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Social News 21/6
HCM
City gets high-level People's Procuracy
A
high-level People's Procuracy in
The NA
on May 28 passed Resolution 953, based on the 2014 People's Procuracy
Organisation Law.
Under
the resolution, the Supreme People's Procuracy appointed Nguyen Van Quang as
the director of the high-level People's Procuracy.
The
Procuracy exists on four levels: district, province, high-level (for three
centrally governed cities –
Also
appointed were four deputy directors of the high-level People's Procuracy: Vo
Van Them, Nguyen Thanh Son, Nguyen The Thanh and Le Xuan Hai.
Nguyen
Van Quang, director of the high-level People's Procuracy in
In
addition to exercising the right of prosecution and supervisor of judicial
activities for cases under the jurisdiction of high-level courts in
Quang
said that with the new functions, the high-level People's Procuracy in
In
addition to the establishment of the high-level People's Procuracy in
Police
and coastguards in the Vietnamese
A
lifeboat carrying the suspects, whose nationalities have not been disclosed,
arrived at the island at around 9 a.m. on June 18, authorities said.
The
group of eight said that they were in distress.
Police
say they are investigating into the case.
Earlier
on June 17 night, authorities detected the missing 7,300 deadweight ton (DWT)
oil tanker in Vietnamese waters, around 20 nautical miles from Tho Chu.
They
asked an armed group of eight, who had allegedly hijacked and taken control
of the Harmony since June 11, to surrender.
A life
boat, which has carried eight foreigners suspected of pirating an oil tank,
arrives at Tho Chu Island on Friday morning. Photo provided by the police
The
group later used a lifeboat, fleeing from the tanker in the dark night.
The
Orkim Harmony is operated by
Twelve
of the crew were injured, and one was shot, after being attacked by the
group, who were armed with guns and knives.
Reuters
quoted Malaysian state oil firm Petronas as saying that the Harmony was
carrying 6,000 metric tons of products from its Malacca refinery to Kuantan
for distribution.
It said
“all necessary measures are being taken to ensure undisrupted fuel supply to
consumers in the East Coast region.”
The
Orkim Harmony was hijacked on June 11 about 30 nautical miles from the Johor
12,000
cigarette packs seized from truck
The
southern Tay Ninh's market watch force confiscated nearly 12,000 packs of
cigarettes and a tonne of sugar from a truck travelling from Moc Bai Border
Gate to
The
driver, who failed to show proper documents of his cargo, reportedly
abandoned his truck, with the licence plate 54M-0586, and disappeared.
The
market watch force is working with the HCM City Police to find the owner of
the cargo.
Highway
1's 120km upgraded stretch opens on Sunday
The
Ministry of Transport (MoT) on Sunday officially opened 120km of upgraded section
on Highway 1 at southern
Hoang
Dinh Phuc, General Manager of the MoT's Project Management Unit 1, noted that
the upgrading project has been completed seven months earlier than its
schedule that was assigned by the ministry.
The
project was divided into two parts under two different contractors.
The
other contractor, Project Management Unit 1, has been in charge of upgrading
the remaining 73.2km in
After
two years of construction, the upgraded section will be opened on Sunday and
the collection of circulation toll will begin on the first day of July and
will continue for 21 years.
Nguyen
Van Phuong, general director of the Binh Thuan Highway 1A Join Stock Company,
said vehicles can run at a speed of 60km/hour on the 20.5m-wide section that
pass through residential areas and 80km/hour through non-residential areas.
Repair work on Ha Noi-Hai Phong Highway
The
During
the temporary closure, warning signs on the highway, which was opened to
traffic for one month, will be mended.
The
To
guarantee safety on the highway, the section that passes through
During
the temporary closure, vehicles can use two national roads No.10 and No.5, in
addition to interprovincial roads.
Tomorrow,
the highway section linking national road No.10 with
On May
27, the Ministry of Transport had approved the temporary operation of the
Ha
Long's damaged school structure remains unused
Local
authorities said the construction of the school had cost about VND10 billion
(nearly US$470,000). It had become operational in 2008 and was closed down
five years later in 2013, after its structure was damaged.
Located
on a hill near an illegal coal mine, the three-storey structure developed
serious damages, with cracks up to 5-7cm wide in its walls, foundation, and
play yard.
Following
this, the school's 500 students, teachers, and officials moved to a place 4km
away, along with study equipment and furniture such as desks and chairs.
While
local people and authorities blamed the illegal coal mine for the school's
degradation, the mine was closed down immediately after it was brought to the
authority's notice.
The
cause of the school's degradation is under examination and the structure will
be repaired and used for others purposes after its result is known, Tran
Trong Trung, vice chairman of the Ha Long People's Committee, was quoted as
saying by vnexpress.net.
Ben
Tre sluice gate to rehydrate local farms
An
irrigation sluice gate officially began operating in
The Son
Doc 2 sluice, located in Hung Le Commune, is part of the Northern Ben Tre
Irrigation Project.
Project
director Do Van Nhan said work began on the Son Doc 2 sluice in March 2013
with a capital investment of VND150 billion (roughly US$6.8 million).
He said
it was a very important component of the bigger project, helping supply fresh
water for 11,000ha of agricultural land in the districts of Giong Trom and Ba
Tri.
Overall,
the project is expected to prevent saline water intrusion while irrigating
140,000ha of crops and providing 20,000ha of water surface for aquaculture in
the districts of Binh Dai, Ba Tri, Giong Trom and Chau Thanh, and
It will
also help develop road and waterway transportation in the Cuu Long (
Officials
said the supply of fresh water would provide residents with the "big
opportunity" to sustainably cultivate crops and breed livestock in the
province.
Cao Van
Trong, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, said yesterday that in
recent years, the province has built several irrigation works benefiting
hundreds of thousands of local households and facilitating socio-eco nomic
development.
Hoang
Manh Thang, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the
inauguration that the Delta in general and
Climate
change and resultant rise in seawater levels compounded the problems, he
said.
The
ministry had been working with local authorities to find suitable solutions,
Thang added.
It was
also co-coordinating with relevant offices to arrange funding for the
completion of key irrigation works in Mekong Delta provinces, including the
Northern Ben Tre Irrigation Project, he said.
Illegal
cigarettes seized from truck
Tay
Ninh's market watch force confiscated nearly 12,000 packs of cigarettes and a
tonne of sugar from a truck travelling from Moc Bai Border Gate to
The
driver, who failed to show proper documents of his cargo, reportedly
abandoned his truck, with the licence plate 54M-0586, and disappeared.
The
market watch force is working with the HCM City Police to find the owner of
the cargo.
Lai
Chau punishes road safety violators
The
transport police in Lai Chau northern mountainous province yesterday kicked
off a campaign to focus on punishing drivers who were found speeding.
Provincial
transport policemen in co-ordination with the local police were deployed
across the province to check drivers who were speeding and also measure
alcohol levels among drivers, especially bus drivers.
The
campaign will last until the end of this year.
Head of
Lai Chau Province's transport police office Nguyen Van Luy said the main
reasons for recent road accidents were mainly speeding, and driving while
drunk. The increasing number of accidents occurred in rural and
inter-township roads, he added.
Hospitals
told to train for MERS
Minister
of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien visited
Following
her visit to the
Southeast
Asia's first MERS case was reported yesterday in
She said
the Ministry of Health had asked international medical quarantine centres in
Healthcare
facilities have been asked to improve the examination of patients with
respiratory complaints and those who have previously been to infected areas.
She said
that passengers coming from the Middle East and the
All
passengers from
Tien
said the forms would now be written in Korean as well as English and
Vietnamese.
Also
speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said
Long
said the city must have a back-up solution if the Hospital for Tropical
Diseases is overloaded so that patients can be transferred to other
hospitals.
Dr
Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in
The
hospital will receive and treat patients suspected of MERS from other healthcare
facilities, Chau said, adding that the hospital had also organised training
courses on MERS for its staff.
Also on
June 19, the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health
announced that the rumour of a MERS-CoV-infected person residing in the
The
ministry confirmed that as of June 19,
Public
policy offers secured life in central region
Nearly 3,000
impoverished households across central region have built flood-resistant
homes with assistance from a government project, as heard during a workshop
on June 19.
The
workshop reviewed the outcomes of the programme, which has been implemented
under a Prime Minister decision since August 2014 in a bid to help construct
flood-proof homes for disadvantaged residents of 13 central coastal
provinces.
The
programme requires a total funding of 366.7 billion VND (16.89 million USD),
of which 100 billion VND (4.6 million USD) was designated for 2014.
According
to reports released at the function, 45 percent of the 2014 plans have been
completed thus far. Despite a sluggish pace in some provinces, active
implementation is ongoing.
This
year, the Finance Ministry plans to grant 133 billion VND (6.12 million USD)
to the localities.
The
Ministry of Construction urged local authorities to accelerate their
implementation process via rapid disbursement or mobilising provincial
budgets before the public funds are received.
Six
residential projects land in Bac Giang province
The
construction of six urban area and residential projects is scheduled to kick
off in the
The
projects include the 17.8-hectare Bach Viet new urban area, 23.3-hectare Kosy
new urban area, 11.8-hectare Dong Cua new urban area, 8.4-hectare Cho Moi
residential area, and two projects in Yen Dung District covering 18.5 hectares
and 19.8 hectares, respectively.
Difficulties
have been addressed within the province to boost project implementation. The
Department of Construction was asked to cooperate with relevant agencies to
draw investment to the province and create favourable policies for
residential investment projects.
The
province is also reforming administration procedures to shorten the time
required for project evaluations by 20-30 percent.
In
addition, the province and its localities have mapped out investment plans
and arranged capital for 2016-2020 to carry out approved social
infrastructure initiatives such as schools, cultural houses and medical
stations at approved residential projects.
Some 16
residential projects are taking shape in the province, though their progress
has been slow, the Department of Construction said.
Son
La arrests heroin smuggler
Police
and border guards in the northern mountainous
The
detainee is Mua A Giang, 35, from Pu Nhan village, Moc Chau district, Son La
province.
Under
the pretence of taking his wife and two-month-old child to a local hospital
for a medical check-up, Giang brought the drugs from Vietnam-Laos border into
the province.
He told
the police that he was paid 10 million VND (475 USD) by a Lao national to
transport the drugs from the border to Moc Chau town.
The case
is under investigation.
Vietnam
press day marked in Czech Republic
Representatives
from ten media agencies run by the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic
gathered in Prague capital on June 18 to celebrate the 90th founding
anniversary of the Vietnamese revolutionary press (June 21).
Vietnamese
Ambassador to the Czech Republic Truong Manh Son briefed participants on
major activities of Vietnamese-language newspapers in the European country
over the last year, praising the contributions made by reporters and
translators to promoting friendship between the two nations.
Representatives
from the media agencies shared difficulties they faced in maintaining the
availability of newspapers.
They
called for support from the Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic for
their operations.
Ambassador
Son affirmed that his agency and the Association will provide further
assistance to press offices moving forward.
Vietnam
Day, Week planned for Ukrainian province
A plan
to organise a Vietnam Day or Week in Lvov, the central province of western
Ukraine was well received by local authorities during their recent meetings
with Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Minh Tri.
The
Vietnamese diplomat said he appreciated Ukraine’s support for his homeland’s
development process, particularly in the field of education and training,
while noting that the organisation of Vietnam Day or Week events in the
locality could significantly boost mutual understanding between the two
peoples.
He also
requested more favourable conditions for Vietnam promotion campaigns in Lvov.
Lvov
Governor Oleg Sinhutka and Mayor Andrey Sadovoy said they were impressed by
the progress made by Vietnam in recent years and suggested Vietnamese
provinces and Lvov increase their collaboration across trade, tourism,
education and training, and vehicle manufacturing.
They
said the two sides should launch cultural and commercial promotion campaigns
via the media.
During
his stay, Tri also met with the Vietnamese community and updated them on the
latest home affairs. The expats declared their willingness to help organise
the Vietnam Day or Week events.
Documentary
on national sovereignty in East Sea premieres
Ho Chi
Minh City Television (HTV) announced its documentary series on the Vietnamese
sea and islands on June 18, demonstrating the country’s national sovereignty
over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.
With
filming starting in 2012 in nine different countries, the five-episode
documentary series shows the Vietnamese governing process over its
territories in the East Sea since the feudal age.
It
features interviews with international experts and an analysis of historical
documents, including the royal history records dating back to the Le and
Nguyen Dynasties, such as a national map drawn in 1838.
HTV
Director Nguyen Quy Hoa said the films will be translated into different
languages and may include additional chapters later on if more documents
become available.
The
documentary aims to promote Vietnamese sovereignty to Vietnamese nationals at
home and abroad, as well as international viewers.
Each
30-minute episode will be screened on HTV9 at 9 pm, starting on June 20.
Deputy
PM calls for community efforts to help drug addicts
Deputy
Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam called on the entire community to end
discrimination against drug addicts and help them integrate into the society
and rebuild a normal life during a meeting in northern Vinh Phuc province on
June 19.
At the
meeting, part of activities in response to the 2015 Action Month on Drug
Prevention and Control, the Deputy PM urged the youth to take practical
actions against drugs by keeping themselves and their friends and family away
from drugs.
He also
called on the business circle to give former drug addicts a second chance at
employment to help them integrate into the society.
Meanwhile,
Christopher Batt, Head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in
Vietnam , said drug abuse and trafficking negatively impact the growth and
stability of countries around the globe.
The
office will work closely with Vietnam to build effective detoxification
methods in line with the law to deal with drug dependence, he pledged.
This
year, the action month is themed “Joining Hands to help Drug Addicts,”
calling for the engagement of the whole community in drug prevention and
control and implementing overall measures to provide drug addicts with
opportunities to integrate into the community sustainably.
During
the meeting, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Thi Hai
Chuyen expressed hope that each individual in the community would volunteer
to assist drug addicts.
Statistics
showed that by the end of 2014, Vietnam had 204,377 drug addicts, mostly
young people. As many as 76 percent of the addicts are under 35 years old.
Kien
Giang hosts wildlife conservation camp for youth
An
annual wildlife conservation camp is taking place at the Hon Me Wildlife
Rescue Station in the southern province of Kien Giang, drawing the
participation of 40 students from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
The
students, who are the winners of a video clip and writing competition on
calling for young people to engage in protecting wildlife, arrived at the
Rescue Station on June 19 to join in the Summer Movement 2015, held by the
Wildlife At Risk (WAR) and the Douc Langur Foundation (DLF).
They
will be trained in skills to persuade others to join hands in protecting
wildlife animals, take photos of wild animals and survive in the jungle, as
well as study relevant jobs related to wildlife protection. Furthermore, the
students will try their hands at taking care of animals and planting forests.
The
camp, which has been held annually at the WAR’s initiative since June 2013,
will create valuable opportunities for volunteer students to improve their
knowledge and skills to conserve nature, including wild animals, said Do Thi
Thanh Huyen, Wildlife Education Manager from WAR.
Hon Me
Wildlife Rescue Station, covering an area of nearly 3 hectares, was
established in April, 2008 by WAR and the Kien Giang provincial Ranger
Department. Currently, some 50 individuals of animals are given shelter at
the station, including Asian black bear, sun bear, yellow-cheeked gibbon,
Indochinese lutung and pangolin.
Charitable
activities underway in southern provinces
A raft
of charitable activities have been held in the southern provinces of Binh Phuoc
and Binh Duong in a bid to support the poor and beneficiaries of welfare
policies.
Officials
of Binh Phuoc border guard force have donated 700 million VND (32,600 USD) to
purchase 34 breeding cows for disadvantaged households in the border
districts of Bu Dop, Loc Ninh and Bu Gia Map.
In Binh
Duong, Kumho Tire Vietnam Co., Ltd has joined hands with the provincial
Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs to build houses and hand
over saving books to families of those who have rendered service to the
nation. The donation was worth over 639 million VND (30,000 USD).
The
company has proactively participated in a number of charitable activities to
enhance social welfare in the locality.
Methadone
therapy in Vinh Phuc effective
Methadone
therapy for drug addicts has proved effective in the northern province of
Vinh Phuc, bringing health benefits and curbing HIV infections and drug
addiction relapses.
The
therapy has been made available to 97.5 percent of local drug users in the
first five months of this year, according to the provincial Centre for
HIV/AIDS Prevention.
After
one month of treatment, 27 percent of the participating addicts gave up
heroine, which then increased to 34 percent after two months. A number of
patients were also able to find jobs without showing signs of drug
dependency.
Statistically,
nearly 300 drug abusers in Vinh Phuc have accessed methadone treatment since
early this year.
The
centre has decided to expand the therapy to Binh Xuyen, Lap Thach and Vinh
Tuong districts. Local authorities hope to roll it out to around 800 people
in 2015 and fund all health check-ups and tests.
Le Quang
Son, Director of the centre, said his agency will work to raise public
awareness of the therapy significance, thus encouraging drug addicts to apply
for treatment and reintegrate into the community.
Around
2,000 and counting addicted to drugs are believed to reside in Vinh Phuc.
Hanoi
extends precautions against MERS-CoV
Hanoi
has been stepping up precautionary measures to ward off transmission risk of
the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), as heard at a
meeting on June 18 in Hanoi between Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and
the municipal authorities.
For the
early detection of passengers with MERS-CoV symptoms, the city is conducting
temperature screenings at Noi Bai International Airport. Some 988 flights
carrying over 128,000 passengers from affected areas were monitored in June,
including 156 flights hailing from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Middle
East.
Once any
suspected passenger patient is detected, he or she will be admitted to either
the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases or the Bac Thang Long, Dong Da,
Thanh Nhan, Duc Giang and Ha Dong hospital. Field hospitals are to be
established if needed.
Some 65
mobile medical teams and 1,740 medical staff have been provided with
additional training at local districts and communes.
In
addition, the capital has devised plans to deal with any outbreak emergency
alongside proper clinical approaches to those infected at different stages of
the disease.
Among
eight key prevention measures enacted by Hanoi authorities are strict
supervision at border gates, educating people on disease self-prevention,
providing training for medical staff and ensuring sufficient medical
personnel, facilities and medicines.
Hanoi
authorities have asked the Health Ministry to continually update the city on
the outbreak and engage the ministries of transport and public security in
the effort.
Speaking
at the meeting, Minister Tien spoke highly of the capital’s active efforts
against the early spread of MERS virus and urged the city to learn from the
best practices of other countries for an effective and cost-efficient
epidemic control solution.
She
pledged additional support to help train medical staff at the grassroots
levels.
Ninh
Binh improves rural water quality, environmental hygiene
A
two-month drive to improve rural water quality and environmental hygiene in
northern Ninh Binh province has yielded positive outcomes following a wide
range of activities.
Since
April 15, about 1,500 leaflets on the benefits of clean water have been
handed out to local people who were also encouraged to clean up the
environment around three concentrated water supply stations in Quang Son
commune; the Quynh Son farm in Quynh Luu commune; and Son Thanh, Thanh Lac,
and Thuong Hoa communes.
Provinces
collected 24.5 tonnes of waste, cleaned up 32 kilometres of roads and dredged
13.2 kilometres of sewers. Meanwhile, about 83 percent of the tested water
supply stations met Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s standards, up 8.65
percent from the last test.
More
than 15,000 families in 32 communes received concessional loans from a clean
water and household hygiene fund to build sanitary toilets. Some 2,000
households were also supported with nearly 1.6 billion VND (about 74,400 USD)
from an energy efficiency promotion programme to build biogas tanks.
Households
within specific areas have also worked together to ensure their
neighbourhoods are green and clean.
Vice
Chairman of the Ninh Binh People’s Committee Dinh Chung Phung said the
province will communicate the importance of clean water and the environment
to residents via the local radio network.
It will
also ask the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to allocate
finances from the national target programme on rural clean water and
environmental hygiene for the construction of water supply facilities, which
was previously suspended due to a lack of funding, he added.-
Viet
Nam struggles to deal with unhealthy environment
Viet Nam
suffered from a shortage of clean water, polluted air and untreated garbage
and waste.
Associate
professor Nguyen Huy Nga from the National Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health said this at a conference on environmental health
management in Ha Noi yesterday.
During
the conference, experts discussed difficulties facing environmental health in
the country.
Statistics
from the Ministry of Health showed that only 85 per cent of rural households
had access to clean water. And only 65 per cent of rural households had
hygienic latrines.
Medical
waste was also not managed well, said Nga.
Air and
water pollution in traditional trade villages had reached alarming levels, he
added.
Viet Nam
had set up units specialised in environmental health in different ministries,
but did not have professionals to manage them.
"Viet
Nam should have a national action plan on environmental health," he
said.
The plan
should target research on environmental health and improve people's awareness
on the issue.
Le Thi
Thanh Huong, an expert from the Viet Nam Public Health Association, said Viet
Nam lacked experts specialising in environmental health.
It also
did not properly compile national data on environmental health.
Huong
suggested the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment should closely co-operate to avoid overlapping management.
More
training should be given to workers and researchers in the field.
Comprehensive
research on environmental health was needed to define the most dangerous
factors threatening people's health, said Huong.
Residents
remain unconvinced about benefits of rural training
Vocational
training programmes in rural areas of the southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province
still leave much to be desired despite efforts by the provincial authorities.
Designed
as a social programme to help residents fight poverty, the training scheme
has seen a less-than-enthusiastic response from local residents who are not
convinced they will be able to find a decent job after training.
A number
of local authorities are reported to be still run training classes for jobs
that are no longer in high demand. Authorities are also said to have failed
to get feedback on what skills should be included in the programme.
Out of
121 workers trained to produce hand-knit crafts, only 21 were able to secure
orders from local companies. Another project to make handmade bead jewellery
had to stop as the market became too saturated, according to the province's
Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Another
negative factor was a lack of co-ordination among local authorities who
failed to work together to create a scheme to satisfy all the province's
training needs.
The length
of the courses were also said to be too short and only covered the basics for
job training. As a result, workers were not able perform well when they were
hired.
The
programme was often interrupted during agricultural harvest seasons as
workers often preferred to work temporary jobs in the field rather than
attend classes.
Local
authorities lacked the manpower to maintain staff in charge of the programme
and were unable to provide workers with any job guidance after they completed
their training.
Statistics
show more than 14,000 workers were trained under the programme from 2011 to
2014. Of these, about 8.727 were about to find jobs, based on a departmental
report.
The
department's director Le Thi Trang Dai said a comprehensive review would be
made to improve the programme. It would include focusing on training for
high-demand jobs and areas with high unemployment rate.
Vietnamese
doctors use ECMO technique to save newborn baby
Doctors
of the Central Children Hospital in Hanoi have successfully applied the
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) technique to save a 27 day old
newborn baby who suffered from serious pneumonia and respiratory problems,
the hospital announced yesterday.
The
child patient was transferred from the General Hospital in the northern
province of Hai Duong when he was suffering severe infection and breathing
failure though doctors in Hai Duong put him on ventilator.
He had
been treated in the hospital in Hai Duong in 2 weeks where doctors diagnosed him
to have pneumonia but his condition did not abate after 2 week treatment;
accordingly the hospital transferred to the Central Children Hospital.
The baby
received intensive treatment yet his condition did not improve. Soon, doctors
held a consultation and decided to use ECMO technique as the fatality rate is
up to 100 percent. After one week, the baby’s condition improved as his lung
and other organ function worked well and infection is no longer.
The
hospital has successfully applied the technique to save 20 children with
breathing problems before but all of them are older.
ECMO can
help infants and children with a variety of medical problems and conditions,
including a condition that occurs when meconium, the first stool of a
newborn, is inhaled by the baby before or during delivery, and causes lung
problems; Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS): a lung condition, usually in
premature babies, that makes it difficult for babies to breathe on their own;
persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN); pneumonia and
end-stage cardiac or respiratory failure (as a bridge to transplant).
Baby
dies of septic shock after vaccination in Ben Tre Province
The
Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health yesterday
announced that the neonate in the Mekong delta province died after hepatitis
B vaccination because of septic shock.
Right
after the death, the health sector in Ben Tre reported to the Ministry. A
scientific council including medical workers from Pasteur institute and
Children Hospital No.1 has been set up to verify the vaccination procedures
and the cause of the death.
After
analyzing all factors, the council arrived at the conclusion that the baby
died of septic shock not relating to vaccination.
According
to the reports of the Department of Health in Ben tre, a two day baby
in Binh Dai District of Ben Tre was vaccinated in Nguyen Dinh Chieu
General Hospital on June 14.
On the
same day, 16 other children were also injected with the same lot of vaccine
hepatitis B. Medical workers had conducted right procedures.
After
vaccination the neonate was normal but in the night of June 14, he turned
blue and experienced breathing failure.
Soon he
was taken to Nguyen Dinh Chieu General Hospital where diagnosed to have
septic shock and doctors were quick to provide intensive treatment to him yet
their efforts were unrewarded. The baby died later.
Youth
Volunteer Movement 2015 launched
The
Ministry of Education and Training has sent its document to the departments
in cities and provinces and universities and colleges asking to effectively
implement “Thanh nien tinh nguyen” (Youth Volunteer) movement 2015 launched
by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Ministry of Education and
Training.
As per
the document, the movement themed “Vietnamese youth join hand to build new
countryside” and voluntary activities in nearby localities and distant
districts to help local inhabitants.
The City
communist youth union will work with local young people to develop projects
benefiting residents and transfering techniques, aiming to attract more local
young people to participate in.
Especially,
the Ministry proposed the youth volunteer to focus on “ Tiep suc mua thi”
(Giving Assistance to candidates of university examination) program to assist
candidates of the 2015 university entrance exams in HCMC from June 28 to July
5 and “Tiep suc toi truong”( Giving assistance to school) program to help
needy students and dropouts to have chance of continuing their study.
Further
information of the “ Tiep suc mua thi” (Giving Assistance to candidates of
university examination) program for twelve graders are available at website
http://www.tiepsucmuathi.edu.vn
200km
section of Vietnam highway to have six toll stations by year end
A total
of six road fee collection stations will be installed within this year on a
section of over 200 kilometers on National Highway 14 linking the southern
province of Binh Phuoc to the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.
In
addition, the road fee at one of the six stations in Binh Phuoc has tripled
since June 15.
This
contradicts the regulation Transport Minister Dinh La Thang confirmed to the
prime minister last month that the minimum distance between two road fee
collection stations is 70 kilometers on a highway.
According
to the Ministry of Finance, five more road fee collection stations will be
set up on the road from now till the end of this year, together with another
one currently in operation in Binh Phuoc.
It
includes two stations each in Gia Lai and Dak Nong Provinces, and another in
Dak Lak Province in the Central Highlands region.
A truck
driver estimates that it will cost a 40-foot container truck over VND1
million (US$46) in road fees to go through these stations from Gia Lai to
Binh Phuoc.
At the
Binh Phuoc station, the road fee for a 12-seat car has gone up from VND10,000
to VND300,000 ($1.5) since June 15.
Similarly,
the cost for a 40-foot container truck has risen from VND80,000 ($3.7) to
VND180,000 ($8.3).
Tuoi Tre
(Youth) newspaper discovered a noteworthy detail that construction of the
road section in Binh Phuoc only finished last month, but the road fee
collection station was set up in 2010.
In
addition, drivers have also complained that many road fee collection stations
along other national highways across Vietnam have been placed in the wrong
position, allowing them to collect fees on both assigned roads and other free
roads.
However,
relevant agencies have failed to solve the problem thoroughly.
An
example can be found in Hanoi, where the Thang Long – Noi Bai Highway was
only put in use in December 2010, but the road fee station started working in
September 2009.
In
addition, one road toll station is placed at the entrance to Hanoi, meaning
drivers using other roads to enter the capital have to pay a tax for a road
they did not use.
The
public has also protested the road fee stations on the Hanoi – Hai Phong
Highway for a similar reason.
According
to the Ministry of Transport, Vietnam now has a total of 96 road fee
collection stations working or set to open on national highways invested in
the form of BOT (Build – Operate – Transfer).
They
include 45 posts currently in use and 51 others to become operational when
construction of certain roads finishes by 2018.
36
prizes awarded at Ho Chi Minh Youth Informatics Contest 2015
The HCMC
Youth Communist Union in collaboration with the departments of Information
and Communications; Science and Technology; Education and Training, and Ho
Chi Minh City Television yesterday held a ceremony to award the 24th Ho Chi
Minh Young Informatics Contest.
The
organizationl board awarded 36 prizes for the best individuals and groups in
this year’s contest, including four- first prizes, nine- second prizes, five-
third prizes and 18 consolation prizes.
Accordingly,
the four- first prizes went to Nguyen Quang Hung from Phan Dinh Phung Primary
School, Pham Viet An from Nang Khieu High school of National University in
HCMC, Lo Nguyen Tuan Khiem from Dong Khoi Secondary School and a student
group from Ho Chi Minh City University of Science.
The
contest was considered as an advantaged opportunity to help students improve
informatics knowledge in their study.
Nha
Trang gets free water to survive drought
Authorities
in Nha Trang city in central Khanh Hoa Province are providing free water to
residents to help them get through the prevailing drought.
Several
communes in Nha Trang City - Phuoc Dong, Vinh Luong and Vinh Phuong - have
been struggling with drought for two months. Wells have dried up and natural
supplies have become contaminated by encroaching sea water.
Tran
Hung Dung, chairman of Vinh Luong communal People’s Committee, told DTiNews
the city’s clean water system can meet 40 percent of the commune’s demand,
but Cat Loi Hamlet's 400 households have none.
“We want
Nha Trang City’s authorities a plan to build a water reserve for residents in
Cat Loi Hamlet,” he noted.
Tran Van
Noi, 58, a local man in the commune, said they have received enough free
water for about a month. Water is supplied to 25 households in the area about
three times a week.
“But my
family has eight members and the water we receive is not enough for our daily
needs,” Noi said.
Due to
the severe water shortage, several residents in Chua Hamlet have been buying
water at high prices from surrounding areas.
Fire
destroys store assets
A fire
that broke out in an apartment building in HCM City's District 5 yesterday
evening destroyed a store and a costly motorbike.
According
to a witness, at 10pm yesterday, he saw smoke coming out from a locked
ground-floor apartment.
Although
people made efforts to enter the apartment and douse the flames, they could
not and had to wait until firefighters arrived.
The fire
spread fast because of the presence of inflammable items, including
notebooks, school accessories, and cotton toys, in the apartment.
As the
fire spread, hundreds of occupants of the three-storey apartment building ran
out into the open.
No
casualties were reported.
Over 100
firefighting policemen from three nearby districts were mobilised to douse
the fire.
The fire
was extinguished after one hour.
The
apartment had been rented out to a school accessory store for several years.
Hundreds
of fire-fighters and dozens of trucks were deployed to douse a heavy blaze
that broke out in southern Long An Province's Duc Hoa District yesterday.
The fire
with heavy smoke was triggered early morning after an explosion ripped
through Hiep Phat Paint Limited Company in the Hoang Gia Industrial Zone.
Fortunately, the fire broke out at a non-working hour, avoiding any casualty.
Long An
Firefighting Force said more than 100 fighters and 10 trucks worked for more
than 10 hours to douse the flames.
The
initial estimate of the damage was VND8 billion (roughly US$370,000).
Drivers
to undergo health checkups
The HCMC
Department of Transport has requested local transport enterprises to send
drivers to hospitals and medical centers for health checkups before employing
them.
The
request comes after many drivers were detected using drugs and breaking rules
on speed limits. Checks on drivers of 600 transport enterprises in HCMC found
many of them failed to meet health requirements and some tested positive for
HIV.
As
required by the department, transport enterprises have to create medical
records of main drivers and their assistants to better manage their employees
and help competent authorities with their regular and extraordinary
inspections.
Transport
enterprises have been urged to ask their drivers and assistants to vow to
stop abusing drugs.
The
department has warned that transport enterprises will have their services
suspended if they are found failing to arrange medical checkups for their
drivers.
Those
found to have used drugs while driving will be fined in accordance with the
Government’s Decree 171/2013/ND-CP issued on November 11, 2013. Drivers who
do not comply with drug and alcohol content checks by law enforcement
officers will be fined VND10-15 million and their driving licenses detained
for two months. Besides, drug users will have driving licenses seized for two
years or be fined VND8-10 million.
VFF
launches press awards
On June
19, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) hosted a ceremony in Hanoi to launch
press awards for the cause of great national unity.
VFF
President Nguyen Thien Nhan extended his congratulation to journalists and
news agencies on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Vietnam’s
Revolutionary Press Day and highlighted their great contributions over the
past years.
He also
expressed his hope that entries to this press award will reflect the
activities of authorities at all levels, and public movements attached to the
cause of great national unity.
The
entries must be in the form of print, radio, television or online journalism
and highly public-oriented. The contest is open from June 21st to September
20th.
On the
occasion,Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao
met with with journalists and representatives of media agencies in Hanoi.
The
press has reflected shortcomings and unresolved issues in the city and made
proposals to resolve them, Thao said adding that the press is an important
channel of information, which has given a lot of support to the management
and implementation of the city’s political tasks.
Hanoi
authorities also hailed the great contribution made by journalists and press
agencies to disseminating Party, State policies as well as reflecting the
capital city's socio-economic and cultural activities.
HCMC
to abolish road maintenance fee on motorcycles
Ho Chi
Minh City People’s Council Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam proposed to
abolish road toll collection on motorcycles, which has aggravated financial
burden on residents especially the poor and laborers on Thursday.
She made
the proposal at the ongoing 9th session of the 13th National Assembly
discussing the Fee Law and continued talking to Minister of Transport Dinh La
Thang about the matter on the meeting’s sidelines.
According
to Ms. Tam, residents have already paid too many kinds of fees before owning
a motorcycle. It is unreasonable to charge the road maintenance fee.
“I
proposed to stop collecting this toll because the economy has begun
recovering. The people have paid many kinds of taxes,” she said.
If the
Government spend the budget reasonably and increase the reclaim rate of
corrupted properties reaching only 22 percent, they will be quite capable to
make up for the road toll revenue.
Another
issue is that officials go to work by cars whose toll payment comes from the
state budget while residents travel by motorcycles and pay the fee on their
own.
Minister
of Transport Dinh La Thang said that the road toll policy on motorcycles
aimed to create a fund for road maintenance, repair and upgrading especially
in rural areas.
A
Ministry of Finance’s circular on the road maintenance toll collection,
management and use specifies that the fee payment subjects and level are
ruled by municipal and provincial people’s councils, meaning they are totally
free to decide the fee collection or not, he explained.
The
circular just regulates the ceiling not floor fee level and its revenue will
run into local not central budget, he added.
The
National Road Maintenance Fund has collected provinces and cities’ opinions
about the toll charge on motorcycles and 27 of them have made responses. Of
these, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai proposed to abolish the fee while the
rest 25 others agreed with the collection.
The
ministry was waiting for opinions from the other provinces and cities before
making any proposal to the Prime Minister, said Mr. Thang.
In
response, Ms. Tam said that HCMC was among the latest ones in the country to
implement the policy. Ministries and authorized agencies had reminded the
city of the fee collection in writing. Therefore, local authorities had
discussed and decided to obey the by-law.
Minister
Thang reaffirmed that the Ministry of Finance has issued new Circular 133
reducing the fee ceiling level to only VND100,000 for 100 cubic meter
motorbikes and VND150,000 for those of higher capacity. Provincial and
municipal people’s councils are eligible to slash the fee level to 0 dong.
HCMC
People’s Council will apply the 0 level in accordance with the new
regulation, Ms. Tam said.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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