VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES AUGUST 31
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Vietnam forecasted to see
severe cold weather early this year
The northern region has been forecasted to face severe
cold weather quite early this winter.
According to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology
Forecasting, from now to the year-end, around 7-9 storms would occur on the
East Sea with 3-4 to directly affecting the Vietnamese mainland.
Heavy rains would mostly happen between October and the
first two weeks of December in central and southern central localities.
The cold weather would start appearing from late
September and early October. The northern region of Vietnam has been
predicted to have severe cold weather from mid-December, earlier than usual.
This weather will end in February next year.
Meanwhile, the rainy season would end quite late.
The average temperature of the country between
September and October this year and January and February 2022 would be 0.5-1
degree centigrade higher than that of many previous years.
The average temperature of this year is forecasted to
be lower than that of last year.
Rivers in the central and Central Highlands regions
would face the flood peak from September and October. Flash floods and
landslides would also happen in the regions during this time.
The flood peak on the Mekong River would be in
mid-October. Some low or riverside areas in Can Tho and Vinh Long would be
flooded.
The National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting
reported that between October and December, coastal areas in the southern
region would see three high flood tides.
Loopholes still found in HN’s social
distancing
Loopholes are still being found in the
implementation of social distancing in Hà Nội.
The loopholes include pandemic prevention and control
activities in densely populated areas and lockdown areas not
being strict enough; as well as green-channel truck
drivers who transport necessary goods during social distancing
being dishonest about travel itineraries.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Hà Nội Đinh Tiến
Dũng told local media on Monday morning the loopholes had resulted in new
clusters being found in the city in recent days.
For example, clusters of new cases were recently
found in Thanh Xuân Trung Ward, Thanh Xuân District and Giáp Bát Ward
in Hoàng Mai District.
Recently, there were clusters in Văn Chương Ward
in Đống Đa District, Liên Ninh Commune in Thanh Trì
District, HH4C Linh Đàm Apartment Complex in Hoàng Mai District.
New positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 were also reported
among ambulance drivers, green-channel truck drivers and people who
worked at traditional markets and supermarkets, he said.
"All of these cases warn of the very unpredictable
way the pandemic attacks the community," he said.
“While the pandemic still shows its complex
developments in many localities across the country, we need to continue
persevering the effective implementation of social distancing."
The city was told to implement the
model "COVID-19 safe family," requiring each household to
sign a commitment not to go out unless necessary, he said.
Dũng ordered all relevant agencies to quickly close
loopholes and focus on pandemic prevention and control measures to bring the
city back to normal.
In addition to the efforts of the city administration,
it needed more consensus in the community in the fight against the pandemic,
he added.
Therefore, he called on all local people to seriously
obey social distancing. People must stay at home and only go out if
necessary as well as comply with the 5K message: Khẩu trang (facemasks)
– Khử khuẩn (disinfection) – Khoảng cách (distancing) – Không
tụ tập (no gathering) – Khai báo y tế (health declaration).
In order to prevent cases of green-channel truck
drivers spreading the virus in the community such as cases in Giáp Bát Ward,
Hoàng Mai District, green-channel drivers must transport goods directly to
the delivery place without randomly parking, he said.
If drivers need to leave the cabin for
any reasons, they must wear medical protective clothing and must not
contact with other people. After delivering the goods, they must leave the
area immediately, he said.
Hà Nội has recorded a total of 3,637 cases of COVID-19
as of 6pm on Sunday, including 38 deaths. A total of 2,900,287 doses of
COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the city.
Vietnam looks to train, retrain
skills to adapt to 4IR
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision
approving a programme on training and retraining skills of human resources to
meet requirements of the fourth Industrial Revolution.
The programme aims at training new occupations and new
vocational skills for at least 20 professions and occupations at the college
and intermediate educational level, with priority given to information
technology, new technology, high technology and future skills that meet the
requirements of the fourth Industrial Revolution.
The minimum number of trainees in each industry or
occupation is 120, and the total number of trainees participating in the
programme is about 4,800.
It also aims to retrain to improve knowledge and skills
associated with job change for at least 300,000 workers affected by the fourth
Industrial Revolution with the training time of under one year, and identify
new industries, training occupations, vocational skills and training models
to adapt to the revolution.
Its tasks and solutions are to assess and identify
training and retraining needs, develop training and retraining programmes,
improve the capacity of teachers and managers of vocational education
institutions and teachers in enterprises, and select vocational education
institutions and enterprises to order training and retraining./.
Over 9,000 more Covid-19 patients
recover
Vietnam announced 14,224 more Covid-19 infections on
Monday and 9,014 patients recovered from the disease the same day, according
to the Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry's report, 14,219 of the new
patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 41 localities such as
Binh Duong (6,050), HCM City (5,889), Long An (524), Dong Nai (491), Tien
Giang (221), Khanh Hoa (126), Hanoi (110), and An Giang (90). Five other
patients were imported cases from other countries.
The infection number showed an increase of 1,467
infections compared to yesterday's figure. There were 7,504 infections found
in the community.
As of Monday evening, 445,291 infections have been
reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April, with
some southern localities recording high infections such as HCM City (215,810
cases), Binh Duong (110,258), Dong Nai (23,132), and Long An (21,457). The
outbreak has so far spread to 62 out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19
patients in Vietnam has increased to 449,489. The country now stands 59th
among 222 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On August 30, an additional 9,014 more patients
recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country
to 228,816.
Also on Monday evening, a further 315 deaths related to
Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam
to 11,064. The deaths were reported in HCM City (245), Binh Duong (39), Tien
Giang (7), Long An (6), Dong Nai (4), Dong Thap (3), Khanh Hoa (2), Danang
(1), Hanoi (1), An Giang (1), Ben Tre (1), Binh Dinh (1), Binh Thuan (1), Soc
Trang (1), Thua Thien Hue (1), and Vinh Long (1).
The country has so far conducted over 19.71 million
Covid-19 vaccine shots, with over 2.52 million people having received two
doses.
Vietnam join four-side fulsal
tourney in Spain
The national futsal team is joining a training practice
and a four-side tourney in Spain, three weeks ahead of the 2021 FIFA Futsal
World Cup in Lithuania.
The team of head coach Pham Minh Giang impressed by
conceding solely one goal to Japan, Asia’s No.2, when there were only six
minutes left of a match held on August 28.
Vietnamese players showed their confidence and skills,
standing ready for clashes at the upcoming global tournament.
Vietnam only had two days to acclimatise to the
conditions in Spain and had to adjust to play at night due to different time
zones.
Members of the team lacked chances to play in official
matches after a playoff against Lebanon in late May, due to the complexities
of COVID-19.
Vietnam are in Group D with Brazil, Panama and the
Czech Republic, with their matches on September 13, 16 and 19, respectively.
The 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup will take place in
Lithuania from September 12 to October 3. The 24 participating teams were
divided into six groups. The top and second-best squads of each group and
four third-place teams with the best performance will qualify for the next
round.
In 2016, Vietnam were among four third-placed teams
earning a berth in the second round, in which they were beaten by the
runners-up Russia./.
Second Covid-19 vaccine jab proposed
for 250,000 HCM City workers
The Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone and
Industrial Park Authority Business Association (HBA) has proposed
implementing a second round of Covid-19 vaccinations for around 250,000
workers.
They are among a total of roughly 320,000 workers at 17
local industrial parks and export processing zones who were given the first
Covid-19 vaccination nine weeks ago.
Of the 250,000 workers, 60,000 are staying at work and
the remainder are temporarily staying at rented accommodation or have
returned to their hometown.
According to the HBA, up to 70,000 workers at the
city’s industrial parks and export processing zones have not yet been
vaccinated against Covid-19. Meanwhile, many of them have not yet been listed
in their localities for Covid-19 vaccination. The association have asked municipal
authorities to hold Covid-19 vaccination programmes to give them the first
shot, adding that enterprises are willing to pay all costs for the
vaccination.
Currently, thousands of HCM City companies and factory
workers who are living in rented houses in the neighbouring provinces of Binh
Duong, Long An and Dong Nai are finding it hard to access Covid-19
vaccinations. Under the HBA’s proposal, local authorities need to create
favourable conditions for businesses to co-operate with private health units to
launch mobile Covid-19 vaccination activities to benefit these workers.
“Chay Len 2” online art programme
scheduled for September 1
The Department of Performing Arts (DPA) under Ministry
of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that the online art programme "Chay
Len 2" will take place at 8 pm on September 1.
The programme is hosted by the Department of Performing
Arts and theaters under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Artists
and performers from Vietnam Drama Theater, Vietnam Tuong Theater, Vietnam
Circus Federation, Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theater as well as
singer Vicky Nhung will come together and deliver online performances.
It will be livestreamed on the Vietnam Performing Arts
Youtube channel, the DPA's fanpage and the participating artists' facebook
pages. Outstanding Artist Xuan Bac and Miss Vietnam 2015 Do My Linh are MCs
of the programme.
In "Chay Len 2", artists will have the chance
to perform unique art performances such as the dance excerpt "Mua Dom
Dom" ( Firefly season) by the Vietnamese National Opera and Ballet and
other performances by the Vietnam Tuong Theater and the Vietnam Circus
Federation. A mini game is also planned for all viewers.
A representative of the DPA said that this is an
activity in the series of online art exchange programmes under the theme
"Sharing love, overcoming the pandemic" with the aim of cheering up
the frontliners in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic as well as enriching
the spiritual life of people during the social distancing period./.
Military Division 370
offers support to HCM City, one more field hospital opens
Lieutenant General Ngô Minh Tiến has ordered
Military Division 370 to strictly implement pandemic prevention measures
and speed up vaccinations for soldiers to help HCM City in
its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.
Tiến, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Việt Nam
People’s Army, led a delegation on Monday to inspect pandemic prevention
measures at Division 370.
All officers, employees and soldiers of Division
370 have completed tasks and cooperated with forces in the city, a
report from the division said.
The division has donated 290 gifts, including food
and vegetables, worth a total of VNĐ100 million (US$4,375) to poor and
disadvantaged families, and has sent forces to work at checkpoints and
locked-down areas in the city.
It has also offered 129 gifts worth a total of VNĐ110
million for families of officers, soldiers and defence officers in the
division who have financial problems.
Lieutenant General Ngô Minh Tiến praised the results
achieved by the division’s officers, employees and soldiers.
Field hospital opens
Another field hospital for COVID treatment, set up
by the Ministry of Public Security, opened on Monday in HCM City’s Nhà Bè District,
according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Lieutenant General
Nguyễn Duy Ngọc, deputy minister of Public Security, said the Phước Lộc field
hospital with a capacity of 300 beds was set up within seven days with
the assistance of nearly 1,500 mobile police.
Colonel Tiền Thanh Liêm, who is deputy director of the
30-4 (April 30) Hospital, was assigned as director of the field hospital.
Since the fourth wave of the pandemic, the Ministry of
Public Security has taken drastic solutions to support
COVID hotspots such as HCM City and other southern provinces.
Of the more than 2,000 HCM City police who have
been infected, more than 10 have died of COVID-19, according to Ngọc.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister
Vũ Đức Đam said: “The more hospitals we build, the more lives we can
save.” He added that the ultimate goal is to protect people’s health and
save the lives of people and frontline forces.
“We have set a goal of providing the best treatment for
COVID patients so there will be no deaths at the hospital. To achieve
this goal, we all need cooperation from not only frontline medical
forces but other forces.”
“We also need cooperation from the people. The
government and agencies will work to ensure social security for people, and
encourage them to comply with pandemic control regulations.”
HCM City has called on private hospitals to take
part in COVID treatment. Many hospitals in the city have converted part
or all of their facilities for COVID treatment services, according to
the Department of Health.
Mass testing
After one week of testing, HCM City
found 64,300 positive COVID cases, or 3.8 per cent of samples
taken. Deputy Director of the Department of Health Nguyễn Hữu Hùng said
this was an acceptable level. The acceptable rate is no more than 5
per cent under the guidelines of the World Health Organization.
As of August 28, the city had administered
5,865,276 vaccine doses. Of the number, 5,577,285 were first
doses, and 287,991 were second doses.
Nguyễn Hồng Tâm, deputy director of the Centre for
Disease Control of HCM City, said the health sector has stored all the
data of people who have received the first dose and will notify them for
the second jab.
The number of new infections since the fourth wave hit
the country in late April has topped 440,000. Of that
number, HCM City accounts for around 210,000 cases.
The city is treating 40,259 patients, including 2,415
children under 16 years old, 2,736 people on ventilators, and 15 patients
with ECMO intervention.
HCM City shippers to get free
COVID-19 tests
Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s current biggest
COVID-19 hotspot, will test its shippers for free, deputy head of the
municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Pham Duc Hai
said on August 30.
On August 29, the municipal People’s Committee allowed
the shippers who utilise tech apps to operate within Thu Duc city and
Districts 8, 12, Go Vap, Binh Tan, Binh Thanh and Hoc Mon that are being hard
hit by the pandemic.
However, they must have received at least one COVID-19
vaccine shot and tested negative for the coronavirus.
A total of 40,133 COVID-19 patients are being treated
in the southern economic hub. On August 29, the city gave the all-clear to
2,372 patients and recorded 245 fatalities.
As of August 29, the city had administered more than
6.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Hai said after seven days of tightening the social
distancing order, the city has basically completed set targets, with a sharp
drop in the death toll./.
PM approves chairman of HCM City
People’s Committee
The Prime Minister has approved the election of Phan
Van Mai as Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee for the
2021-2026 term.
The PM has also approved the results on relieving
Nguyen Thanh Phong from the position of Chairman of the municipal People’s
Committee to take on a new task. Earlier, at the second meeting of the 10th
municipal People’s Council on August 24, all participating delegates agreed
to relieve him from the post.
Then, the People's Council of HCM City elected Pham Van
Mai, member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Vice Secretary of the
municipal Party Committee, head of the HCM City National Assembly delegation,
as Chairman of the People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term. He won
over 87 votes of the 89 council deputies present at the event.
Mai, born in 1973 in the southern province of Ben Tre’s
Giong Trom district. He holds a master's degree on business administration,
bachelor degrees on English and economics, and a certificate of high-level
political theory.
On June 1, the Politburo assigned him to hold
the position of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee's Permanent
Vice Secretary for the 2020-2025 tenure./.
President Phuc offers condolences to
family of deceased charity worker
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just sent a letter
of condolences to the family of a deceased Covid-19 patient in Ho Chi Minh
City who was known for their various charity activities during the pandemic.
Vu Quoc Cuong, 46, was the owner of two vegetarian
restaurants in District 1. His restaurants were long familiar places for many
low-income people in the area. Since the pandemic struck the city, Cuong
co-operated with some of his friends to offer free meals to anti-Covid-19 frontline
workers.
Cuong was infected with Covid-19 on August 16 and died
from the disease on August 22 at a local hospital.
Before dying, Cuong still posted on his Facebook
account to encourage his friends and relatives to try to overcome this
difficult time and continue their charitable work.
Cuong's story has been shared on many newspapers and
social websites and moved lots of people.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 28 sent a
letter of condolences to Cuong's wife, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, and their four
children.
In the letter, the state president wrote that he was so
sorry to hear about the death of Cuong due to Covid-19. His death did not
only show the devastating pandemic but also the bravery and sacrifice of many
of Vietnamese people who have risked their lives to help others.
The state official stressed that Cuong had lived a
beautiful life and what he did had and would continue to inspire people to
live better and contribute more to the community.
"I hope that you and the children will stay strong
and overcome this difficult time like what Cuong used to live with his strong
belief and kind heart," he wrote. "I’m moved to know that one of
your children is also joining in the anti-Covid-19 frontline team of the
city. Please try to overcome your sorrow and be proud of your husband and
father."
The state president said that he had asked concerned
agencies to soon recognise and honour Vu Quoc Cuong for his efforts.
Private hospitals asked to
administer second vaccine shot for workers
The HCMC Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park
Authority Business Association (HBA) has proposed that enterprises work with
private hospitals to administer the second Covid-19 vaccine shot for workers
staying at enterprises applying the stay-at-work mode in HCMC.
The proposal has been sent to the municipal steering
committee for Covid-19 infection prevention and control, the HCMC Export
Processing and Industrial Zones Authority and the authority of the Saigon
Hi-tech Park. The participation of private hospitals in the vaccination will
help reduce pressure on the medical centers of districts, the local media
reported.
On August 11, Intel Products Vietnam Co., Ltd
cooperated with the Bac My General Hospital to vaccinate workers of the
Saigon Hi-tech Park, said HBA Chairman Nguyen Van Be, adding that the model
could be expanded to other industrial and export processing zones in the
city.
Therefore, HBA has worked out a program to help
enterprises improve the health of laborers, proposing calling on the private
sector to partake in anti-pandemic activities.
Accordingly, enterprises in industrial parks can work
with private hospitals to vaccinate their employees against Covid-19 in line
with the Ministry of Health’s regulations. The municipal steering committee
for Covid-19 infection prevention and control and the Department of Health
will provide Covid-19 vaccines, and supervisors if needed.
Be said some 250,000 workers had received one shot of
the Covid-19 vaccine for nine weeks, including 60,000 workers staying at
their enterprises after work. They must be administered the second shot at
the earliest.
As for workers staying at their homes in HCMC’s
adjacent areas, such as Di An and Thuan An in Binh Duong Province, Duc Hoa
and Can Giuoc in Long An and Dong Nai, HBA proposed they should be vaccinated
in their provinces.
Industrial parks and enterprises can also ask their
workers to come to the nearest vaccination sites of their companies.
Ministry checks COVID-19 work in
Bình Duong, Long An
The conversion of several former factories into
field hospitals, carried out under Ministry of Construction
(MoC) guidance, has met several problems related to the Law on
Public Investment, according to Bình Dương Province’s leaders.
The MoC special team for COVID-19 prevention and
control, led by Deputy Minister Lê Quang Hùng, on Saturday and Sunday checked
construction work on field hospitals and collective quarantine centres in
Bình Dương and Long An southern provinces.
The two provinces proposed more urgent guidance on
field hospital investment and medical waste incinerators.
Leaders of the Bình Dương Province said that the
province had 27 treatment centres with more than 34,000 beds. It also
has 11 field hospitals with nearly 17,000 beds. Five other field hospitals are
being built with more than 15,000 beds.
During the work, they have met several
obstacles related to toilet areas and fire prevention and control
and the Law on Public Investment.
Specifically, the establishment, appraisal and approval
of urgent projects have not clearly specified orders and procedures for
implementation, as well as procedures for contractor selection.
Phạm Như Huy, deputy director of the Construction
Management Department under the MoC, said that the ministry would
give instructions in due course.
After checking, the MoC concluded that Bình Dương
Province had actively set up plans for a worsening situation.
The province’s water supply and drainage, garbage
collection, field hospital construction, concentrated quarantine centres have
met demand so far.
The province has an incinerator to treat hazardous
waste and medical waste with a capacity of nearly 400 tonnes per day.
In Long An Province, the MoC also recognised
satisfactory results in COVID-19 prevention and control.
The province has 26 field hospitals with more than
13,000 beds, and 36 concentrated quarantine centres with nearly 5,800 beds.
The province has plans for up to 20,000-25,000 COVID-19 patients.
The province has more than 1,400 clean water
pumping stations with a total capacity of nearly 450,000 cubic
metres per day.
Waste water from concentrated quarantine areas and
field hospitals is collected in the treatment system and disinfected,
ensuring compliance with national standards on medical waste water before
being discharged into the environment.
Ngô Hoàng Nguyên, deputy director of the Southern
Affairs Department under the MoC, proposed Long An Province continue
ensure clean water supply for residents, especially for field hospitals,
quarantine centres and lockdown areas.
Drainage should be checked to avoid pollution affecting
residents who are quarantined and treated.
At present, treatment areas and quarantine centres in
the province discharge about 10-15 tonnes of waste per day.
The province has also invested in six medical waste
incinerators with a total capacity of 10 tonnes per day.
The province has also created inspection teams to
check waste water, garbage and environmental sanitation in COVID-19 treatment
areas and quarantine centres.
The MoC inspection team asked Long An Province to
check that field hospitals and concentrated quarantine centres
had proper plans for arranging patients and people needing quarantine.
“Youth for Environment” project
lauded for innovative communication products
The nonprofit For Vietnamese Stature Foundation (VSF)
is carrying out the second phase of the “Youth for Environment” project with
11 activities including training sessions on environmental
communication and participation in field trips with experienced
journalists.
Many new activities are planned such as the Plastic
Talk contest to find innovative environmental communication products, a
media tour on plastic waste at universities, a contest to find
and sponsor initiatives on environmental solutions from youth, and Environment
Day, a contest on environment ideas and an exhibition of
environmentally friendly products by students at universities in Hà Nội.
The second phase will continue to be an
environmental information channel for young people with innovative
communication forms and a youthful approach.
The purpose is to increase youth participation in
solving environmental issues, as well as promote positive changes in the
environmental policy of the government and businesses towards sustainable
development.
The project is carried out under support from Bắc
Á Commercial Joint Stock Bank, USAID and other businesses.
Last week, the closing ceremony of the project’s first
phase was held online to evaluate the results achieved after one year
of implementation.
It was one of the top 13 initiatives
receiving funding from the Earth Journalism Network in 2020.
The first phase attracted more than 200 young people to
participate in environmental communication, while the total number
of beneficiaries was 7,600 people in the first year.
After a series of investigative articles from
the Green Eyes group on the hunting, trafficking and killing
of migratory wild birds, the Prime Minister issued a directive to the
People's Committee of Hải Phòng to protect wild birds and investigate
and penalize people who violate laws on wildlife. Participating
students took part in a field trip activity with coaching
from experienced journalists.
In April three core members of the Green
Eyes group began the first activities in the main communication
channel of the project, which has reached 3,615 followers with nearly
372,000 thousand engagements.
“As a new member of Green Eyes group, we hope to
create more interesting content and access new media methods to bring
the project closer to young people, as well as engage in practical activities
towards the environment," Lê Minh Quân, a core member of Green
Eyes Group, said.
Int’l Army Games 2021: Russian
officer lauds Vietnamese snipers’ skills
Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the
General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), visited Seltsy military
training ground in Ryazan province of Russia to watch Vietnamese shooters’
competition as part of the ongoing International Army Games 2021.
Tan, who is leading a high-ranking VPA delegation to
visit Russia, encouraged members of the Vietnamese team and expressed his
hope that they will show best performance while ensure safety against
COVID-19.
On the occasion, Major General Anatoly Georgievich
Kontsevoi, Deputy Commander of the airborne forces of Russia and main referee
of the Sniper Frontier contest, paid a courtesy call to the Vietnamese
delegation.
The Russian officer spoke highly of Vietnamese gunmen’s
good skills and high sense of discipline. He held that the Vietnamese sniper team
boasts high potential to enter the semi-final scheduled for August 31.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Dinh Tat Thang, head of the
Vietnamese sniper team, said that the team had gained encouraging scores with
two snipers ranking third out of 17 competitors in individual events and
another ranking fourth in another individual event.
Sniper Frontier has been held for the first time at the
Int’l Army Games 2021. The competition takes place in four stages, in which
the first is an individual skill assessment, the second is a pair assessment,
the third is a team assessment, and the fourth is a speed assessment.
Each stage has different contests, with one contest
taking the priority in the case of two teams sharing the same total score.
The performance of the first stage determines the groups of teams as well as
the contests in the later stages. The three weapons used for the competition
are the Makarov K59 pistol, the AK74 automatic rifle and the 7.62 mm SVD
sniper rifle./.
“Zero dong” stores support
pandemic-hit people in Hanoi
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Two “zero dong” mini marts were recently opened in
Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan and Hoai Duc districts to help pandemic-hit people
surmount difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
They are part of a campaign jointly organised by the Ho
Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and the Association of Vietnamese
Students of Hanoi, Sao Do entrepreneurs club and Phu Nhuan Jewelry. The
campaign is sponsored by the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, and
accompanied by the Hanoi Young Business Association and the Hanoi Association
for Women Entrepreneurs.
Each family will be given a voucher worth 400,000 VND
(17.6 USD) and a representative will go to the mini marts to buy essential
goods on fixed dates and time so as to ensure the Ministry of Health’s 5K
message.
The stores will serve up to 200 customers per day,
supplying rice, noodles, milk, vegetables, and face masks, among others, of
clear origin and prices.
As of August 25, eleven stores of its kind had been
rolled out across the city, handing over 12,000 aid packages worth nearly 5
billion VND./.
Art programmes planned to encourage
people to surmount the COVID-19 pandemic
A special online art programme "Noi Vong Tay Lon:
Dat Nuoc Dong Long, Vuot Qua Covid-19" (The Great Circle of Vietnam: The
Country staying united to overcome COVID-19) is expected took place September
4.
The programme aims to raise awareness of disease
prevention and control; encourage and honour the dedication and sacrifice of
those actively participating on the frontline; contribute to spreading noble
values and call on the whole people to remain united to overcome all
difficulties and challenges.
Co-organised by the Department of Culture and Sports of
Ho Chi Minh City, the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE
Global) and a number of individuals, the 120-minute programme promises to be
a unique artistic gift.
The show will feature the participation of many famous
artists such as People's Artist Ta Minh Tam, Thanh Lam, Hong Nhung, Duc Tuan,
Cam Van, Khac Trieu, Tung Duong, Thanh Bui, Kyo York, Tan Son, and Ha Le.
With the idea of using music to connect hearts, the
programme is divided into three interconnected themes. In which, the theme
"Que Huong Trong Trai Tim Toi" (Homeland in my heart) is a space
for artists to express their love and nostalgia for Ho Chi Minh City. The
theme "Vietnam Niem Tin Chien Thang" (Vietnam faith in victory)
comprises of emotional songs expressing gratitude for the love of compatriots
across the country for the city named after Uncle Ho. The theme "Cam On
Tinh Yeu" (Thank you for love) is imbued with performances of optimism
and hope, looking forward to a brighter future. Interspersed in the
performances are the performances of Don Ca Tai Tu (traditional musical art
form of the south), ethnic music and performances by the Ho Chi Minh City
Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera.
It is expected that the programme will be broadcast
online using three prepared materials: the pre-recorded part, the online
performance from the artists' residences, and the live broadcast mixed with
related daily stories in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Hanoi promotes participation of
women in all-level management positions
The People’s Committee of Hanoi has set a target to
raise the rate of women holding key positions in state management agencies
and local governments to 60 percent by 2025 and 75 percent by 2030.
Women should also account for at least 40 percent in
the lists of potential candidates for managing and leading positions in state
management agencies at all levels by 2025, and the ratio is expected to rise
to 50 percent by 2030, according to the committee's plan.
Another target is to provide training for 75 percent of
women in the lists of potential candidates for managing and leading positions
in state management agencies at all levels by 2025, and increase the
percentage to 90 percent five years later.
In areas resided by ethnic minority groups, there must
be ethnic officials in line with the population structure.
These targets were set in the city’s plan to implement
the programme “Enhancing equal participation of women in leadership and
management positions in different policy-making levels for 2021-2030 period”
approved recently by the Prime Minister.
The programme aims to ensure the equal participation of
women in leadership and management positions at all administration levels,
thus promoting women’s potential and creativeness towards realising the
sustainable development goals on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
To realise the goals, the municipal authorities will
continue to strengthen the leadership and direction of Party committees and
authorities at all levels for the female personnel work, and the
implementation of relevant policies, laws and regulations.
The city administration will also promote training for
female officials based on personnel development plan, and increase
communication campaigns to raise public awareness of gender equality and the
role played by women./.
Hoa Binh plans major national
tourism area at Hoa Binh Reservoir
The northern province of Hoa Binh has announced a plan
to develop a national tourism area at Hoa Binh Reservoir that covers
52,200ha.
Hoa Binh Provincial People's Committee announced the
project with a view to 2035 during an online meeting. The project was
approved by the prime minister on March 25.
The project will spread across Thai Binh, Phuong Lam,
Tan Thinh wards, Hoa Binh Commune and a part of Da Bac, Cao Phong, Tan Lac
and Mai Chau districts. This will be a national tourism site and a key
project of the northern midland and mountainous region. Diverse tourism
products are promised with the rich ethnic minority cultures and the
biodiversity of Hoa Binh Reservoir.
There will be several zones including the entrance area
connected to Bich Ha Port, a central tourism area in Da Ba District, an
eco-tourism area in the north of Hoa Binh Reservoir and a bay area in Cao
Phong and Tan Lac districts. There are also tourism service area in Mai Chau
District and another eco-tourism area in Da Bac district.
In the first phase, the investors will focus on zoning
planning, detailed planning, infrastructure development, brand building, and
product development.
The second phase will be carried out from 2025 to 2035.
The project will be completed put into use zone by zone.
Book highlights historical
background of Declaration of Independence
The Kim Dong Publishing House has released a book named
“Uncle Ho wrote the Declaration of Independence” by journalist Kieu Mai Son
on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19)
and National Day (September 2).
The book recreates a short but very important
historical moment in the August Revolution in 1945, when President Ho Chi
Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence giving birth to the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam.
Son has diligently collected, researched, classified
and compared sources to be able to obtain detailed, specific, and convincing
documents about the Declaration initiated and completed by President Ho Chi
Minh. Those are documents of people who lived and worked with the late leader
rewritten or recounted
Through documents that Son provides, readers know that
President Ho Chi Minh read the original Declaration of Independence of the
United States while in the Viet Bac war zone. After drafting, he read and
consulted with members of the provisional government who were reputable
intellectuals before finalising.
The book also cited History Professor Furuta Motoo of
Japan’s University of Tokyo as saying that President Ho Chi Minh’s career and
his thoughts are of great epochal significance, not only to the Vietnamese
nation alone.
Dr. Tonnesson, a Norwegian historian, when researching
the history of the August Revolution of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh,
assessed the Declaration of Independence as one of the main inspirations of a
major struggle guideline, born after the Second World War. It was the process
of gaining national independence on a global scale.
On September 2, 1945 at Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square,
President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence declaring the
birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam)./.
HCMC has one more field hospital for
Covid treatment
Part of People’s Hospital 115 in District 10 in HCMC
has been converted into a field hospital with 500 beds to treat Covid-19
patients as new daily cases remain high in the southern city.
HCMC Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc signed a decision on the establishment of
the Covid field hospital, which is under the municipal Department of Health.
The Covid treatment hospital, which has 840 medical
workers, will admit and treat patients with moderate and serious symptoms,
the local media reported.
The field hospital, located at 527 Su Van Hanh Street
in Ward 12, is directly managed by the HCMC steering committee for Covid-19
infection prevention and control.
The establishment is aimed at easing the overload
facing the operational Covid hospitals in the city and HCMC’s healthcare
system and reducing the Covid death rate.
The HCMC Department of Health urged the hospital to
prepare to admit Covid patients who are transferred from their homes or other
treatment facilities.
People’s Hospital 115 is treating Covid-19 patients and
patients suffering from other diseases.
HCMC has reported 209,932 Covid-19 infections and 8,624
fatalities in the ongoing fourth wave of the pandemic, which began in late
April.
Vietnam bolsters cooperation with
partners in ASEAN Smart Cities Network
Vietnam will promote cooperation with partners in the
ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) while working with relevant agencies and
localities to increase development chances, especially technological
application in the COVID-19 fight, the Ministry of Construction said at the
fourth annual meeting of the ASCN which was held in the form of
videoconference on August 30.
The meeting, presided over by Brunei, the Chair of the
ASCN in 2021, saw the participation of 26 member cities, representatives from
the ASEAN Secretariat and partners. It discussed the preparation for the
fifth annual meeting slated for November this year and activities in the
coming time.
Singapore was elected as the guiding country for the
ASCN in the following two years and Cambodia was nominated as the Chair of
ASCN for 2022.
The Ministry of Construction briefed participants on
outstanding activities of the ASCN in 2020 when Vietnam assumed chairmanship
of the network, including the third annual meeting, the ASEAN Smart Cities
Summit and the second ASEAN-Japan Smart Cities Network High Level Meeting,
all held in a virtual format.
Members of the network adopted three important
documents that orient activities of smart cities development towards joint
development and prosperity. Six external partners, including Japan, the
Republic of Korea, Russia, the US and Norway, also put forth proposals on
smart cities development.
The meeting also looked into the ideas on the
development of an ASCN portal and an investment tool for smart and
sustainable cities in ASEAN.
Of note, delegates shared information on smart cities
development and experience in battling COVID-19 in each country.
The ASCN was established in April 2018 at the 32nd
ASEAN Summit in Singapore. It currently has 26 member cities from the 10
ASEAN members. Vietnam has three representatives in the network, which are
Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City./.
Vietnamese, Chinese State audit
agencies bolster collaboration
Auditor General Tran Sy Thanh and his Chinese
counterpart Hou Kai on August 30 co-chaired the online talks between the
State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) and the National Audit Office (NAO) of China,
which aimed to strengthen the collaboration between the two agencies.
Auditor General Tran Sy Thanh thanked the NAO, which
plays the role of the General Secretary of the Asian Organization of Supreme
Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in the 2018-2021 tenure, for its support and
close coordination with Vietnam, helping Vietnam to successfully perform the
role of ASOSAI President in the tenure.
Thanh briefed his Chinese counterpart on the
socio-economic situation in Vietnam recently, as well as major events of the
country, including the 13th National Party Congress, the first meeting of the
National Assembly and anti-corruption efforts of Vietnam.
He said that the SAV, as a tool in supervising and
governing the public finance of the country, has conducted auditing
activities, providing auditing reports and relevant documents to NA agencies
to assist them in supervising and issuing national fiscal policies.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the SAV has applied drastic and
flexible measures in order to complete its auditing plan for 2021, while
strengthening the application of information technology in auditing
activities, management and operation. The SAV will start to implement
auditing activities in the digital environment from 2022, he added.
In order to complete targets and plans in the future,
the NA Standing Committee has adopted a Strategy for the State Audit of
Vietnam Development to 2030, which defines three major pillars for the
sector’s growth, including legal corridor, human resources and technology,
Thanh said.
For his part, Chinese Auditor General Hou Kai said that
China and Vietnam share many similarities in development, underlining that
the SAV and the NAO are important traditional partners of each other, which
was marked by a bilateral cooperation agreement signed in 2004.
Both sides have exerted efforts to promote cooperation
in bilateral framework, while supporting each other in multilateral forums,
he noted.
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The State Audit of Vietnam delegation at the talks is led by Auditor General
Tran Sy Thanh (Photo: VNA)
Regarding achievements that the audit sector of China
has gained, Hou said that since 2012 when China decided to strengthen the
leadership of the NAO over audit agencies in localities, the tasks of the NAO
have become increasingly heavy and important.
In 2021, the NAO has been focusing on the major
missions of monitoring economic activities, auditing financial activities and
budget collection and spending, and expanding research on audit subjects, he
told the event.
The two sides agreed to continue promoting the
bilateral cooperation between the two State audit agencies by increasing the
exchange of high-level delegations to share experience in public auditing and
issues of mutual concern in suitable forms such as exchanging documents,
handbooks, and organising online events amid the complicated development of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the same time, they will consider cooperation topics
in line with the implementation of sustainable development goals, especially
in environmental protection and pandemic control. The two sides agreed to
jointly hold a webinar on big data in public auditing this October.
Both sides concurred to continue supporting each other
at multilateral forums of the ASOSAI and International Organization of
Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), while working closely together to
organise the 15th ASOSAI Assembly as well as the 56th ASOSAI Governing Board
Meeting.
The SAV pledged to support the NAO to extend its office
term as the ASOSAI General Secretary in the 2021-2024 tenure.
The two State audit agencies also agreed to review
their cooperation agreement with a view to making suitable adjustments and
signing it again to suit the real development situation in the two countries,
thus increasing their collaboration.
The memorandum of understanding on exchange and
cooperation between the two agencies was signed in March 2004. It was
resigned in October 2013 and extended in July 2019./.
HCMC has over 85,000 Covid patients
undergoing home isolation and care
The current number of Covid-19 patients undergoing home
isolation and care in HCMC, which is the biggest coronavirus hotspot in
Vietnam in the latest outbreak, is 85,298 cases, according to the HCMC Center
for Disease Control (HCDC).
Among them, nearly 60,600 patients began
self-quarantining at home since the date they were found to be infected with
the disease, while some 24,700 others had been discharged from hospital and
are currently under home-based quarantine and care.
More than 22,200 other active cases are under
quarantine and treatment at concentrated quarantine facilities citywide.
The city set up over 400 pop-up healthcare stations to
monitor the health condition of Covid-19 patients receiving home-based care.
After conducting rapid Covid tests and detecting new
infections, the mobile medical stations will timely cope with these cases and
thus help ease the overload facing hospitals in the city. The city also
launched a program providing Molnupiravir Covid-19 antiviral pills for
mild-symptom Covid-19 patients.
Besides this, the city’s health authorities conducted
rapid antigen tests for residents in high-risk areas every two days and for
those in the remaining areas once a week.
Data from HCDC also revealed that the new infections
over the past week remained high, with around 4,700 fresh cases detected
daily.
As of 6 a.m. today, August 30, the city had 210,425
infections being confirmed by the Ministry of Health, including 209,980
domestic cases and 445 imported cases.
The city is providing medical treatment for more than
40,200 coronavirus patients. Of them, some 2,400 are children aged under 16,
over 2,700 others are severely ill relying on ventilators, and 15 others
require ECMO support.
HCDC added that there were 2,246 new recoveries and 256
new deaths reported on August 29. The total number of recovered cases in the
city in the year to date has reached 104,844.
As for the city’s vaccination campaign, it had
administered more than 5.8 million Covid vaccine doses as of August 28, up
58,286 doses against the previous day.
Ninh Binh promotes biodiversity
preservation
Boasting distinctive biodiversity, from abundant
species of flora and fauna to rich and varied landscapes, the northern
province of Ninh Binh has taken drastic measures to preserve its nature.
The Van Long wetland reserve, located in the north of
Gia Vien district in Ninh Binh province, is dotted with spectacular islands
and caves.
Covering more than 3,000 hectares, Van Long is
considered the Red River Delta’s wetland nature reserve and is home to
thousands of land and aquatic flora and fauna.
Among them are rare and endangered species listed in
Vietnam’s Red Book, such as Delacour’s langur.
From the start of this year, the provincial Department
of Forest Protection has detected 15 gross violations in the forestry sector
and imposed fines totalling more than over 5,700 USD.
In the time to come, the department said it will
bolster inspections to tackle violations in a timely manner to protect local
biodiversity./.
Vietnamese Embassy links Vietnamese
in Thailand together amid COVID-19
The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand held a webinar on
August 30 connecting the Vietnamese community together amid the COVID-19
pandemic.
Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to
Thailand Phan Chi Thanh informed participants about COVID-19 prevention and
control work in Thailand and Vietnam.
He affirmed the Vietnamese Party, State leaders and the
embassy’s attention to health and life of the Vietnamese community in the
country in the spirit of leaving no one behind and overcoming the pandemic
together.
The embassy staff offered updates on plans to help the
Vietnamese community in Thailand access vaccines at the earliest,
repatriation flights, citizen protection work as well as Thailand’s
regulations regarding entry-exit.
President of the General Association of Vietnamese
People in Thailand Trinh Cao Son thanked the embassy for sending 8,000 USD
from the COVID-19 prevention and control fund to the Vietnamese
community in Thailand.
Representatives of the Vietnamese associations in Thai
provinces shared information about their activities and offered ideas to link
the Vietnamese community in the country together to help those hit by the
pandemic.
First Secretary of the embassy in charge of citizen protection work Le Trung
Kien told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Bangkok that said
the embassy set up a permanent working group to direct the fight against the
pandemic in the embassy and offer timely and effective citizen protection.
Since early this year, the embassy has partnered with
domestic and host authorities to carry about 700 Vietnamese citizens home on
a chartered and a repatriation flight.
Last year, it also helped bring about 1,500 citizens
home on four repatriation and two chartered flights.
The embassy also offered medicines, food and necessities to disadvantaged
Vietnamese people infected with the virus or stranded by the pandemic. It is
actively looking for other sources to support Vietnamese citizens to get
vaccinated, with about 100 free injections being accepted so far.
As of August 30, Thailand recorded 1,190,063 COVID-19
cases nationwide, including 11,399 deaths. Almost new and death cases were
logged in the third COVID-19 wave since early April./.
Webinar shares OVs’ experience in
treating COVID-19 patients
A webinar was held on August 30 to discuss
the US’s experience in treating COVID-19 patients and the
establishment of a group of doctors to offer remote advice to patients in the
southern provinces of Dong Nai and Tien Giang.
Co-hosted by the Foreign Ministry’s State
Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for
Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs of
Dong Nai and Tien Giang, the event is expected to gather OVs’ ideas and
suggestions in support of the fight against the pandemic in southern
localities, especially in Dong Nai and Tien Giang.
Associtate Professor Ly T Luong from the Loma Linda
University’s School of Medicine in California presented the mechanism how
virus SARS-CoV-2 attacks human body.
Meanwhile, Associate Professor Doan Dao Vien from the
Riverside Community Hospital at the University of California shared
experience in classifying patients that could be treated remotely and those
in need of direct examination by medical staff.
About the provision of remote consultations by doctors
in Dong Nai and Tien Giang, Vien said they will use the US’s TeleHealth
system to link up with patients via the Internet, which is capable of
offering advice to 200-300 patients per four hours each day. However, they
need a group of local volunteers to support and introduce patients.
A representative of Tien Giang authorities said the
province will offer advice and treatment to patients at home as guided by the
Health Ministry, and wished that the OVs would make further contribution to
the homeland to overcome difficulties at present./.
Quang Binh approves more quarantine
facilities as Covid infections rise
The central province of Quang Binh has given the green
light for the operation of many more quarantine facilities to cope with an
increasing number of new Covid cases.
The provincial government this morning, August 30, put
into operation the quarantine facilities at a vocational college, the Phuong
Bac Luxury Hotel, the Viet-Laos guest house in Dong Hoi City with 500 beds in
total and at two Ethnic Boarding High Schools in Minh Hoa District with a
total of 408 beds.
The province is also setting up another quarantine
facility at the Hoa Mai Kindergarten with 120 beds in Le Thuy District.
Further, as new Covid cases have resulted from
community transmission in recent days, the province’s Dong Hoi City is
working on a plan to allow direct contacts of confirmed Covid patients to
self-quarantine at home, said Hoang Ngoc Dan, chairman of the city’s
government, reported VnExpress.
The latest coronavirus outbreak has continued to spread
in this central province. By this morning, the province reported 35 new cases
and the outbreak has hit two more localities, namely Hai Ninh Commune in
Quang Ninh District and Loc Ninh Commune in Dong Hoi City.
Up to now, the province has reported 476 infections,
including 59 recoveries. There are also 5,300 direct contacts and 7,500
indirect contacts of confirmed Covid cases in the province.
In related news, the southern province of Tay Ninh
decided to extend the stay-at-home mandate under the prime minister’s
Directive 16 for another 14 days starting today. The province will make
further adjustments to the social distancing period depending on the
development of the disease.
To date, Tay Ninh has been following the stay-at-home
mandate under Directive 16 for 42 consecutive days.
Since the pandemic hit the country early last year, Tay
Ninh has reported more than 5,400 infections, including 3,350 recoveries and
87 fatalities, according to the Tay Ninh Center for Disease Control.
In another development, the provincial government of
Long An, another southern province, convened an online Covid-related meeting
yesterday to review the province’s efforts to slow the spread of the
coronavirus.
Speaking at the meeting, Nguyen Van Ut, chairman of the
province and deputy head of the province’s anti-Covid authority, said the
province is set to extend the shelter-in-place order under Directive 16 for
another 14 days in localities at a high risk for Covid and for seven more
days in areas deemed as safe zones such as Moc Hoa, Vinh Hung, Tan Hung and
Thanh Hoa.
The authorities will make further decisions on Covid
restrictions based on the development of the disease.
Up to now, Long An has confirmed more than 22,100 Covid
cases. Of them, nearly 14,300 patients have fully recovered while 265 others
have died.
Luang Prabang Governor: Laos –
Vietnam ties growing
The Laos – Vietnam ties keep growing and bond
the two peoples together, said Secretary and Governor of Luang Prabang
province Khamkhan Chanthavisouk on August 30.
Congratulating the Vietnamese Consulate General in
Luang Prabang on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of National Day of
Vietnam (September 2), Khamkhan Chanthavisouk affirmed that the Lao and
Vietnamese people are as close as brothers in a family.
He hailed the Vietnamese Party and State leaders for
giving drastic directions to fight the pandemic in combination with
socio-economic development.
Vietnamese Consul General in Luang Prabang Nguyen Dang
Hung expressed his belief that under the leadership of the two Parties and
States, the Vietnam – Laos ties will further prosper as agreed by the two
countries' senior leaders, especially via the implementation of agreements
following visits by Lao Party General Secrretary and President Thongloun
Sisoulith and Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Hung pledged to give further priority to boosting
friendly cooperation with northern Lao localities in the spirit of expanding
into new fields and tapping promising opportunities between both sides.
The same day, leaders of Luang Prabang departments,
agencies and enterprises also visited the Vietnamese Consulate General to
offer congratulations on the occasion./.
Vietnamese resort named among most
breathtaking eco-resorts to visit in 2021
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in the south central province
of Khanh Hoa has been named in the list of 11 breathtaking eco-resorts in the
world to visit in the summer of 2021 as selected by Euronews, the Nhan dan
newspaper reported.
Euronews wrote that, based on the assessment of model Danielle
Copperman, Six Senses Ninh Van Bay Resort has been selected for the list.
In her own words, the hotel is an 'isolated
eco-paradise', featuring on-going conservation projects and growing fresh
produce on site. Danielle explored the plantations and sampled the local
fruit on offer, from lemongrass, mango and papaya to pomelo, kumkwat and
dragon fruit, according to Euronews.
Coming the Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in Khanh Hoa,
visitors will have the opportunity to experience scuba diving and jungle
adventures, with an equal emphasis on wellness and relaxation - think
soothing spa treatments and flying yoga.
Along with Six Sense Ninh Van Bay, Euronews also
selected a number of other famous eco-resorts in the world associated with
nature conservation activities.
The other resorts include: Tivoli Ecoresort Praia do
Forte (Brazil); Zadun, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve (Mexico); Terre Blanche
(Provence, France); Dharana at Shillim Estate Retreat and Spa (India); Villa
Persa, White Key Villas (Island of Spetses, Greece); Château d’Audrieu
(Normandie, France); La Granja Ibiza (Spain); Stonefield Villas (Soufriere,
Saint Lucia); The Amaala Project (Saudi Arabia); and Cottages Antoinette
(Champagne, France).
The resorts have common characteristics in making the
most of the available natural space, limiting the impact on the environment,
implementing nature conservation projects, and educating the community and
visitors about the natural environment./.
Hanoi party secretary urges to
tighten social distancing
Dung said the new clusters of cases in Thanh Xuan,
Hoang Mai and Dong Da districts had shown shortcomings in the implementation
of the current social distancing rules and the managements are still too lax.
The new clusters of cases show high risks in traditional markets and densely
populated areas with lots of alleyways or apartment buildings.
An ambulance driver and several people who had been
treated, quarantined and allowed to go home recently tested positive for
Covid-19. Even inside quarantine centres, management and monitoring are still
lax.
According to Dung, the most effective immediate
response is social distancing. Ward and communal authorities are asked to
review their areas and have plans for emergencies. Households will be asked
to sign a commitment stating that they would not go out unnecessary. Local
authorities must tighten monitoring to limit travellers such as patrolling
main streets leading to residential areas with offices and factories.
Violators will be strictly punished.
Vehicles from other provinces that have been permitted
to go to Hanoi must not stop along the way. The driver must wear a full
protective suit when leaving the cabin and not have contact with anyone else.
After unloading the goods, they must leave Hanoi immediately.
If the drivers want to stay in Hanoi, firms are
responsible for ensuring preventive measures and the needs of the drivers.
Drivers that want to stay in Hanoi for a long time will be tested and
quarantined.
Red zones that are the most at risk will be treated as
a quarantine centre. Hanoi People's Committee will carry out screen tests to
detect new cases in these high-risk areas and ensure that Covid-free zones
stay safe. The aim is to screen test the whole city.
Dung emphasised that the plan will not work without
co-operation from the public and called for the residents to continue
following social distancing rules.
The capital city has reported 3,159 Covid-19 infections since the fourth
outbreak occurred in late April. On Sunday, the city recorded the highest
number of infections since the new outbreak started with 133 cases.
PM urges solutions to effectively
use land resources
More solutions should be developed to improve the
efficiency of State management, prevent waste and corruption in land use, and
effectively use land resources to serve the task of national
development, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on August 30.
He made the statement at a conference held to gather
ideas for a draft report reviewing the implementation
of Resolution 19-NQ/TW of the 11th Party Central Committee on
continuing to develop policies and laws on land in the period of stepping up
renewal process, creating a foundation for the country to become a modern
industrial country by 2020.
PM Chinh, who is head of the Central Steering Committee
for reviewing the implementation of the Resolution, emphasised that land is
an issue related to all aspects of economic and social activities and
people’s lives.
After ten years of implementation of the Resolution,
numerous achievements have been obtained, contributing to
promoting effective use of land resources to serve socio-economic
development, ensure social equality and stability, national defence and
security, and environmental protection, he said.
He asked the participants to focus on evaluating the
achieved results, shortcomings, causes, and lessons learned from the
implementation realities over the past time as well as setting tasks and
solutions for the future which are proposed in the draft report.
Participants at the conference agreed with the contents
of the draft report which affirm the people's ownership of land. They also
mentioned a number of issues that still have different opinions related to
land management and use, the rights and obligations of people and businesses
in managing and using land economically, efficiently and sustainably.
Concluding the event, the Prime Minister asked the
Steering Committee and the drafting team to acquire the proposals and
recommendations to finalise the report to submit to the competent authorities
as soon as possible./.
RoK launches search for missing
Vietnamese sailor
Segye Ilbo newspaper and busanmbc.co.kr of the Republic
of Korea (RoK) reported on August 29 that a Vietnamese sailor has gone
missing from a Vietnamese cargo ship and the country’s Coast Guard has launched
a search for him.
The Busan Coast Guard said that it had received a
report about the disappearance of a crew member on the cargo ship weighing
16,960 tonnes, at around 7:30 am on August 28.
According to the initial investigation results, the
42-years-old sailor went missing at about 8:30 pm on August 27, 11 hours
before the disappearance was reported by the Vietnamese side. He boarded the
ship to go to the South Pacific from the waters off Busan in the evening
August 27 but was not found on the ship the next morning.
The Coast Guard has mobilized patrol vessels to search
along the route of the vessel, but one officer said the search faces
difficulties because the exact time when and location where the man went
missing could not be determined./.
Quang Ninh hands over wanted Chinese
man to China
Authorised agencies of the northern border province of
Quang Ninh on August 29 handed over to the Chinese side a Chinese man on the
wanted list who illegally entered and stayed in Vietnam.
Earlier on August 4, relevant forces in the province’s
Mong Cai city and border guards detected a Chinese national named Xie Bin
when they examined a house in Hai Yen ward. The man, born in 1996, did not
have any legal immigration papers.
After investigation, police found that he was on the
wanted list in China for cyber crimes.
Relevant agencies handed over the man to the Chinese
side after a quarantine period in line with COVID-19 prevention and control
measures.
They are further investigating those who had arranged
for the Chinese criminal to illegally enter and stay in Vietnam./.
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