Social News 14/8 Draft decree on spending $3.4m for 91,000 retired female employees   As many as 91,000 female employees who retire between 2018 and 2021 will be able to receive between 0.2 and 12 per cent of their pensions as a bonus as well as their current pensions. This is part of the draft decree on the adjustment of pensions for retired female employees from 2018 to 2021 by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). The pension adjustment would apply to female employees starting to receive pensions from 2018-21. Due to the different time periods of paying social insurance premiums by female employees, the rates of pension deduction is also different, leading to the adjustment calculated based on the amount of time of paying social insurance premiums and the year of retirement. As a result, MOLISA has proposed increasing pensions by between 0.27 per cent and 12.31 per cent depending on the period of social insurance contribution. Female employees retiring between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2018, will be eligible for the pension adjustment after their pensions are adjusted. Female employees retiring between January 1, 2018 and the date of adjustment of their pension as prescribed above will be entitled to receive the adjusted pension from previous months after the first month of retirement. The Vietnam Social Security forecasts that the number of female employees starting to receive pensions from 2018 to 2021 with 20 years or more of social insurance contribution will be 91,000. Of that, 20,500 people will retire in 2018; 22,000 people in 2019; 23,500 people in 2020 and 25,100 in 2021. The labour ministry estimates that the budget for the pension adjustment for the period from 2018 to 2021 is about VNĐ80 billion (US$3.4 million). Of that, 2018 needs VNĐ27.8 billion ($1.19 million), 2019 needs VNĐ23.7 billion ($1 million); 2020 needs VNĐ18.1 billion ($778,000) and 2021 needs VNĐ10 billion ($443,000). – VNS People nationwide support floods victims    Lotte Mart staff in Hà Nội text to support the Việt Nam Red Cross programme for people in flooded areas. A programme to raise funds for flood victims via text message has received VNĐ429.8 million (US$19,100), according to Việt Nam Red Cross Society. The programme, launched on July 8 by the society and the national humanitarian information portal, will last until September 4 and aims to raise at least VNĐ1.5 billion to buy necessities, build and repair houses for the households hard hit by the recent floods and landslides in the northern mountainous areas, as well as help victims find ways to earn their living. So far 21,490 text messages have been sent to the programme so far, each with a donation worth VNĐ20,000. People can text ’VL’ to the number 1407 to donate to the SMS programme. They can also send donations in cash or in kind should be addressed to the Việt Nam Red Cross offices in Hà Nội and HCM City. Money can be transferred to the account of the Việt Nam Red Cross, account No. 124 0202 005348 at the Việt Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hoàng Mai branch. Lotte Mart Việt Nam JSC called on its staff and customers to respond to the campaign to help people in flooded areas at a ceremony on Saturday in Hà Nội. More than 2,000 staff members of Lotte Mart Việt Nam at 13 Lotte commercial centres nationwide will take part in the campaign as well as carry out communication activities to encourage customers to support the Việt Nam Red Cross programme for people in flooded areas.                                                                 Seven PV Coating leaders prosecuted for corruption    Trần Đức Minh, former director of PV Coating. file photo The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted seven former leaders of PetroVietnam Coating Joint Stock Company (PV Coating) for alleged embezzlement and violation of State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences. The People’s Court of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province has received the cases’ indictment from the Supreme People’s Procuracy. On August 1, Trần Đức Minh, former director of PV Coating; Phạm Ngọc Minh, former deputy director; Bùi Nhật Vinh, former head of Technical Economics Department; Nguyễn Thị Hà Nhung, former chief accountant also head of Finance and Accounting Department, were prosecuted for embezzlement of State property. Defendants Nguyễn Phước Toàn, former deputy director of PV Coating’s Pipe Plant; Nguyễn Công Chương, former deputy head of finance and accounting office, and Kim Văn Anh, former director of PV Coating’s Pipe Plant, were prosecuted for  intentionally violating the State’s regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences. PV Coating was set up in 2007 with headquarters in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province under PetroVietnam. Trần Đức Minh was PV Coating’s director from June 2013 to October 2016. He was accused of embezzlement of VNĐ48.3 billion (US$2 million) in the implementation of the Nam Côn Sơn 2 gas pipeline project. Health minister urges hospitals to reduce patient overload   Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến talks with patients at Chợ Rẫy Hospital.  Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has asked large hospitals in HCM City to take drastic measures to reduce patient overload by focusing on satellite clinics at district-level hospitals and applying information technology. Major city-level hospitals should transfer patients with non-serious ailments to district- and provincial-level hospitals, Tiến said during her visit yesterday to Chợ Rẫy Hospital and HCM City University Medical Centre. Tiến spoke with a patient, Nguyễn Thị Phượng, 42, from Nha Trang in the central province of Khánh Hoà, who was waiting in the HCM City University Medical Centre’s digestive department. Phượng told the minister that she arrived at 6am and then had to wait for four hours to see her doctor again.  On her first visit a day earlier, Phượng spent an entire day at the hospital for gastroscopy, and was diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease. After examining her tests and drug prescriptions, the minister said that her disease could be treated at Khánh Hoà General Hospital in her native province. But Phượng said that her sister had advised her to visit doctors at the HCM City University Medical Centre. Her neighbours in Nha Trang also visited large hospitals in HCM City for medical treatment, she said. Every day, an average of 7,000 outpatients visit the HCM City University Medical Centre for health check-ups and treatment, resulting in long waiting lines of patients at most departments. Many patients at Chợ Rẫy Hospital, which provides check-ups and treatment to 6,000 outpatients a day, said they did not trust hospitals in their provinces. Nguyễn Hoàng Bắc, director of the HCM City University Medical Centre, said the hospital had adopted electronic patient records and IT to improve the quality of patient care and efficiency of patient record management and hospital administration. However, patient overloading still continued, she said, adding that the hospital planned to build a new facility to meet demand. The hospital has asked the Health Minister to either set aside state funds for investment in IT or allow hospitals to add some of their IT costs to check-up and treatment fees. Besides building new facilities, Tiến proposed that the two hospitals expand their satellites at district- hospitals and provincial-level hospitals to reduce patient overload as many patients from other cities and provinces visited these two hospitals for treatment of common diseases. During her visit, Tiến also spoke with the two hospitals about the quality of health check-ups and treatments, health insurance payments, and salaries and bonuses for health workers.  Thanh Hoa holds flood preparation, response drills   At the event  Flood preparation and simulated response drills took place in Tho Xuan district in the central province of Thanh Hoa on August 13.  In the first scenario, officers and soldiers of Military Region 4 were required to work with local authorities to evacuate 50 households with 150 people in Van Lo hamlet, Tho Nguyen commune, to a local secondary school as heavy rain drenched the locality while a section of the nearby dyke was at risk of collapsing.  After local residents were relocated, they were also given food, water, and other necessities.  In the second scenario, a dyke collapsed in Tho Nguyen commune, Tho Xuan district. The drill involved 150 officers and soldiers from Military Region 4, relevant units, and 90 local residents using trucks and other materials at hand to promptly shore up and stabilise the dyke, which they managed to do within 30 minutes.  Meanwhile in the third scenario, relevant forces searched and rescued 26 households with 96 persons located on loose-soil ground in Tho Nguyen commune, using canoes and boats to save humans and assets.  The drills were successful in helping to improve the capacity of relevant units and their coordination in case of potential future disasters. Fatherland Front leader receives Singaporean official   PA Chief Executive Director Desmond Tan visits a VFF traditional display house  President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 13 for Chief Executive Director of the People’s Association (PA) of Singapore Desmond Tan.  Man welcomed the Singaporean delegation’s visit which is concurrent with the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties and the fifth anniversary of the strategic partnership between the two nations.  He said the bilateral strategic partnership is growing steadily and effectively across many fields, evidenced by increased mutual understanding, visits at all levels and channels, as well as new strides in economic cooperation.  As many as 12,000 Vietnamese people are currently living, studying and working in Singapore, while over 18,000 Vietnamese officials joined training courses as a result of the cooperation agreement with Singapore. More and more Singaporean people are also investing in Vietnam, serving as an important bridge for bilateral links.  Man hoped that the PA would continue working with Singaporean authorities to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese people in the country.  The VFF and other relevant Vietnamese agencies will offer all possible support to Singaporean firms and people in Vietnam in line with the law, he pledged.  Man also expressed his wish that the PA would continue to assist the VFF in training, community building, and holding meetings with lawmakers.  Tan, for his part, affirmed that the PA will do its best to realise signed agreements, thereby strengthening VFF-PA collaboration, as well as the strategic partnership between the two nations.  Earlier, Vice President and Secretary General of the VFF Central Committee held talks with Chief Executive Director of the PA Desmond Tan.  The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation programme for the 2018-2020 period. They agreed to share experiences in community connectivity and building, self-governance in communities, and public involvement in social management, all helping to serve as a bridge between the government and its people.  During the period, the two sides will also offer mutual support in training, community connectivity and building, as well as popularising the culture and people of each country through festivals. Scholarships to be presented to poor Mekong Delta students    At the press conference  Disadvantaged students with outstanding academic results in the 2017-2018 academic year in the Mekong Delta will receive scholarships from the “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” by the Nhan dan (People’s) newspaper for the first time this year. Nguyen Hong Sam, head of the newspaper’s bureau in Can Tho city, told a press conference in the locality on August 13 that the scholarships will be funded by the Lien Viet Post JSC Commercial Bank. Established in 2012, the fund aims to step up the campaign for building a more educated society, which involves improving the quality of learning at secondary schools located in wards and communes nationwide. The awards ceremony is due to take place at Can Tho University on August 18, honouring 1,300 students from primary, secondary, and high schools across 13 regional cities and provinces. Each scholarship will be worth 3 million VND (132 USD) which will granted to 100 students from each locality, at a total cost of 3.9 billion VND. According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the rate of school dropouts in the Mekong Delta remains high compared to that in the Central Highlands and northwest, standing at 0.45 percent in elementary schools, 3.26 percent in secondary schools, and 3.94 percent in high schools. It is largely attributed to the poor living conditions of many households, forcing children to leave school and earn a living in order to cover simple daily needs. The scholarship programme looks to encourage their studies and support tens of thousands of poor students with excellent academic performances, thereby ensuring the welfare of society and nurturing young talent. Sơn La suspension bridge out of order   The Hải Sơn suspension bridge was damaged, seriously affecting the lives of local residents.  A suspension bridge was damaged after being hit by a truck, seriously affecting the lives of residents in Chiềng Khoong Commune in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La. The Hải Sơn suspension bridge, spanning the Mã River, is the main route for thousands of residents in Chiềng Khoong Commune. This is the second time the bridge has been put out of order. Phạm Ngọc Thạch, a resident in Hoàng Mã Village, said that in 1997, a lorry hit the bridge and five people were injured. The Hải Sơn suspension bridge was completed in 1997 by the Sông Mã District authorities. The bridge last underwent periodic maintenance in December last year. However, on August 11 this year, a truck travelling to Sơn La City hit one of the cables and caused the bridge to tilt. At present, residents in Chiềng Khoong Commune are harvesting thousands of tonnes of longans. Now that the bridge is out of order, farmers are worrying about how to transport the fruit. Đặng Văn Thửa, head of Hải Sơn 1 Village, said that if the bridge was repaired, transporting longan would be easier and the prices would be more stable. Moreover, the new school year is approaching. The bridge was an important route for students and teachers. Now, thousands of residents must find alternative routes to school and work. Cầm Thị Ngọc Yến, deputy chairwoman of the Sông Mã District People’s Committee, said that the committee had assigned inspectors to check the state of the bridge and develop solutions. The committee also set up warning signs at the two ends of the bridge, and signs redirecting residents to other routes. The committee has sent reports to the Sơn La Province People’s Committee, the provincial Department of Construction and the provincial Department of Transport about the incident. Detailed plans to repair the bridge will be drawn up once relevant organisations complete their inspections.  Two people die in Lào Cai landslide   A landslide kills two people who are traveling on a district-level road in Lào Cai Province.-- Photo danviet.vn A landslide killed two people who were traveling on a district-level road on Saturday evening, Dương Đức Huy, Party Secretary of Bảo Yên District in Lào Cai province, announced. The victims were a grandmother and grandchild from a family living in Nậm Cằm Village. The child, 16, was driving his grandmother, 60, on a motorcycle towards the centre of Bắc Hà District. Rescuers found the two bodies after a search lasting an hour. Local authorities provided granted the family of the victims a total of VNĐ5.4 million. Bảo Yên District’s official said that the prolonged rain in the area led to weakened soil and a high risk of landslides. Four students drown while fishing in river Chairman of Ân Hảo Đông Commune People’s Committee, in the central province of Bình Định, Nguyễn Đình Hưng confirmed that four students from the communal primary school had drowned in the An Lão River on Saturday afternoon. When the children failed to return home in the evening, their parents started to search for them. Arriving at the river, they found some of the children’s belongings on the bank. Once alerted, local authorities and residents searched for the kids and retrieved their bodies late at night. All four children were from poor local families. Overseas Vietnamese association reaches out to community   Young Overseas Vietnamese visit a mangrove swamp in Cần Giờ in March.  Great efforts have been made to mobilise potential from Việt Kiều (Overseas Vietnamese) communities around the world, but few results have been achieved, according to experts speaking at a meeting with representatives of Overseas Vietnamese communities in HCM City last Thursday. Peter Hồng, deputy chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Businesspeople Association, said talented, successful people who have studied abroad should deal with Overseas Vietnamese communities. Dr Lương Bạch Vân, chairwoman of the Overseas Vietnamese Association of HCM City, said that local agencies should care more about students of Vietnamese origin in these countries who were born abroad and do not have Vietnamese nationality. Vân said that many overseas families value and preserve Vietnamese cultural and traditional characteristics. Prof. Đặng Lương Mô, an Overseas Vietnamese from Japan, said he was ready to help the city to establish a “bank of talented Overseas Vietnamese” who would promote and exploit the potential of the Overseas Vietnamese communities in all areas of life. The chairman of HCM City Association of Overseas Vietnamese, Phùng Công Dũng, said the association had contacted young Overseas Vietnamese who have re-settled in Việt Nam in order to build a network, with an aim to better exploit the potential of the community for the development of HCM City and Việt Nam. He said the association has a plan to organise a conference to connect the intellectual circles of Overseas Vietnamese communities with universities in Việt Nam to promote research in teaching and learning. The association has been preparing a ‘startup forum’ for members of the communities from home and abroad to link young members who have ideas, projects, and models to be proposed to HCM City authorities. The deputy chairman of the Overseas Vietnamese Businesspeople Association, Peter Hồng, said the association has faced challenges trying to connect with members. Hồnd said the association’s representatives had received a list of 1,176 enterprises invested in by Overseas Vietnamese in HCM City. The association has telephoned, sent emails and faxes to all of them, but has received replies from only 13 of them. There are more than 6,100 enterprises run by members of Overseas Vietnamese communities, but the association has found it difficult to connect with them, said Hồng. He said the association should build a database for its members, including older members who have made contributions to the association and to their homeland, and young members as well.  Hà Giang repairs landslide road due to heavy rain The northern mountainous province of Hà Giang is urgently repairing several roads that have been severely damaged by landslides due to many days of heavy rain. Ma Quốc Trưởng, deputy chairman of Mèo Vạc District People’s Committee, Hà Giang Province, said the highway from Mèo Vạc District centre to some communes including Tát Ngà, Nậm Ban, Niêm Sơn and Niêm Tòng has been blocked for days due to prolonged heavy rains causing soil and rock to fall down the road. The most seriously damaged section of road passes through Tát Ngà Commune, where such a large amount of rocks slid onto the road that traffic came to a standstill. Prolonged heavy rains in Xín Mần in recent days caused the national highway from Bắc Quang District to Xín Mần District, and the road from Cốc Pài Town to Xín Mần border gate to become seriously cracked due to landslides. It became nearly impossible for local people to travel along the roads. In Bắc Mê District, heavy rains lasting from the night of August 7 through the entire day of August 8 caused water levels in rivers and streams to rise, seriously damaging homes, cops and State works.  According to preliminary statistics, heavy rains damaged dozens of hectares of rice in Minh Ngọc Commune. The spillway of Minh Ngọc Commune to Thượng Tân Commune, Bắc Mê District was partially washed away by the flood, causing the main road to Thượng Tân Commune to become separately blocked. According to Yên Bái Province’s Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue, after the heavy floods at the end of July, the province has provided nearly VNĐ5 billion (US$215,000) to the families of dead and missing persons and people whose homes completely collapsed. The province also provided nearly 20 tonnes of rice, instant noodles and drinking water and six tonnes of dried food for flood victims. Kon Tum village isolated Dozens of houses were flooded and 10 villages still were isolated due to heavy rains in Ia H’Drai District in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Kon Tum. Traffic in the district has been impeded. The People’s Committee of Ia H’Drai District has instructed communal authorities and relevant offices to carry out support works, aiming to move local people to safe areas and clean the flooded areas. The authorities deployed forces around the clock at critical locations such as landslide-affected areas and spillways to warn local people not to enter when the water was rising and to prepare food for people in isolated areas. Colonel Phạm Ngọc Phú, Border Guard commander of Kon Tum Province, said army forces were coming to Ia H’Drai District’s flooded areas to co-ordinate with local authorities to rescue people. Tân Sơn Nhất Airport expansion plan needs further clarification: Deputy PM Roads leading to Tân Sơn Nhất Airport face traffic congestion.  The expansion plan for the HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất does not clearly define the airport’s civil, defence and security functions, and does not include plans for using the areas of land under the management of the defence ministry, said Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng. The deputy PM’s statement was released by the Government office on Wednesday. The expansion plan aims to ensure the effective use of the land fund as well as defence and security functions, and meet the rising demand for air transport, according to the Government’s announcement. Deputy PM Dũng asked the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant agencies to consider areas of land used for defence, security and economic purposes, and to confirm or specify the areas for construction of a terminal and other facilities for both civil and defence purposes. MoT was told to agree with the Ministry of Defence on the area of land (under the latter’s management) to be used for the expansion plan, and consider areas of land to be used for both civil and defence purposes. To ensure aviation security and safety, the management and operation of the airport should also be further clarified. The ministry was told to figure out how much investment is needed for the expansion as well as other airport needs, as instructed by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. Relevant agencies were asked to map out the best plans for the terminal to ensure economically effective use of land at the airport. MoT was also told to collaborate with the ministries of Planning and Investment, and Finance and relevant agencies to identify the sources of investment, especially capital from the State, required for the expansion project. The Government asked the HCM City People’s Committee to join hands with MoT to plan for transportation infrastructure in areas around the airport and to ensure the effective operation of the road networks (around the airport) as well as environmental protection. The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam sent the final adjusted plan for the expansion to the transport ministry which was then submitted to related ministries and the HCM City People’s Committee for approval in June. Under the adjusted plan, a new passenger terminal in the southern area of the airport would accommodate 20 million passengers per year, and by 2025, the airport would have a capacity for up to 50 million passengers per year. Cargo terminals, aircraft parking and technical maintenance areas will be built in the northern area of the airport.  Gang of illegal loggers arrested      Illustrative Photo. Several public dalbergia tonkinensis trees have been illegally logged in Hà Nội. Hà Nội Police on Thursday announced that they arrested a group of six loggers for illegally chopping down public sưa (dalbergia tonkinensis) trees. According to the police report, on July 27, the city Criminal Police Department started investigating six suspects: Lê Văn Trọng from Từ Sơn District in Bắc Ninh Province, Nguyễn Văn Tư from Thanh Oai District in Hà Nội, Phạm Văn Hùng from Tiên Du District in Bắc Ninh Province, and Đỗ Văn Khương, Lê Văn Phúc and Đỗ Quốc Tuấn from Văn Lâm District in Hưng Yên Province. This six were found to have committed illegal logging activities in Hà Đông District on July 21. They cut down a sưa tree in front of Đoàn Kết High School, chopped it into pieces, transferred it to Từ Sơn District, Bắc Ninh Province and sold it for VNĐ56 million to an acquaintance of Trọng. The miscreant loggers also sawed another sưa tree at Ngũ Hiệp Commune Institute of Medicine in Thanh Trì District, Hà Nội. The force is still investigating the case. The Dalbergia tonkinensis is a type of tree commonly planted along Hà Nội’s streets. It is featured in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Endangered Species and ranked as vulnerable. In Việt Nam, Dalbergia tonkinensis trees are well-known for their quality and high value.  Police seize illegal mooncakes   Each cake costs VNĐ2,000-3,000 (US$0.13), which is a fifth or a sixth the price of a similar cake. — Photo cafef.vn Some 10,000 illegally traded mooncakes were seized by the Hà Nội Market Watch Unit at a store selling agriculture products in Hoài Đức District on Wednesday. According to the unit, no items in the batch included production dates, receipts or certificates of origin, but the labels on the products showed that they were illegally traded. Each cake cost VNĐ2,000-3,000 (US$0.13), which is a fifth or a sixth the price of a similar cake. The owner of the batch admitted this was his third batch in the last two weeks. The cakes would be sold on Zalo, a mobile messaging application. The market watch unit said for illegal food trades, they normally apply fines based on the value of the goods, but in this case, the cost is so low that the fines would not be strict enough.  National Young Informatics contest held in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu    The National Young Informatics Contest aims to contribute to the development of young talent for the IT field.  The annual National Young Informatics Contest for students is being held at Lê Quý Đôn High School in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province from August 9-10. The contest this year has 257 contestants in the first to 12 grades from a total of 51 cities and provinces.  The contest’s organisation committee has selected 30 of 106 innovative products to join the final. The contest aims to contribute to the development of young talent for the field of information and technology. According to the organisation committee, this year the contestant’s products are diverse with many good products and high applicability. The quality of products is better than in the previous year, especially hardware. In addition, the technologies used in the products vary, which reflects the adoption of the latest technologies by many students. This year, the organisation committee added Scratch programming language so that contestants could create products for daily living, such as a smart trash bin, salt intrusion warning system, and products to support people with disabilities. The National Young Informatics Contest, which began in 1995, was held by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Information and Communication and Việt Nam Association of Information and Technology.  Endangered sea turtle released in Đà Nẵng    An endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas) was released to the sea in Đà Nẵng. — Photo courtesy Đà Nẵng Agriculture and Rural development department An endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) has been released to the sea after being captured and kept at a house in the central city, a source from the city’s sub-department of Aquatic Resource Protection said yesterday. The source said the turtle, which had been kept in an aquarium belonging to a family in Sơn Trà peninsula, was healthy when it swam back to the ocean. The sub-department said the green turtle was listed as an endangered species by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The Red Book of Việt Nam also named the turtle as a threatened species in need of special protection. In July, the sub-department released another sea turtle after it was caught in a fishing net. According to Lê Xuân Ái, an expert in sea turtle conservation from the Chàm Island’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) management board, several beaches in central coastal Việt Nam, including Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi are popular destinations for turtle reproduction. But rapid urban development, the speedy construction of beach resorts and hotels, the overexploitation of seafood and extensive pollution had destroyed their habitats. Chàm Island, off the coast of Quảng Nam Province, was the first location in central Việt Nam to begin a sea turtle conservation project by hatching eggs to repopulate local turtle populations. Việt Nam has five species of sea turtles living in waters off the islands of Trường Sa (Spratly), Hoàng Sa (Paracels), Bạch Long Vỹ, Thổ Chu and Cô Tô and provinces of Quảng Ninh and Quảng Trị, and from Quảng Nam to Phú Yên.  VNN