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Social News 6/8
The
Prime Minister has given the green light to Ministry of Health and the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize an international
conference on disease prevention in
Some
170 domestic and international experts will be invited to the event, which
will focus on ways to prevent and combat the spread of diseases from animal
to human and bolster regional and global cooperation in the field.
The participants
are to come from countries in
Woman
dies in coach accident
A woman
was killed in a coach accident in Lap Vo District in the southern
The
accident happened on DT 848 Road in My An Hung A Commune. The tourist coach
was carrying 18 passengers from Cao Lanh ferry to Cho Moi District in the
southern An Giang Province, when it crashed into a truck after it tried to
avoid another coach coming from the opposite direction. The tourist coach
burst into flames after the collision, trapping a woman named Nguyen Thi
Hoang Quyen. She died instantly. Seven passengers were injured.
Central
Highlands loses 14% of forest area in 7 years: report
A
total of 358,797 hectares (886,606 acres) of forest have been destroyed over
the past seven years, according to the report by the Central Highlands
Steering Committee, an advisory agency for the Party.
Tran
Duc Thanh, deputy director of the Economic Department under the committee,
said the regional forests have not only been declining in area but also in
quality.
The
region now has 2.25 million hectares of forest, of which 45% are in poor
health.
Thanh
cited many reasons, including timber poaching and illegal deforestation for
farming.
“In
many localities, authorities at different levels have not carried out their
tasks thoroughly in forest protection. Especially commune level authorities
have ignored or have been involved in illegal deforestation,” he said.
A part
of a forest is cleared for cultivation in
Bao
Huy, an associate professor at Dak Lak-based
“Forests
retain water and prevent erosion. Deforestation causes erosion and makes soil
poorer, leading to falling agricultural productivity,” he said.
“Some
flora and fauna species might have disappeared forever,” he added.
Le
Ngoc Bau, director of the
“Changing
forest land into plantations comes with tradeoffs, including harmful
consequences to the environment and ecosystem, and more severe climate change
impacts.”
He
called for emergency and creative measures to protect forests in the region.
“Residents
living near a forest benefit from it. And they should contribute to a fund
for forest protection,” he said.
Landslide
risks forecast in flooded localities
Flooded
provinces are now facing high risks of landslides, according to the National
Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Their
predictions are based on the rapid water flows reported in northern
mountainous provinces, including Quang Ninh, Bac Giang, Thai Nguyen, Lai
Chau, Dien Bien and
Quang
Ninh has endured the heaviest prolonged rainfall in 40 years, leaving 17 people
dead, 339 houses damaged and 8,952 others submerged under water.
Meanwhile,
n early 1,700 people in north central Thanh Hoa province have been completely
isolated from the outside world for several days after the Ma River broke its
banks. A 20-billion-VND (917,400 USD) bridge crossing the Ma River was washed
away by floods.
After
days of torrential rain, water levels of the Thuong and
The
centre predicted that by 7pm on August 5, water levels of the
World
Bank supports medical waste treatment area
The
World Bank has supported a project to build a medical waste treatment area
with a total cost of VND120 billion (US$5.4 million) in this central
province, health officials said.
Of the
total cost, some VND106 billion ($5 million) will be funded through a loan
from the World Bank and the rest will come from the local budget.
The
health sector is working with the province's authorities to complete the
necessary procedures for building the medical waste treatment area, Nguyen
Tan Duc, director of the province's Health Department, said.
The
project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2017, will focus on improving
the management of solid waste from health care centres in the province. It
covers the construction of a dedicated treatment area for hazardous medical
waste from hospitals and health care centres. The project will also organise
training classes to enhance awareness of the proper management of medical
waste.
Once
completed, the project will help treat 400kg of medical waste per day. The
hazardous medical waste will be sterilised prior to being buried in the
province's landfills.
VINASA
launches 2015 IT innovators contest
The
Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) selection committee has
launched its second edition of a technology competition to honour the
nation’s leading IT firms.
“Last
year’s competition was such a success that we have expanded the number of
awards from 30 to 50 for projects in four technical areas,” said Nguyen Thi
Thu Giang in making the announcement.
The
VINASA Deputy Secretary General said the four areas are – BPO, KPO and ITO
outsourcing; software, solutions and it services; applications and solutions
for mobile; and digital content and services.
In
addition, the winning projects and innovative ideas will be compiled by
VINASA both in English and Japanese and distributed on the internet and
publications in over 100 countries around the globe.
The
awards presentation ceremony has been set for October, 2015, in
More
information about the contest requirements and application process can be
found at http://leadingitcompanies.com.
Entries
can be submitted through the deadline August 20, 2015.
“But
the problem isn’t just limited to meat,” said Nguyen Ngoc Tuc, deputy head of
Vietnam Customs, adding that it extends to a vast array of other items such
as petroleum, tires, drugs and bootlegged beverages.
Tuc
said in 2014 law enforcement uncovered 18,448 instances of people trying to
bring unauthorized items into the country, impounding goods valued at roughly
US$18.5 million for which 9,670 cases were referred over to the justice
department for prosecution.
All
told the fines imposed on these offenders who were trying to pull the wool
over the eyes of law enforcement officials generated a hefty record high US$4
million in revenue for the state coffers.
Van
Quy, deputy head of the Vietnam Customs Anti-Smuggling Investigation
Department said that since 2012, his agency has seized millions of litres of
petroleum products and prosecuted dozens of cases.
The
department has also uncovered numerous violations of petrol related scams
involving traders falsifying the dates of bills of lading or altering them
through complicated schemes to evade import duties.
Quy
said because most of these fraudulent practices are practically impossible to
detect and much harder to prosecute his agency was formed specifically to
coordinate the government’s effort to target this type of crime.
Despite
the combined efforts of customs officers, border guards and maritime police
we have yet to successfully crack any smuggling rings of any significant size
and bring the offenders to justice but we most certainly have made a dent in
reducing the illegal practices.
“Smugglers
are now seen resorting to innovative techniques to sneak items into
Tan
Son Nhat airport is the most important gateway for foreign travellers and
goods entering the country and over recent years has become one of the
black-market hot spots ripe with traffickers of all kinds of illicit items,
Quang added.
With
202 international flights and 27,000 passengers per day, nearly nine million
passengers pass through the gates of the airport annually, presenting a
formidable challenge to law enforcement.
Quang
said over the past five years, the Customs Branch at the
“However,
law enforcement officials working at the airport inspect just a fraction of
the cargo and passenger luggage passing through the busy international hub,”
Quang said— providing ample opportunities for smuggling to go undetected.
Currently
we examine about 7% of the parcels passing through the airport and we have to
find better approaches through the use of improved technology or methodology
to increase the coverage.
This
is just one more difficulty the custom sector faces in its efforts to
intensify the fight against contraband, most especially in the battle to
disrupt drug trafficking rings and stop the entry of illegal drugs flowing
into the country, Quang stressed.
Nguyen
Van Can deputy head of Vietnam Customs echoing the sentiments of others
emphasised that transnational smuggling has become a critical component of
the supply chain, especially the trafficking of prohibited goods from South
America to
Crooks
have become more imaginative and creative in ways to ‘cook the books’ and
falsify the accounting paperwork to escape having to pay import duties and
law enforcement needs to change to adapt and meet the challenge.
In
many cases, goods are shipped directly from South America to
Other
cases recently uncovered involved automobile tires that received favourable
import duties because they were declared as raw materials for manufacturing
but then were sold on the retail market – netting the criminals huge profits.
There
were an estimated 500 instances of the latter scam discovered in the first
six months of 2015 Can said, adding that currently 300 of them are winding
their way through the criminal justice system.
Ha
Ha
Pham
Thuy Duong, head of the management board of Ha Long Bay, told Tuoi Tre
(Youth) newspaper on that the initial tests of water samples in the bay
showed that there were no abnormal signs at the site, which is surrounded by
thousands of hectares of coal mines and multiple coal-fired power plants.
However,
further testing should be conducted after the flooding ends to obtain
conclusive results, Duong said.
“So
far, the sludge swept away by floodwaters caused by prolonged downpours from
coal mining areas has yet to enter the bay. Professional agencies have
inspected the bay’s surface and found it clear, and not contaminated with
waste from canals that drain into the bay.”
After
the end of the torrential rains and subsequent flooding, which have raged in
the northern region, including Quang Ninh, since July 26, the bay management
board and relevant agencies will assess their impact on the bay’s
environment, she added.
Duong
made these statements while international environmental activists are worried
that the ongoing flooding in Quang Ninh may have serious environmental
impacts on Ha Long Bay, according to national broadcaster Vietnam Television
(VTV).
Experts
have warned that precautions should be made against possible pollution caused
by coal, sludge, chemicals, fuels and waste that overflowed from coal mining
areas into the environment during the flooding, VTV reported.
Water
sources can be contaminated with toxic substances such as arsenic and lead
contained in coal sludge, the broadcaster said.
In
addition, burned coal can generate carbon monoxide and other gases that are
of adverse influences on health, VTV cited scientists as saying.
Heavy
rains and subsequent flooding occurred in Quang Ninh on July 26 and spread
across northern
The
downpours in Quang Ninh are considered the worst in the past 40 years, with
rainfall totals of 1,500 millimeters in the past nine days, according to the
As of
August 4, the province had suffered total damage of VND2.7 trillion (US$123.8
million), provincial authorities said, adding VND1.2 trillion (US$55 million)
of the amount was caused at coal plants under the Vietnam National
Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited.
MoT
welcomes input for waterway traffic decree
The
Ministry of Transport has collected comments from policy-makers, experts,
organisations and individuals on a draft to amend decree No 93/2013/-ND-CP on
administrative punishment of inland waterway traffic.
People
can access the ministry's official website mt.gov.vn to contribute their
ideas.
The
ministry said the decree's amendment became necessary after the National
Assembly adopted amendments and supplements to the Law on Inland Waterway
Traffic in June 2014. The law took effect in January of this year.
Under
the draft, several noteworthy regulations were added. Foreign individuals and
organisations are now subject to administrative punishment if found violating
regulations.
Cruises,
floating restaurants and hotels will be punished up to VND40-50 million
(US$1,800-2,300) if discovered operating outdated vehicles. Vessels carrying
oil or liquid oxygen have to pay fines of VND20-30 million ($917-1,375) and
will have their operations suspended.
Individuals
found using a fake boat captain's licence will be fined VND10-12 million
($460-550).
The
deadline for public comments is August 15.
In
another move, the Viet Nam Inland Waterway Administration (VIWA) has asked
for strict punishment of individuals who permitted an overloaded vessel to
enter
VIWA
has sent the request to the Port Authority of Inland Waterway Area No 1.
Hoang
Hong Giang, the head of VIWA, said they had received a report about a ship,
Hoang Tuan 28, carrying 1,777 tonnes of wood chips without covering its hold.
The pile of wood chips towered 2.5m above the deck. The decision to allow the
ship to transport cargo in
Giang
asked the management of the Port Authority of Inland Waterway Area No 1 to
immediately punish the violators of the law. The head of Hai Phong Maritime
Administration and the guilty officials could be dismissed from their posts.
VIWA also
ordered individuals involved in the case to be self-critical, accept the
appropriate penalty and to plan measures to rectify their mistake.
The
seizure of a free-of-charge iced tea tank put along a sidewalk in
In
what is known as the first official response to public objections to the tank
confiscation, the Hanoi Department of Transport said charity acts should also
abide by government rules on keeping sidewalks clean.
“Putting
an iced tea tank to offer the drink for free should be supported,” department
deputy director Nguyen Hoang Linh said at a meeting in the capital city
yesterday.
“But I
think where the tank should be placed is something we must consider
carefully.”
The
transport official said the placement of the free iced tea tank, an imitation
of a popular charity act in
On
July 27, police offers in Thinh Liet Ward, Hoang Mai District took away the
gratis iced tea tank and glasses put under a tree on the sidewalk of
The
tank, capable of storing around 20 liters of water, was intended to help
passers-by, mostly needy people, slake their thirst amid the scorching heat
that enveloped
Similar
free water tanks can be seen across
“Establishments
that occupy the sidewalk should also be handled in order to prevent people
from thinking that authorities only crack down on the placement of the
complimentary water tank while neglecting other service providers that also
occupy sidewalk space,” Linh said.
But it
is unclear whether
Sidewalks
in big cities in
Earlier
this week, Nguyen Quang Hieu, chairman of Hoang Mai District, said he had
ordered the Thinh Liet Ward administration to chalk the confiscation of the
gratis iced tea tank up to experience.
“We
also asked the Thinh Liet police to invite residents on
The
police officers have also reassured local dwellers that they are not
prohibited from placing free water tanks on the sidewalk, but the objects
must be put at “a suitable location that does not obstruct traffic.”
But
not everyone supports the charity act.
A
person, introduced as a
“What
if four or five people park their motorbikes in the street and jostle to
drink free water at rush hour?” he writes, adding this will lead to
“inevitable heartbreaking traffic accidents.”
The
writer thus supports the seizure of the iced tea tank and suggests those who
offer free water on the sidewalk “be strictly penalized.”
He
also says the free-of-charge iced tea supply is “a potential source of
respiratory-related diseases or diarrhea” because “1,000 mouths drink from
the same water tank.”
Resettlement
buildings left to fall into disrepair
Shortage
of funds is blamed for the many non-functioning lifts in resettlement
apartments in Ha Noi.
According
to the municipal construction department, there are now 173 resettlement
complexes in the city, consisting of 155 buildings managed by the Ha Noi
Housing Management and Development One Member Co, Ltd and 18 managed by Ha
Noi Housing Investment and Development Corporation (HANDICO).
An
inspection by Ha Noi People's Council in Nam Trung Yen Urban Area in Cau Giay
District on Monday found that all 18 buildings managed by HANDICO failed to
elect an administrative board to collect and manage maintenance fees.
HANDICO
vice general director Nguyen Tu Quang said that residents in the buildings
refused to pay maintenance fees because the instrasgtructure was already so
bad.
Each
family pays VND30,000 (US$1.40) a month into a housing operation fund and
another VND30,000 for parking, Quang said, adding that the amount collected
was only enough to pay for one guard and fix small things.
He
said that Handico had to pay for fixing big items like lifts, fire fighting
and prevention facilties.
Early
this year, the company spent VND15 billion ($687,600) repainting the
buildings.
Quang
said that since the company took over the management of the resettlement
buildings in Nam Trung Yen in 2013, it had spent about VND650 million monthly
out of its own funds to operate the buildings, as the money collected from
residents was not enough.
Tin
tuc ( News) newspaper last week reported that the lift in N2A resettlement
building in the Trung Hoa-Nhan Chinh Urban Area had been out of order for
months.
The
building is under the management of Ha Noi Housing Management and Development
One Member Co, Ltd.
Le Quy
Hong, a resident in an apartment in Thanh Xuan District's Nhan Chinh Ward,
said that residents had asked the building's operator, Ha Noi Housing
Management and Development company, to fix the lift but received no response.
He
said that residents were sceptical about the use of the maintenance fund
because there was no administrative board to oversee matters.
"We
are informed that half of VND200 million ($9,100) maintenance fund for the
building was used, but we feel the expenditure was not reasonable," Hong
said.
Nguyen
Quoc Hung, vice-chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee, said that many
resettlement areas had been in haste with incomplete technical and social
infrastructure. Some did not have nurseries, kindergartens or medical
clinics.
He
said that developers of many buildings built in 2001 had miscalculated areas
earmarked for public use. For example, ground floors often proved too small
to accommodate all the vehicles of residents.
Another
People's Committee vice chairman, Nguyen Quoc Tuan, said that the revised
Housing Law, which took effect last month, called for the setting up of an
administrative board in buildings with legal status to manage, operate and
maintain the building.
If
developers and residents could not reach agreement on establishing a board,
the People's Committee at ward level would do the job for them.
Parents
choose domestically made school supplies
As
people's purchasing power has gone up in recent week when it comes to buying
schooling equipment, bookstores and supermarkets are abuzz with crowds of
students and parents shopping for good quality products and hunting for
better prices and designs, particularly for indigenous products.
Bookstores
and supermarkets in
To
compete with imported products, domestic school-equipment producers have
attached special importance to both the quality and design of the products.
Hong
Ha Stationery Joint-Stock Company this year has put out for sale a huge
quantity of newly-designed anti-dazzle notebook.
Miti
Company, a domestic school-bag producer, has come up with a newly-designed
high-quality plastic material backpack, weight 600grams-800grams, for primary
school students.
A
representative of the company said production has been doubled compared to
last year, and about 200,000 backpacks will be manufactured.
Phuong
Bien, representative from Thang Long bookstore in District 1, said the
quality of most domestically-produced school-equipment categories this year
has improved.
Ninety
per cent of school-equipment products displayed for sale at the Thang Long
bookstore have been produced domestically.
Vinh
Tien and Vinh Gia Phat notebook, Thien Long pen and Miti school bag are among
the best-selling products in the domestic market.
A
representative of District 1's bookstore said most products in various
stationery categories that were on display here were domestic products. Although
designs have remained unchanged, customers preferred these products because
of their good quality and reasonable prices.
"Purchasing
power has increased in recent days, and is 30 to 40 per cent higher against
what it was two months ago. Best-selling products are mainly those that are
of high-quality, and include made-in-Viet
All
bookstores and supermarkets were applying trade promotion programmes,
including discounts and gift offers.
Vinabook
stationery company and Nguyen Van Cu bookstore were offering discounts of 5
to 10 per cent on all textbook categories.
Co.opmart
and Co.opXtra supermarkets have been offering discounts since July 27 ranging
between 20 and 33 per cent for over 300 categories of school products.
Lotte
Mart supermarket brought out a July 21-August 2 discount programme for 2,000
categories of schooling products.
Ha
Noi's stationery market also saw a lot of movement across a diverse range of
categories and offered prices that remained stable.
This
year, some newly-designed products such as an anti-dazzle student board and
an lamp have entered the market. These can protect a student's health better.
Made-in-Viet
Not
only large bookstores and supermarkets, but also small book shops stocked
domestic goods in their warehouses. More and more customers preferred to buy
domestically-produced trademarked equipment.
Parents
always selected textbooks and reference books from prestigious and age-old
brands or publishing houses.
Nguyen
Thi Xuyen, a mother of two living at
"I
selected Nghe An Book&School Equipment Joint-Stock Company's store to
purchase school products because of the guaranteed quality and stable prices.
Company consultants readily give advice to customers to help them choose
reference books as per the students' ability," she said.
Thai
Nguyen invests in new rural areas
The
northern mountainous
Of the
sum, VND100 billion ($4.5 million) comes from Government bonds and VND226
billion ($10.3 million) has been sourced from the provincial coffers.
Thai
Nguyen is trying to get 42 communes to reach the new-style rural area
criteria this year.
Relief
rice allocated to Binh Dinh
Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide
904 tonnes of rice from the national reserves in relief aid to the central
The
rice will be allocated to 60,287 local residents within a month.
Binh
Dinh has not had any heavy rain in the past six months, causing a record
drought in the province.
Tra Vinh: Oxfam
project brings improved livelihoods to local people
Tra
Vinh: Oxfam project brings improved livelihoods to local people Tra Vinh,
August 6 (VNA) – A community-based group to manage the Con Chim eco-system in
southern Tra Vinh province, established two years ago by Oxfam—a global aid
and development charity, has helped transformed the riverside area of Con
Chim River into a green land and improved local incomes.
The
Con Chim eco-system management group includes 100 households living along the
banks of
To
join the group, each member household had to commit to ending deforestation
and illegal fishing and protecting natural resources.
The
group received 600 million VND (27,500 USD) from Oxfam to patrol the area and
prevent harmful activities while impoverished households received 10-15
million VND (658-687.5 USD) to switch to more sustainable jobs like cattle
breeding, rice growing and fish farming.
This
is the first model for ecosystem preservation and resilience to the impacts
of climate change in Tra Vinh and the entire Mekong Delta region, Oxfam
Project Coordinator for Mekong Delta Nguyen Thi Dieu Hien said, adding that
Oxfam is willing to expand the same model in other regional provinces to
create a greener environment and improve the livelihood of local residents.
Sonneratia
forests were grown just above human-head height along the banks of
The
thriving forests have also provided shelter for many types of fish and
prawns, bringing great economic benefits to locals who are only permitted to
fish between July and March of the Lunar Calendar, revealed group member
Nguyen Thi Bich Van.
Local
farmers were encouraged to shift to integrated rice-prawn farming.
Con
Chim village now has 34 hectares of rice-prawn farming lands, generating 100
million VND (4,583 USD) for each hectare, added Nguyen Van Pha, another
member.
Extreme
weather adaptation measures needed: leader
Authorities
in the northern coastal
This
remark was made on August 5 in the wake of the recent rainstorms and floods
in Quang Ninh, which is home to large coal reserves.
During
the meeting in Hanoi, the Cabinet leader called upon local authorities and
Vinacomin to learn from the flood impacts and devise strategies, both short-
and long-term, to protect property and human lives in the future.
They
must continue their efforts to stabilise local livelihoods, support affected
families and fix damaged infrastructure in order for the locality to resume
its normal activities as soon as possible.
The
Government will consider providing aid to Quang Ninh and Vinacomin to help
address the flood consequences, he noted.
Incessant
rain and flood surges in late July for almost a week claimed 17 lives and
injured eight in Quang Ninh.
The
National Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control said on July 31 that
the costs of flood damage in the province exceeded 2.2 trillion VND (109
million USD). The coal sector suffered damages of up to 1.2 trillion VND
(55.8 million USD).
Phu
Yen actively tackles drought
The
authorities and residents of the central
According
to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, more than
7,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice crops and 3,000 hectares of sugarcane
are thirsting for water.
Additionally,
over 6,500 households in mountainous areas are facing water shortages, up
about 1,000 households compared to the beginning of June.
To
address the problem, the provincial People’s Committee has allocated about
6.7 billion VND (310,000 USD) to support localities, focusing on digging
wells and installing more pumping stations.
The
province has also petitioned the central government to provide 23.9 billion
VND (1.1 million USD) in aid to cope with the drought.
The
Vietnam Christian Mission convened its third congress in central
Speaking
at the event, Deputy Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs
Bui Thanh Ha affirmed that the Party and State continually acknowledge and
appreciate the positive contributions of religious communities and Christian
followers to great national unity.
The
Party and State have consistently implemented policies that respect and
ensure the right to religion and freedom of belief for all, he said, adding
the policies related to religion and belief also meet the aspirations of
religious communities, and Christians in particular.
The
Vietnam Christian Mission was born in
Over
recent years, the organisation’s external relations have expanded with
numerous visits, religious and cultural exchanges with others in the region
and the world.
Today,
the organization has nearly 33,000 followers across the country.
Storm
shelter and fishing port to be built in Kien Giang province
The
Mekong Delta Kien Giang provincial People’s Committee has recently approved a
project to build a storm-resistant shelter integrated with a fishing port in
The
14.32-hectare project, with an estimated cost of 120 billion VND (5.6 million
USD) to be sourced from the State budget, will be implemented over five years
from 2016.
The
construction covers a 13.2-hectare water zone which is able to receive 400
vessels with a maximum capacity of 450 CV, a breakwater combined with a
316-metre wharf, a 239-metre embankment, a 1.2-hectare fishing dock,
transport and electricity systems and a sewage treatment station, among
others.
The
construction is expected to reduce losses of lives and properties during
storms.
Upon
completion, the project will foster fisheries in
Dong
Nai: 5,800 rural labourers benefit from vocational training project
As
many as 5,800 rural labourers in the southern
The
province plans to provide vocational training for 23,400 labourers between
2016 and 2020 under an 82 billion VND (4 million USD) project on rural
vocational training, he added.
In
order to meet the target, the province has bolstered popularisation
activities while enhancing the vocational training network competency
including teachers, learning aids, curricula and infrastructure.
Agricultural
and non-agricultural trade groups are a focus of the programme with three
prioritised labourer groups including impoverished households, households
living near the poverty line and policy beneficiaries.
According
to Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Pham Minh Dao, skills offered in training curricula in different areas must
be in line with plans for agricultural development and restructuring in the
localities.
Since
2011, the province has mobilized over 92.1 billion VND (4.4 million USD) for
vocational training programmes and has offered training courses to 38,310
people – 18,997 in agriculture and industry and 19,413 in service sector – or
80 percent of the total trained labourers.-
Report
highlights structural transformation, growth in rural areas
Policy-relevant
information on the economy and society in
As
part of the United Nations University World Institute for Development
Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth
in
Addressing
the event, Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Economics Management
(CIEM) Nguyen Thi Tue Anh said outcomes from the report’s survey aim to draw
an overall picture of the rural Vietnamese society as well as impacts related
to changes in rural households and their ability to access capital resources,
labour and land markets.
The
report is comprehensive and a useful document for policymakers to design
rural economic development plans, she noted.
According
to Director of the UNU-WIDER Finn Tarp, who led the study team, the report
introduced detailed studies and assessed the living conditions of Vietnamese
families in rural areas and the improved social welfare services they
received.
The
poverty rate has reduced remarkably in rural areas and families now own more
assets, he noted, expressing his hope that the report will be used to form
policies in the future.
The
409-page report was based on five rounds of the Vietnam Access to Resources
Household Surveys (VARHS) carried out among 2,162 households in 12 provinces
in
It
analyses the impact of rural household access to markets for land, labour and
capital as well as the impacts of governmental policies on growth, inequality
and poverty at the village level in
It
also creates a comprehensive set of materials and studies for policymakers,
scholars, students and those interested in an integrated approach to studying
growth, structural transformation and the microeconomic analysis of
development in the country.
Seminar
highlights copyright and related rights
A
seminar on copyright, related rights and urgent issues was held by the Agency
for Cultural Affairs of Japan, the Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV) and the
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in
Addressing
the two-day event, Vu Ngoc Hoan, COV deputy director general stressed that
the digital environment has developed rapidly leading to new forms of
copyright infringement.
Currently,
the rate of online copyright infringement in
Hoan
emphasised the need to raise social awareness about copyrights and the COV
should continue to complete legal documents on intellectual property and
related rights to meet the needs of actual situation.
Ms Yui
Ema, representing WIPO’s Copyright Development Division, said participation
in international treaties will help the copyrighted works be used worldwide
under strict protection.
Vietnamese,
Lao, Thai localities cooperate to fight human trafficking
A
workshop aimed at promoting joint efforts by
The
event drew the participation of representatives from women associations and
unions of Quang Tri province,
Participants
discussed ways to prevent human trafficking, focusing on raising public
awareness and participation, providing vocational training and jobs for
victims, and building community-based preventive models.
They
also shared their localities’ experience in combating human trafficking.
At the
event, the four provinces’ representatives signed a memorandum of understanding
on joint action against human trafficking.
According
to the Quang Tri police, since 1997, provincial authorities have uncovered 10
rings trafficking 32 women and children.
Efforts
made to care for AO victims
The
Association of Agent Orange/Dioxin (AO) Victims in the Mekong Delta city of
Can Tho held a meeting on August 4 to mark the day for AO victims (August
10).
During
the event, 83 scholarships worth 500,000 VND (23 USD) each were gifted to
children from local AO victim families and 3-million VND (142 USD) loans were
provided to 12 poor households.
Donors
also presented two houses valued at 32 million VND (1,500 USD) each to
impoverished AO victim families together with 25 wheelchairs.
As
many as 2,705 local AO victims are currently enjoying preferential policies
and support, accounting for 61.4 percent of the total victims. A fund for the
victims in the locality has also raised over 20 billion VND (1.5 million USD)
for assistance initiatives.
In the
Mekong Delta
The
association has raised over 5.6 billion VND (256,700 USD) this year towards
providing 13,000 gifts to victims along with 26 houses, 26 scholarships and
60 wheelchairs. The association also facilitates regular care for nearly 200
children from AO victim families.
There
are about 10,000 AO victims living in Tien Giang. Almost the victims live in
difficult circumstances and need helps from the community.
Thai
Nguyen: Over 1 trillion VND for new-style rural area building
The
northern mountainous
Of the
sum, 100 billion VND (4.58 million USD) comes from Government bonds and 226
billion VND (10.36 million USD) has been sourced from the provincial coffers.
Thai
Nguyen is striving to have 42 communes, or 29.4 percent of its communes,
fulfil the new-style rural area criteria this year.
Hoang
Cuong Quoc, Head of the provincial Coordination Office for the new-style
rural area building programme, said the implementation has involved the
participation of agencies, localities, local residents and businesses.
The
province has also mobilised different resources for the programme, he said,
adding that capital from credit institutions, enterprises and the community
worth over 6.4 trillion VND (293.3 million USD) has been rallied over the
past three years.
This
year, 81 communes in difficult circumstances will receive double funding.
Capital sourced from Government bonds will be prioritised for building
headquarters of communal People’s Committees.
According
to the steering board of the provincial new-style rural area building
programme, Thai Nguyen will integrate programmes and projects in the locality
from 2015-2016 to bring their effectiveness into full play with special heed
paid to production activities.
The
province will also focus on building brand names for local products to raise
their competitiveness, expanding large-scale production facilities and trade
promotion.
Thai
Nguyen has also suggested disbursing the Government’s aid package worth 15
trillion VND (687.5 million USD) for new-style rural area building and
increasing investments in agricultural production models.
The
national target programme on building new-style rural areas, initiated by the
Vietnamese Government in 2010, includes 19 criteria on socio-economic
development, politics and defence, with the objective of boosting
The
criteria include infrastructure development, production capacity improvement,
environmental protection and cultural value promotion.
The
country aims for 20 percent of all communes nationwide to fulfil the
requirements by the end of 2015, reaching 50 percent by 2020.-
VFF
commits to capacity development
The
Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) aims to strengthen its monitoring and feedback
mechanisms, as well as boosting its capacities in a comprehensive manner, VFF
President Nguyen Thien Nhan said.
During
a conference held in
He
concluded that the VFF needed to launch various publicity and awareness
raising campaigns, as well as promoting people-to-people exchanges in a bid
to boost effective economic development.
VFF
reports showed that the organisation’s network significantly contributed to
the development and implementation of a legal framework on ethnic minorities,
religion and Overseas Vietnamese citizens.
It
also actively cooperated with relevant bodies to develop modern rural and
urban areas, and to reduce poverty.-
Twenty
three teams have participated in the 4th football tournament which was held
for the Vietnam-Korean community by the Vietnamese Embassy in the
Addressing
the opening ceremony, Nguyen Dinh Dung, First Secretary of the embassy emphasized
that this awaiting event aims to develop Vietnamese nationals in the RoK into
a community of solidarity and promote them as law-abiding, physically robust
citizens to native businesses.
Ms
Nguyen Tuong Vy, head of the organizing board expressed hope that the healthy
sporting activities will contribute to strengthening connectivity between the
Vietnamese community in the RoK and local people and authorities and help
relevant agencies and RoK businesses further understand of the traditional
solidarity, friendship and fine qualities of Vietnamese guest workers.
A
movement was launched during the event with the support of
VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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Thứ Năm, 6 tháng 8, 2015
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