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Efforts scaled up to prevent winter-spring diseases
The
prevention and treatment of winter-spring diseases should be implemented
effectively and synchronically, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said
at a teleconference on January 4.
Tien
asked medical establishments to soon detect infection cases to reduce the
number of fatalities, while paying attention to bacterial contamination and
cross-infection in hospitals.
At
the same time, it is necessary to increase public awareness of preventive
measures, the minister said.
Speaking
at the conference, Director of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine
Department Tran Dac Phu said dangerous and newly-emerging diseases like avian
influenza A/H7N7, Mers-Cov and bubonic plague are very likely to penetrate
into
The
cold weather and crowded festivals in the winter-spring seasons could
facilitate the development of such diseases as avian influenza, whooping
cough, diphtheria, measles, rubella, meningitis and diarrhoea, he said,
warning that dengue fever is forecast to develop more complicatedly in 2018.
Luong
Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health Ministry’s Medical Examination and
Treatment Department, said his department has asked medical centres to
provide training for health workers and planned to decentralise medical
treatment of winter-spring diseases.
According
to the Preventive Medicine Department, the number of measles cases dropped by
29.2 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year and no deaths caused by
the disease were reported.
Meanwhile,
183,287 cases of dengue fever were reported in all 63 cities and provinces of
the country, killing 30 people, and 105,953 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease
were recorded in the year with one death.
Transport ministry needs focus on BOT, traffic safety this
year
The
Ministry of Transport needs to come up with a plan to solve all problems
related to BOT (build-operate-transfer) road toll stations nationwide this
year. Issues of overloaded trucks and traffic safety are also in need of
urgent attention.
Minister
of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể made the statement at a conference reviewing the
implementation of activities in 2017 and setting out this year’s tasks at the
Việt Nam Directorate for Roads held on Tuesday.
Thể
said that the issues at BOT tollgates have become more complicated following
protests by drivers. Thus, the ministry and relevant authorities need to seek
solutions in order to balance the interests of the State, investors and road
users.
He
suggested that the application of automatic fee collections would help solve
the problem and also ensure fairness in monitoring the collection of fees.
In
addition, the settlement of the BOT projects would also need drastic
measures. Thể assigned the Việt Nam Directorate for Roads to co-ordinate with
the project management boards to quickly complete the settlement of the BOT
projects.
The
directorate must create conditions for businesses to invest in non-stop toll
collection systems to avoid a monopoly. The ministry would issue strict fines
for vehicles passing tollgates without an electronic tag in the future, he
said.
At
the conference, Thể stressed that the directorate needed to focus on
overloaded trucks and traffic safety.
Deputy
director of the directorate Nguyễn Xuân Cường said that the number of
overloaded trucks had started to increase again in some localities, which was
caused by the withdrawal of police officers from functional forces at patrol
spots to monitor the loads of vehicles.
As
a result, supervision at the spots was inefficient. In addition, local
authorities failed to take measures to reduce the number of overloaded
vehicles on the road.
Unregistered
passenger buses have become a problem in Hà Nội and
Ineffective
co-operation between authorised agencies and a shortage of funding have led
to more than 7,679 kilometres of road and 856 bridges not receiving regular
repairs.
Currently,
there are 230 traffic accident black spots nationwide.
In
reply to the directorate’s report, Thể said the report did not show specific
problems of the transport sector.
He
cited the traffic system as an example. There were 23,000 kilometres of
highways nationwide, and about 2,300 kilometres of roads that needed to be
repaired each year. Thus, it took 10 years to rotate all the roads for repair
work. This has caused the traffic network to become seriously degraded.
Thể
asked the directorate to give priority to repairing downgraded roads instead
of building new ones.
He
also said that the directorate needed to enhance the application of
technology for the supervision of the transport sector, such as installing
cameras on highways and bus stations.
Beltway No 3 to help HCM City reduce traffic congestion
The
Ministry of Transport has asked the Government for permission to start
construction of sub-Project No 1 of Beltway No 3 ahead of schedule with the
aim of dividing traffic flows and reducing the number of vehicles entering
The
new construction would reduce the journey from the city to the new urban area
of Nhơn Trạch in Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces, the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth)
newspaper reported.
In
the first stage, construction of the 97.7km Beltway No 3 will have four lanes
for heavy-duty traffic and two lanes for other vehicles, according to the Cửu
Long Corporation for Investment, Development and Project Management of
Infrastructure (Cửu Long CIPM) – the project management unit.
Beltway
No 3 will allow traffic to travel up to 100km per hour.
The
project will have four sections: the 16.7km Section 1 which runs from Bình
Chuẩn to Tân Vạn in
Construction
of the second section of Beltway No 3 – the 34.3km stretch through Đồng
The
first stage includes Sub-project 1A to build an 8.75km stretch from Provincial
Road No 25B to the
Relevant
agencies will negotiate and sign agreements for loans from the South Korean
Government for construction of Sub-project 1A after the sub-project is
approved by the Vietnamese Government.
Construction
of the Sub-project 1B – an 8.96km stretch from
Work
on Sub-projects 1A and 1B are scheduled to begin in late 2018 and early 2019.
The
second stage, which includes sub-projects 2A and 2B, will build a 16.59km
stretch of Beltway No 3.
Construction
of the 5.39km stretch from Bền Lức – Long Thành Highway to
Relevant
agencies are calling for investment in sub-project 2B for construction of an
11.2km stretch of Beltway No 3 from Lê Văn Việt Intersection to Tân Vạn
Intersection, according to Cửu Long CIPM.
Agencies
have been seeking investment for construction works of Section 3 of Beltway
No 3, a 19.1km stretch from National Highway No 22 to Bình Chuẩn, through
Investment
in the first stage of Section 4 of the Beltway No 3 project – a 28.9km
stretch running from Bến Lức to the National Highway through Long An Province
and HCM City – amounts to VNĐ11 trillion ($4.8 billion).
Diệp
Bảo Tuấn, deputy general director of Cửu Long CIPM, said construction of the
Section 3 and Section 4 of Beltway No 3 Project is scheduled to start in 2020
after investments for these sub-projects are identified.
Hydro-power plant discharges water, leads to losses
Bac
Mê Hydro-Power Plant in Yên Phong and Phú
The
water discharge caused floods and land erosion, affecting several households
living along
According
to Nguyen Ngoc Quang, vice chaiman of Bao Lâm District’s People Committee,
the water discharge destroyed four houses and damaged six others. It also
resulted in a long crack developing on National Highway No 34.
Fortunately,
there was no casualty.
The
local authority ordered evacuation from the erosion areas. The district
provided shelter for people who were forced to flee their homes.
At
present, the district and representatives of the plant have been calculating
losses to pay compensation to people.
Man with cardioclasis saved
A
man who suffered from cardioclasis was saved by doctors at Th?ng Nh?t
T?ng
Van Chè, 53, residing in Vinh Tân Commune, Vinh C?u District of Ð?ng
The
accident occurred while he was sleeping on a hammock that was hung under the
concrete mixer.
At
the time of hospitalisation, Chè was semi-conscious, bleeding, had no pulse,
very low blood pressure and pale skin.
CT
scan results showed that the patient suffered from cardioclasis and his
pericardium was torn, sternum was broken and lungs were stamped. Doctors,
therefore, decided to go in for immediate surgery.
The
patient was saved following a three-hour operation.
According
to Dr. Bùi Van Linh, deputy head of the Chest Operation Department, the case
was challenging because surgeons had to be quick and precise to avoid
affecting the heart’s functions since the patient’s heart was still working.
Dr.
Linh said “The patient was bleeding too much due to cardioclasis. The risk of
him dying was very high.”
"At
present, the patient’s health condition is better," the doctor said.
Fire destroys four houses in Lâm Ð?ng
A
blaze destroyed four houses at 12:30pm on January 1 in Lâm Ð?ng Province’s
L?c
Fortunately,
no casualties were reported. The local fire-fighting force dispatched four
fire engines and 40 fire fighters to the scene to extinguish the blaze,
taking an hour to bring the fire under control.
According
to the initial investigation, the fire started at a house owned by Cil Mul Ha
Lân. It spreads to three neighbouring homes. Due to the fire, all 20 people
living in the four houses are now homeless.
The
town’s administration has announced support of VNÐ20 million (US$882) for
each household and 135 kilos of rice for each person.
Continuous rains damage pepper plants in Quang Tri
Pepper
plants in the central
A
report by the province’s Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection said
that a total area of 300ha of pepper plants had died in the province’s Vinh
Linh, Gio Linh and Cam L? districts.
The
area is only increasing despite efforts to save the plants. “Almost 110 of my
plants died. The plants withered and died within 10 days and my spraying
efforts failed,” said Truong Quang Th?ng, a pepper grower in Vinh Linh
District’s Vinh Giang Commune.
Th?ng
said the withering phenomenon appears during the long rainy days and the cold
spells.
Lê
V?, the commune’s deputy chairman, said that due to prolonged rain and cold
spell, diseases have spread quickly and killed off 50ha plantation in the
commune, with some plantations seeing all the plants dead.
V?
said the commune has encouraged growers to drain out the water swiftly to
save the remaining area of pepper in the province.
Nguy?n
H?ng Phuong, director of the cultivation department, said local growers had
dug holes into the ground, which is an out-of-date cultivating method, to
grow pepper plants.
The
holes facilitated flooding around the plant roots and the flooding worsened,
as the growers did not create small canals between the lines of the plant to
reduce inundation, she said.
The
department also recommended cutting out the withering branches on each plant
before the phenomenon could spread to the entire plant.
New bus terminal opens in downtown HCM City
The
new B?n Thành bus terminal on Hàm Nghi Street in HCM City’s District 1 opened
to the public on Thursday.
The
5,600 sq.m facility serving 33 bus routes is located only 200 metres away
from the old one, which was recently demolished to make way for construction
of the city’s first metro line.
The
new station features eight 6m-long waiting areas which are divided into two
lanes, one for pick-up and one for drop-off passengers. Each lane is
handicapped-accessible.
The
station has two information booths and 12 electronic screens with internet
access for passengers to check bus route info, schedules and newspapers.
Modern
public toilets are also built to maximise convenience for users of public
transport.
Total
investment cost is VNÐ8.5 billion (US$374,800), including VNÐ7 billion for
buying equipment.
B?n
Thành bus terminal was built in 1956 and has since remained one of the most
important transport hubs in the city.
Nghe An: Expensive bus terminal fails to attract passengers
The
Central Bus Terminal, the most modern bus infrastructure worth roughly VNÐ100
billion (US$4,400) in this central province, has failed to attract passengers
after four months of operation.
The
Central Bus Station, located in
The
terminal, with total investment capital of nearly VNÐ 100 billion ($4,400),
was invested in by the Central Region Investment and Development Joint Stock
Company.
It
was put into operation this September. However, it has received only a few
buses each day, causing a monthly loss of VNÐ 1.5 billion ($66,000) for the
investor.
According
to the ministry of transport’s detailed plan of the national inter-provincial
road transport, going into effect by 2030, the terminal should have nearly
100 fixed bus routes travelling from the province to other provinces. It was
expected to enhance transport services and help relieve traffic congestion in
However,
the terminal has been quiet since its first day of operations. Across the 18
ticket booths, no transactions have been seen.
Tr?n
Van Thành, general director of the Central Region Investment and Development
JSC, told dantri.com.vn that the terminal was located far from the centre of
the city, while there was no public transport from the centre of the city to
the terminal.
As
a result, passengers were forced to hire a taxi or motorbike taxi to get to
the terminal. Due to the inconvenience, passengers preferred the old terminal
in the central city.
Thành
said the company had worked with transport enterprises and corporations and
the city’s Department of Transport to connect more bus routes, but only a few
dozen buses, mostly from the North to the South, had registered for parking.
On
December 12, the company sent the document to the provincial People’s
Committee, which said the company’s loss was caused by the unfairness of the
committee serving transport enterprises.
Previously,
the committee had decided to move Vinh Bus Terminal, which was located in the
inner city, to the north of the city. The new terminal was built in 2012 to
replace the old one, but the construction progress is still lagging behind
schedule.
Meanwhile,
the old terminal continues to operate.
Transport firms urge reduction in road fees, toll stations
Multiple
transportation firms have proposed reducing the number of Build – Operate –
Transfer (BOT) toll stations as well as road maintenance fees by 30 per cent.
According
to transportation firms, each of their four-wheel vehicles is charged a fixed
cost for road maintenance, insurance, parking lots, and BOT toll stations,
among other fees, ranging from VNÐ20 to 25 million (U$880-1,100) per
month.
The
excessive amount of fees has led to more expensive services and fewer
customers, they said at a meeting with the HCM City Department of Transport
and Transportation Cargo Association (HTA) on Wednesday.
BOT
toll stations in HCM City, Ð?ng Nai Province, Bình Duong Province, and Vung
Tàu City are distributed too densely, they said, adding that the average
distance between each station ranges from 4.4km to 20km.
On
some routes, the cost of passing through BOT stations is higher than that of
fuels needed for vehicles to operate. Hence, it is necessary to reduce the
number of road fees by 30 per cent, transportation firms said.
Lâm
Ð?i Vinh, owner of a transportation firm, said: “Installation of BOT toll
stations in some provinces reduced road costs for locals, but this was not
seen in the five stations in HCM City.”
“It
is also worth mentioning that though road fees are fully paid, transport
firms haven’t received any benefit. My vehicles were stuck in traffic one
time for four hours in the M? Thu? area,” he added.
An
owner of another transportation firm said that authorities had failed to
provide solutions, though firms had complained multiple times.
For
instance, it is unreasonable to charge a vehicle that handles 40 tonnes of
goods VNÐ17 million ($750) per year for road maintenance while it only
functions nine months a year, he said.
Nguy?n
Van Chánh, deputy director of HTA, agreed that transport enterprises in
Compared
to last year, 2017 saw an increase in the number of vehicles, while that of
transported goods decreased.
Specifically,
the number of container trucks from 3.5 tonnes rose by 76 per cent while the
amount of road freight only increased by 7.5 per cent.
Chánh
said the imbalance between demand and transport capacity had created a
crisis, leading to fierce competition, with many transportation firms
reducing their service fee to 50 per cent or transporting overloaded cargo in
an effort to retain customers and maintain operations.
About
4,270 vehicles were fined for overloading in 2017, up 9.6 per cent year-on
year, with the total amount of VNÐ47 billion ($2.08 million).
The
government plans to reduce the road fees after completing necessary research,
according to Tr?n Quang Lâm, deputy director of the HCM City Transport
Department.
Physician causing spread of HPV infection in boys prosecuted
Police
in this
Colonel
Ðào Tr?ng B?ng, head of the provincial Police Department’s Criminal Police
Unit, said a preliminary investigation showed that physician Hoàng Th? Hi?n,
owner of a private health clinic in Khoái Châu District’s D? Tr?ch Commune,
had conducted a medical procedure on the foreskin of 37 boys using a pair of
scissors infected with human papilloma virus (HPV).
As
a result, all the boys developed genital warts, a symptom of a contagious
sexually transmitted disease caused by strains of HPV.
The
provincial health department’s inspection in July found that the health
clinic was not licensed for operation. Hi?n had conducted circumcisions
beyond her permitted practice as a physician. She was also found to be
illegally selling medicine at her clinic.
Hi?n’s
clinic was forced to shut down, and she was not permitted to use her
professional certificate to perform any medical practice for 12 months
pending the results of the investigation.
In
July, the Ministry of Health urged the provincial Department of Health to
quickly verify the news that many boys in Khoái Châu District were infected
with HPV after being treated at a local health clinic.
The
patients, all under 15 years of age, were admitted to the National Hospital
of Dermatology between May 1 and July 17 after developing genital warts.
The
patients’ families revealed they had taken their children to Hiê`n’s health
clinic for circumcision.
Police investigate violations at two agencies
The
Police Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security is
investigating two cases of deliberate violations of State regulations.
These
violations led to serious economic consequences for Vi?t Nam Social Insurance
and Vietnam Debt and Asset Trading Corporation.
The
police has launched criminal investigation into Nguy?n Phu?c Tu?ng, former
head of the Planning and Finance Section of Vietnam Social Insurance, for the
same crime, placing him under house arrest.
Previously,
in November 2013, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a
warning to Tu?ng for his shortcomings during his tenure at Vi?t Nam Social
Insurance.
The
decision was made after the police conducted a deeper investigation into the
case of Vu Qu?c H?o, former general director of Finance Leasing Company 2,
under the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, and the
company’s compliance with regulations.
In
2015, H?o was sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption and deliberately
violating State regulations, leading to serious economic consequences. H?o
caused the loss of VNÐ285 billion (US$12.5 million) for the State.
The
police is conducting a further investigation into the two cases to reclaim
the State’s property.
VNRC to provide Tết gifts to poor, AO victims
The
Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) has launched a humanitarian campaign to
help the poor and Agent Orange (AO) victims ahead of the upcoming traditional
Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.
The
annual campaign, called "Tết for the poor and Agent Orange victims
2018," aims to mobilise support from local and international communities
to provide at least two million Tết gifts, worth at least VNĐ300,000 (US$14)
each, to poor and AO families nationwide, VNRC President Nguyễn Thị Xuân Thu
said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“VNRC
will organise an art performance programme, titled “Humanitarian Strength -
Tết for the poor and Agent Orange victims,” to call for support from all
sources to help needy people, Agent Orange victims and disadvantaged
residents in mountainous and remote areas, flood and storm-hit regions
nationwide.
The
programme will be broadcast live at 8pm by Việt Nam Television at Âu Cơ
Theatre, on January 7.
On
the occasion, the society in collaboration with the National Humanitarian
Portal 1400 also launched an SMS campaign to mobilise funding for the
campaign. People can support the campaign by texting TET to 1409 from
December 27, 2017 to February 4, 2018. Each mobile text message will contribute
VNĐ20,000 ($0.85) to the fund.
VNRC
said it has mobilised and provided nearly 10 million Tết gifts worth more
than VNĐ3.464 trillion (nearly $154 million) in total to needy people and
families over the past five years.
The
HCM City Traffic Safety Committee on January 3 kicked off the 2018 Traffic
Safety Year Campaign with an aim to reduce the number of traffic incidents,
deaths and injuries by 5 per cent compared to last year’s figures.
This
year’s campaign themed “Traffic Safety for Children” targets reducing the
number of traffic jams that last more than half an hour and controlling
serious congestion on roads and intersections with high traffic flow, said
Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.
Order
on pavements and roadways will be maintained to ensure smooth traffic flow,
Phong said at the campaign’s opening ceremony.
Since
the resolution issued in 2007 on urgent solutions to control traffic
accidents and congestion, the number of traffic incidents as well as deaths
and injuries from traffic accidents in the city has declined significantly.
Between
2007 and 2017, the number of traffic accidents fell by 47.9 per cent, or by
646 cases.
During
the period, the number of deaths and injuries caused by traffic accidents
fell by 432 people or 40.3 per cent, and by 601 people or 76.8 per cent,
respectively.
However,
the city’s rapid economic development has put pressure on urban order and
traffic infrastructure, he said. There is still a high risk of an increase in
the number of deaths from traffic accidents.
Phong
called for better compliance among local residents with traffic regulations,
traffic safety and urban order.
He
also ordered State agencies and district-level traffic safety committees to
fulfill this year’s plans.
After
the ceremony, around 1,500 representatives of traffic safety committees from
24 districts and students paraded through the city in response to the
campaign on the 2018 Traffic Safety Year.
Non-profit project promotes diverse families
As
part of the non-profit project Gia Đình Nào Cũng Tuyệt! (Any Family is
Amazing!), a group of five young women will give a talk about their one-month
journey to meet and talk with more than 1,000 children ages 9 to 11 in
seven provinces last month.
Entitled
Chuyện Trẻ Con Một Vòng Đất Nước (Children’s Stories Around the Country), the
talk will take place on Saturday at Bản Café, 22/45/200 Âu Cơ Street.
Though
their journey’s primary purpose is to promote diversity of family models,
alongside the traditional model including a father, a mother, and children,
after a month they realised that the stories they want to tell are about the
children’s inner thoughts, their wishes and their vulnerable and innocent
souls.
The
talk, which will take place from 7 to 9 pm, is open free for parents and
anyone who cares about social activities that aim to promote diverse family
models, or anyone interested in children’s education.
Live show to raise funds for the poor on Lunar New Year
The
Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) will host a charity show, to be broadcast
live by Vietnam Television, on January 7 to raise funds for the poor and
Agent Orange/dioxin victims on the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).
At
a press conference on the event held in Hanoi on January 3, VRC President of
Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu said the show, an annual activity of the VRC, aims at
raising donations to send at least two million Tet gifts to disadvantaged
communities, particularly victims of natural disasters.
The
show is set to take place at the Au Co art centre in
Also
with the aim of helping the poor celebrate a happy Lunar New Year festival,
the VRC is running a texting campaign from December 27, 2017 and February 24,
2018. Each message of “TET” sent to 1409 will donate 20,000 VND (0.88 USD) to
the purpose.
Initiated
in 1999, the VRC’s Tet charity programme delivered 10 million gifts worth
over 3.4 trillion VND (149.6 million USD) over the past five years.
Venue of first credentials reception ceremony named national
relic
The
venue of the first ceremony to receive the credentials of a foreign
ambassador to
The
first ceremony of its kind of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, was held in Tien Hoi commune of Dai Tu
district on September 1, 1954.
At
this event, then President Ho Chi Minh received the credentials from then
Chinese Ambassador Luo Guibo.
The
recognition was announced in a recent decision of the Ministry of Culture,
Sports and Tourism.
Twenty-two
other relics were also listed as of national importance in the decision. They
are located in the provinces of Dien Bien, Ninh Binh, Nghe An, Tuyen Quang,
Thai Nguyen, Phu Yen, Lao Cai, Ha Nam, Thai Binh, Tra Vinh, Quang Nam and Ca
Mau.
More time given to support marine pollution victims in central
region
Support
for people affected by the marine environment incident in the
Decision
2124/QD-TTg amends and supplements some contents of the PM’s Decision
12/QD-TTg, issued on January 6, 2017, which approved the plan assessing
damage to compensate, support, recover production and ensure social welfare
for affected residents in the four localities.
It
stipulates that support for the targeted group to buy health insurance will
last for a maximum of 24 months as calculated from the date of insurance
purchase, but not later than December 31, 2019.
Earlier,
the aid provision is stipulated to be in two years at maximum, from January
1, 2017 to December 2018.
Persons
enrolling on vocational or junior college courses will have all of their
tuition fees covered by the State in academic years from 2015-2016 to
2020-2021.
Meanwhile,
affected people will also be assisted to seek jobs and work abroad. The
maximum aid duration is 24 months with December 31, 2019 the latest date for
aid.
The
term of loans with preferential interest rates for production recovery and
job change will be extended through December 31, 2019, instead of December
31, 2017 as regulated in the previous decision.
The
new decision also added regulations on projects to build and upgrade fishery
logistics service establishments in the four provinces to help ensure
long-term livelihoods for local fishermen.
The
mass fish deaths were first reported in Ha Tinh province on April 6, 2016
when a large number of fish washed ashore. The incident also occurred in
Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
Wastewater
discharged from Taiwan-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited
Company polluted more than 200 kilometres of coastline, devastating the
marine environment and local economies of the provinces, which largely rely
on fishing and tourism.
In
late June 2016,
Vietnamese Ambassador presents credentials to Cambodian King
Vietnamese
Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh presented his credentials to Cambodian
King Norodom Sihamoni in
Afterwards,
King Sihamoni hosted a reception for Minh, during which the ambassador
conveyed compliments and greetings from Vietnamese leaders to the King and
Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk.
Minh
reiterated President Tran Dai Quang’s invitation to the King and Queen Mother
to pay an official visit to
They
also recalled King Sihamoni’s leisure tour of
King
Sihamoni thanked and extended his greetings to Vietnamese leaders. He also
thanked President Tran Dai Quang for inviting him to pay an official visit to
The
King congratulated Minh on his new position and believed the ambassador will
have a successful working tenure in
Minh
briefed the host on the sound development in the bilateral relationship in
various fields such as high-level delegation exchanges, security-defence,
trade-investment, culture, education and tourism.
He
expressed his hope that the King will pay more attention to
Vietnamese-Cambodian people and enable them to get legal status, thus
contributing to the development of Cambodian society.
The
diplomat believed that under the leadership of King Sihamoni, Cambodian will
continue to thrive with peace and stability, while relations between
Bắc Giang looks at food safety
Authorities
in the
This
was confirmed at a conference held by the provincial People’s Committee
yesterday.
Provincial
authorities set up more than 800 inspection teams to inspect food safety at
more than 10,500 enterprises.
Nearly
2,000 of them were found to violate safety regulations.
The
inspectors fined more than 500 and began legal proceedings against one
enterprise for making fake seasoning.
They
seized more than 2,300 litres of alcohol and culled 14,000 poultry and 540kg
of pigs of unknown origins. The total fines amounted to more than VNĐ900
million (US$40,000).
Violations
included a lack of trade registers and food safety certificates, substandard
equipment and infrastructure, and a lack of hygiene and safety while
transporting food.
Representatives
at the conference noted that ensuring food safety was difficult because
punishments were not stringent and equipment used for inspection was scarce.
Apart from this, investment in food safety was low.
Lê
Ánh Dương, deputy chairman of the Bắc Giang People’s Committee, suggested
that this year, authorities at communal level should keep records and
classify food enterprises in the area.
He
also said the provincial department of health should help raise awareness on
food safety for residents and enterprises, and add more equipment for
inspection, especially at the district and commune levels.
More
education on food safety should be given to people at high risk of food
poisoning, including workers and students, Dương said.
The
province proposed the Government to complete a national inspection system on
food safety from central to grassroots level and provide more investment and
manpower.
It
also suggested that more inspections should be conducted at the district and
commune levels and that inspectors be given proper training.
Another
proposal was to have technological norms for different kinds of food as a
working basis for food inspection.
Transport Minister admits to poor road quality
Transport
Minister Nguyen Van The said that he is unsatisfied with most roads in
At
the review meeting of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam on January 2, the
minister said that the Vietnamese transport sector was estimated to need
around VND23 trillion (USD1.05 billion) on road maintenance in 2017,
meanwhile, the Road Maintenance Fund had roughly VND10 trillion (USD454.5
million).
Up
to around 2,300 kilometres of roads out of the total 23,000 kilometres have
to be upgraded per year. However, due to the limited budget, the road system
has become more seriously deteriorated.
The
government needs to make a careful consideration between the construction of
new roads and the upgrade of deteriorated roads. In many cases, spending on
building a new road could be more wasteful but less useful than pouring the
much smaller capital into upgrading roads.
“To
tell you the truth, I am almost unsatisfied with most of the roads which I
have travelled along across the country,” he noted.
The
instructed the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam to re-study the road
maintenance process, focusing on the application of new technologies. It is
important to repair and upgrade roads timely to avoid the more serious
deterioration.
The
Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has also been urged to complete an overall
road maintenance roadmap report for the next 5-10 years with the required
investment outlined.
VNN
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Thứ Sáu, 5 tháng 1, 2018
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