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Social News 7/12
Bad weather is hindering rescue efforts to save four missing sailors from a fishing boat which capsized two days ago in the sea between The boat, captained and owned by Hoang Van Tuyen, 34, capsized at about 4am on Saturday morning due to big waves, throwing all nine members on board at the time into the sea. Two of the sailors were saved by a foreign freight ship passing by the area while a Vietnamese ship nearby had rescued another three after receiving the SOS call from Hai Phong Coast Station. Four remain missing so far, including the youngest one Pham Van Tung, 22, together with Pham Van Hai, 47, Nguyen Van Duong, 43 and Bui Van Thuong, 32. All the ship members come from Hau Loc District in Thanh Hoa's Disaster Prevention and Rescue Office Deputy Chief of Staff, Colonel Hoang Minh Luyen said that the Viet Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre had deployed five rescue vehicles to look for the missing yet wind and waves were hindering the rescue. Father-in-law of the captain Tuyen, Dang Van Khoi, told the online newspaper vnexpress that the fishing boat, worth more than VND1.4 billion (US$62,200), was the biggest asset of Tuyen's family and also the only way to support the family's livelihood. "He (Tuyen) mortgaged his land use right certificate and borrowed lots of money two years ago to buy the boat," said Khoi. "Then this horrible thing happened and the debts are yet to be paid off. We have lost everything now." Rotten meat seized at Ha Noi market  The sellers had been advertising the meat as fresh at the market. After police enquiries, Hoang Van Chi, 28 years old, and Nguyen Khac Sang, 42, living in Official suspended for drink-driving The People's Procuracy in the Central Highlands Tran Quang Hung, 53, head of the People's Procuracy of Tu Mo Rong District was suspended from his position following his hit-and-run. When driving a state-owned car, Hung caused at least four crashes on Friday over nearly 30 kilometres and wounded six motorbike riders. Hung refused to stop and defied police attempts to wave him down. Colonel Tran Thanh Nha, deputy chief of the provincial police department, said that tests confirmed Hung's alcohol concentration exceeded the allowed limit. Police in southern Officers in They said the duo was among a group of five behind a scam on December 2 at the biggest gold shop in The five carried 25 bags containing small particles which they described as gold. People at the shop, who have done two small transactions successfully with the Chinese, took one bag for testing and the result confirmed it was gold. Then they spent hours negotiating with the Chinese before agreeing on a price of VND10 billion for the whole package, which weighed 58 ounces. After the Chinese left that the shop owners did more tests, only to find out what's inside the remaining bags was not gold and informed the police. The arrested men said they received a cut of more than US$9,000 from the scam, and that the other three had left Police in The men said they bought pieces of metal with a 30% gold content from a Chinese. National awards honour contribution of volunteers Nine individuals and 12 organisations enthusiastically dedicated to volunteering movements in Among the National Volunteer Awards 2015 recipients are Nguyen Huu Thuan from Ho Chi Minh City who donated 164 blood units in 86 times and Pencak Silat athlete Nguyen Kim Hoang from Hanoi, who is dedicated to free martial art training for students despite his visual impairment. The “Thien Nhan and friends” programme has supported 160 operations and 600 medical check-ups while and the Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Speaking at the ceremony, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Nguyen Phi Long said these individuals and organisations have inspired the volunteer movements across the nation. He called on youths to stay active in volunteering movements and make it the pride of the Vietnamese young people. Outstanding localities, organisations in rural development honoured Nearly 100 localities and organisations were honoured for remarkable achievements in the rural modernisation drive at a ceremony in Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, head of the Central Council for Emulation and Rewards, presented the first class Labour Order to 13 centrally-run cities and provinces, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Thai Nguyen, Nam Dinh, Quang Ninh, Ha Tinh, Binh Dinh, Lam Dong, Dong Nai, Hau Giang, Long An, Lao Cai and Lai Chau. These cities and provinces lead the country in the number of communes recognised as new-styled rural areas and the amount of capital resources mobilized for the drive. For example, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung also granted the Government’s Emulation Flag to 10 new-style rural districts, namely Dan Phuong (Hanoi); Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, and Nha Be (Ho Chi Minh City); Hai Hau (Nam Dinh); Dong Trieu town (Quang Ninh); Xuan Loc and Long Khanh (Dong Nai); Don Duong (Lam Dong); and Nga Bay town (Hau Giang). Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan – First Vice Chair of the Central Council for Emulation and Rewards presented the first-class Labour Order to the Ministry of National Defence; the Ministry of Public Security; the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; the Ministry of Transport; the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Welfares; the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation; the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee; the Vietnam Farmer’s Union; the Nhan dan (People) newspaper; the Vietnam Television; the State Bank of Vietnam; the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group; the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation; and the Electricity of Vietnam. The award was presented to honour their contributions to rural development. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh – head of the national target programme on new-style rural construction presented the Government’s certificates of merit to 60 new-style rural communes. The national programme on building new-style rural areas, launched by the Government in 2010, includes 19 criteria on socio-economic development, politics, and defence, aiming to bring major changes to socio-economic life in rural regions. The criteria cover infrastructure development, production capacity improvement, environmental protection and cultural value promotion. As of November 2015, the country recognised 10 districts and 1,211 communes as new developed areas. By the end of this year, 1,500 communes nationwide are expected to receive the title. Volunteers step up for special day At the The Green Dream Club's Receiving Clay Piggy Bank for Savings - Sharing Love" activity yesterday gave children a clay piggy bank in which to save money. Funds were also raised for children living in mountainous areas. The Viet Nam Youth Federation collected notebooks to given to the disadvantaged. Vietnamese in Cambodia get gifts, free health check-ups More than 1,000 Vietnamese households and 200 poor Cambodian families in Phsar Chhnang ward, The activities were organised by Vo Thanh Chat, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, said the activities aim to ease difficulties faced by Vietnamese living on the The programme also demonstrates the policy of the Vietnamese Party and State which considers Vietnamese abroad an integral part of the nation, he said. Vice Chairman of the Kampong Chhnang province Sum Suvanarith lauded the charity activities, saying they have contributed to alleviating the difficulties of local residents and enhancing solidarity between Vietnamese, Cham and Khmer people in the province, as well as the traditional friendship between the two countries. Recently, nearly 1,000 Cambodian households of Vietnamese origin residing on the
Neurosurgical
symposium opens in Nha Trang
The 16th annual conference of the
Neurosurgical Society of Vietnam (NSV) opened in Nha Trang city, the central
coastal The event, jointly held by the Khanh Hoa General Hospital and the NSV, attracted participation of nearly 500 leading domestic and international specialists and doctors in the field. As many as 92 scientific reports updating latest technical practice and knowledge in neurosurgery were presented at the event. Participants discussed special subjects relating to cerebral pathology, care for patients, and neurosurgical lectures. Two surgeries on cerebrum and spine were televised live as part of the event. A leader of the According to NSV Chairman Vo Tan Son, the association will intensify international cooperation to receive knowledge and advanced techniques in neurology surgery in order to meet treatment demands in the country. RoK – Forty-six Organised by the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency and the RoK Consulate General in the city, the Job Fair for Global Talents 2015 seeks to connect Korean companies with young Vietnamese talents. The participating firms include Hyosung, ITL, Lotte Mart, Fuji Xerox and CJ. They hope to recruit 320 people for a variety of jobs, including tax and accounting specialists, technology sales/marketing, production/QC management, designers, merchandisers, engineers, human resources, general affair managers, and finance managers. Park Noh-wan, RoK Consul General to About 2,700 Korean firms operate in The RoK is the biggest foreign investor in The job fair, which was first held in Thuong, who is also a member of the Party’s Central Committee, made the statement during a December 5 reception for a delegation of the Communist Party of China led by Wang San Yun, Secretary of the Gan Su Party’s Committee to Vietnam, to strengthen the relations between the two Parties and nations. The city has developed fruitful cooperation with a number of Chinese localities, including For his part, Wang San Yun expressed his admiration for the significant achievements the city has made over the past years. He also expressed his hope to enhance the mutual understanding, bilateral cooperation and exchanges between the two localities. Crowds of Hanoians, students and celebrities joined a run at the main gates of Reunification (Thong Nhat) Park in the capital on December 6 to raise funds for the treatment of disadvantaged children with cancer and heart disease. The annual event, organised by the Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association and the Embassy of Canada, was attended by Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam David Devine. Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien, who is also President of the Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association, hailed the support the annual event has provided for disadvantaged Vietnamese children. For his part, Canadian Ambassador Devine said every child in The run shows that communities can move forward together for a common cause, he added, noting that it also represents the friendship between Nguyen Mai Thuong from the Establish in 2000 (formerly known as the Terry Fox Run Hanoi before a change of format in 2009), the event is recognised annually as a popular corporate/family team-building activity that promotes social responsibility while raising awareness about healthcare issues in Over the past 15 years, the fundraising programme in Hanoi drew thousands of Hanoians and foreigners and raised about 1 billion VND (44,460 USD) each year, which was used to treat poor children at the Hospital of Pediatrics, the Hanoi Heart Hospital and through the Heart Beat Vietnam Programme. Last year, the event attracted 16,500 participants and raised 1.3 billion VND (58,000 USD). Man finds success in farming after failures There are many ways to win in life, and not necessarily with a university diploma. Nguyen Tien Dung is among a few young people in Huong Son district, the central The 24-year-old man received the prestigious Luong Dinh Cua Award in July this year, organised by Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. The award is presented to young farmers who have made outstanding contributions to agricultural production and rural development. Dung was honoured because he was the first person in the region to develop successfully a large red-meat dragon fruit farm. His farm is also the biggest in the province, said Cao Van Duc, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Tay commune (where Dung lives). "I hope he will inspire many other young people to courageously find their own way and work hard with passion to develop the homeland," Duc said. Not many people know that before achieving this outstanding result, Dung had experienced quite a few hardships. Three years ago, in 2012, against the advice of his teachers and friends, he left the "Since the time I was at high school, I dreamed of getting rich. I thought that studying at university would help me realise this dream. But when I went to university, I thought that it was not useful. At university, I only write down what the teachers read and learn those written words by heart at home to get good marks at exams. Moreover, I saw that I was not brilliant enough to study those academic subjects." "I knew that it would be a waste of money if I gave up. But I wanted to stop when it is not too late," he confides, admitting that he was attracted by the calling of the dynamic life outside. After quitting the university, with a fund of 400 million VND (17,800 USD) borrowed from the bank and friends, Dung and his friends opened a cafe on He then traded wood at the Chan May port, in the city's Lang Co district but without success. He got a debt of 300 million VND (13,300 USD). He then continued with multi-level marketing in After that, he went to the southern He bought 200 roots of the red-meat dragon fruit. Back to his native village, he began to grow them in the garden of his house. To his surprise, they grew very well. One year later, he could harvest one tonne of fruits and gained 30 million VND. As it's easy to grow red-meat dragon fruits, which can be profitable without big investment, he soon invested time to grow 800 red-meat dragon fruit plants on an area of 3ha. In July of this year, his family could harvest 4 tonnes of red-meat dragon fruits, bringing them 200 million VND in revenue. He hopes that in the next two years, the fruit farm will bring him about 500 million VND in revenue per year. Besides that, he also has 500 chickens, and a dozen cows and goats. This year, he also planted 200 apple trees which are from "I didn't have much experience but I learned from agricultural forums and from my parents who are farmers," he said. He has got a number of clients from The young man also wants to encourage local young people in his region to develop red-meat dragon-fruit farms and has provided the fruits varieties and offered them technical advice. He hopes that many young people will develop dragon fruits to meet the increasing demand of the market. Currently, local people are only interested in growing oranges and breeding deer since oranges and deer have made the region's trademark. "The passion has helped Dung achieve great results. He is very hard-working. He has spent most of his time working in the farms," says Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai, Huong Son district's Party Committee Deputy Secretary. Huong Son district's Party Committee encouraged other local young people to follow the model of Dung by enriching themselves with their own labour force and intelligence. After his visit to Dung's farm, Tran Dinh Chau, Chief of the Secretariat of the National Council of Education and Human Resources Development under the Ministry of Education and Training, said that his success made people think of different choices for life vocational guidance to establish their position in life. Hung Yen saves 50 million kWh of electricity The Carried out in 21 communes and towns in An Thi district, the programme, within only three months, helped save over 1.6 million kWh of power, equivalent to 2.7 billion VND (nearly 119,000 USD). To reap the results, the Hung Yen Electricity Company has run communication campaigns to raise public awareness of the significance of economical and efficient electricity use. Locals were provided with knowledge of power saving and instructed to use energy-saving equipment. They were also recommended to make good practice in using electricity. The movement contributed to reducing energy consumption and discharge of exhaust smoke causing environmental pollution, towards realising the National Target Programme on Energy Conservation and Efficient Use.- The donation, made by Exploration and Production Vietnam Limited (ExxonMobil), will help commune health centers provide adequate care and become trusted local refuges for those in need of fundamental medical assistance and emergency care. Since 2011, ExxonMobil has contributed $400,000 to VinaCapital Foundation's Critical Response and Survive to Thrive programmes, and $125,000 to cover medical evaluations and treatment for children born with facial deformities through Operation Smile Viet HCM hospital aims to curb antibiotic abuse The campaign aims to raise patient awareness about appropriate antibiotic use as well as improve the hospital's supervision of prescription of antibiotics. Posters with warnings about antibiotic resistance will be placed at departments and offices in the hospital. Ton Thanh Tra, head of the hospital's quality management department, said that patients with antibiotic resistance accounted for 8-20 per cent of the total number of patients at the hospital. The hospital's supervisory procedures include organising weekly or daily consultations with department leaders and with staff at meetings, Tra said. Police investigate sale of fake gold dust Police in According to the police, on the night of December 2, the group and a female Vietnamese interpreter entered the gold shop to sell the gold. The shop's owner paid the seller VND10 billion (US$446,429), after checking the gold and getting positive test results. However, the owner discovered the gold was fake after the group left with the cash payment. The owner told the police that the sellers were familiar clients of the shop. The police said that it could be the largest gold fraud case in Dong Nai if the sellers were foreign nationals. Heavy rains damage upgraded reservoir Suoi Hanh Reservoir in The investor of the upgrade project was the provincial agriculture and rural development department. After six years of construction (2009-2014), the capacity of the reservoir in Cam Phuoc Dong Commune was raised to 9.49 million cu.m from 7.9 million cu.m. On Tuesday, construction officers from the project's main contractor started examining the areas that needed urgent repair. Heavy rains are suspected to have made the soil soft, leading to depressions. An official of the construction company said the concrete slab on the left of the spillway had rifts over an area of 20sq.m. He said workers would remove the damaged concrete, and pour new concrete into the rifts. Deputy Chairman of Cam Phuoc Dong Commune People's Committee Nguyen Van Phung said local authorities knew about the depression in the newly upgraded reservoir. Officials reached the site and agreed to take remedial measures along with the construction officers. The depression did not occur in a key spot of the reservoir, but local authorities and the construction company immediately repaired it. The government is completing policies to establish new model co-operatives in the Mekong Delta as well as high-tech applications in agricultural production and aquaculture that will meet international standards. "Mekong Delta provinces still face a situation of good harvests but low prices as well as limited infrastructure. They can't meet regional development requirements," said Deputy Primer Minister Vu Van Ninh, head of the Southwest Steering Committee at the meeting. "However, there are many new production models that can bring high benefit to local residents thanks to technology," he added. Ninh was speaking during a working visit of President Truong Tan Sang to the Southwest Steering Committee on Wednesday. He said that the Mekong Delta region still faced barriers in regional connections, and that he would ask the Government to further adjust investment and budget distribution from the central government to regional localities. Speaking at the meeting, President Truong Tan Sang said: "Mekong Delta has more potential for agricultural production but local authorities must actively prepare for international integration." "New model production with a high proportion of technology application should be spread across the entire region under international standards," he added. The President suggested that local authorities and farmers improve the quality rather than the quantity of rice. "High-tech application in agricultural production is a must to ensure competitiveness and development in the context of global integration," he said. Sang asked the Government and related authorities to funnel more FDI capital to the Mekong Delta to develop its infrastructure. He also asked the Southwest Steering Committee and local authorities to ensure national defence, social security and order at land and sea borders with
Nearly 500
experts, doctors share neurosurgery experiences
On December 5, central Khanh Hoa
province’s According to the organizing board, the conference has received 92 reports updating scientific knowledge and new technology practices in the field of neurological surgery aiming to better meet laparoscopic examination and treatment in Additionally, the experts shared experiences through topics on brain illness, patient care and neurosurgery teaching methods, and transferred neurosurgical techniques to Professor Vo Tan Son, Chairman of the Neurosurgical Society of Korean workers find The job market prospects in Vietnam for workers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) is nothing short of vibrant, said recruiters in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on December 4 at a Korea-Vietnam job fair. Demand for talented workers is soaring, as an increasing number of companies from the RoK join other global firms relocating production and other business facilities in expectation of fruitful results flowing from the recently concluded Korea-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (Kotra) sponsored the job fair Ho Chi Minh, in hopes of persuading more local job seekers to take advantage of the abounding number of job opportunities. The agency invited some 46 Korean companies from differing industries ranging from software to traditional textile and electronics manufacturers. “Nearly 950 local and Korean job seekers attended,” Kotra said adding the job fair involved one-on-one resume screening and job interviews. “There are about 4,400 RoK companies operating here in For Korean manufacturers of various sizes, Korean conglomerates in business-to-consumer areas, like CJ Vietnam, Lotte Mart The number of RoK companies opening corporate branches and factories in The Industrial Bank of Korea, Shinhan Bank and Busan Bank also joined the fair in search of new bankers who can help with localization to get more Vietnamese to use their bank services. Though government tourism officials and trade people in the industry don’t want to hear it anymore, nationwide industry statistics continue to paint a bleak picture for the tourism industry over the coming months and beyond. The latest figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO), show international arrivals for the 10 months leading up to November dipped 4.1% against last year’s corresponding period to just 6,338,611 travellers. The GSO said its figures also show a clear downward trend in the on-year comparisons for the preceding four months of June, July, August and September with arrivals having fallen off significantly in all four months. However, many experts point out that the GSO lumps all types of entries including travellers on border passes and on business and social visas in the category of international arrivals. “So the collection methods are inherently skewed to make the statistics appear better than they really are,” they say. “The numbers actually even include day trippers on border passes, who don’t even spend a night in Worse yet they caution, is the fact that many of the international arrivals are backpackers, who bring in very few tourism dollars and do little to buttress long-term sustainability of the industry. Of the 10 month total, 4,507,386 inbound travellers entered through the country’s international airports, 1,792,559 came into the country by road with the balance of 38,666 arriving on board cruise ships. Many of these same experts say the sheer numbers of inbound tourists are paltry by comparison to the tens of millions experienced by countries and regions around the globe of similar size and demographics as Meanwhile Deputy Director Nguyen Bao Anh of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Centre recently divulged that the city is taking the future of tourism into its own hands. At a recent press conference Anh told reporters the city is banking on turning the sagging tourism numbers around with a good turnout for the annual international food festival, which kicks off 9am to 10pm daily December 3-6 at the September 23 Park in HCM City. “This year attendance at the festival is forecast to expand by as much as 30% against last year and draw a record high whopping 300,000 festivalgoers,” Anh unveiled at the presser. Anh revealed that the Mediterranean cooking of Greece as well as New Zealand cuisine – guaranteed to be a much welcomed addition to the festival – are making their appearance at the festival for the first time. In addition, the World Food Culture Centre (WFCC) based out of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will have its own designated area for demos covering topics on just about everything related to cooking traditional and contemporary Korean dishes. The Saigon Professional Chef Association has also disclosed it has plans to attempt to break two Guinness The third day of the festival will feature a Five-Star Hotel Chef Party on the main stage of the park, with the participation of 22 of the world’s top restaurants participating. Others events planned include music and dance performances, an ASEAN photo exhibition, bartender shows, and a talk show with winners of the three latest seasons of the Chiec Thia Vang (Golden Spoon) cooking contest. “We’re going all out for this year’s festival,” said Anh as it provides a great opportunity to turn the tourism industry around and give the international community the inside scoop on what the Vietnamese allure as a top tourism destination is all about. VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri |
Thứ Hai, 7 tháng 12, 2015
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