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Eight fishermen missing off Thanh Hóa Province
Local residents gather by the sea, awaiting news of the missing fishermen.
– Photo dantri.com.vn
Rescue
forces are searching for eight fishermen missing from three fishing boats
that sank off the coast of the central
According
to initial information from the provincial sub-Department of Exploitation and
Protection of Aquatic Resources, three fishing boats with 18 fishermen in
Tĩnh Gia District’s Hải Thanh Commune reportedly sank yesterday and other
boats lost contact while on their way to shore, the online Dân trí newspaper
reported.
Ten
crew members were rescued safely, according to local officials of Hải Thanh
Commune, but rescue works are proving difficult due to strong winds and fog.
The
sub-Department of Exploitation and Protection of Aquatic Resources has sent
an official letter requesting the fisheries sub-deparment of the coastal
provinces from Quảng Ninh to Quảng Bình and coastal districts of
Toll reduction at BOT Bạc Liêu from Wednesday
A
new regime of exemption and fee reduction for commercial vehicles registered
in nearby townships has been applied at the BOT Bạc Liêu toll booth from
Wednesday.
This
was announced on Tuesday by Nguyễn Văn Phương, chairman of the Board of
Members of BOT Bạc Liêu Limited Company, which is also the investor at BOT
Sóc Trăng on National Highway 1, in a document sent to the local authorities,
including Bạc Liêu Province’s People’s Committee, the provincial transport
department, the people’s committees of Châu Hưng Township and Vĩnh Lợi
District’s Châu Hưng A Commune.
Starting
from Wednesday, buses from
The
toll at BOT Bạc Liêu toll booth will range from VNĐ15,000 (US$0.6) to
VNĐ84,000 ($3.7), depending on the type of vehicles. The toll applied to
commercial vehicles will be between VNĐ20,000 and VNĐ112,000 ($0.9-4.9).
According
to Phương, for the implementation of the BOT Bạc Liêu Project, the investor
did not build an overpass route through Bạc Liêu City but upgraded National
Highway 1A with a total investment capital of over VNĐ6 billion ($264,000).
He
also said the toll reduction for certain types of vehicles at the Bạc Liêu
toll booth is being carried out in accordance with the Ministry of
Transport’s instruction.
The
Bạc Liêu BOT toll booth has been in operation since December 30, 2016, and
has a payback period of some 15 years.
2 men held for smuggling heroin
Police
in northern Điện
Following
a tip-off, drug crime investigation police from Điện
The
suspects put up a fierce fight with police forces, leaving two policemen
injured. But they were quickly overpowered. The police seized 21 cakes of
heroin, in addition to a motorbike and some other trafficking-related goods.
The
suspects were later identified as Lò Văn Sinh, 40, from Điện
Further
investigations into the case are conducted.
Kien Giang moves to fight illegal fishing
The
Mekong Delta
An
inter-sectorial working group was established to receive information related
to local fishing ships and fishermen that were arrested and punished by
foreign countries. The group has worked with localities with the high number
of fishing vessels violating foreign waters while proposing solutions to the
provincial People’s Committee.
Besides,
specialised inspection forces have been directed to coordinate with law
enforcement forces at sea in enhancing patrols and inspections and handling
violations of the fisheries law.
A
list of fishing ships and ship-owners that violate regulations related to the
EC’s warning on IUU fishing is publicised monthly. Recidivists are not
allowed to conduct fishing activities or build new fishing ships, and do not
receive the State’s support policies.
The
provincial Border Force’s Command has directed its posts to strictly control
fishing boats and fishermen that come in and out fishing ports and keep them
from going out to sea if they lack necessary procedures, papers and equipment
as regulated by law.
The
"yellow card" is followed by a "green card" if issues are
resolved or a "red card" if they aren’t. A “red card” can lead to a
trade ban on fishery products.
The
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development asked 28 coastal localities to
strictly follow the Prime Minister’s dispatch and directive related to IUU
fishing, intensify inspections and investigations on IUU fishing to stop
illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in foreign waters.
VOV’s functions, structure issued
The
Government has renewed the decree regulating functions, tasks, powers and
structure of Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) instead of Decree
No.55/2014/ND-CP issued four years ago.
Under
new Decree No.03/2018/ND-CP, VOV is a governmental agency and national radio
station which works to disseminate the Party’s guidelines and the State’s
laws, contributing to the people’s improved intellectual standards via radio
broadcasting and other press and multimedia services.
VOV
is managed by the Ministry of Information and Communications in terms of
press, broadcasting and television.
The
radio station is tasked with developing annual, medium-term and long-term
plans, programmes and strategies and submit them to the Government and the
Prime Minister for approval. It must decide and take responsibility for daily
broadcast contents and programmes alongside broadcast range and impacts of
its works on internal and external affairs in accordance with legal
regulations.
It
is assigned to produce, transmit, broadcast, issue and archive radio and
television programmes, and online and print newspapers.
In
respect of structure, VOV runs a system of news channels, including VOV1 for
news and current affairs, VOV2 for cultural and social news, VOV3 for music,
VOV4 for ethnic affairs, VOV5 for external news service, VOV6 for literature
and arts, and VOV Transport.
Additionally,
it operates the online news website vov.vn, the print newspaper VOV and VTC
Digital Television.
VOV
has representative offices in the Northeast, Northwest, Central,
New decree regulates
The
Government recently issued a decree regulating the functions, tasks, powers
and structure of the Vietnam Television (VTV).
Under
Decree No 02/2018/ND-CP, VTV is a governmental agency and national television
which disseminates the Party’s guidelines and policies and the State’s laws,
contributing to the people’s enhanced intellectual standards and spiritual
lives through TV programmes and various forms of press and multimedia.
VTV
is responsible for building and submitting to the Government and the Prime
Minister its long-, medium- and short-term and annual strategies and plans
and other important projects, and implementing them after approved.
It
is also responsible for producing, transmitting, broadcasting, issuing and
archiving TV programmes and print and online newspapers in line with legal
regulations, while deciding on its daily broadcasting contents, programmes
and time volume.
In
addition, VTV coordinates with local televisions and radio-television
stations on programme production schedules broadcast on VTV channels.
Under
the decree, VTV has a system of units including the Current Affairs
Department, the Science and Education Department, the Department for
Broadcast in Ethnic Minority Languages, the Foreign Service Department, the
Literature and Arts Department, the Department of Entertainment Programme
Production, the Department of Sport Programme Production, the Cable
Television Editorial Department, and the Adolescents and Children Department.
It
has the Centre for Documentaries and Television Reports, the Centre for
Television Film Production, and the Archive Centre, along with VTV centres in
It
also has news support units including the Technical Centre for Programme
Production, the Technical Centre for Transmission and Broadcasting, the
Television Training Centre, the Centre for Information Technology and the
Television Magazine, and five consultancy and functional units to assist the
VTV General Director.
The
VTV has a General Director and a maximum of four Deputy General Directors.
The General Director and Deputy General Directors are appointed and dismissed
by the Prime Minister in accordance with relevant laws.
Project enhances community’s involvement in HIV/AIDS
prevention
The
Prime Minister has approved investment policies for a project to enhance
participation of social and community organisations in preventing and
controlling HIV/AIDS.
The
project, using official development assistance (ODA) of nearly 6.5 million
USD funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, aims
to contribute to realising the 90-90-90 targets by 2020 and ending the AIDS
epidemic by 2030.
It
will be carried out from 2018 – 2025 in 15 cities and provinces, namely
Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Quang Ninh,
Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Khanh Hoa, HCM City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, and
Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
Under
the project, communication work on HIV preventive measures will be promoted
among vulnerable groups, such as using new injection needles, condoms, and
taking HIV tests in community settings.
People
with HIV will be sent to health care facilities for treatment with anti-retroviral
(ARV) drugs, and drug addicts will be helped to join methadone treatment
programmes in the 15 targeted localities.
The
project also helps ensure access for targeted groups to health care and other
support services, reduce discrimination and facilitate their participation in
social activities.
The
90-90-90 goals mean that 90 percent of HIV-infected people will know their
infection status, 90 percent of HIV positive people will receive
anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, and 90 percent of people taking ARV drugs will
have a low HIV load.
By
2020, 80 percent ARV drug costs will be covered by health insurance.
Viet kieu singer to help poor kids
Vietnamese-American
singer Phi Nhung, who has more than 20 years in the industry, will release an
album to raise funds for poor children next week.
The
album, Hieu va Thuong (Understanding and Love), sends messages on love,
sharing and compassion. It includes nine songs in bolero, pop and folk
contemporary music.
Featured
songs are performed by Nhung and child singers Ho Van Cuong, Quynh Trang,
Pham Tuyet Nhung and Pham Thien Ngan.
Nhung
was born in 1972 in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands)
She
began her career in 1989 in
In
2005, she returned to
Her
concert, Phi Nhung Fan Meeting 2018, will take place at HCM City Youth
Cultural House on January 13.
The
open-air event will feature dozens of guest singers, including pop star
Phuong Thanh and pop bands MTV and 5 Dong Ke.
Nhung
will also pay for several hundred fans living in poor districts of southern
provinces to attend the event.
"I
love singing for my young fans in my homeland," said Nhung.
"My
daughter from the
The
show begins at 8pm at
More
than 7,000 guests are expected to attend.
31.4 trillion VND used in new-style rural area building
About
31.4 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) was used in building new-style rural
areas in 2017, heard a conference held by the Central Coordination Office on
New Rural Development on January 8.
As
a result, 2,884 communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were
recognised as new-style rural areas, surpassing the target of at least 31
percent.
Of
the total, 326 communes have met the new national criteria on new rural
communes during 2016-2020.
Besides,
43 district-level units in 24 centrally-run cities and provinces have been
certified as new rural areas, up 13 districts compared with the end of 2016
and exceeding the target of 38.
The
General Statistics Office revealed that as of the end of 2016, 99.4 percent
of communes nationwide have auto-accessible roads to commune centres. All
communes and 97.8 percent of villages are connected with the national power
grid. Meanwhile, 99.7 percent of communes have pre and elementary schools and
99.5 percent of communes have medical centres.
Some
3,854 production models have been connected with each other by value chains.
There are 11,183 agricultural cooperatives, with each earning an average of
1.1 billion VND (48,400 USD) annually.
Notably,
localities have set forth roadmaps to deal with debts in infrastructure
construction.
However,
the outcomes of the new-style rural area building remain unequal between
regions across the country, with 1,101 certified communes in the Red River
Delta and only 119 in the Central Highlands.
The
national target programme on building new-style rural areas, initiated by the
Vietnamese Government in 2010, sets 19 criteria on socio-economic
development, politics, and defence, aiming to develop rural regions.
The
list of criteria includes the development of infrastructure, the improvement
of production capacity, environmental protection and the promotion of
cultural values.
In
2015, the set of criteria was increased to 20.
Tra Vinh bolsters supporting industry, food processing
The
Mekong Delta
Accordingly,
the province will work to attract investment in supporting industry. It will
allocate nearly 19 billion VND (837,000 USD) in carrying out business support
activities to create regional links, boost production cooperation, trade
promotion activities and human resources training.
Tra
Vinh has mobilised more than 710 billion VND (31.28 million USD) to draw
investment and enhance food processing with key products, including aquatic
products, peanuts, meat, fruit juice and dried vegetables, among others.
In
2018, the province’s industry and trade sector eyes 31.6 trillion VND (1.39
billion USD) in industrial production value, and retail and services reaching
25.4 trillion VND (1.12 billion USD).
The
industry sector saw strong growth in 2017 thanks to the operation of several
electricity plants of the Duyen Hai Power Centre.
Director
of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Tuan said that
Tra Vinh’s industrial production value hit over 24.67 trillion VND (1.09
billion USD) in 2017, a rise of 32 percent against the previous year.
The
industry and trade sector lured 11 investment projects with total registered
capital of over 578 billion VND (25.45 million USD) and 129 million USD last
year, and recorded 22 newly established businesses, with registered capital
of nearly 278 billion VND (12.24 million USD), generating jobs for about
5,200 workers.
Kien Giang works to address salinity intrusion
The
Mekong Delta
Nguyen
Huynh Trung, Deputy Director of the Kien Giang provincial Irrigation
Sub-Department said, most of the sluice gates along western coast from Rach
Gia city to the border district of Giang Thanh were closed to prevent
saltwater intrusion and to keep fresh water for the 2017 – 2018 Winter –
Spring crop.
Meanwhile,
37 others sewers in Tu Giac Long Xuyen area (Long Xuyen quadrangle) remain
open to reduce pollution in cannels in Rach Gia city and discharge flood in
Hon Dat district.
Besides,
the construction of dams in key cannels without irrigation works is urged to
prevent saltwater intrusion into fields and keep fresh water.
Irrigation
works and cannel dredging projects in Tu Giac Long Xuyen area, the western
part of
The
monitoring of water level and saltwater intrusion developments has been strengthened
so that localities and residents can well prepare for their rice crops and
aquaculture.-
Dak Lak develops community-based tourism this year
The
Central Highlands
Of
the figure, 75,000 will be foreigners while 735,000 are domestic
visitors.
The
province will develop community-based and ecological tourism on the back of
the local advantage of natural landscapes and rich ethnic culture.
To
preserve and uphold the value of
Community-based
tourism projects will be developed in Yang Lanh village in Buon Don district,
Ya village in Krong Bong district, Tring village in Buon Ho township, with a
focus on traditional culture, ethnic rituals and cuisine, giving visitors a
chance to eat, live and join activities together with locals.
Priority
will be given to Yok Don national tourism area, agricultural and
community-based tourism project in Cu Sue commune (Cu M’gar district), along
with resorts, entertainment and sport areas in Buon Ma Thuot city and
districts of Buon Don, Lak and Cu M’gar.
Last
year, the provincial tourism sector welcomed 703,000 holidaymakers, up 13.2
percent annually, including 67,000 foreign and 636,000 domestic ones, earning
over 610 billion VND, marking a 1.67 percent rise from target.
Dak Lak businesses invest in CLV development triangle area
Many
businesses from the Central Highlands
The
investment projects, mostly in agricultural production, forestry, electricity
networks, transport infrastructure, irrigation and health care, have
contributed to socio-economic development in Lao and Cambodian localities.
According
to Dak Lak provincial Department of Planning and Investment, the Dak Lak
Rubber Investment JSC has carried out a project growing perennial industrial
crops such as rubber and coffee in
So
far, the company has put over 9,500 hectares under rubber and coffee trees,
most of them in the provinces of Champasak and Salavan. The project has
generated jobs for over 2,000 Lao workers with monthly incomes of 2.5-4
million Kip (6.7-10 million VND).
Meanwhile,
in
Krong
Buk Rubber company plans to plant rubber on 9,000 hectares in Rattanakiri
province with an investment of nearly 54 million USD. To date, the company
has planted 5,600 hectares of rubber and created stable jobs for 312 workers.
Whereas, Dak Lak Rubber is carrying out a project to develop 2,000 hectares
of rubber plantations in Mondunkiri province.
Apart
from agro-forestry projects, Dak Lak enterprises have invested in building
schools, medical facilities, transformer stations, power transmission lines
and roads in the neighbouring countries.
The
province has proposed the Government soon promulgate specialised mechanisms
and policies for socio-economic development along the borderline. It also
called for assistance to extend the National Highway 29 to Dak Rue border
gate to facilitate investment, trade, economics and tourism activities in the
CLV Development Triangle Area.
HCM City leader applauds Hilton Group’s investment
Chairman
of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong hailed
investment of Hilton Worldwide Group in
Phong
affirmed that the city has given top priority to tourism development which is
billed as a spearheaded economy of the southern hub.
Collaboration
commitments between the hotel chain and BRG Group is a vivid illustration for
the city’s tourism and hotel development potential, he said, adding that the
cooperation will make significant contributions to the tourism and economic
development of the city.
Sharing
Hilton’s investment activities in
He
suggested the city study to change some planning and construction indexes to
improve land use efficiency, meeting the country’s requirements for economic
integration in the coming time.
He
expressed his hope that the group will receive further support from the
city’s leaders to carry out its projects for the development of the city’s
economy, especially tourism.
The
north central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh are set
to increase coordination to foster tourism development in 2018.
The
provinces’ coordination board for tourism development held a meeting in Vinh
city, Nghe An province, on January 9 to review tourism cooperation in 2017
and launch tasks for this year. The event was attended by officials of the
provinces’ tourism departments and associations, travel companies, and
centres of tourism information and promotion.
Participants
said in 2018, the localities should take part in more domestic and
international fairs, workshops, exhibitions, festivals and other events. They
need to improve joint pavilions at tourism fairs while working more closely
to promote their tourism image in foreign markets and open new international
and domestic air routes to each province.
Thanh
Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh should continue with joint efforts to
develop the “central heritage road”, a tourism route through heritage sites
from the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty in Thanh Hoa to Phong Nha – Ke Bang
National Park in Quang Binh.
The
meeting also urged the four provinces to team up to create tourism products
serving visitors who travel from Laos and Thailand to Vietnam through the
border gates of Cha Lo (Quang Binh), Cau Treo (Ha Tinh), Nam Can (Nghe An),
and Na Meo (Thanh Hoa).
Participants
suggested the provinces develop cultural, historical and spiritual tourism
products targeting domestic tourists such as tours of destinations along
In
2017, the four provinces swiftly recovered from the marine pollution incident
in early 2016. Tourism services revived, particularly in coastal areas from
Nghe An to Quang Binh.
They
welcomed 19.76 million tourist arrivals, including over 450,000 foreigners,
last year, respectively rising by 35.75 percent and 71.45 percent from 2016.
At
the meeting, the tourism associations of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and
Quang Binh signed a cooperation agreement on tourism development.
Exhibition features traditional Lunar New Year paintings of
VN, China
Paintings
capturing Vietnamese and Chinese folk culture and traditional New Year (Tet)
festival are on display in
The
exhibition is jointly organised by
The
opening ceremony was attended by MoCST Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien, who is on
an official visit to the country, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi,
Chinese cultural officials, among others.
Addressing
the event ceremony, Director of the MoCST’s International Cooperation
Department Nguyen Trung Khanh said the event is expected to raise the
awareness among Vietnamese and Chinese people of the significance of the
biggest traditional festival of the two nations.
Through
the event, visitors will see the similarities in cultural and historical
values of
The
exhibition runs until January 15.
Sedang people celebrate New Rice Festival
The
first day of the new year is also time for the Sedang, an ethnic group among
the 54 ethnicities of
One
of the most important festivals for the Sedang, the festival is held at the
beginning of the year to appease the spirit of the rice, to celebrate a
bountiful harvest and to pray for good fortune in the new year.
The
festival begins with Sedang families going to their rice field to pick the
most beautiful rice plants and bring them home. Families must prepare food
offerings to the spirit using the new rice.
On
the day of the ceremony, a village elder summons everyone to the village’s
nha rong – the Sedang’s communal house where the majority of their spiritual
and social activities take place. Young men erect a cay neu – a tall tree
with a totem on top of it – in front of the house.
The
Sedang dance and sing around the tree. Their musical instruments include
gongs in various sizes and the Klongput – a wind clap xylophone. Made of
bodies of bamboo trees cut and designed in different length, the xylophone
sound is made when people clap their hands near one of their ends.
Most
of the Sedang villages, which house a total population of nearly 100,000, are
located in
Taiwanese organisation supports poor children in central
region
The
Zhi Shan Foundation of Taiwan (
The
foundation will also provide scholarships, free orthopaedic surgeries, and
nutrition for needy children in Quang Tri province in the year, worth a total
of over 5.1 billion VND (224,400 USD).
The
documents to this effect were signed between the organisation and the
provinces of Thua Thien – Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and
Quang Ngai in Quang Tri’s Dong Ha city on January 8.
The
signing ceremony was held in coincidence with the foundation’s celebration of
its 20 years of implementing charity projects in
Addressing
the signing ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Quang Tri provincial People’s
Committee Mai Thuc, hailed the contribution the organisation has made to the
province’s community activities, particularly its assistance for local poor
students.
He
expressed his hope that it will continue its support for building nursery
schools for difficulty-ridden communes, improving nutrition for needy
children in Dakrong district, and offering scholarships to poor students in
Huong Hoa district.
Present
in
In
2017, the foundation gave scholarships to 3,234 poor students, and funded the
building of semi-boarding nursery schools, benefiting 6,500 children.
As
many as 2,716 children with disabilities have received free orthopaedic
surgeries funded by the organisation since 2001.
The
foundation has thus far allocated around 70 billion VND (over 3 million USD)
to help 2,600 needy students in Quang Tri alone over the past 20 years.
Dong Nai aims to fulfil new-style rural area building in 2018
The
southern
To
realise the target, Dong Nai will fulfil the national programme on building
new-style rural areas with all 133 communes and 11 districts and townships of
the province gaining the title. Currently, 124 communes and eight districts
are recognised as new style rural areas.
To
accelerate the building of new rural areas in the remote localities of Tan
Phu and Dinh Quan districts, local authorities will continue to mobilise the
involvement of people in the effort in order to build the transport system,
schools and medical stations.
The
province will maintain and upgrade criteria that Dong Nai met, ensuring
sustainability in socio-economic and cultural development, and form
concentrated growing and breeding areas and work towards commercial, modern
and sustainable agricultural production.
In
2017, average income per capita in Dong Nai’s rural areas reached over 47.6
million VND (2,096 USD), up four million VND against the previous year.
The
rate of poor households in the province is 0.31 percent, a decline of 0.89
percent compared to early 2017.
Hoa Hao Buddhism founder’s birthday marked
Leaders
of southern An Giang province on January 8 visited and congratulated the
Central Executive Committee of Hoa Hao Buddhism on the occasion of the 98th
birth anniversary of the sect’s founder, Prophet Huynh Phu So (the 25th day
of the 11th lunar month).
Vice
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Vo Anh Kiet briefed the executive
committee on socio-economic development achievements of the locality in 2017.
He
spoke highly of Hoa Hao Buddhism’s contributions to these achievements,
especially in social welfare and charitable activities.
He
expressed his hope that Hoa Hao dignitaries and followers will continue
promoting the tradition, supporting each other to build the great national
unity, and abiding by laws to contribute to fulfilling the province’s
socio-economic development tasks as well as to the nation building and
safeguarding cause.
Prophet
Huynh Phu So was born on January 15, 1920 in Hoa Hao village, Chau Doc
province (now An Giang province).
Hoa
Hao Buddhism now has 391 executive committees in 17 cities and provinces and
over 2 million followers nationwide, mostly in An Giang.
Cyber Command asked to safeguard national sovereignty in
cyberspace
Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the freshly-established Cyber Command to
become a loyal, disciplinary, intelligent, and clear-headed force which is
strong enough to protect the national sovereignty in cyberspace.
With
the strong development of science technology and the Internet and the grow-up
of the fourth Industrial Revolution, cyberspace is becoming a new “territory”
holding important role in each country’s socio-economic development, defence,
security and external relations, Phuc said at a ceremony in Hanoi on January
to announce the Prime Minister’s decision on the establishment of the
command.
In
modern warfare, cyberspace is considered as the fifth combat environment
which is connected closely with air, ground, sea and space combat. Therefore,
cyber combat plays an important role in wars that use hi-tech weapons, he
added.
The
Government leader requested the Cyber Command to coordinate closely with
relevant units such as the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of
Information and Communications to safeguard the military and defence
information system as well as the nation’s important information data.
He
urged the force to study and apply advanced science technology and military
tactics in cyber combat, and learn from the world’s latest and modern
achievements on information technology and hi-tech weapons.
It
is also essential to train competent personnel so as to promote human
intelligence in controlling modern cyber weapons and step up international cooperation,
he stressed.
He
asked relevant units to quickly build projects to enhance cyberspace combat
to submit to him for approval and implementation.
The
Cyber Command is a unit of the Defence Ministry and helps the ministry
implement the State management function of safeguarding the national
sovereignty in cyberspace and information technology.
Transport infrastructure boosts Central Highlands’ development
Upgrades
will be made to all key roads in the
Focus
will be put on developing the road system, with
Investment
will also be made to enhance the quality of regional airports to serve A320
and A321 airplanes around the clock, such as Lien Khuong airport in Lam Dong,
Buon Ma Thuot airport in Dak Lak, and Pleidu airport in Gia Lai province.
Railway
will be built, connecting Gia Nghia in Dak Nong province to Mui Ne in Binh
Thuan province to serve bauxite projects, while repairing the Thap Cham – Da
Lat railway to serve tourism development in Da Lat city of
Since
2011, dozens of trillion dongs have been poured into developing the transport
infrastructure system in the Central Highlands, particularly the key works of
Ho Chi Minh Highway section running through the Central Highlands (or
National Highway 14), national highways, 19, 20 and 28, thus facilitating the
travel of local residents and improving the competitiveness of firms in the
region.
Currently,
the Central Highlands has a combined length of roads of nearly 40,000 km,
accounting for over 7.33 percent of the nation’s transport system. Nearly
half of the network is concrete roads.
The
Central Highlands comprises of Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Kon Tum, Dak Nong and Gia
Lai provinces.
Deputy PM requests breakthrough in natural resources
management
Deputy
Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment to make breakthrough in management and use of land resources in
2018 at the ministry’s conference in
In
his speech, he lauded the sector for its assistance for the government in
amending several policies and laws on natural resources and environment,
especially on land and environment protection. Planning and reserve
assessment of natural resources and hydro-meteorological forecast have also
improved.
The
ministry proposed the government issue Resolution No.120/NQ-CP detailing
strategic and long-term solutions for the sustainable development of the
Mekong Delta amid climate change, he said.
He
asked the sector to strengthen protection and development of coastal
protective, riverhead and special-purpose forests while preserving
biodiversity and reviving fishery stock, as well as encouraging the use of
renewable energies and eco-friendly materials.
The
Deputy PM emphasized that the sector should research and devise mechanisms
for large-scale farming and high-tech agriculture.
He
also mentioned the urgent issue of water resource security, with the country
facing shortage of water for daily use and production due to pollution and
climate change. Therefore, the sector needs to raise public awareness of the
exploitation and use of water resources, he said, adding that the ministry
should propose to the government negotiating a trans-national water sharing
mechanism.
Other
tasks for the sector include reviewing, classifying and monitoring pollution
sources, especially wastes discharged into rivers and seas; restoring
polluted areas; completing set of standards on environment; and effectively
using State funding for environment protection.
The
sector was urged to pool domestic and international resources to effectively
implement the National Strategy on Climate Change, the Target Programme on
Climate Change Response and Green Growth 2016-2020, build a roadmap to carry
out the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the government’s Resolution
No.120, devise ways to respond to climate change in the south central region,
the Central Highlands and other regions vulnerable to climate change.
At
the event, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha agreed
that the key task of the sector this year is to continue refining and
creating breakthrough mechanisms, treating pollution in craft villages, rural
areas, industrial and urban areas, as well as ensuring water security.
The
sector will focus on completing surveying and planning on water resources,
dealing with inter-regional, inter-sectoral and inter-local issues regarding
the management, exploitation, use and protection of water resources in river
basins, and finalizing the planning and plan of use of sea, among others.
Red Cross Society urged to renew to further support for
disadvantaged people
President
Tran Dai Quang asked the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) to improve
communication work and renew way of working in order to mobilise more support
for disadvantaged groups while attending a charity art performance held in
Social
security policy and humanitarian activities have been among top priorities of
the Party and State for years, President Quang said in his speech,
highlighting efforts made by the VRCS to promote charity campaigns to take
care of the poor, natural calamity victims and other vulnerable and
disadvantaged groups in society.
He
singled out the “Cow Bank” project and the campaign “Tet for the poor and AO
victims” as examples of standout initiatives of the organisation to help the
needy.
The
President thanked individuals, organisations, enterprises and benefactors
both inside and outside the countries for accompanying the VRCS’s activities.
The
“Tet for the poor and AO victims”, which started in 1999, has brought
millions of gifts to impoverished households to welcome warm Tet holidays. In
the past five years, the VRCS has presented 10 million of Tet gifts worth
more than 3.46 trillion VND (152.6 million USD) to the needy.
At
the art charity show, the VRCS launched “Tet for the poor and AO victims
2018” campaign, aiming to mobilise support from local and international
communities to provide at least 2 million Tet gifts to poor and AO families
nationwide.
The
society also joined hands with the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 to kick
off an SMS campaign to mobilise funds for the disadvantaged. People can
support the campaign by texting TET to 1409 from December 27, 2017 to
February 24, 2018. Each mobile text message will contribute 20,000 VND (0.85
USD) to the fund.
Measures sought to help OVs preserve mother tongue
Teaching
and learning Vietnamese has long been a big demand of the overseas Vietnamese
community in order to preserve the homeland’s traditional cultural values,
heard a seminar held in
Vice
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Truong Thi
Ngoc Anh said the Party and State have promulgated a number of policies in
the field, especially for younger generations.
The
committee is willing to work with relevant agencies to seek diverse methods
to improve the efficiency of teaching and learning Vietnamese for Vietnamese
expatriates as well as increase their cultural and spiritual life.
Deputy
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc said his ministry has
compiled two books tilted “Tieng Viet vui” (Vietnamese is fun) for youths and
children and “Que Viet” (Vietnamese homeland) for adults, and posted them on
the website http://tiengvietonline.vn.
The
ministry has coordinated with the State Commission on Overseas Vietnamese
(SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open training courses for
teachers and send lecturers to schools in neighbouring countries.
The
ministry will build a six-level Vietnamese programme and upgrade the two
aforesaid books in addition to compiling teaching documents for Vietnamese
abroad, providing more training courses and launching a teaching portal.
Vice
Chairman of the SCOV Luong Thanh Nghi said the committee will actively
support the building of infrastructure, textbooks and reference documents and
organise summer camps for Vietnamese expats to learn their language.
In
2018, the committee will open training courses for Vietnamese teachers in
disadvantaged areas of
During
the workshop, the panels suggested developing online courses and diversifying
community activities using Vietnamese in the host countries.
Mass mobilization activities in national development lauded
Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has hailed mass mobilisation activities conducted
in 2017, saying they helped gather national strength for the growth of the
nation.
The
PM attended a conference of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation
Commission to summarise its operation in 2017 and set tasks for 2018 before
flying to
He
stated that tasks for the mass mobilisation sector in 2018 is tough,
requiring the sector to renovate its operation. Along with mobilizing the
entire people in implementing the Party and State’s policies, each of the
mass mobilization staff should set an example in fighting formalism.
The
PM asked for more effective coordination between the Party Central
Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission and the Vietnam Fatherland Front
Central Committee in improving social supervision and criticism.
He
urged the mass mobilization boards at all levels to take the lead in
scrutinizing their organization and administrative reform, creating optimal
conditions for people and enterprises.
Affirming
that improving living conditions of the people to not leave anyone behind in
the development of the country, better communications are needed to timely
inform people and businesses about policies and directions of the Party and
Government, he said.
Deputy
head of the Mass Mobilisation Commission Tran Thi Bich Thuy said that in
2017, the sector focused on mobilizing the public to realise the
socio-economic development tasks, especially in ethnic minority and religious
communities.
The
commission has chosen the theme of 2018 as the Year of Government Mass
Mobilisation, she said.
Meanwhile,
head of the commission Truong Thi Mai called for stronger engagement of the
society in supervising the operation of public works and officials, thus
promoting people’s role in building the incorruptible and strong
administration.
Cambodian newspaper praises
Rasmei
The
front page article described 2017 as one of the most successful years of
With
the attendance of all leaders from APEC member economies and the largest
number of delegates, entrepreneurs and reporters, the APEC events turned
The
APEC Year 2017 vividly showed that
The
success of the APEC Year 2017 created a new perception, faith, strength and
momentum for
The
article also praised
In
2017,
Through
anniversary celebrations in relations with Laos and Cambodia as well as
visits to Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore, Vietnam strongly
improved political trust and effectively boosted practical cooperation with
regional countries, it said, adding that Vietnam’s relations with its key
partners such as China, Russia, the US, Japan, and India also recorded
fruitful development in both politics and economy.
According
to the article,
The
Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF) and the American Bar Association (ABA) signed an
agreement in
Accordingly,
the sides will, via their official channels, exchange information on their
apparatuses and law practices, among other activities. Their leaders will
have meetings to discuss common concerns and technical support projects to
help the VBF implement its strategy of lawyers’ capacity development for
global integration.
Speaking
at the signing ceremony, VBF Chairman Do Ngoc Thinh stressed the pact marks a
new development stage of bilateral cooperation.
He
said he expects both sides will soon agree on specific cooperative activities
to put into actions principles set in the pact.
ABA
President Hilarie Bass said the implementation of the freshly signed
agreement will improve mutual understanding and assistance to ensure mutual
benefits in line with the laws from both nations.
The
same day, the VBF and
Founded
in 1878, the American Bar Association is a voluntary professional
organisation, grouping over 400,000 members and more than 3,500
entities. It is committed to supporting the legal profession with
practical resources for legal professionals while improving the
administration of justice, accrediting law schools, establishing model
ethical codes, and more.
Quang Tri to finish sea environmental incident compensation in
January
Vice
Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central
So
far, Quang Tri has allocated 1.019 trillion VND to localities as
compensation, 913 billion VND of which has been delivered to the affected.
Dong
stressed that the payment must be made in a transparent way.
Quang
Tri has sent inter-sectoral working groups to localities to make survey on
seafood inventories after the incident, and gathered proposals of local
households in dealing with the stockpile.
The
sea environmental incident happened in April 2016 and caused serious damage
to the environment and living conditions of coastal residents in four
provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue.
The
Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation claimed
responsibility for the disaster, admitting that it had released toxic
wastewater into the sea along these provinces.
It
pledged to compensate more than 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD) to
support local fishermen and recover the polluted marine environment
So
far, Quang Tri has focused on recovering locals’ livelihood by developing
cultivation and breeding models in 16 coastal localities.
Fishing
and fish farming in Quang Tri have also revived strongly. In 2017, the
province’s offshore catch reached nearly 24,000 tonnes, up 8,240 tonnes from
2016. Meanwhile, its aquaculture production hit over 7,800 tonnes, a rise of
10 percent year on year.
Tien Giang to step up sustainable poverty reduction
The
Mekong Delta
According
to Deputy Director of the provincial Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
Nguyen Van Lam, Tien Giang will implement a series of measures, such as
adding vocational training part in preferential lending schemes to help poor
residents secure livelihoods.
The
province will continue mobilising communal support and raising funds for the
poor, while the implementation of social-economic development plans that
include sustainable poverty reduction will be under tighter monitoring.
Relevant
agencies have been assigned to examine the number and conditions of poor
households and design poverty eradication schemes suitable to each locality
to help the targeted group improve incomes and access basic social
services.
More
investments will be put in developing infrastructure for extremely poor
communes in coastal areas and Tan Phu Dong district.
Lam
said communications campaign to raise public awareness on poverty reduction
policy and models is set to be intensified this year.
By
the end of 2017, Tien Giang had close to 19,000 poor households.
Dak Lak businesses invest in CLV development triangle area
Many
businesses from the Central Highlands
The
investment projects, mostly in agricultural production, forestry, electricity
networks, transport infrastructure, irrigation and health care, have contributed
to socio-economic development in Lao and Cambodian localities.
According
to Dak Lak provincial Department of Planning and Investment, the Dak Lak
Rubber Investment JSC has carried out a project growing perennial industrial
crops such as rubber and coffee in
So
far, the company has put over 9,500 hectares under rubber and coffee trees,
most of them in the provinces of Champasak and Salavan. The project has
generated jobs for over 2,000 Lao workers with monthly incomes of 2.5-4
million Kip (6.7-10 million VND).
Meanwhile,
in
Krong
Buk Rubber company plans to plant rubber on 9,000 hectares in Rattanakiri
province with an investment of nearly 54 million USD. To date, the company
has planted 5,600 hectares of rubber and created stable jobs for 312 workers.
Whereas, Dak Lak Rubber is carrying out a project to develop 2,000 hectares
of rubber plantations in Mondunkiri province.
Apart
from agro-forestry projects, Dak Lak enterprises have invested in building
schools, medical facilities, transformer stations, power transmission lines
and roads in the neighbouring countries.
The
province has proposed the Government soon promulgate specialised mechanisms
and policies for socio-economic development along the borderline. It also
called for assistance to extend the National Highway 29 to Dak Rue border
gate to facilitate investment, trade, economics and tourism activities in the
CLV Development Triangle Area.
National centralised bidding for drugs saves 10 million USD
The
national centralised bidding for 20 types of drugs covered by health
insurance has helped save 251.13 billion VND (10.9 million USD) on drugs,
said Duong Tuan Duc, director of the Centre for Health Insurance Appraisal
and Multi-level Payments in the North under Vietnam Social Security.
The
total price of 20 bid-winning drugs was 935.99 billion VND (40.7 million
USD), down 21.12 percent compared to the average drug bidding price of last
year.
In
the fourth quarter of last year, Vietnam Social Security invited bids to
select 2018’s drug suppliers of five active substances with total value of
more than 1 trillion VND (43.5 million USD).
Five
patent medicines and 15 types of generic drugs won the bidding.
The
bidding helped reduce drug prices by 13.82 percent on average for patented
medicines and 33.81 percent for generic drugs compared to the prices of
provincial bidding in 2017.
Among
the five winning patent medicines, the prices of Meropenem 500mg and
Meropenem 1g experienced the biggest plunge (15 percent).
Notably,
price of domestically-manufactured Levofloxacin 500mg (generic) of group 3
(manufactured following the World Health Organisation’s Good manufacturing
practice) plunged by 54.7 percent.
The
centralised bidding shattered the concept that patented drugs are exclusive
and their prices never fall, Duc said.
In
the first ever national trial centralised drug bidding, the Vietnam Social
Security worked with the ministries of planning and investment, health,
finance, local health departments and healthcare facilities covered by health
insurance, Duc said.
Bidding
winners committed to ensuring drug quality and supply to serve patients, he
said.
Through
the bidding, Vietnam Social Security contributed to removing inappropriate
drug bidding plans and identifying abnormally high drug prices, as well as
differences in content and prices of drug groups.
Vietnam
Social Security asked bidders to show documents to prove their drug supply
commitment. The agency will supervise drug supply and use them at healthcare
facilities via the health insurance supervision information system.
Pham
Luong Son, deputy director general of the Vietnam Social Security, said that
the bidding was conducted successfully, following regulations, ensuring
transparency.
“National
drug bidding brings advantages to not only Vietnam Social Security but also
public and healthcare facilities,” he said.
He
said that the bidding has fulfilled two goals. The first is to ensure enough
drugs of high quality. The second one is to reduce drug prices, especially
the price of patent medicines.
If
there is anything found not transparent and open in the bidding process,
those responsible will be fined without exception, he said.
Tây Ninh works towards organic farming
Located
in the southern key economic zone, the proivnce has devoted more than 65 per
cent of its total 270,000ha of land to agricultural production.
Other
advantages for agricultural development in the province include soil suited
to many types of crops and the largest irrigation system in the country, Dầu
Tiếng, which can supply water to 47,000ha of farmland.
As
for its potential for agricultural production, the province has sent its
request to the Prime Minister and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development to be the first in the country to pilot the national organic
agricultural development project for the 2018-2025 term.
The
PM has urged the ministry to complete the project’s plan which includes
guidelines for organic farming adaptation, and incentives and support
measures for agricultural producers.
In
the meantime, Tây Ninh has launched its own agricultural development plan
which involves the use of technology in agricultural restructuring. It plans
to set up clean agricultural production zones and offer incentives to attract
big investors to clean and organic farming projects.
Some
of the projects include a vegetable and fruit processing plant with a
capacity of 500 tonnes per day, which will be put into operation by the end
of 2018.
The
province has also approved a list of agricultural projects that that need
investment from 2017-2020.
Some
of the projects include fruit and vegetable processing applying the Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control Point management system. With this system, food
safety is addressed via analysis and control of biological, chemical, and
physical hazards, from raw material production, procurement and handling, to
manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product.
Chili
pepper salt - a Tây Ninh specialty – will be included in brand building.
Investors
in these projects must ensure sufficient planting area of fruit and
vegetables of at least 10ha and the use of Good Agricultural Practices
(VietGAP).
The
province has also prioritised calling for investment in construction of
livestock and poultry slaughterhouses and production of frozen meat products
in Châu Thành, Gò Dầu and Trảng Bàng districts.
Võ
Đức Trong, director of the province’s department of agriculture and rural
development, said the restructuring of the province’s agricultural sector
must start from the market, meaning that the province would now produce
products based on market demand.
At
the same time, it has to switch from low-yield crops to more competitive
higher-yield and higher-value crops to export to foreign markets, he said.
The
province has expanded large-scale production of high value-added crops,
including pomelo, passion fruit, pineapple, and custard apple which can be
used as inputs for processed products for exports.
It
has learned lessons from
According
to chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Phạm Văn Tân, this will not
only result in high-quality products with more economic value but will also
help farmers increase their income.
To
expand organic agriculture, Tân said that the Government, ministries and
agencies must adopt regulations and policies on prioritising clean
agricultural production, special policies for clean farm product processing,
and support measures for farmers and agricultural firms in studying new
production models, marketing and branding.
He
said the ministry should also help local governments invite international
experts and provide assistance to large organic producers in clean farming
techniques training, expertise and experience sharing, and calls for
investment.
The
ministry should also create a complete set of standards for producing,
processing, assessing and monitoring organic products and disseminating
information about organic agriculture to farmers so they can adopt good
farming techniques, he added.
Thirty-three
of the 63 provinces and cities in Việt
Several
agricultural firms have said that organic farming had brought them more
challenges than successes. They cited several reasons, including strict
standards for organic production; amount of time and money spent on land
renovation; and lengthy and costly procedures in obtaining organic farming
certificates.
Concert to raise funds for sick children
Pop
singer Mỹ Tâm and three overseas Vietnamese, Thanh Hà, Elvis Phương and Đình
Nguyên, will join a live concert to raise funds for underprivileged children
with cancer at Đà Nẵng’s Trưng Vương Theatre on January 19.
Event
organiser, the Đà Nẵng Sun Flower Foundation, said the performance was part
of an annual charity programme that raises money to help poor children with
cancer living in Đà Nẵng and
It
said this year it was hoped to raise VNĐ500 million (US$22,000) to support
five children aged between three and 13 years.
The
five children are being treated at the city’s
According
to the Đà Nẵng Association to Support Poor and Disadvantaged Women and
Children, more than $28.6 million has been donated from foreign and domestic
people to help cancer patients.
Thua Thien-Hue opens public administrative centre
The
Public Administrative Centre in the central
According
to Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao, the centre
is established to realise the Government’s targets of building a transparent,
strong and united government that will take drastic and effective actions and
do its best to serve the people.
The
centre, which is located at
The
centre handled some 200 documents right on its first day of operation.
In
the past years, the province has made efforts to renovate administrative
procedures, which help create a favourable business environment to lure more
investment. It now takes only three days for new businesses to complete
registration of business, tax, bank account and seal.
Towards
the target of a GDP growth rate of 7.5-8 percent in 2018, the province will
focus attention on the development of tourism, economic-technical infrastructure
and industry while pushing forward with administrative procedure reform.
Poor students gifted bus tickets to return home for Tet
The
Ho Chi Minh City Student Assistance Centre (SAC) will present 3,000 bus
tickets to disadvantaged students to help them return home for Tet (Lunar New
Year).
The
buses will depart from
On
this occasion, the centre will provide 5,000 jobs for needy university
students during the holiday, mostly cashier, packaging worker, supermarket
staff, security guard, shipper and switchboard operator.
Besides,
it will present gifts to underprivileged children in orphanages and the
city’s outlying areas.
Last
year, the centre presented up to 5,000 coach tickets to less privileged
students and workers to help them reunite with their families in central,
Meeting highlights Vietnam’s support in ending Khmer Rouge
A
get-together for Vietnamese experts, officers and soldiers who voluntarily
performed international duties in
During
the event, participants looked back on support given by the armed forces of
Can Tho city, Soc Trang and Hau Giang provinces to
They
also reviewed the traditional friendship between the two countries in
general, and the relations between the Vietnamese localities and Kep and
Kongpong Ch’nang provinces of
In
his speech, Ken Soth Tha, Governor of Kep province expressed his deep
gratitude to the Vietnamese Party, Government and people for their enormous
assistance in the struggle against the Khmer Rouge and other fields.
He
hoped the two countries will continue promoting cooperation, towards
deepening their friendship and solidarity.
Established
in 1979,
They
also helped
The
Joint efforts to enhance women’s legal understanding
The
Ministry of Justice and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) will join hands to
offer legal assistance and education for women during 2018-2022.
To
this effect, a coordination programme was inked in Hanoi on January 5, aiming
to ensure women’s access to legal information, while improving the quality
and effectiveness of including gender equality in law making, particularly
women-related laws.
VWU
President Nguyen Thi Thu Ha expressed her hope that her organisation will
continue receiving close collaboration of the ministry in ensuring legal
assistance for women, thus enhancing their position and capability in
conciliation at grassroots level and inclusion of gender equality in law
making.
Minister
of Justice Le Thanh Long believed that the two bodies will better implement
their assigned tasks, while helping their female staff in particular and
women in general well perform their roles in the society and their families.
The
programme is also expected to address the prejudice against women, prevent
social misbehaviors, and strictly handle violence against women and women
trafficking and abusing.
Under
the programme, the two sides will propose practical measures to popularise
and enforce the Constitution as well as newly issued laws and ordinances.
They
will develop a network of legal consultants to help disadvantaged women and
organise training sessions for their female staff, while monitoring
enforcement of relevant laws and policies.
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