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Social News 7/12
Clinics in
All clinics in the central coastal
On average, each doctor at a clinic examines some 100
patients per day, three times higher than the health sector’s regulations.
Phán said the city has a total of five clinics all of
which were built more than 10 years ago, with limited scope.
Although there are enough machines, they are outdated,
according to the official.
Typically, clinic No 3 was built more than 15 years ago
and has not been upgraded even once. The walls have peeled off and are
mouldy.
At Clinic No 2, the examination room was also used as
the waiting room due to a lack of space, Phán said.
The shortage of modern machines at the clinics has
forced many patients to be moved to central hospitals.
Besides this, Damrey Typhoon, which occurred at the
beginning of last month, caused further damage to the clinics.
Each clinic has 5-6 doctors, however, in one day only
3-4 doctors conduct health checks on patients. The remaining have to attend
regular training courses to improve their qualifications.
Phán said the number of patients is the highest on
Monday and Friday, and most are retired and old.
The city health sector is now collecting all efforts to
build the
The municipal health sector completed the design to
build the
Ministry proposes three scenarios
for Cai Lay tollgate spat
Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong on
December 5 floated three scenarios for the controversial Cai Lay
tollgate on National Highway 1 in
First, the tollgate would stay where it is and road
users would have to pay fees when they pass the tollgate. However, the
investor will improve services, such as opening more lanes.
Second, the tollgate would be relocated from National
Highway 1 to the 12-kilometer road which bypasses
Third, there should be two toll stations, with one on
National Highway 1 to recover the money used for re-asphalting a
26.5-kilometer section of the highway, and one on the 12-kilometer bypass to
recover the cost of the newly built bypass.
Speaking to Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, Dong said there
were several solutions proposed during an emergency meeting chaired by the
Prime Minister on Monday.
However, no final decision was made at the meeting. The
PM told the Ministry of Transport and relevant agencies to review the project
and come up with new solutions for the Cai Lay tollgate.
Dong said build-operate-transfer (BOT) is an effective
way to raise capital from the private sector to fund infrastructure
development projects. However, the implementation of BOT infrastructure
projects has shown some shortcomings due to the incomplete legal framework
for this form of financing.
Regional conference highlight female
labourers, trade union’s role
A conference on famle labourers and the role of trade
union in the Asia-Pacific region was held in
The event drew the participation of 15 trade unions
from 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and some European countries
setting up cooperation with the VGCL.
Addressing the conference, VGCL President Bui Van Cuong
highlighted policies towards female labourers are being improved in
However, Vietnamese female workers still face numerous
challenges such as payment, working conditions, training opportunities,
promotion and sustainable jobs, noted Cuong, who is also Vice President of
the WFTU.
The VGCL will pay more attention to developing policies
and supervising the enforcement of relevant legal documents to better take
care female workers, Cuong said.
WFTU Head Office General Coordinator Anda Anastasaki
described the conference as an important event to consolidate the movement of
female labourers in the
She stressed the improvement of the female workers’
working conditions is a top priority of the WFTU.
At the event, participants discussed measures to
promote and protect legitimate rights and benefits of female workers.
Prime Minister commits support to
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc committed all possible
support to
The PM spoke highly of bilateral trade with
He said the agreement by relevant countries to continue
with negotiation on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific
Partnership (CPTPP), will lay a foundation for
Phuc expressed wish that two-way trade will grow at
least 10-15 percent in the future.
With potential of partnership in mining, manufacturing,
national defence-security, he called on more Canadian firms to invest in
Wynne informed the host that
She said the business delegation accompanying her in
the visit comprises representatives from nearly 50 enterprises who want to
seek business opportunities in infrastructure, education, clean industry and
health care.
Many non-profit organisations are also ready to assist
Agreeing with the host’s stance on free trade
promotion, she said
The fifth meeting of the
The meeting adopted 5 regular resolutions and 11
specialised resolutions, and discussed reports on the city’s performance in
2017 and key tasks for 2018.
The municipal People’s Council approved the 2016-2020
public investment plan, supplementation to the list of key construction works
for 2016-2020, adjustment to the target programme on information technology
application in State agencies in the city for 2016-2020, and adopted the
master plan on Hoa Lac urban area till 2030 on 1:10,000 scale and a plan on
issuing health insurance cards for leprosy patients and households living
just above the poverty line.
The session also saw several changes in holding
hearings, with the Council questioning relevant agencies on issues raised
within the past one year in written forms. In particular, problems that are
slow to be solved were selected for face-to-face question-and-answer
sessions.
The session saw the largest number of officials called
up for hearings, with 7 chairmen of ward/district People’s Committees, one
vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee and 9 directors of
municipal departments going before the council.
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc
Chung thanked participants for giving straightforward and constructive
feedback on reports and adopting important resolutions on socio-economic
development, national defence-security for 2018.
In her closing speech, Chairwoman of the municipal
People’s Council Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc asked the municipal People’s Committee
and departments to promptly make plans to realise adopted resolutions and
raise the entire political system’s sense of responsibility for accomplishing
tasks for 2018 and the following years.
Lao Prime Minister hails
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith lauded Vietnam
News Agency (VNA)’s supports for the Lao News Agency (KPL) in the past years
at a reception on December 6 for a VNA delegation led by General Director
Nguyen Duc Loi.
The Lao Government leader affirmed the important roles
of the two news agencies, stating that VNA’s companion in the past years has
helped the KPL better perform missions entrusted by the Lao Party and
Government.
The VNA General Director, for his part, informed his
host about joint work between the two agencies, including information
exchange, personnel training and upgrade of technical infrastructure.
Notably, both sides effectively carried out
popularisation work on significant events, especially the Vietnam-Laos
Solidarity and Friendship Year 2017 and the Laos-Vietnam Solidarity and
Friendship Year 2017, he stressed.
The VNA hopes to receive further support from Lao
leaders so that the two agencies can expand collaboration in the coming time,
he said.
On December 5, the VNA delegation had talks with the
KPL representatives.
At the event, the two sides gave evaluations on their
cooperation results in 2017 while discussed collaboration plan in 2018 under
the spirit of the cooperation protocol during 2016-2020.
They agreed to enhance cooperation in information
exchange and support each other in popularisation work.
The VNA will continue training for KPL’s reporters and
editors and help the Lao agency modernize technical infrastructure while KPL
will continue to help with the publishing of the VNA’s Vietnam Pictorial
magazine in Lao language and broadcast programmes of VNA television channel
(VNews) in
At the end of the talks, leaders of the two agencies
inked cooperation minutes for 2018.
Qatar treasures ties with Vietnam
Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani made the
statement during a reception on December 4 for Vietnamese Ambassador to Qatar
Nguyen Dinh Thao who presented his credentials.
The Emir hoped to welcome President Tran Dai Quang in
The Vietnamese diplomat conveyed President Tran Dai
Quang’s greetings to the Qatari Emir.
Expressing his thanks the Qatari Emir for his interest
in the bilateral relations, Ambassador Thao affirmed to do his utmost to
elevate the Vietnam-Qatar relations to a new height, meeting expectations of
people from both sides.
Thống Nhất Railway adds new carriages
Saigon Railway plans to add 10 new carriages to replace
old ones on the Thống Nhất (North - South) route on December 10.
They will be lighter and more soundproof, and will have
bigger corridors and cleaner toilets. Each carriage will have 56 adjustable
seats and an electrical socket per seat for charging electric items, as well
as reading lights and TV screens along the carriages.
The Saigon Railway said it would not charge passengers
more for upgraded carriages.
The carriages were designed by Dĩ An Train Joint-Stock
Company, which built two trains last year used on the HCM City–Nha Trang
route.
In the last two years, Saigon Railway and HARACO (Hanoi
Railway Transport JSC.) spent around VNĐ957 billion (US$42 million) on
upgrading trains and services.
ASEAN student leaders meet in HCM
City, Cần Thơ
Student leaders from 30 member countries are taking
part in the 6th annual ASEAN Student Leaders Forum (ASLF) and the 2nd ASEAN
University Network – Student Affairs Network Meeting (AUN-SAN) held in HCM
City and Cần Thơ City from Dec 5-9.
The event, co-hosted by the Việt Nam National University
HCM City (VNUHCM) and Cần Thơ University, seeks commitments toward a
prosperous ASEAN Community.
“While ASLF serves as a platform for student leaders in
ASEAN to share experiences and opinions pertinent to student organisations
and youth in general, AUN-SAN is a supportive and planning platform that will
pave the way to the execution of the proposed programmes that student leaders
discuss during ASLF,” said Choltis Dhirathiti, executive director of the AUN.
Huỳnh Thành Đạt, president of the
In addition to keynote sessions on students’
opportunities, challenges and skills in labour mobility in ASEAN, participants
will travel to Cần Thơ City to tour a museum and water puppet show and take
part in a cultural camp, among other historical and cultural activities.
The president of the HCM City Peace and Development
Foundation, Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh, and chairman of the AUN Student Affairs Network
Secretariat, Abdul Malek Abdul Karin, among other officials, attended the
opening ceremony yesterday.
Hà Nội People’s Court opens trial on
agriculture ex-director
The Hà Nội People’s Court on Wednesday opened
proceedings in the case of ex-deputy director of the city’s Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Phạm Minh Nguyệt, and five others accused
of violations in economic management.
Nguyệt and Nguyễn Thị Huyền Hảo, the former chief
accountant of the Hà Nội Investment and Development Ltd Company (HADICO), Đỗ
Văn Hảo, ex-general director of HADICO, Đặng Thị Thanh Tâm, former director
of the Từ Liêm Tourism and Fruit Enterprise, Dương Thị Chinh, former
accountant of the Từ Liêm enterprise and Nguyễn Trọng Hùng, former director
of the Bắc Hà enterprise under the HADICO, were accused of property
embezzlement, abusing their position while performing their duties and
deliberately violating State rules in economic management resulting in losses
of more than VNĐ40 billion (US$1.8 million).
Among the six accused, Nguyệt and Huyền Hảo may face
the highest penalties including the death sentences if found guilty of
property embezzlement and abusing their position, while the four others were
charged for wrongdoings during performing their duties including abusing
their position and financial management.
The hearing is scheduled to take place from December
6-8.
Nine lawyers are defending the accused.
According to the indictment, from late 2009 to 2014,
Nguyệt ordered Huyền Hảo and other subordinate officials under his power
including directors of member enterprises to set up false documents to
withdraw money from HADICO’s production and market stablising funds. The
money was supposedly delivered to him.
The total amount of money withdrawn from the company to
transfer to Nguyệt exceeded VNĐ40 billion by 2014.
To hide the fraud, Nguyệt allegedly instructed his
subordinates to sign a bank loan contract worth VNĐ19 billion so he could pay
the money back to the HADICO and then used his own money to refund nearly
VNĐ26 billion to the company.
The procuracy accused Nguyệt of embezzling nearly VNĐ15
billion from HADICO, which his family has completely compensated.
HADICO still lost more than VNĐ1.8 billion, mostly
interest arising from the bank’s VNĐ19 billion loans, according to the
indictment.
Đại wins fourth stage of Bình Dương
race
Young cyclist Hà Kiều Tấn Đại overcame veteran Lê
Nguyệt Minh to triumph in the fourth stage of the Bình Dương Television
Cycling Tournament, Ống Nhựa Hoa Sen Cup, yesterday.
Đại from BTV Đại Nam Bình Dương finished first with a
time of 4:3.11 in the 142km stage from Buôn Mê Thuột City in Đắk Lắk to Chư
Sê District in
Minh of VUS-HCM City and Nguyễn Huỳnh Đăng Khoa of Việt
Nam Youth were the runners-up.
The weather was favourable for cycling on the hilly
course.
Minh holds the green jersey award as the best sprinter,
while the yellow jersey belongs to Phạm Quốc Cường of Domesco Pharmacy Đồng
Tháp.
The white jersey for best young cyclist is still held
by Nguyễn Minh Luận of the senior Việt
There was a change in the team’s rankings.
Today, nearly 70 cyclists will take part in the fifth
92km stage from
Party official reaffirms fostering
ties with Russia
Politburo member and head of the CPV Central
Committee’s Inspection Commission Tran Quoc Vuong has affirmed CPV and
During a working session with Deputy Chairwoman of the
State Duma of Russia Irina Yarovaya in
Both sides agreed that ties between the two
legislatures have improved with regular exchange of visits at all
levels.
Yarovaya said Russian political parties in the Duma
always support strengthening ties with
Both host and guest stressed the need to enhance
inspection of the implementation of agreements between the two governments,
especially the free trade agreement between
During other talks, the Vietnamese guest and Director
General of the United Russia Party’s Institute for Foreign Policy Studies and
Initiatives Veronika Krasheninnikova discussed ways to boost ties between the
two Parties, including facilitating high-level visits to share experience in
state and social management, enhancing exchange between the two parties’ mass
organisations, particularly young generations, and increasing links at
political multilateral forums.
Later, they co-chaired a Party consultation on issues
of shared concern.
At the event, Politburo member and head of the CPV
Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan and
Deputy Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia Party Sergei
Zheleznyak signed a cooperation deal between the two Parties for 2018-2021.
The Vietnamese delegation is visiting
Workshop seeks measures to promote
gender responsive budgeting
The UN Women in
Addressing the event, UN Women’s Head of Office in
Vietnam Elisa Fernandez said UN Women has supported more than 60 countries in
gender responsive budget planning. In
She said that
Meanwhile, Aaron Batten, ADB Senior Economist, said
that gender equality is a focus of the bank’s development support programmes
for Asia-Pacific. Improving women’s capacity in economic development is
crucial in poverty reduction and growth, he said, adding that the ADB has
introduced gender responsive budgeting in
At the workshop, experts defined gender responsive
budgeting as the whole process of planning, implementing, supervising and
auditing State funding with careful consideration to gender issues.
Nguyen Minh Tan, Vice Director of the National Assembly
Office’s Department of Finance and Budget said that for the first time, the
Law on State Budget 2015 prioritised the allocation of funds to meet gender
equality goals.
Participants also sought measures to build effective
tools in promoting gender equality, while sharing experience of some
countries in implementing gender responsive budgeting, and discussing
Over the years,
However,
Gender responsive budgeting, a tool for evaluating
accounting responsibility and supervising gender equality support commitments
of governments, has been applied in more than 100 countries.
Vietnamese students enjoy 600
Samsung scholarships
Samsung Electronics Vietnam has conferred 600
scholarships worth VND600 million to underprivileged students with excellent
academic records in three provinces of Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, and Bac Giang.
On December 1- 6, students in Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen
provinces received 400 scholarships while 200 students in Bac Giang province
be given Samsung scholarships on December 15. Samsung also offered gifts
packages of backpacks and learning kits to disadvantaged students to aid
their studies.
Since 2010, Samsung
Shim Won Hwan, General Director of Samsung Vietnam,
said that as the largest FDI business in Vietnam, Samsung is fully aware of
its corporate social responsibility and the company will continue to grant
scholarships to needy Vietnamese students in future with the hope that
successful graduates will progress to work for Samsung.
Workshop looks to boost NGOs capacity
in Vietnam
A workshop to improve the performance of
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in
The workshop, held on December 4, introduced
Representatives from NGOs operating in
On the occasion, the
Facing various challenges, including climate change
impacts, war consequences, and natural disasters,
There are more than 500 foreign NGOs working frequently
in
The VUFO, which is in charge of NGOs’ activities in
Workshop seeks measures to promote
gender responsive budgeting
The UN Women in
Addressing the event, UN Women’s Head of Office in
Vietnam Elisa Fernandez said UN Women has supported more than 60 countries in
gender responsive budget planning. In
She said that
Meanwhile, Aaron Batten, ADB Senior Economist, said
that gender equality is a focus of the bank’s development support programmes
for Asia-Pacific. Improving women’s capacity in economic development is
crucial in poverty reduction and growth, he said, adding that the ADB has
introduced gender responsive budgeting in
At the workshop, experts defined gender responsive
budgeting as the whole process of planning, implementing, supervising and
auditing State funding with careful consideration to gender issues.
Nguyen Minh Tan, Vice Director of the National Assembly
Office’s Department of Finance and Budget said that for the first time, the
Law on State Budget 2015 prioritised the allocation of funds to meet gender
equality goals.
Participants also sought measures to build effective
tools in promoting gender equality, while sharing experience of some
countries in implementing gender responsive budgeting, and discussing
Over the years,
However,
Gender responsive budgeting, a tool for evaluating accounting
responsibility and supervising gender equality support commitments of
governments, has been applied in more than 100 countries.
Committee seeks to improve quality
of external information work
The Central Steering Committee for External Information
Service should work harder to instruct external information work, ensuring
its timeliness and liveliness.
The remark was made by head of the Central Steering
Committee Vo Van Thuong at a conference in
Thuong, also head of the Communist Party of Vietnam
(CPV) Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission, urged the
Central Steering Committee to complete relevant legal documents and
materialise roadmaps on developing national print and e-newspapers serving
external information work.
Participants at the conference agreed on the necessity
to raise public awareness of news for foreign service in the context of
renewal, national construction and development, and international economic
integration.
They also called for closer coordination between
relevant ministries, departments and agencies at central and local
levels.
The Central Steering Committee will enhance its
coordination with overseas Vietnamese representative offices, while paying
attention to the reform work, aiming to improve the efficiency of this kind
of information.
A report presented at the conference shows that in
2017, the committee joined hands with relevant agencies to implement a range
of external activities, with the most noteworthy being APEC Year 2017,
especially the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in the central city of Da Nang in
November.
Joint efforts were also made to highlight State visits
to
South African ambassador bids
farewell to President
President Tran Dai Quang received outgoing South
African Ambassador Kgomotso Ruth Magau, who came to bid farewell at the end
of her tenure, in
Lauding the ambassador’s contributions to
The Vietnamese Government always pays heed to
increasing engagement with
The State leader talked with delight about growing
bilateral relations, with exchanges of high-ranking delegations organised
frequently and annual trade exceeding 1 billion USD.
He said he hopes the sides step up comprehensive
collaboration across trade, mining, education, tourism, natural resources,
and environment.
Quang stressed the celebration of 25-year bilateral
relations in 2018 with an expectation that the two countries will organise
practical activities that help lift up their relationship to new
heights.
The President took the occasion to invite his South
African counterpart to visit
For her part, Kgomotso Ruth Magau said she is happy
that during her past tenure the two countries’ relations have progressed.
She noted
Lao foreign minister visits
Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith visited the
Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) in
The Lao official was in
DAV Director Nguyen Vu Tung described cooperation in
education-training as a traditional cooperation area that has helped provide
high-quality human resources for
About 14,000 Lao students are studying in
Talking to DAV staff and students, Foreign Minister
Kommasith said
Bilateral ties have been strongly developing in all
aspects, including politics-diplomacy, defence-security, economy-trade, and
culture-education, he said, noting that the countries are implementing joint
statements and high-ranking agreements in an effective manner. Delegation
exchanges and cooperation activities have been held regularly at different
levels, considerably helping to improve people’s living standards and mutual
understanding.
The official added no countries in the world have such
special relations like
Therefore, young Vietnamese and Lao people should be
responsible for maintaining and better bringing into play the traditional
ties and special solidarity, he said.
At the meeting, the minister also answered students’
questions about Vietnam-Laos relations and measures for enhancing bilateral
ties.
Hanoi Promotion Agency expands
cooperation in communication
Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) has expanded their
cooperation with press agencies to enhance the trade and tourism promotion
activities.
The agency was formed in 2015 after merging six centres
of relevant departments in
Being a focal point for information, the mission of the
agency is the enhancement of the promotion of events related to three fields:
agriculture, investment and tourism.
According to Nguyen Gia Phuong, the HPA’s Director
emphasised that the expansion of cooperation in communications is a common
and current trend which plays an important role in promoting the country’s
tourism. The online newspapers, particularly publications in foreign
languages, are very effective for this type of promotion.
Nhan Dan Online Newspaper, with Vietnamese, English and
Chinese version, is one of the HPA’s partners and has become an official and
high-quality address to provide useful information on investment and tourism.
The HPA’s expansion of tourism and investment promotion
was expected to boost trade and tourism activities of the capital,
contributing to the socio-economic development of the country in general and
Seminar looks into potential of
developing wind energy
The Danish Embassy in
Speaking at the event, deputy head of the Ministry of
Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Department of Electricity and Renewable Energy Do
Duc Quan said renewable energy is proving increasingly competitive to other
traditional energy sources, adding that renewable energy development will
help Vietnam diversify and become self-sufficient in power supply while
protecting the environment.
The MoIT will continue refining legal framework and
propose mechanisms to facilitate the development of renewable energy; study
smart grid and energy storage technology, and forecast capacity to fully tap
access to power using renewable energy, he said.
According to the ministry,
Quan expressed his wish that
Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Charlotte Laursen said
Vestas President for Asia-Pacific Clive Turton the
companyVesta wants to assist
Earlier, the Danish Embassy, Tan Hoan Cau Corporation
and Vestas Asia-Pacific signed a Memorandum of Understanding on conducting
studies on wind strength in Huong Linh commune, Hoang Hoa district, the
central
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