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Efforts made to eliminate all forms of child labour in
MOLISA Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep speaking at the workshop (Photo:
thanhtra.com.vn)
The
second National Child Labour Survey was officially launched on March 22, with
the aim of eliminating all forms of child labour in
The
survey was launched at a consultation workshop on child labour held in
Speaking
at the workshop, MOLISA Deputy Minister Doan Mau Diep stressed that
As
the first country in Asia, and the second country in the world, to ratify the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
The
documents include the Labour Code, the Employment Law, the Children Law, and
Education Law, as well as two Prime Minister-approved programmes on child
protection, and the prevention and elimination of child labour.
He
called on the ILO and its partners to clarify the definition of “child
labour” in order to facilitate the law-making process on the issue and ensure
the enforcement of children’s rights.
Phu Bai airport to be upgraded to serve 5 mln passengers
annually
Terminal
T1 of Phu Bai International Airport in the central
At
a working session with provincial leaders in
The
said his ministry approved the business plan for 2018 of the Airports
Corporation of
Chairman
of the Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao said the province
wants to soon upgrade and expand
With
the predicted growth of 13 – 17 percent each year from 2016 to 2020, the
number of passengers will reach 3 – 3.5 million by 2020 and 6.5 – 7 million
by 2025 every year, the official added.
French cuisine introduced in HCM City
An
international culinary event titled “Gout de France” opened in
The
event, held by
Consul
General of
It
also featured meetings of students who ever studied in France and French
chefs with Vietnamese students of French cuisine and hotel management.
Nguyen
Anh, a student of HCM City of Technology (Hutech), said the programme helped
students to earn more experience in cooking, sales and how to market their
products.
Fund raised to build great solidarity house in Truong Sa
A
fund will be raised for the construction of a great solidarity house of
A
fundraising will take place during the upcoming visit to the district and DK1
platform by a delegation of 180 outstanding entrepreneurs, overseas
Vietnamese and people from all walks of life. The visit, jointly held by the
VFF Central Committee and the Navy High Command, is slated for this April.
The
great solidarity house of
The
house is designed to have three stories with steel-reinforced cement frame to
be resilient to the extreme weather conditions on the island.
The
VFF expects to mobilise about 45 billion VND for the construction of the
work. Fund raising time is from March 21 to the end of August and may be
extended to September.
The
VFF will set up a committee for receiving donations. Sponsors can contribute
to the fund through bank transfer to the VFF account number 1483201009159 at
the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (Agirbank), Thu do
branch.
RoK bank presents 20 houses to poor workers in Phu Tho
The
trade union of the KB Kookmin Bank of the
With
the help of the
In
addition, the Korean bank handed over 250 schoolbags and stationeries to
students of Xuan Vien primary school in Yen Lap district.
It
also presented 150 school uniforms to students of Binh Yen secondary school
in Tuyen Quang province, which received a two-storey building from the bank
last year.
On
the occasion, each of the two schools received 10 laptops from the RoK bank.
VnSAT helps promote sustainable rice farming in Tien Giang
Around
11,500 farmers in areas highly vulnerable to flood in the Mekong Delta
With
an investment of 52 billion VND (2.28 million USD) for this year, the project
provides local rice farmers with training courses on how to change behaviours
in agricultural production and better cultivation techniques, thus improving
economic efficiency from growing rice, said Vice Director of VnSAT in Tien
Giang Le Thi Yen.
Over
7,600 ha of cultivation land will be applied sustainable rice cultivation
solutions in the year, Yen said.
Along
with transferring sustainable rice cultivation techniques, the project also
helps credit institutions and cooperatives improve infrastructure and
equipment, promote communications and training activities, and organise
relevant workshops.
VnSAT
has a total investment of 15.3 million USD, including over 9 million USD from
official development assistance (ODA). It has been carried out between 2015
and 2020 in flood-prone Cai Lay and Cai Be districts and Cai Lay township,
benefing more than 41,000 households.
Since
its launch, the project has opened 442 short-term training courses for over
for nearly 17,000 farmers.
Covering
an area of over 27,000 ha, the project aims to support implementation of the
new agenda in two sub-sectors, including high value rice production for
export in the Mekong Delta and coffee in the
It
helps strengthen the ability of governmental agencies in research, design and
transferring technologies to farmers, as well as implementing and supervising
restructure, and renewal of the agricultural sector.
In
addition, it has also provided direct support to around 140,000 households
planting rice in eight Mekong Delta localities including Kien Giang, An
Giang, Hau Giang, and Tien Giang, Long An, Dong Thap, Can Tho and Soc Trang,
to access and apply advanced technologies.
The
households benefiting from the project by being able to join the value chain
from production to consumption. Their profits were expected to increase by 30
percent per hectare, bringing the total additional value between 40 million
USD and 60 million USD a year for the whole region.
In
the
USAID-funded project benefits disabled in Binh Phuoc
Hundreds
of persons with disabilities in the southern
Reports
delivered at a ceremony to review the project held in the locality on March 21
said the project aimed to enhance legal aid ability for the disabled and
propose plans to help disabled persons access information and public
transportation.
Training
courses on life skills, legal policy and gender-based violence prevention
were organised for 328 disabled persons in the locality. Meanwhile, 275
others were provided with consultations related to preferential loans, social
welfares and employment policies.
The
project also gave rehabilitation services to the targeted group.
Binh
phuoc is home to about 12,745 people with disabilities, with 7,168 of whom
being provided with monthly social allowance.
Cooperatives encouraged to take part in afforestation
In
order to boost afforestation with the participation of cooperatives,
provinces and cities need to provide consultancy and assistance for
cooperatives, cooperative groups and households to develop and manage forests
effectively and sustainably in 2018, said the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance
(VCA).
According
to the VCA, 40 percent of the cooperatives, cooperative groups and households
involved in the forestry sector are expected to have stable consumption
markets by 2020.
Around
100 forestry cooperatives are set to meet criteria for sustainable forest
management.
Some
1,200 cooperatives and cooperative groups will be introduced to the Law on
Forestry and the national standards of sustainable forest management and
forest certificates.
Between
10 and 15 cooperatives and two cooperative alliances will be granted with
group forest certificates.
According
to the VCA, there are some 7,300 forestry cooperatives and 15,000 cooperative
groups involved in forest across the country.
RoK donates 10,000 tonnes of rice to aid storm Damrey’s
victims
Some
10,000 tonnes of rice donated by the Republic of Korea were handed to 10
storm-hit central and Central Highland provinces during an event in Dai Loc
district, the central province of Quang Nam on March 21.
The
hand-over event was attended by Korean Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs Kim Jong-Hoon and representatives from
The
rice, worth more than 393 billion VND (17.2 million USD), was provided by the
RoK government via the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) to
localities that suffered severe damages from Typhoon Damrey in 2017.
The
recipients included Thue Thien-Hue, Quang
Speaking
at the event, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Van
Thang said despite
In
early November 2017, Typhoon Damrey swept through
On
January 30, 2018,
Students
of
Three
12th graders were hospitalised on Tuesday noon after being hit by a 1.2sq.m
plaster piece that fell from the ceiling of the teacher’s meeting room.
Students had been moved to study in this room as their classroom was
dilapidated.
The
students are stable now and out of hospital.
The
two selected safe locations are Đoàn Kết-Hai Bà Trưng High school, and
continuing education and vocational training centre in Hai Bà Trưng District.
The
city’s Department of Education and Training will support the schools, Dũng
said.
Phan
Thanh Tùng, principal of
In
2013, the school reported its tumble-down infrastructure to the city’s
Department of Education and Training and asked for the budget to repair the
classrooms.
A
budget of VNĐ54 billion (US$2.4 million) was allocated by the end of 2017 for
the school’s reconstruction. However, due to difficulties in finding
locations for temporary classrooms, the project’s management board could not
execute the plan.
Lê
Hồng Hải, director of continuing education and vocational training centre,
said that 22 classrooms in the centre will be used for
According
to the city’s Department of Education and Training,
In
October 2017, a similar incident happened in the school. Fortunately, no one
was injured.
Nguyễn
Tuấn Đức, a 11th grader, told The Voice of Việt
“Most
of the classrooms are old. I am afraid anything can happen any time. Teachers
have advised us to stay away from peeled off areas and to not rush into the
classrooms.”
Unseasonal rain, tornado damage farms, destroy livelihoods
Unseasonal
rain in Bù Đốp District caused thousands of pepper-planting poles to collapse
and destroyed a vast area of cashew and rubber trees.
The
local authorities offered farmers in the area VNĐ1 million (US$44) each as
financial assiatance on Wednesday.
Unseasonal
rain, along with a tornado, mostly in the communes of Thanh Hoà and Tân Tiến,
destroyed 27,000 pepper-planting poles, 5ha of cashew and rubber trees as
well as 18 houses.
Nguyễn
Ngọc Bữu, a farmer in Tân Tiến Commune, said the tornado destroyed 30 cashew
trees and hundreds of rubber trees that he owned, causing an estimated loss
of up to VNĐ50 million ($2,200).
“It
will take us five to seven years to plant and restore the trees,” he told the
Nông thôn ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.
Ngàn
Cấm Mùi, another farmer in Tân Tiến Commune, suffered heavy losses as the
rain destroyed her 3,000 pepper-planting poles. Moreover, her house did not
have a roof, which damaged a lot of appliances.
Hà
Anh Dũng, Secretary of the District People’s Commitee, directed public
agencies to help people overcome the consequences of the unseasonal rain and
tornado as well as prepare a detailed report on the damage for further
assistance.
Bình Phước to grow more semi-submerged forests
The
Bình Phước People’s Committee has decided to plant thousands of hectares of
forests in areas semi-submerged by hydropower dams and irrigation reservoirs.
The
south-eastern province has zoned 438ha in the Thác Mơ hydropower dam, 332ha
in the Cần Đơn hydropower dam and 337ha in the Phước Hòa hydropower dam for
such semi-submerged forests.
The
forests are expected to help prevent land erosion, prevent silt build-up and
provide habitats for mammals, birds, reptiles, and other species.
In
2004 the Cần Đơn hydropower plant was built and hundreds of hectares of
semi-submerged areas became submerged deep under water in the rainy season
when the storage peaked.
But
in 2012 the Bù Đốp District Forest Protection Bureau began to grow gáo nước
and cajeput trees on 30ha.
With
the trial planting proving a success, the provincial People’s Committee gave
the green light to expand cultivation in the semi-submerged area.
Now,
six years later, the semi-submerged forest has expanded to more than 100ha
and become an eco-tourism site.
The
province has in all around 2,000ha of semi-submerged areas, most of them
without any vegetation, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development.
Flower festival held in coastal city
Japanese
sakura and ochna flowers will be on display at the sixth edition of a flower
festival held in Uông Bí City in the
The
festival, which will be kicked off tonight and conclude on March 26, is part
of a series of activities in the framework of the National Tourism Year
themed on Quảng Ninh province and Hạ Long Bay.
According
to Phạm Tuấn Đạt, deputy chairman of Uông Bí City’s People’s Committee,
entrance to the Yên Tử Trúc Lâm Culture Centre, where the festival is held,
is free.
As
many as 5,000 sakura branches, 50 sakura trees, thousands of ochna branches
and at least 120 ochna plants are in full bloom at the festival.
“This
is the sixth edition of the festival, and so far, there have been no
violations by any tourist,” Đạt said.
The
event, titled “Cooperation and Development---The Destination of Success”,
provides a platform for various exchange opportunities between
“Through
this event, the province would like to introduce its potential to the
Japanese people as well as promote cooperation between the province and
Japanese localities, companies and agencies," Đạt said.
Japanese cherry blossoms on display in Hải Phòng
About
7,000 sakura cherry blossom branches transported from
The
Việt Nam-Japan cultural exchange event and the cherry blossom exhibition is
held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties
(1973-2018), said Deputy Director of Hải Phòng Department of Culture and
Sports Trần Thị Hoàng Mai at a press conference on Tuesday.
Along
with the exhibition, a seminar to promote tourism and business investment
co-operation between Hải Phòng and its Japanese partners will take place on
Saturday.
Deputy
Director of
He
called for Japanese investment in the fields of high tech agriculture
development, health care, education and environmental protection. He also
welcomed the introduction of Japanese culture and people to Việt
Japanese cherry trees planted in Hà Nội
Last
week, about 500 cherry blossom trees were planted at the
The
event, which was attended by Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Kunio Umeda and
Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung, was held by the AEON
Environmental Foundation as
The
trees, selected from the variety grown in
Ambassador
Kunio Umeda said the planting of cherry blossom trees in Hà Nội is also meant
to contribute to environmental protection.
He
said hoped the trees will
Chairman
of the AEON Environmental Foundation Takuya Okada said since 2014, the
foundation has grown nearly 100,000 trees in Hà Nội and the central
He
added that the foundation planted 200 cherry blossom trees at
Chairman
Chung said last year’s cherry blossom trees are growing well, symbolising the
continuous development of the friendship and comprehensive strategic
partnership between Việt
He
hoped the event will help raise public awareness of the need to protect the
environment. More than 200 Vietnamese and Japanese volunteers joined hands to
plant the cherry trees.
Mường Thanh hosts north-western culture festival
An
event featuring north-western cuisine and culture is taking place at Mường
Thanh hotels nationwide and in
Tết
Mường Thanh, is organised during the month of March at the chain of Mường
Thanh hotels as a response to the signature spring festival of Điện
Attending
Tết Mường Thanh festivals, customers will have a chance to enjoy unique
cuisine such as wild vegetables, dried buffalo meat and xôi ngũ sắc (five
coloured sticky rice); try Thái traditional costumes; and join múa sạp
tinkling dance. It’s a traditional Thai dance, which involves two people or
more beating, tapping bamboo poles against two poles on the ground and
against each other.
The
central coastal city of Da Nang and its partners from Finland will bolster
cooperation in innovation and smart city development, heard a workshop held
in the city on March 21.
The
event was attended by the city’s leaders and representatives of the Da Nang
Institute for Socio-Economic Development, business incubators, start-up
networks in the city, the Finnish Embassy in
Vice
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh highlighted that the
city’s project to build a smart city prioitises five areas: smart traffic,
smart water supply, smart drainage, control of food safety and hygiene, and
construction of a connected city.
Additionally,
the application of e-government system has resulted in effective and
transparent operation of the local apparatus, which can offer better
information and services to residents, businesses and organisations, he said.
Meanwhile,
Tom Hintsanen, director of the Finnish city
Tra Vinh: 7 million USD for new-style rural building, poverty
reduction
The
Mekong Delta
According
to the provincial People’s Committee, about 64 percent of the funds, or 115
billion VND (4.6 million USD), will finance the national target programme on
building new-style rural areas.
The
amount will be used to improve infrastructure across the province and help
rural people develop value chains and distribution channels. It will also
help provide locals with vocational training, improve environmental
sanitation and hygiene and develop education in rural areas.
The
remaining 64 billion VND (2.56 million USD) will be spent to carry out the
national target programmes on sustainable poverty alleviation.
Tra
Vinh plans to build and repair infrastructure projects in seven coastal and
island communes, scale up models of successful poverty reduction and help
locals boost production and diversify livelihoods. It will also send poor
people to work overseas in guest worker programmes.
Additionally,
part of the funds will be provided to Programme 135 which aids 24
extremely-poor communes in infrastructure, production development and improve
local incomes.
Earlier
this year, seven more communes in Tra Vinh were recognised as new-style rural
areas, bringing the total communes earning the title to 30 out of 85.
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Thứ Sáu, 23 tháng 3, 2018
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