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Man
freed as new culprit sentenced
Bac
Giang's People's Court yesterday sentenced Ly Nguyen Chung to 12 years in
prison for the murder of Nguyen Thi Hoan 12 years ago in Viet Yen District.
Chung
admitted to the murder and robbery that took place on the evening of August
15, 2003. He was still a minor at the time.
On the
following morning, he confessed the crime to his father and fled to the
northern border
The
investigation in Bac Giang led to local man Nguyen Thanh Chan, the victim's
neighbour, being wrongfully convicted of the crime. Chan was cleared and
compensated VND7.2 billion (US$330,000) for the years he spent in prison.
After
10 years in hiding, Chung finally surrendered to the police in October 2013.
Chung's
account was confirmed by his father, his stepmother and two of his siblings.
His footprints also matched those left at the scene.
However,
new witness Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, a local woman who claimed to be a close friend
of the victim, insisted that Chan was the murderer.
However,
the court discredited her account saying it was mere speculation from details
picked up from local people. She also failed to prove her close relationship
with the victim beyond a business connection, and was unable to prove the
authenticity of a written account of Chan's confession that she acquired from
the victim's family. Confronted with the matter, a representative of the
victim's family said they had no knowledge of this written account.
Waiting
outside the court, Chan's wife Nguyen Thi Chien told vnexpess she would
consider taking legal action against Ha.
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Vietnamese tourists nicked for shoplifting in
Swiss
police fined a Vietnamese man and his sister 1,000 Swiss francs (US$1,043)
each for stealing three pairs of spectacles at a trade center in
The
two shoplifters were among 29 Vietnamese people, as agents of a beverage
company based in northern
As
soon as the man, N.T.D., and his younger sister, N.T.H.P., left the trade
center, Swiss police arrived and arrested the two, S. narrated.
The
incident occurred on the afternoon of July 15, the group’s last day in
Police
took action after they received a report from the center that the two
siblings stole three pairs of luxury eyeglasses, as recorded by surveillance
cameras, S. said.
On
that afternoon, the members of the group went shopping freely and were asked
to gather at a designated place at 6:45 pm to return to their hotel.
When
the deadline came, D., his wife, T., and his sister did not show up, and when
all the other members came back to the hotel at 8:00 pm, the three were still
not seen.
At nearly
9:00 pm, T. arrived at the hotel and told the other group members that she
had lost D. and his sister at the shopping center and that she could not
contact them as her phone had run out of battery.
After
recharging the phone at the hotel, T. received a text message in German. S.
asked a local for translation help and learned that the
S.,
D.’s wife, and a representative of the beverage company went to the police
station, where officers told them that D. and P. had been caught filching
three pairs of eyeglasses bearing well-known brands such as Gucci and Louis
Vuitton, worth over 300 Euro ($328) per pair.
As
shown in surveillance camera footage, D. and his sister removed the price tag
and the product information card from the pairs of glasses and took them from
the center while wearing two of the stolen items.
Center
guards held them as soon as they stepped out of the center, and police then
rushed to the scene, S. said.
S.
suggested that police officers handle the case soon as the group had to fly
to
Police
said that D. and P. had to pay a fine of 1,000 Swiss francs each if they
wanted to be released.
The
shoplifters were set free after the group collected money among its members
to pay the fines, S. recounted.
Transport
Minister proposes to halt motorbike toll collection
Minister
of Transport Dinh La Thang, who is chairman of the Central Road Maintenance
Fund Management Council, has proposed the Government to halt collection of
road maintenance fee on motorbikes from next January for low effectiveness
and unsuitable ways of the collection.
According
to an announcement by the Ministry of Transport on Thursday, the fee
collection has been implemented for the last two years but reached only 21
percent of plan. It reduced 6.71 percent over plan in the first half this
year.
That
is because wards and communes have been asynchronous in managing motorbike
number, organizing the toll collection and contributing the collected fund to
the state budget.
Besides,
sanctions on those not paying the fee as per last-year issued circular 133 by
the Ministry of Finance were unfeasible and uncontrollable because
penalization has come under the jurisdiction of tax agencies, inspectors from
authorized departments and local people’s committees not police force.
Works
on mobilizing residents to pay the fee have been limited. The fee payment has
depended on motorbike owners without specific organizations and individuals
taking responsibility for the toll collection.
On the
other hand, many people from provinces have studied, worked and lived in big
cities, resulting in a wide difference between registered vehicles and
practical number and ineffective collection plan-making.
The
collection has been implemented in some provinces and cites while some others
such as
While
waiting for the adjustment of related legal documents, the Road Maintenance
Fund proposed the Prime Minister to permit halting the fee collection on
motorbikes starting January 1 next year.
Minister
Thang also suggested the PM to task his ministry to work with the Ministry of
Finance and other authorized agencies on Decree 18 adjustment towards
abolishing the road maintenance fee collection and send the PM a report this
year.
National
park helps raise baby tortoises
The
park is the first in
The
park has 14 beaches where tortoises lay eggs over an area of thousands of
square metres. The five largest such beaches — Bay Canh, Hon Cau, Hon Tre
Lon, Hon Tai and Duong — have five forest management stations to protect the
tortoises.
Every
year from May to October, more than 400 tortoises lay eggs on sand banks in
the park. Six hours after the eggs are laid, forest managers shift them to
brooding holes to protect them. The eggs hatch after 45 to 60 days and the
baby tortoises are released into the sea.
Defendants
in
The
People’s Court in the northern province of Lai Chau sentenced three
defendants to a combined 23 years of imprisonment on July 23 over the
collapse of the Chu Va 6 suspension bridge in Tam Duong district that killed
eight people and injured 38 others in February last year.
Nguyen
Van Ky and Bui Hai Son, who are charged with “violating construction
regulations, causing serious consequences,” were sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment each.
Hoang
Dinh Van will spent three years in prison for “negligence of responsibility
causing serious consequences”.
Both
Ky and Son are banned from jobs related to construction activities for five
years from the day they are released from prison; Van faces a two-year ban.
The defendants
were also ordered to pay more than 2.5 billion VND (114,600 USD) in
compensation to the victims and their relatives. Representatives of the
deceased victims will each receive 120 million VND (5,500 USD) in
compensation, while other victims will get between 2 and 60 million VND
(91-2,750 USD) each.
According
to the verdict, from August 31, 2012 to December 26, 2012, the Ky Hoa Private
Construction Company directed by Ky failed to abide by the law during the
construction of the Chu Va 6 suspension bridge, producing and installing a
faulty turnbuckle that did not correspond to the approved design.
Van,
head of the Tam Duong District Project Management Board, allowed Bui Hai Son
to assume the role of technical supervisor of the district Project Management
Board despite being aware of Son’s lack of proper licensing. Son then
violated regulations on project supervision, checking and taking over the
project despite the errors.
In
February 2014, the 58-metre long suspension bridge collapsed as a funeral procession
bearing a coffin made its way toward a cemetery on the other side.
The
group fell 9 metres down into a ravine full of large, sharp rocks. Three
people were killed instantly, five others died at a nearby hospital and 38
were injured.
More
than 54 per cent of the ice samples collected from ice factories in
The
ice samples reportedly contained E.coli and three other kinds of bacteria
that can cause diarrhoea and respiratory infections.
At a
conference on ice making and trading yesterday (July 22), head of the
department Huynh Le Thai Hoa said the department's recent inspection revealed
that 12 out of 22 samples from ice factories failed to meet the hygiene
standards.
The
city has the maximum number of ice factories in the country. However, the
quality of ice and its trade are still substandard.
Among
193 ice factories, only 79 use tap water. The rest use water from wells for
their production, and more than 50 per cent has not tested the water quality.
As per
regulations, an ice factory must base its test on the 109 index to ensure the
water source meets quality standards before beginning operations. The cost of
the test is about VND20 million (US$930).
Hoa
said the department would crack down on substandard ice factories, survey all
businesses and require them to check their hygiene and safety conditions.
Those
who fail the inspection will be forced to close down.
The
department will ask restaurants, coffee shops and beverage shops to commit to
use ice from hygienic businesses. Consumers will be encouraged to make ice
themselves to avoid being poisoned.
According
to the World Health Organisation, 80 per cent of the human diseases in
developing countries are caused by contaminated water and polluted
environment.
Bacteria
such as E.coli, coliforms, faecal streptococci and pseudomonas aeruginosa in
ice can cause acute diarrhoea, cholera and damage the liver and kidneys.
Doctors
still monitoring man after first heart-lung transplant
Doctors
in
The
man suffered heart failure and had a surgery last year, but it did not fix
the problem.
Doctor
Bui Duc Phu, director of
The
donated lungs have been swollen as the donor was put on a respirator for
seven days before giving them away. The receiver still has to use respiration
support.
"It’s
too early to tell if it’s successful. But we have and will try our best to
save him," Phu said.
His
hospital had sent four doctors to
Phu
said the operation was the second heart transplant at the hospital since
2011. It was the first surgical procedure to replace both heart and lungs in
the country.
Organs
of the donor, who died after a work accident, have been given to five other
patients.
Ninh
Thuan urges land clearing for highway construction
The
build-operate-transfer (BOT) project for constructing and expanding a section
of
However,
the slow land clearing for building the 37km-long section in the province has
been hindering the construction.
More
than 100 households in the districts of Ninh Hai, Ninh Phuoc and Thuan
The
local people have not accepted the compensation amounts as well as relocated
housing.
Chairman
of the People's Committee of Phuoc Dan Township in Ninh Phuoc District Vo Duc
Khang said many households had refused to vacate and hand over their land.
"They
have asked for unreasonable compensation rates, which do not comply with the
law and regulations," Khang said.
A
600m-long section of the road will pass through the township, but the
construction is at a standstill.
Nguyen
Thanh Luy, vice-director of the project management board, said the
construction of
However,
60 per cent of work is yet to be done.
To
resolve the issue, the provincial Natural Resources and Environment
Department has asked relevant offices to review the compensation rates and
relocation of the people, as well as to explain to them the government
policies relating to public construction work.
People
who were deliberately refusing to move out would be forced to vacate and hand
over the land to the project, the department's Vice-Director Tong My Cuong
said.
Endocrinology
hospital opens 480-bed facility
The
National Hospital of Endocrinology opened a new treatment facility at a
ceremony this morning in Tu Hiep Commune in Ha Noi's Thanh Tri District.
"The
480-bed facility will help to reduce overcrowding by patients and improve the
quality of treatment at the hospital in the future," the hospital's
Director Tran Ngoc Luong said.
"The
new facility will contribute to avoiding situations where several patients
have to share one bed in the hospital," Luong said.
The
nine-storey facility is equipped with a waste water treatment system and
advanced medical equipment that can handle the demand for examination and
treatment, especially professional tests that keep pace with advanced
countries.
Speaking
at the opening ceremony, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien asked the
hospital to further improve professional skills to become the leading
endocrinology research and training centre of the country.
The
facility was built with a total investment of nearly VND 498 billion (US$23.8
million), including VND125 billion ($5.9 million) from the State budget and a
nearly VND295-billion ($14 million) loan from the Viet Nam Development Bank.
SOS
Children’s Village managers gather in Khanh Hoa
As
many as 50 managers and heads of SOS villages and Herman Gmeiner schools
across the country gathered in central Khanh Hoa province’s Nha Trang city on
July 23 to share experience in caring disadvantaged children.
According
to SOS Children’s Village
As
many as 19,000 children are receiving support from community-based
activities.
As a
result, thousands of disadvantaged children to have a chance to go to school
and find stable jobs, securing their future.
Over
23 billion VND (1.05 million USD) from the Hermann Gmeiner scholarship, named
after the Austrian philanthropist who founded SOS Children’s Villages
International, has funded the studies of more than 9,100 Vietnamese children.
Le
Hung Nghe, Director of SOS Village Nha Trang, shared that at his facility,
trained care-giver SOS mothers and aunts have made efforts to ensure the
quality of children’s health and education over the last 16 years.
Tran
Thi Kim Dung, Vice Director of SOS Children’s Villages Vietnam, said future
village models ought to prioritise natural environments for children’s growth
in SOS families.
It
also needs to cut costs and curb reliances on foreign financial assistance
through smart spending and local fund-raising programmes, stated Dung.
Power
line in
Deputy
Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the People’s Committees from the
Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum to monitor and push
forward the Xekaman 1 – Pleiku 2 220-kilovolt power line project, which is
expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2016.
The
120-kilometre power line project, spreading across the two provinces, is
designed to transmit electricity from the Xekaman 1 hydropower plant.
The
localities were urged to provide land clearance support for the project
contractor and speed up compensation procedures.-
Northern seminar
seeks ideas to enforce social insurance law
A
seminar held in the
Reports
delivered at the event featured new policies specified in the Laws on Social
and Health Insurance, looming difficulties in law enforcement, trade unions’
roles and responsibilities to ensure the legitimate rights of social
insurance holders.
Addressing
the event, Head of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs
Truong Thi Mai said social insurance policy is the central pillar of the
social welfare system for the sake of social progress and fairness.
With
the State, employers and employees as stakeholders, social insurance
contributions have formed the country’s largest social welfare fund.
As of
December 31, 2014, over 11.6 million people were covered by social insurance,
more than 11.4 million of which have compulsorily paid premiums and 196,000
have voluntarily paid premiums, while over 9.2 million received unemployment
benefits.
About
1.5 million people aged over 80 years were entitled to State allowances last
year.
Participants
also put forth solutions to refining labour regulations.
The
seminar was co-hosted by the NA Committee for Social Affairs, the Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Vietnam Social Insurance.
National
action plan on environmental health discussed
Developing
a national action plan for environmental health is crucial, heard a
discussion in
Associate
Professor Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga from the National Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health under the Ministry of Health said the national action
plan will help boost studies, predictions, warnings and prevention of risks
while reducing their impact on human health and establishing a national
profile on environmental health.
He
called for improved legal frameworks and enforcement as well as a mechanism
of cross-sector coordination to strengthen management.
Publicity
campaigns should be promoted to raise community awareness of the environment,
Nga said, adding that training programmes should also be conducted to ensure
capable human resources for the sector in the future.
A wide
range of environmental risks remain, including contaminated water, air and
land; waste; food; and climate change, Nga emphasised .
Only
85% of rural households have access to clean water, only 40% of which meets
the water quality standards set by the Ministry of Health.
Just
65% of rural households have hygienic toilet facilities, leaving nearly four
million others to contaminate their environment, according to the expert.
Grand
requiem for fallen soldiers in Quang Tri
On
July 23, the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Veteran Group and the Vietnam Buddhist
Sangha (VBS) provincial chapter held a grand requiem in commemoration of
heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives while defending the
ancient citadel in 1972.
Le
Xuan Tanh, President of the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Veteran Group, said the
requiem aimed to commemorate and respect the thousands of fallen
combatants for their sacrifice during the past struggles for national
reunification.
On the
occasion, organizations, banks and benefactors presented VND2 billion to the
Quang Tri Ancient Citadel Veteran Group. The Joint Stock Commercial
Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) alone also donated VND500
million to help build 10 houses for families of martyrs and war veterans.
In
1972, Quang Tri was seriously devastated by thousands of tonnes of bombs and
shells. The province was also well known for the fierce 81-day-and-night
battle at the citadel.
The
capital of
The
municipal authorities announced a detailed master plan on July 22, which
foresees a network of nursing centres for contributors to the national
resistance wars and veterans, and social support facilities.
It
aims to develop the infrastructure of public and private social welfare
providers, including the supply of high quality equipment.
As a
result, the elderly, people with disabilities, and people suffering from
mental health will find it easier to access social welfare services.
In the
meantime, individuals and organisations are encouraged to invest in social
services, especially those geared towards the elders.
Between
now and 2020, Hanoi plans to implement 28 infrastructure projects worth 1.76
trillion VND (83.8 million USD) in public and private social support centres,
with more than 1.3 trillion VND (61.9 million USD) being sourced from the
city’s budget.
From
2021-2030, 28 other projects of this kind will be launched at a total cost of
3.5 trillion VND (166.7 million USD), with more than 1.26 trillion VND (60
million USD) from the city’s budget.
By
2030, the city aims to be able to accommodate all local contributors to the
resistance wars, war veterans in nursing centres.
The
city will promote the master plan and ensure that Party Committees at all
levels, the Fatherland Front, trade unions and social organisations are aware
of its objectives.
It
will also refine its welfare support policies, allocate land as needed,
develop human resources and expand cooperation in this regard, both at home
and abroad.-
Thai
Nguyen: 80 percent of rural households enjoy clean water
More
than 80 percent of households in rural areas in the
The
proportion of rural people using water that meets national safety standards
is 58 percent while 98 percent of local schools have sanitary water and
toilet facilities, reported the centre.
According
to Director of the centre La Hong Chung, the province has set targets of 85
percent of rural people using sanitary water, 65 percent of households
maintaining clean animal cages and 100 percent schools having adequate water
supply systems by the end of this year.
To
reach the targets, the province is focusing on completing five water supply
projects and expanding large-scale others in different localities with a
combined investment of 14 billion VND (641,000 USD) from the national target
programme for clean water and environmental sanitation, he said.
At the
same time, the centre is mobilising investments from foreign organisations
for a project to build a solid waste treatment system and school toilets in
Van Tho commune of Dai Tu district as well as sanitary toilets in Ky Phu and
Van Tho communes in Dai Tu district and a water supply system in Cao Ngan and
Thinh Duc communes in Thai Nguyen city, he noted.
Chung
said in the near future, the province will focus on large-scale water supply
facilities and expanding existing ones for increased efficiency and
sustainability.
However,
he also pointed to a number of shortcomings in the implementation of the
national target programme for clean water and environmental sanitation in the
province, including the insufficient management and operation of water supply
projects.
As
many as 10 percent of more than 200 rural water supply projects in the
locality are ineffective and 18 percent are broken while the ratio of water
loss is over 30 percent, the official noted.
75mn
litres of pure water for polluted areas
As
many as 75 million litres of fresh water will be delivered to people living
in areas where sources of water are seriously polluted.
Under
the programme, Devotion for Viet Nam's Future, signed today by the health ministry's
National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health (NIOEH) and
Karofi Viet Nam, 350 water purifiers will be installed for free to help
purify the water in about 20 villages across the country, especially the
northern provinces.
According
to NIOEH's director, Dr. Doan Ngoc Hai, surveys into the practical needs of
local people show that the construction of concentrated water supply systems
in many rural areas was infeasible, particularly in communities that faced a
critical shortage of clean water in large areas whilst people followed
scattered settlements.
"If
the construction of concentrated water plants does not help, the installation
of household water purifiers is an ideal option," Hai said.
"We
are co-operating with Karofi to ensure that the facilities are of good
quality. We are availing this opportunity to supply underprivileged people
and those living in remote and mountainous areas with access to fresh
water," he said.
In
addition, the VND4.3 billion (US$200,000)-programme will examine the health
of locals, popularise the necessity of using quality water as well as the
impacts of polluted water on people's health in one or two villages among
those that suffer from severe water contamination.
A
National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health staff is taking a
water sample for test at Dong Lo Commune. It is the first commune to receive
55 water purifiers from the programme to provide pure water to people living
in polluted areas. — Photo http://nioeh.org.vn
Dong
Lo Commune, in the Ha Noi's outskirt district of Ung Hoa, is the first
location granted 55 water purifiers during the signing ceremony in Ha Noi.
One of the villages in the nation is suspected to have a large number of
cancer patients thanks to the contaminated water.
Dong
Lo Commune is home to 1,200 households from six villages, of which Thong Nhat
and Thon Manh Tan lie on the bank of
"As
an enterprise that is committed to performing its corporate responsibility,
we want all Vietnamese to have safe water for daily use," General
Director of Karofi Vietnam Tran Trung Dung said.
Dung
said the five-year programme also aimed to raise public awareness about the
use of fresh water to protect health and the economical use of natural
resources to protect the environment in general and water source in
particular.
Studies,
inspections and analyses by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
on 323,000 samples taken from nearly 7,000 communes in all localities
nation-wide, reveal that 12.5 per cent of samples show the arsenic content in
water is from 0.05mg per litre.
According
to the World Health Organisation, the permitted arsenic limit in one litre of
drinking water is 0.01mg per litre, and 0.02mg of arsenic per litre of water
is enough to cause endocrine disorders in users.
Low
yield rice converted into higher value crops in Mekong Delta
The
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has implemented an agricultural
restructuring project for the last two years, having converted 78,375
hectares of low yield rice into higher value crops in the Mekong Delta.
The
project has been carried out becuase rice area has been increasing causing
output redundancy. The grain supply has been on the rise while import demand
has recently reduced in some nations.
Dr.
Dang Kim Khoi, director of the Center for Agricultural Policy, said that rice
production had faced competition from emerging markets such as
Therefore,
Mr. Khoi predicted that these two nations will become rivals of
Meantime,
the rice import demand of
Experts
said that was because
Previously,
the country’s rice output swung from 37-38 million tons a year. Science and
technology advance applications and new high-quality varieties have hiked the
output to 45-47 million tons, causing supply exceed demand.
The
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s restructuring project has
converted 78,375 hectares of low yield rice into higher value crops in the
Mekong Delta, where produces 50 percent of
The
change has brought high economic effectiveness thanks to higher prices of new
crop products such as vegetables and maize, compared to rice, the ministry
said.
Crop
rotation will help reduce diseases and insects for rice crops afterwards.
Maize and vegetable cultivation has also increased material source for
livestock feed production which has depended on imports, it added.
According
to plan, the Mekong Delta will change another 87 hectares of ineffective rice
fields into vegetable, maize and fruit crops this year. It is expected that
the total shifted area will reach 700,000-800,000 hectares by 2020.
The
Ministry has proposed the Government to assist farmers with VND2 million
(US$92) a hectare to buy new seedlings to replace 112,000 hectares of rice in
the Mekong Delta.
It has
also suggested the Government to expand financial assistance to northern and
central regions and the
150
workers in
Around
150 workers at Meraki factory in Song Than Industrial Zone in Di An
Town of the southern
Medical
workers of the Army No. 4 Hospital said that the hospital is treating 150
workers who were taken to the hospital when they suffered pain in belly and
diarrhea; some of them also vomited.
The
workers were said to have displayed symptoms of vomiting, stomach ache and
diarrhoea after eating dinner including fresh vermicelli, bean sprouts and
fried meat mixing with cucumber.
Dr.
Tran Thanh Van, head of the hospital’s Internal Medicine Division, said that
medical workers have given patients fluids intravenously to release toxic.
Many workers have recovered yet some pregnant workers are kept for further
treatment.
Market
demand needs better understanding to curb unemployment
Students
should consider market demand before deciding on a course of education, and
keep in mind that job prospects may be better after graduation in one region
than another, said the deputy head of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and
Social Affairs, Doan Mau Diep.
"Each
year, there are 400,000 admittances to colleges and universities, but 170,000
graduates cannot find jobs," Diep said.
Graduates
from vocational schools have the highest unemployment rate because they are
unable to catch up with new market demands and trends, he said.
Diep
said it was unreasonable to expect that graduates be able to everything well
just after leaving colleges and universities.
"Colleges
and universities can only teach 70-80 percent of the required knowledge.
Students need a training period to adapt to new positions and shape their
career. I just don't believe that everything need to be trained completely again,"
Diep said.
"We
need regular periodic surveys to understand firms' demands and then make
suitable plans," he said.
Vietnam
to attend 43rd World Skills Contest
Fourteen
Vietnamese contestants will compete in 13 categories of the 43rd World Skills
Contest to be organised in
The
categories in which the Vietnamese contestants will compete comprise welding,
IT solutions, carpentry-handcrafts, plumbing, mechanical electronics, web
design, automotive technology, computer numerical controlled milling,
industrial control, molding, plastic mold design, computer-aided design and
brick construction.
All
Vietnamese contestants are well trained and ready for the contest, with the
goal of winning medals in the contest.
The
Vietnamese delegation attending the 43rd World Skills Contest is scheduled to
leave
According
to Duong Duc Lan, GDVT Director and Head of the National Skills Contest’s
Organising Board,
This
year’s contest in
TOA
sponsors repainting project nationwide
TOA
Paint Vietnam Co. Ltd on Tuesday donated 71,000 liters of paint worth VND3
billion to the Vietnam Sponsoring Association for Children to repaint
elementary schools, children’s hospitals and charity shelters for children in
23 cities and provinces nationwide.
According
to Hoang Van Tien, director of the Vietnam Sponsoring Association for
Children,
The
repainting project will take place in
TOA
Vietnam has a factory in
Kien
Giang effectively uses international aid
Representatives
of the Committee for International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO)
Affairs and the Mekong Delta
The
provincial People’s Committee reported that as many as 30 INGOs were
implementing 33 projects in the locality.
Since
2010, Kien Giang has received assistance from a large number of NGOs, with
over VND690 billion (US$nearly 32 million) being disbursed. The funding was
mainly used to build infrastructure, protect the environment and preserve
biodiversity.
The
management and utilisation of funding complied with the programmes and
projects’ objectives as well as the State’s current regulations on the
approval and implementation of NGO projects, the People’s Committee said.
Delegates
from the Committee for INGO Affairs asked the local chapter of the Vietnam
Union of Friendship Organisations to call for more support from INGOs in the
locality and improve links with those already operating in the province.
The
committee said it would work closely with Kien Giang and other localities to
share information and facilitate INGO activities, thus contributing to
poverty reduction and socio-economic development in
Remains
of 205 volunteer soldiers returned to Vietnam
The
remains of 205 Vietnamese military volunteers who lost their lives in
The
reburial ceremony was held on July 24.
The
remains were found by the Remains Collection Teams K90 and K93 under the An
Giang Military Command during their excavations in 2014-2015.
Earlier,
An Giang provincial leaders repatriated to
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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