing to comply and step up monitoring and inspections of
labour export businesses.
Quynh
said the department will also put in place better controls to more closely
coordinate with Taiwanese governmental agencies and employers to manage
workers.
Overall
the new rules are a giant step forward, said Quynh as the program will
provide workers with an increased awareness of the laws, customs, language,
working and lifestyles of
Under
the revised program, a housemaid will pay US$2,036 (VND44 million) for a
three-year work permit fee excluding a deposit, with the minimum annual
salary set at US$6,000 (VND144 million) per annum.
Meanwhile
an onshore fisherman will pay US$1,550 for a three-year permit, excluding a deposit,
to receive a salary of at least VND156 million annually.
Electricity
ensured despite rising demand
The
national power system, which has a total capacity of between 26,000 and
28,200 megawatts, is fully capable to serve the rising demand in the north in
June, which is the peak of the hot season.
The
electricity use this month could reach 478 million kilowatt hours per day, up
nearly 13 percent from the same period last year, estimated the National Load
Dispatch Centre (NLDC) under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).
Despite
the surging demand in the hot summer weather, the EVN has ensured safe and
stable provision of power for local daily life and business production across
the country.
Last
month, the group produced 12 billion kilowatt hours of commercial
electricity, increasing the total output to over 55 billion kilowatt hours
from January-May, an annual increase of 11.35 percent.
Electricity
supply for agriculture saw the highest growth of 23.67 percent, followed by
trade (up 20.15 percent), industry-construction (up 11.79 percent) and
management and consumption (up 9.75 percent).
Deputy
Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) under the Ministry of
Industry and Trade Dinh The Phuc said electricity provision in June will be
ensured to serve the country’s major political and social events such as the
ninth session of the 13 th National Assembly and national examinations.
Hydroelectric
plants will regulate the flow of water to supply adequate electricity and
water, especially for seriously drought-affected provinces in the coastal
south central region. Meanwhile, the use of coal-fired power and gas turbine
power plants will be optimised to provide electricity in the south and save
water in the southern reservoirs.
The EVN
will purchase about 150 million kilowatt hours from
The EVN
in the north has asked power companies not to repair—and therefore
cut—electricity in days with temperatures above 36 Celsius degrees, and
called on customers to conserve electricity.-
PPP
model to be adopted to fund new expressway
A 142.2
km stretch of the Phan Thiet – Nha Trang Expressway will be built under the
public–private partnership (PPP) mode, according to the Cuu Long Corp. for
Investment Development and Project Investment for Infrastructure (Cuu Long
CIPM).
The
project has been submitted by the latter to the Ministry of Transport for
approval.
The
expressway, to run from Phan Rang town in southern central Ninh Thuan province
to
It will
cost over 17.8 trillion VND (818 million USD), including 12.145 trillion VND
(over 557 million USD) for the construction alone.
Cuu Long
CIPM has proposed dividing the project into two sub-projects, one a 14.767
trillion VND BOT (build – operate – transfer) work and the other a 3.066
billion VND segment to be funded by official development assistance (ODA).
This
stretch of the Phan Thiet – Nha Trang Expressway is scheduled to open to
traffic in 2021.
It is
part of a 235km Nha Trang – Phan Thiet Expressway that will run from Khanh
Hoa province's Dien Khanh district to the northern point of the Dau Giay –
Phan Thiet Expressway on
This
section, which will have 97 bridges, is expected to cost 46 trillion VND
(over 2.1 billion USD).
It will
be the North – South Expressway running from
The
central city of
In
addition, projects that encroach on the riverbanks will be rejected by the
city. Development along the banks of the river has been disorderly and
ill-managed, according to city authorities.
The city
authority has hired a foreign consultant to devise a development strategy for
the river banks.-
Food,
water and energy relations discussed among students
Food
security, water resource and energy management and the fight against climate
change will be discussed during the first phase of the Asian student
conference held in
The
students, including 15 from the
After
attending four discussions and one fact-finding tour, the groups will present
their results on June 19.
In the
framework of the conference, students have a chance to work at the Hoa An
Biodiversity - Research Centre under Can Tho University and experience
Vietnamese culture.
After
the conference, ten Vietnamese students will attend the second phase of the
conference in
Committee
to enhance security in southwest region
Ensuring
political security and social order have been declared key tasks of the
Steering Committee for the Southwest Region through the end of this year,
according to Nguyen Doan Ket, Head of the committee’s Defence and Security
Department.
Along
with communicating on socio-economic and poverty reduction policies, the
committee will collaborate with regional localities to popularise Party and
State policies on ethnics and religion, alerting locals of destructive
schemes by hostility forces, he said.
At the
same time, the committee will work against those who take advantage of ethnic
and religious issues to harm the country’s solidarity bloc.
Combating
smuggling and drug trafficking crimes, especially in border areas, will be
intensified, said Ket.
The
committee will also work with localities to ensure safety at big events and
festivals, including the Mekong Delta Green Tourism Week in Can Tho city.
Meanwhile,
the committee will educate local fishermen on sea-related laws in
Voluntary
teams to join traffic safety efforts
The
Central Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the National
Committee for Traffic Safety have introduced 38 voluntary teams who will work
to ensure traffic safety during the national high school graduation exam
2015.
At a
press briefing in
They are
responsible for working with relevant agencies to raise public awareness of
obeying traffic laws, regulating flow and handling accidents.
Vice
Chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety Khuat Viet Hung said a
number of measures have been enacted to ensure traffic safety and support
means of transport for candidates and their family members during the exam.
The
volunteer teams will commence their duties on June 21.
Malaysian
tanker missing with crew
A
Malaysian-flagged tanker carrying petroleum has gone missing off the southern
coast and is feared to have been hijacked, said the International Maritime
Bureau (IMB) on June 14.
Head of
the IMB Kuala Lumpur office Noel Choong affirmed the owner of the vessel MT
Orkim Harmony last had contact with the ship on late June 11.
He added
the vessel’s condition remains unknown, but is predicted to have been
hijacked.
Malaysian
Prime Minister Najib Razak posted a message on his Facebook page saying he
was "distressed by the news" and prayed for the safety of the 22
crew members, 16 of whom are Malaysian.
Bernama
news agency reported that search operations are ongoing with the Malaysian
Navy deploying three vessels with 150 personnel while the Malaysian Maritime
Enforcement Agency dispatched a helicopter, three ships and a boat.
Over the
past two years, London-based IMB has warned that the waters of
In a
quarterly report recently released, it said the Southeast Asian region
experienced 38 pirate attacks in the period or 70 percent of the global total
of 54. Pirates usually siphon off the cargo to other vessels before releasing
the ships and their crews.
Piracy
in the region significantly reduced in the previous decade through stepped-up
regional cooperation and maritime patrols, but has re-emerged as a hazard.
Much of
the world's trade passes through Southeast Asian shipping lanes such as the
A
160-metre broadcast tower was inaugurated in northern Nam Dinh province on
June 15.
Beginning
in July 2014 and worth VND21.6 billion (US$995,392), the construction
features 32 force-resistant cement stakes and a body made of more than 245
tonnes of steel to bear heavy loads and cope with storms, as it was built
where a tower collapsed during a 2012 storm.
The
newly inaugurated tower caters to over 8 million television viewers across
the southern part of the Red River Delta and the northern part of Thanh Hoa.
Tran
Dung Trinh, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Television, said the operations
contribute to completing the digitisation of television in the Red River
Delta region 18 months ahead of schedule.
Public
hospitals raise treatment fees by 10%
Public
hospitals and health centres in Ho Chi Minh City have increased hospital fees
by 10% over the last hike, according to the city's Department of Health.
As many
as 29 city-level hospitals, 23 district-level hospitals and 322 health
centres in wards and communes increased the fees under an official roadmap
designed to raise funds for hospitals at a time of declining government
subsidies.
Ho Chi
Minh City's public hospitals and health centres have raised fees
incrementally since last year.
Last
year, the city increased fees for 477 technical services by 75% and 1,519
services by 65% under Circular No.4 issued by the Ministry of Health and
Ministry of Finance.
This
year, the fees for technical services rose by an additional 10%, and by June
1, 2016, another 15%.
At a
recent conference on hospital fees in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Nguyen Nam
Lien, head of Ministry of Health's Financial Planning Department, said that
under the roadmap, hospital fees nationwide will be increased as salary costs
for hospital staff will be taken from the hospital fees by 2016.
Hospital
fees must be calculated on the basis of full recovery costs for direct
services received by patients, he said.
The full
recovery costs are for medicine and chemicals; consumable materials; electricity
and waste; equipment maintenance; basic salary; annual depreciation and
repair for medical equipment; and training and research.
In a
previous hike in hospital fees in 2012 and 2014, the fees charged to patients
only covered costs for medicines and chemicals; consumable materials;
electricity and waste; and equipment maintenance.
"Hospitals
have used 15% of the increased hospital fees to buy more beds and to upgrade
their facilities in order to reduce the sharing of beds and to provide better
examination and treatment services," Lien said.
The full
cost recovery policy for medical services will be applied widely across the
board after 2018, he said.
As the
state budget is limited, the fees will help reduce the State's subsidy for
public hospitals.
Biker
killed in level crossing accident
A
motorbike crashed into a passenger train going from Ha Noi to the Hai Phong
northern coastal city yesterday afternoon, killing the 43-year-old biker.
The
accident occurred at a level crossing in Hai Duong City's Ai Quoc Ward.
Hai
Duong City's police said though the level crossing was several years old, no
barrier or warning sign had been put up.
Train
accidents at level crossings still occur frequently in Viet Nam.
Black
boxes catch speeding vehicles
A total
of 473 cars, buses and trucks have been ordered off the roads for a month
after their built-in black boxes revealed they had exceeded the speed limit.
The
Directorate of Roads said, however, that only 71.5 per cent of the motor
vehicles that had the boxes installed actually transmitted data to the
central data recording system. The other 28 per cent of the boxes are assumed
to have been deliberately turned off - or perhaps broken.
Compilation
of black-box data from across the nation enabled the directorate to produce a
black list of 10 provinces with the highest numbers of speed violations in
May.
They
included Ba Ria-Vung Tau, which topped the group with 124,611 speed
violations, followed by Da Nang (107,806). Violations in the other eight
provinces ranged from 16,000 to 30,000. The provinces were Dak Nong, Ninh
Thuan, Phu Yen, Quang Nam, Vinh Long, Binh Phuoc, Lam Dong and Gia Lai.
Of the
63 provinces in Viet Nam, 28 reported to the directorate that they had issued
punishments, including ordering some of the vehicles off the road; 13
reported that they had only issued warnings; and 22 have not reported if they
took any action.
Reports
from the 28 provinces that issued punishments, showed they had handled a
total 557 vehicles in May. Of thesed, 473 were ordered off the road for a
month.
Among
them, five companies with vehicles had their business licences revoked.
The
directorate said in the first five months of the year, the country recorded a
total of 2,049 motor vehicles that had broken the speed limits.
Vehicles
fixed with a black box include coaches and buses, including those running on
fixed routes and those for hire, taxis, trucks, including container trucks
and trucks and trailers.
In
another development, on June 1, the directorate sent a note to provincial authorities,
demanding that they instruct their departments of transport to control
overspeeding in their areas by compiling weekly reports on the situation and
taking measures to fix it accordingly.
Canal
upgrade damages houses, residents demand compensation
More
than 1,000 residents of 300 households in District 6, HCM City, are living in
fear, following the upgrade of the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom Canal.
Construction
work to upgrade the canal, which used to be one of the most polluted canals
in the city, started over three years ago with HCM City Urban Construction
Investment Company as the project's main contractor.
According
to reports, ever since two buildings here collapsed after the repair of the
canal, residents here fear that their houses may also collapse any moment.
The use
of heavy machines and prolonged construction work severely damaged numerous
houses in the area; houses quaked as heavy machines were put to work on the
canal.
"There
were cracks everywhere in my house, so my family had to rent a place to live
in, which is proving to be expensive. We just want them to fix our house so
we can move back," said Tran Ba Tai, a resident from Ward 11 in District
6.
He added
that since March, the management unit of the project has been making empty
promises to look at his house, but nothing has been done so far to help him
and his family.
The
project, which was carried out on an investment of VND5 trillion (US$231.4
million), officially concluded in April and construction companies hired to
work on the project have long left the site. However, the procedure to pay
compensation for damage caused to houses here appeared to be progressing
slowly.
A few
families who have met the project's management unit to discuss their
compensation are not satisfied with the offer, which was reportedly set from
VND2.3 million ($106) to VND10 million ($463).
"The
walls in my house are about to crash. It's not safe to live there. I wanted
them to rebuild it," said Phan Thi Tong, another resident from Ward 11.
A
representative of the main contractor company said they are working together
with the local authority to provide 60 of the affected households with
compensation money this month, 75 more in the third quarter, and the
remaining ones by the end of the year.
"Not
all affected households are qualified for compensation to fully rebuild their
houses. We are also doing our best to fix cracks and other problems caused by
the canal's construction," Tran Trung Hau, deputy director of HCM City
Urban Construction Investment Company, pointed out.
He added
that households that had to relocate temporarily will receive financial aids
from the project's contractors.
The
District 6 People's Committee did not provide any answer as to why they
haven't taken any measure to help project-affected residents. Local residents
have also reported that they have not received any support from the
district's People's Committee.
Police
seize 73 tons of illegally imported sugar
Police
have seized some 31 tonnes of refined sugar illegally imported from Cambodia,
while investigating a rubber farm in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh's
Chau Thanh District.
Nguyen
Van Tam, a Cambodian Vietnamese, 27, was arrested last weekend and charged
for hiding the sugar, but he said he was hired by a man named Trung to take
care of it and did not know its origin.
Tam said
Trung, who was also from the same district, had tried to convince him to
store the sugar and had promised to pay him a lot for it.
Earlier,
on Friday, police from Chau Thanh District also seized a truck, with
registration number 70C- 049.16, carrying 42 tonnes of refined sugar in 200
sacks while travelling from Cambodia to Viet Nam.
Nguyen
Tan Loc, 42, the truck driver, also said he had been hired by Trung to
transport the sugar and did not know it was illegally imported.
Police
are still investigating the case.
Bodies
of two dead in ship capsize found
The
bodies of two victims on board a ship that capsized on Saturday in the Mekong
Delta province of Ben Tre were recovered this morning, said the local police.
Truong
Van Muoi, 37, and Nguyen Thi Nguyet Tien, 18, were the only two who died when
the ship, which was captained by Dang Truong Phat, partly sank during a storm
on the Tien River.
The
ship, carrying fruits and 26 passengers on board, was on its way from Cho
Lach to HCM City.
Witnesses
said Muoi and Tien jumped off the ship in panic and drowned in the river.
All the
remaining passengers were brought inland later by locals' boats.
Earlier,
search efforts for Muoi and Tien were hindered by bad weather.
Police
arrest 40 for gambling on illegal cockfight
Uncovering
a large gambling ring involved in cockfight, police arrested some 40 gamblers
in the township of northern Hung Yen Province.
Hundreds
of gamblers on Saturday gathered at a farm owned by Nguyen Ngoc Kheo, 59, in
Bao Khe Commune, when police broke in and seized 15 fighting cocks, VND500
million (US$24,000), some 100 motorbikes, and many mobile phones.
While 40
gamblers were arrested from the spot, several others, including viewers, managed
to escape.
According
to police, this has so far been the largest-ever gambling ring they have
unearthed in the province.
Local
people who tipped off police about the gambling ring said cockfighting was
organised every weekend for more than three months.
Gamblers
used cockfighting for gambling and pay about VND50,000 each to enter the
ring. They can bring their own cockfighting birds too. Each cock that won
would pay about VND500,000 to the ring owner.
Police
said they will expand their investigation and will impose strict charges on
the gamblers arrested.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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