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14:52 As of present, HCMC has three districts of 7, Cu Chi and Can Gio having
brought the Covid-19 pandemic under control in accordance with criteria in
controlling the disease issued by the Ministry of Health. In which, Cu Chi
and District 7 are selected as pilots for the city’s new normal scenario
after September 15. The head
offices of the People’s Committees of wards in Go Vap and District 8 that
were requisitioned as gathering places of food and essential goods for social
welfare activities have been cleaned and disinfected to give back the
premises to the local administrative agencies before September 15. Residents
who come to the People’s Committees of wards for notarization services are
required to provide medical declaration, wear mask, measure body temperature
while local state officials will wear personal protective equipment to
protect against the virus and comply with the health ministry's 5K message,
including facemask, disinfection, social distancing, no gathering and health
declaration. Digital transformation
of public administration has created favorable condition for State cadres to
work and solve all documents submitted by residents online during the social
distancing measures. This process
of using digital technologies to modify administrative procedures can be
continued to apply after the current social distancing period ends, said PhD
Huynh Thanh Dien, a lecturer of the Nguyen Tat Thanh University. In the
‘Citizens – City Leaders: Question and Response’ livestream session on the
direction of the city for the upcoming time regarding Covid-19 prevention and
control as well as social security, Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee
Phan Van Mai said that the city will gradually ease social distancing rules
under strict safety measures. Government agencies
have implemented the modes of "three on spot" and “one route, two
destinations" with only a quarter of employees who can work at the
office. If social distancing measures will be lifted in a gradual manner,
State agencies must also arrange work based on their plans and the number of
employees as well as ensure minimal contact between workers. Agencies and
offices of the administrative state in the city should be simultaneously
reopened to reduce the amount of work for officials, said PhD Huynh Thanh
Dien. Additionally,
the city plans to reach the goal of single-dose vaccination strategy for
people aged 18 and above in all districts by September 15 and apply the
“Green Pass” showing that people have been vaccinated and tested negative
throughout the city. If the city gradually eases social distancing rules, the
competent units should enhance the unexpected inspection of Covid-19
prevention and control activities to moderate the amount of unnecessary works
for departments. Officials of State agencies and employees of businesses have
to be vaccinated for Covid-19, he added. Phan Van
Men, Director of the HCMC Social Insurance Agency, said that they solve more
than two millions documents every year including social distancing period
while the office has a total number of 1,300 workers. The office have applied
information technology in solving the a huge amount of work. Vietnam, Belgium’s firm discuss COVID-19 vaccine production
cooperation Belgium’s
biotechnology company Univercells can access and provide vaccines for
Southeast Asia in particular and Asia at large through cooperation in
Vietnam, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has affirmed. He made the
remark during a recent meeting with representatives of Belgium’s
biotechnology company, trade partners and the Wallonia Export-Investment
Agency, on cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine and medicine production. The meeting,
part of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s visit to Belgium and the
European Union, was among efforts by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in
seeking vaccine supply and carrying out vaccine diplomacy. A
representative of Univercells said the company is paying heed to investment
in vaccine production facilities in Vietnam, along with production of
personal medical equipment; experience sharing and training for vaccine
manufacturers and connection with various partners to find suitable financial
sources for cooperation projects. Dien
suggested development orientations in line with the country’s infrastructure
in the field, urging the Belgian firm to promptly send suggestions and
materials to the Vietnamese side for consideration. During his
trip, Dien also received Secretary General of the Federation of European
Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) Jerome Pero and representatives from Nike
Group. He hoped
that FESI and Nike will raise voice to the EU and US administration to make
it easier for Vietnam to access vaccines at the earliest via the COVAX
mechanism or commercial channel. FESI and
Nike also discussed the possibility of assisting Vietnam in COVID-19 fight
such as supplying test kits or factory cleansing equipment. Youth Union delivers mooncakes for children in pandemic zones The HCM
City Youth Union and its partners have launched a charity programme to
offer mooncakes for poor children in isolation zones in celebration
of the Mid-Autumn (Trung Thu) Festival, which falls on September 21 (the
15th day of the eighth lunar month). The event,
called Trung Thu Cho Em (Full Moon Party for Children),
targets children aged three to 15. More than
5,000 children will receive Trung Thu gifts, including mooncakes, candies and
fruits, which will be delivered by the union’s volunteers. Traditional
lanterns will be included. “Because of
the COVID-19 pandemic, this year for the first time we will organise full
moon celebrities for children without theatre performances and traditional
games,” said Nguyễn Thanh Hân, director of the Social Activities Centre for
Việt Nam’s Young People, Teenagers &Children, a member of the programme’s
organising board. Hân and his
staff delivered Trung Thu gifts to 500 children from poor and migrant
households in An Phú Ward in Thủ Đức City after the event’s launching
day on September 8. “We hope our
programme, Trung Thu Cho Em, will encourage children and parents living
in pandemic and isolation zones to be optimistic in the virus fight,”
said Hân. “Our
volunteers have told the kids that ‘you should never stop your dreams and
wishes’.” Lâm Minh
Châu, 10, who lives with his parent in a small alley on Lương Định Của
Street, were happy to receive a mooncake and a star lantern from the event’s
volunteers. “I thought I
would have no Trung Thu lantern and mooncake this year. I’m very happy
to participate in the programme Trung Thu Cho Em,” said
Châu. “I will play and light up my lantern alone at home because I
follow COVID-19 measures.” Châu and
other kids living in his area were asked to wear face masks, keep a safe
distance, and wash hands with sanitiser during and after taking the
gifts. Labour
unions at industrial parks and export processing zones in the city will
also present several thousands gifts to poor children and teenagers this
season. Eleven northern localities send health workers to support Ha Noi
in vaccination, mass testing Eleven
northern localities have sent 1,327 health workers to support vaccination and
2,028 others for conducting mass testing in the capital city of
Ha Noi. Earlier, Ha Noi authorities
said they would test the entire population of the city prior to
September 15 to achieve the target of controlling the COVID-19
outbreak by mid-September. The city
with a population of 9 million plans to test people in very high-risk areas
every two or three days, those in high-risk areas at least twice and
residents in low-risk neighborhoods at least once. The tests
will allow authorities to get a comprehensive picture of the ongoing pandemic
situation to decide which areas are safe enough for resumption of
socio-economic activities. Besides
dispatching medical workers to take swabs, they will also deliver rapid test
kits for people to perform the test themselves. The city’s
authorities set the target that all local residents aged 18 and above
will receive at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine by September 15. Statistics
show around 3.78 million vaccine doses were administered in the city./. Vietnamese legislature leader begins Finland visit Vietnam
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his entourage arrived in
Helsinki on September 9 evening, beginning their two-day visit to Finland at
the invitation of Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Anu Vehvilainen. The visit
aims to promote the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation
between Vietnam and Finland in general and their legislatures in particular,
opening up new cooperation prospects in bilateral relations as well as
inter-regional and international cooperation. Hue is
scheduled to pay a courtesy visit to the Finnish President, meet with the
Finnish Prime Minister, and hold talks with the Speaker of the Finnish
Parliament. He will also receive the Mayors, attend roundtable discussion
with a number of CEOs of large Finnish companies, and witness the signing of
business contracts between Vietnamese and Finnish enterprises. He is due to
meet with officials of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the
Vietnamese community in Finland. Earlier on
September 8-9, Hue paid a working visit to Belgium where he had a meeting
with the President of the European Union and held talks with the President of
the European Parliament. At these meetings, the two sides reached high
consensus on many issues of cooperation both bilaterally and multilaterally. He also met
with the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, attended the Vietnam - Belgium
Business Forum, and witnessed the signing of business contracts between the
two countries. He also attended a ceremony to receive 100,000 doses of the
COVID-19 vaccine and other medical supplies donated by the Belgian
government. VTV secures broadcasting rights to 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup Vietnam
Television (VTV) has won the rights to broadcast live the finals of the 2021
FIFA Futsal World Cup which will take place from September 12 to October 4 in
Lithuania. All matches
at the finals of the Futsal World Cup will be broadcast across the country
and through VTV’s digital platforms. The ninth
version of the global tournament will be held at three competition halls in
Lithuania, including the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Zalgiris Arena in Kaunas,
and Svyturys Arena in Klaipėda. This will
mark the second time that the country has competed in the FIFA Futsal World
Cup, coming following their participation in their first global competition
in Colombia five years ago when Vietnam made history after making it to the
quarter finals. The 2021
FIFA Futsal World Cup will feature the participation of 24 teams divided into
six groups. They will compete in a round robin format with the top 12 first
and second-placed teams and four best third-placed teams progressing to the
round of 16. Vietnam are
in Group D alongside world champions Brazil, the Czech Republic, and Panama. They are
scheduled to take on Brazil on September 13, Panama on September 16, and the
Czech Republic three days later. Travel papers to be integrated into citizens’ QR code The Police
Department for the Administrative Management of Social Order (C06) under the
Ministry of Public Security will study and integrate travel papers into
citizens’ QR codes when people make declarations through VNEID, a
recently-launched electronic medical declaration application. The
information was released on September 9 by Senior Lieutenant Colonel To Anh
Dung, Deputy Director of C06 at a press briefing held about the deployment of
a number of pieces of software to support COVID-19 prevention and control. Accordingly,
C06 has launched software to manage citizens suspected of being infected with
COVID-19. This software makes it easy to update the status of the COVID-19
infection situation and the risk of infection. Information is available on
the national population database, and is to be applied across the country. In order to
support policy beneficiaries, C06 has also launched a citizen management
software for COVID-19 support policies. This software is also designed based
on the system of the national population database. So far, all
provinces and cities nationwide have used this software. Police forces of
communes, wards and townships have coordinated with People's Committees at
the same level to update information on 547,748 policy beneficiaries and have
distributed allowances in 486,942 cases. Belgian Foreign Ministry hands over 100,000 doses of vaccine to
Vietnam Representatives
from the Belgian Foreign Ministry handed over 100,000 doses
of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam to support its fight against
COVID-19. The
ceremony, co-hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium and the Ministry of
Planning and Investment in Brussels, was witnessed by National Assembly
Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue. Several
Vietnamese organisations, businesses and intellectuals in Europe also
presented medical supplies worth millions of USD to Vietnam. To step up
economic ties between Vietnam and Belgium, a number of deals to purchase
medical equipment were also signed on the occasion. Other
memoranda of understanding relate to offshore wind power development, solar
energy study, and wind-derived desalination technology. If 100,000 doses of
vaccine funded by the Belgium Government are added, the MoUs are worth over
84.4 trillion VND (3.7 billion USD) in total./. Quang Nam wants airport upgrade The central
province of Quang Nam has called for upgrading Chu Lai Airport into an international
airport by 2030 at a meeting with the Airports Corporation of Vietnam. Under the
local authorities’ proposal, the CAV needs to work out a plan on developing
into an international airport that can serve five million passengers per year
by 2030. At the
meeting, the provincial people’s committee mentioned the necessity of
upgrading the airport’s cargo terminal as well as expanding areas for
aircraft parking areas and supporting facilities. The province
has been co-operating with the ACV and concerned agencies to mobilise the
state budget for building a new runway at the airport. Meanwhile, the current
runway of the airport will be turned into a taxiway in line with the Ministry
of Transport’s approval in 2019. Le Tri
Thanh, Chairman of Quang Nam Province, said that the province has asked the
ACV to call both foreign and local investors to participate in the Chu Lai
Airport development project. Chu Lai
Airport has favourable conditions to become an international airport
according to Thanh. Vietnam Youth Federation has new President
Nguyen Ngoc
Luong was elected as President of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) at the
4th conference of the Presidium of the VYF Central Committee and the 5th
meeting of the 8th VYF Central Committee for the 2019-2024 tenure held via
videoconference on September 9. Born in 1978
in Thieu Hoa district of the north central province of Thanh Hoa, Luong was
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and Vice
Chairman of the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam (NCYV). The event
was chaired by First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union
Central Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan and Vice President of the VYF Central
Committee Nguyen Hai Minh. Delegates
discussed tasks carried out by youth organisations in the first months of
2021 and the implementation of missions in the remaining months of the year,
along with personnel work for the VYF Central Committee./. Warning given to Party Delegation to Quang Ninh People’s Court The 13th
Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has decided to give a warning
to the Party Delegation to the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Court in the
2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures and some senior officials of the court as a
disciplinary measure. In its
announcement on September 9, the commission concluded that the officials have
violated the Party's regulations, the State's laws and the working
regulations of the provincial Party Committee and the Party Delegations
to the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Court, as well as the principle of
democratic centralism in considering and deciding to reduce the prison
sentence for an ineligible prisoner. The
commission said their violations are serious, causing public concern and
negative impact on the fight against crimes, the Party and State’s leniency
policy and prestige of the court sector and the Party. The
commission also asked the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat
impose disciplinary measures on former Secretary of the Party Delegation
to Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and former General Director of the VSS
Nguyen Huy Ban, and former Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social
Affairs, former Secretary of the Party Delegation to the VSS and former
General Director of the VSS Le Bach Hong for their violations of the Party
regulations and State laws, regarding the lending of money from the social
security fund to a company against the rule, causing serious consequences and
significant loss to the State budget. It also
decided to give a warning to Bui Truong Thang, Deputy General Director of the
Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage, former deputy head of the Industry
Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade for his violations of
regulations when providing consultations on the management and use of a
high-value land lot in Ho Chi Minh City./. Nearly 800,000 planned for evacuation due to typhoon Conson A plan to
evacuate roughly 800,000 people in northern localities has been planned as
storm Conson approaches. The National
Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Response on Thursday held an urgent
meeting on measures to respond to typhoon Conson. Because of
the impact of the tropical convergence, since Wednesday evening, some
northern localities, including Hoa Binh and Son La have been facing heavy
rains. The same weather has also affected central provinces from Thanh Hoa to
Quang Binh. Hoang Phuc
Lam, deputy director of the National Center for Meteorological and
Hydrological Forecasting, said that the typhoon has entered the East Sea to
become the fifth typhoon set to hit Vietnam this year. The storm
has been forecasted to make landfall at the Paracel Islands by 7 am on
September 11 with strong wind. Northern
provinces have planned to evacuate close to 800,000 people in case of the
storm, including 155,000 people in areas at high risks of flash floods and
230,000 in coastal areas. A report
from the Border Guard Command showed that around 71,500 ships and boats had
been updated on the typhoon in order to take preventive measures to ensure
safety. Currently,
around 500 ships and boats are operating in areas that would be affected by
the storm, mostly in the Paracel Islands. They are mainly fishermen from the
central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai. Many of
them are moving out of dangerous areas. Critical COVID-19 patients recover in Da Nang Several
critical COVID-19 patients have recovered and been released from Đà
Nẵng’s Lung hospital after 17-day treatment. They now need a two-week home
quarantine period. Director of
the hospital Dr Lê Thành Phúc said four patients had been taken to the
hospital with a series of severe conditions such as hypertension,
pneumonia, respiratory distress, obesity and strokes, but doctors did their
best to save them during the city’s lockdown. Phúc said a
male patient, 82, who suffered stroke and half-body paralysis, was one of the
most severe emergency cases at the hospital. He has now tested negative
twice with SARS-COV-2 after two weeks. He said
another COVID-19 patient, aged 64, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis
and SARS-COV-2 infection on August 23, had recovered by September
8. A
60-year-old COVID-19 patient with obesity and respiratory distress was among
162 recovered COVID-19 patients on Wednesday. The city’s
Centre for Disease Control said the number of SARS-COV-2 community
infection cases has had remained under 15 per day since September
1, while more than 100 COVID-19 patients were released from hospitals each
day over the last five days. Only 55 out
of 1,600 (3.4 per cent) COVID-19 patients have been diagnosed with severe
conditions. The number of dead COVID-19 patient (47) in the city has remained
at one per cent since May, according to the centre. It said
108,000 people, including 52,000 residents, workers, traders and service
providers, have been given the first shot of vaccine.
Forty-one foreigners working at international organisations
and diplomatic agencies were vaccinated as of Wednesday. More than
400,000 vaccine doses will be arriving to the city for mass injection with a
target of all citizens getting at least one shot of the vaccine by the end of
September. Hội An city
in Quảng Nam province has allowed coffee and food shops to
open again with 50 per cent of seats available, as well as a gathering
of 20 people in public spaces. Commodities
and transport services resumed between Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam Province, but
drivers and logistics service providers must leave Đà Nẵng within 12 hours. Online tour highlights Vietnam’s culture under Ly – Tran feudal
dynasties Vietnam’
culture under the Ly (1009 - 1225) and Tran (1225-1400) feudal dynasties will
be promoted to the public via a free online tour of the National Museum of
History from September 12. The
programme will be held via the Zoom platform, and is aiming to meeting the
public's demand for education on historical and cultural values. The tour is
an appropriate form for imparting historical knowledge to people, especially
the young, amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors
will have a chance to enjoy digitised artifacts and documents combined with
explanations and the application of vivid 3D technology. Through the
programme, viewers will learn about the formation, development and role of
the Ly and Tran feudal dynasties in the nation’s history. This is the
first pilot tour to visit the museum in online form launched by the
Volunteers’ Club under the National Museum of History. Less than 24
hours since this information was posted on their Fanpage at
facebook.com/BTLSQG.VNMH, the museum has received great attention from the
public. The number of registrations for the first tour has exceeded the
target. Hai Phong conducts mass vaccination drive
Some
500,000 people will receive the Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine under a
vaccination drive launched by the northern port city of Hai Phong on
September 8. The drive will last for 10-15 days. In its
campaign, Hai Phong city has given priority to drivers, drivers’
assistants, workers, local people voluntarily registering to receive
vaccinations, shippers, staff at shopping malls, traders, and other cases in
line with current regulations. Hai Phong
has more than 1.6 million people eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Before
September 8, nearly 170,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots had been administered. Can Tho: Man prosecuted for anti-State posts The People’s
Procuracy of Thoi Lai district, Can Tho city, has issued an indictment
prosecuting a man and his accomplices for “abusing the rights to freedom and
democracy to violate the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests
of organisations and individuals.” The man -
Truong Chau Huu Danh - was born in 1982 from the southern province of Long
An. His
accomplices comprise Nguyen Phuoc Trung Bao, born in 1982 and residing in
central Da Nang city, and 36-year-old Doan Kien Giang and 41-year-old Nguyen
Thanh Nha, both from Ho Chi Minh City, and Le The Thang, born in 1982 and
residing in Hanoi. According to
the indictment, in August 2019, Danh and his accomplices created the Facebook
fanpage named “Bao sach,” a group named “Lam bao sach” and a Youtube channel
named “BS Channel” to post 47 articles and video clips on issues of public
concern. The articles
and video clips posted by the group used unverified, untrue, negative,
one-sided information that intentionally misled public opinions, causing
misunderstanding and creating conditions for negative comments, thus inciting
some people who have false perception to oppose guidelines of the Party, and
policies and laws of the State. Their acts
have also affected the management work in localities, triggered confusion,
suspicion in the public and undermined public trust in the State and
all-level authorities in social management. During
investigations, Danh and his accomplices admitted to their wrongdoings. After Danh
was arrested, the remaining members left the group and Thang removed the
Facebook page and Youtube channel. Thang has
been released on bail and banned from leaving his residence, while Danh, Bao,
Nha and Giang are under temporary detention./. Second Vietnam Summit in Japan to be held virtually The second
Vietnam Summit in Japan is set to be held virtually on November 20-21 under
the endorsement of the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan and the Vietnam National
Innovation Centre (NIC). The event
will be held under the theme “Transformation: New Values, New Methods”, said
Ta Duc Tung, a member of the executive board of the Summit during a recent
press conference held in Tokyo. It is hoped
to offer a venue for Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan to connect, share and
discuss chances and challenges of Vietnam in the post-pandemic time, as well
as devise measures to foster the country’s development in the period. For his
part, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam appreciated efforts made by
the organisers, adding that the first edition of the Summit has helped to
connect Vietnamese scientists and intellectuals in Japan. He spoke
highly of this year’s theme and expressed his hope that the event will create
a strong bond amongst Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan, and between the
intellectuals and State management agencies and firms of the two countries. The Summit
will comprise a plenary session and six thematic seminars which are to
discuss measures to live with COVID-19 in the new normal and across many
fields such as online learning, digital transformation and smart city
development. The first
Vietnam Summit in Japan, held in November 2019 with the theme “Make-in-Vietnam:
Chances and Challenges”, drew the participation of nearly 900 intellectuals
living inside and outside Japan, along with representatives of Vietnam’s
ministries and sectors./. Russian citizens in Khanh Hoa vote in legislative elections amid
COVID-19 Russian
nationals in south central Khanh Hoa province on September 9 headed to the
Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre's coastal branch in Nha Trang beach city to
cast their early ballots for seats in the State Duma, the lower house of
Russia’s Federal Assembly. According to
the organisers, the current COVID-19 situation may affect the turnout. About
450 Russian citizens are expected to cast votes on the day. The voting lasts
from 8am to 8pm on September 9. Alex
Krushchev, a Russian national in Nha Trang city, said he is delighted to
exercise his right to vote during his stay in Vietnam. Amid the spread of
COVID-19, local authorities have created optimal conditions for him and other
Russian citizens to test for COVID-19 and cast their ballots. Khanh Hoa is
one of localities in Vietnam having a large number of Russian citizens. There
are many Russian scientists working at the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre in
Nha Trang city, which was established 30 years ago. In Russia,
the voting is slated for September 19. Four voting
stations will be opened on September 19 in Vietnamese localities hosting a
large number of Russian nationals, namely Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, central Da
Nang city and southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province./. NA Chairman: Vietnam sets sight on rapid, sustainable
development Vietnam sets
sight on rapid and sustainable socio-economic development with a long-term
vision to 2030 and 2045, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told a
Vietnam – Belgium business roundtable on September 9. Hue said the
country’s growth will mostly rely on science-technology, innovation and
digital transformation. The nation will also perfect market economy
institution in tandem with socio-economic development, environment, national
defence-security and external relations. Vietnam
advocates attracting foreign investment selectively with quality, efficiency,
technology and environment protection as major criteria, he said, adding that
priority is given to projects in high technology, innovation, research and
development. He asked
Belgian firms to push forward the Belgian parliament’s approval of the
European Union – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA). The top
legislator also proposed the Belgian Government and firms continue providing
vaccines for Vietnam via COVAX Facility mechanism. In the
morning the same day, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien also
received Secretary General of the Federation of European Sporting Goods
Industry (FESI) Jerome Pero and representatives from Nike Group. Dien hoped
that FESI and Nike will raise voice to the EU and US adminsitration to make
it easier for Vietnam to access vaccines at the earliest via COVAX mechanism
or commercial channel. FESI and
Nike also discussed the possibility of assisting Vietnam in COVID-19 fight
such as supplying test kits or factory cleansing equipment. During a
working session with Univercells earlier, Dien listened to the company’s presentation
about its projects with the Vietnamese firms regarding vaccine study and
production. Its
suggestions and materials will be sent immediately to the Health Ministry and
potential partners in Vietnam for consideration. Vietnam's Friendship Order posthumously awarded to PCF official Authorised
by the President, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Toan Thang
on September 8 posthumously bestowed a Friendship Order on Jean-Charles
Negre, former standing member of the French Communist Party (PCF) Secretariat,
for his contributions to France-Vietnam relations. Attendants
at the ceremony were Fabien Roussel, National Secretary of the
PCF, Pierre Laurent, President of the PCF’s National Council,
representatives of Negre’s family and French and Vietnamese friends. Addressing
the ceremony, Thang said that Negre is not only a communist soldier but also
a person who always struggled for the friendship between the Vietnamese and
the French people, as well as the solidarity between the Communist Parties of
France and Vietnam. He played an
active role in enhancing exchanges and dialogues between the two countries,
promoting bilateral cooperation projects, especially in historical archives
and cooperation between the Nhan dan (People) newspaper and
L'Humanité (Humanity), the ambassador said. Negre is the
initiator of many cooperation projects and partnerships between French and
Vietnamese companies in many sectors including tourism, sports, environment
and digitalisation. He also contributed to promoting the twinning
relationship between the French city of Montreuil, the province of
Seine-Saint-Denis, and the Vietnamese province of Hai Duong, as well as
between the Ile de France region and the city of Hanoi. Many
projects in the fields of waste treatment and environment have become bright
spots of decentralised cooperation between Vietnam and France. “The
Vietnamese people will never forget his special contributions in preserving
the memories of President Ho Chi Minh, one of the founding members of
the French Communist Party in France,” he said. The
ambassador said, thanks to him, Ho Chi Minh Space was placed in the Living
History Museum in Montreuil and a statue of President Ho Chi Minh was erected
in Parc de Montreau. Fabien
Roussel, National Secretary of the PCF, highly appreciated the posthumous
awarding of the Friendship Order to Negre, saying it was a great honour for
the deceased. He affirmed that continuing the tradition of their
predecessors, members of the PCF are constantly nurturing the friendly
relationship between France and Vietnam. On behalf of
the family, Jeanne Negre expressed her appreciation and thanks to the
Vietnamese Government for awarding the Friendship Order to her father./. Australia funds digitally transformative tech projects in
Vietnam The
Australian Government in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and
Technology of Vietnam announced on Thursday the award of grants totalling
nearly AUD 1.4 million to four high-tech projects through the Aus4Innovation
Program. The four
projects, selected from nearly 70 applicants who responded to the call for
proposals from Aus4Innovation Partnership Grants Round 3 – “Enhancing Digital
Transformation” – will be implemented through well-established partnerships
between leading universities in both Australia and Vietnam, together with
industry partners and local government agencies. The first
project is "Augmented reality to improve access to healthcare in
remote areas" - an initiative to employ augmented reality technology to
improve the effectiveness of remote tele-mentorship between experts in urban
centres and less-experienced healthcare staff in remote areas. Ultimately
supporting better outcomes for urgent and complex patient cases, the project
will be delivered through a partnership between the University of Tasmania
and Bach Mai Hospital (AUD 387,245). "Smart
Eye to improve sugar industry productivity" is the second project which
develops a system incorporating drone technology and artificial intelligence
of things (AIoT) to allow local farmers in Thanh Hoa province to monitor the
nutrition levels and disease prevalence in sugarcane fields, thereby
improving productivity and reducing production costs. The grant will be
delivered through the University of Wollongong and VIGREEN, a tech start-up
(AUD 300,000). "AI/IoT
Technology to enhance search and rescue capacity" is the third project
that aims to enhance search and rescue operations in Vietnam during natural
disasters by using the latest digital transformation technologies, including
aerial vehicles (UAVs), artificial intelligence (AI) and remote sensing
technology. The initiative will be delivered collaboratively by the
University of Technology Sydney and Le Quy Don Technical University (AUD
440,000). The last
project, "AI-powered dashboard for environment ecosystem
management", is an initiative that brings together leading experts in
artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT),
environmental engineering and conservation biology to transform the
environmental management of Tram Chim National Park. Work will be led by the
University of Wollongong and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (AUD
250,000). Adapting the
most advanced technologies developed and tested in Australia, these projects
are expected to deliver practical values to the innovation ecosystem and
create lasting socio-economic impact in Vietnam. Congratulating
the winners, H.E. Ms Robyn Mudie, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam said:
“Building on the success of previous Aus4Innovation Partnership Grants, we’re
delighted to continue supporting initiatives that address Vietnam’s most
pressing socio-economic growth challenges. International collaboration in
emerging areas of science and technology, like AI and IoT, will be especially
important as the country recovers from COVID-19. The healthcare, natural
disaster management, sustainable agriculture and nature conservation sectors
all provide opportunities for widespread digital transformation that will
have a lasting positive impact.” “This
pandemic is reminding us that digital transformation is essential for future
social and economic development. The projects selected for funding are not
only practical in how advanced technologies are applied in areas of critical
need in Vietnam, but they are also very meaningful in today’s context. We
look forward to embracing these state-of-the-art technologies into our
innovation system, and the positive spill over that they will facilitate here
in Vietnam.” Vice Minister Bui The Duy from the Ministry of Science and
Technology added. Aus4Innovation
Partnership Grants delivered funding rounds in 2019 and 2020, providing
support for eight high-tech projects. This third round was approved by the
Australian Government in response to COVID-19 and supports Vietnam’s
sustainable recovery from the pandemic. Information about projects funded in
the three rounds can be found on the Aus4Innovation website. Australia funds digitally transformative tech projects in
Vietnam The
Australian government in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology
of Vietnam announced today the award of grants totalling nearly AUD1.4
million (around $1 million) to four high-tech projects through the
Aus4Innovation Program. The four
projects, selected from nearly 70 applicants who responded to the call for
proposals from Aus4Innovation Partnership Grants Round 3 – “Enhancing Digital
Transformation” – will be implemented through well-established partnerships
between leading universities in both Australia and Vietnam, together with
industry partners and local government agencies. These projects include: Augmented
reality to improve access to healthcare in remote areas – an initiative
to employ augmented reality technology to improve the effectiveness of remote
tele-mentorship between experts in urban centres and less-experienced
healthcare staff in remote areas. Ultimately supporting better outcomes for
urgent and complex patient cases, the project will be delivered through a
partnership between the University of Tasmania and Bach Mai Hospital
(AUD387,245 – $285,435); Smart Eye to
improve sugar industry productivity – a project to develop a system
incorporating drone technology and artificial intelligence of things (AIoT)
to allow local farmers in Thanh Hoa province to monitor the nutrition levels
and disease prevalence in sugarcane fields, thereby improving productivity
and reducing production costs. The grant will be delivered through the
University of Wollongong and VIGREEN, a tech startup (AUD300,000 – $221,180); AI/IoT
Technology to enhance search and rescue capacity – a project that aims
to enhance search and rescue operations in Vietnam during natural disasters
by using the latest digital transformation technologies,
including (unmanned?) aerial vehicles (UAVs), AI, and remote
sensing technology. The initiative will be delivered collaboratively by the
University of Technology Sydney and Le Quy Don Technical University
(AUD440,000 – $324,460); AI-powered
dashboard for environment ecosystem management – an initiative that
brings together leading experts in AI, machine learning, IoT, environmental
engineering, and conservation biology to transform the environmental
management of Tram Chim National Park. Work will be led by the University of
Wollongong and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (AUD250,000 –
$184,420) Vice
Minister Bui The Duy from the Ministry of Science and Technology added, “This
pandemic is reminding us that digital transformation is essential for future
social and economic development. The projects selected for funding are not
only practical in how advanced technologies are applied in areas of critical
need in Vietnam, they are also very meaningful in today’s context. We look
forward to embracing these state-of-the-art technologies into our innovation
system, and the positive spill-over that they will facilitate here in
Vietnam.” Partnership
Grants are an important part of the AUD13.5 million ($9.96 million)
(2018-2022) Aus4Innovation Program. It is funded by the Australian Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), managed by Australia’s national science
agency, CSIRO in strategic collaboration with the Ministry of Science and
Technology of Vietnam. Thua Thien-Hue: endangered primate released into Bach Ma
National Park A
red-shanked douc was released into Bach Ma National Park in Phu Loc district
in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on September 9. The
12-kilogram primate was found at Laguna Lang Co Resort in Phu Loc in good
health condition. The park's
staff will keep a close watch on its movements and ability to integrate into
red-shanked douc herds. The
red-shanked douc is the queen of primates, and has been listed as critically
endangered in Vietnam’s Red Book. Spanning
37,500 hectares and covered by evergreen tropical and subtropical
rainforests, the Bach Ma National Park affords red-shanked doucs the ideal
habitat to develop. It is now home to six herds of red-shanked doucs. Researchers
said the park harbors over 1,700 animal species, accounting for 7 percent of
all species currently in Vietnam. A total 69 species are named in the Red
List of Threatened Species, including dholes, leopards and saola. Fifteen
species are endemic to Vietnam, mostly birds. Last May,
another red-shanked douc weighing 6.3 kilogrammes discovered near Ta Trach
reservoir in Huong Thuy town was also released into the park./. Vietnam, China exchange pandemic prevention experience Minister of
Health Nguyen Thanh Long on September 9 held virtual talks with Ma Xiaowei,
Minister of the Chinese National Health Commission regarding COVID-19
prevention and control. At the
function, Long thanked the Chinese Government and people for their valuable
support for the Vietnamese counterparts in pushing back the pandemic. Ma said with
previous COVID-19-related exchanges between Vietnam and China, the event is
meaningful in terms of experience sharing to boost the effectiveness of the
sides’ responses to the epidemic. Both
ministers joined experts in discussing pandemic prevention and control
strategies between Vietnam and China as well as related technical and
professional solutions, particularly large-scale testing. The sides
also exchanged their experience in classifying and treating COVID-19
patients. Accordingly, both focused on treating severe patients and sending
experts to their areas. They agreed
to establish experience sharing channels to boost cooperation in the time to
come./. Cambodian students affected by COVID-19 in Can Tho receive gifts The Ho Chi
Minh Communist Youth Union in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the
municipal Union of Friendship Organisations on September 8 visited and
presented gifts to Cambodian students who are affected by the COVID-19
pandemic. The
delegation handed over 17 gift packages, each comprising cash and necessities
worth 1 million VND (43.97 USD), to Cambodian students of Can Tho University
and Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Le Thi Thanh
Giang, President of the Union of Friendship Organisations, said the gifts aim
to support the Cambodian students stranded in Vietnam due to the pandemic,
while nurturing the time-honoured friendship between people of the two
countries. Those are
among 60 Cambodian students who are studying in Can Tho city./. Top legislator meets Vietnamese community in Belgium National
Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on September 9 attended an inauguration
ceremony of a President Ho Chi Minh memorial room at the headquarters of the
Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium as part of his working visit to the European
Parliament and Belgium, and met with the representatives from the Vietnamese
community in the country. At his
working session with the embassy and the Mission of Vietnam to the EU, Hue
urged both agencies make efforts to promote the ratification of the
EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) by parliaments of EU
countries as well as Vietnam’s vaccine diplomacy. At the
meeting with representatives of Vietnamese expatriates in Belgium and young
Vietnamese intellectuals from across Europe, the top legislator lauded
overseas Vietnamese people’s contribution to their home nations via practical
actions and assistance. Hue informed
the expatriates on the success of the 13th National Party Congress and the elections
of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for
2021 – 2026. He also mentioned the successful external work and international
integration of Vietnam in the past time. The
legislative leader took the occasion to brief the expatriates on new points
in the Politburo’s Conclusion on overseas Vietnamese affairs in the new
context./. Research on rule-of-law socialist state should be more
practical: President President
Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting in Hanoi on September 9, reviewing works
done in developing a scheme to build a strategy for building and perfecting a
rule-of-law socialist state till 2030 with orientations to 2045 and agreeing
on common directions for the task. Affirming
that the State’s top priority goal is serving the people, Phuc requested the
implementation of the scheme’s 27 studies should have a new mindset, both
inheriting the achievements of building the current rule-of-law socialist
Vietnamese state and lifting them to new heights, meeting the development
requirements of the country until 2045. At the same
time, he also emphasised the quality requirements of the studies. The building
of these studies must be based on the Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh
Thought; closely follow the Party’s orientations, the Constitution and the
laws of the State; and inheriting progresses achieved in building and
perfecting the model so far, the President stated. Phuc also
recommended agencies behind these studies conduct seminars and symposiums to
capitalise on the brainpower of other agencies, organisations, and
scientists./. Vietnam considers US one of top important partners: vice
spokesperson Vietnam
always considers the US one of its top important partners, Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry’s vice spokesperson Doan Khac Viet stated at the
ministry’s regular press conference via videoconference on
September 9. Viet said
since the two countries lifted their relationship to comprehensive
partnership level in 2013, bilateral ties have developed with practical
results in important areas, both bilaterally and multilaterally, bringing
substantial benefits to the two countries’ people and enterprises and
contributing to peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the world. According to
the vice spokesperson, under its external policy of independence,
self-reliance, being ready to be a trustworthy partner to make active
contributions to peace, stability and development in the region and the
world, and following the principle of respecting independence, sovereignty,
territorial integrity and political regime of each other, Vietnam always
considers the US one of its top important partners. He said the
two countries’ leaders have agreed to further strengthen bilateral ties,
especially cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, national
defence-security, settlement of post-war consequences, climate change
response, education, health care, science and technology. Once again,
Vietnam sincerely thanks the US for its timely, effective and valuable
support to the country in the fight against the pandemic, Viet said. Vice spokesperson: Chinese Foreign Minister’s upcoming visit to
boost ties Foreign
Ministry’s vice spokesperson Doan Khac Viet has said the upcoming
Vietnam visit by Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang
Yi aims to continue boosting the comprehensive strategic cooperative
partnership with Vietnam, for the benefit of the two peoples, and for peace,
stability, cooperation and development in each nation, in the region and the
world. During the
visit, Wang is scheduled to co-chair the annual 13th meeting of the Steering
Committee on Vietnam – China Bilateral Cooperation together with permanent
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, hold talks with Foreign Minister Bui
Thanh Son and pay courtesy calls to Vietnamese leaders, Viet said during the
ministry’s regular press conference via videoconference on September 9. According to
the spokesperson, leaders and agencies concerned of the two countries will
discuss measures to tackle existing problems and carry bilateral ties
forward. A focus of
discussion will be on cooperation in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic,
including the supply of vaccines, medical supplies and relevant issues, he
said. Official requests directing vessels to avoid upcoming typhoon Deputy head
of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control
Tran Quang Hoai has asked municipal and provincial steering committees and
local border guards to call on vessels to avoid the upcoming typhoon, Conson. During a
teleconference with 14 northern mountainous provinces, ministries and
agencies concerned on September 9, Hoai also urged the Health Ministry to
offer detailed guidelines to areas in “red zones” in line with Directive
No.16/CT-CP on COVID-19 prevention and control to make it easier for
evacuation. Speaking at
the event, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority
Nguyen Van Tien required cities and provinces to continue keeping close track
of rainfalls there, raise public awareness of the complicated movement of
storms in the East Sea, instruct residents how to ensure safety and store
food and water. Localities
were also assigned to inspect unsafe houses, residential areas at high risk,
ensure the safety of water reservoirs, small irrigation lakes and underway
construction works as well as come up with plans to protect crops. Ministries,
agencies and units concerned will deploy forces and equipment for search and
rescue upon request. At the same time, they must actively inspect the safety
of power network. Sen. Lieut.
Col Nguyen Dinh Hung, deputy head of the Border Guard High Command’s search
and rescue office, said as of September 9 morning, about 500 fishing vessels
were still operating, mostly in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai and Binh
Dinh, and around Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago. According to
the Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention
and Control, several localities reviewed evacuation plans in case of heavy
storm and widespread rainfalls. At 1pm on
September 9, the storm, the fifth to hit the country so far this year, was
about 540km east southeast of Hoang Sa archipelago, with the wind speed of up
to 75-90km per hour. It is
forecast that in the next 24 hours, the storm will move to the west at about
15km per hour and is likely to get stronger, with the strongest wind in the
area near its center predicted at 90-115km per hour at 1pm on September 10./. Japanese firm supports Vietnamese people facing difficulties
amid COVID-19 Chairman of
Advance Co. Ltd. Satou Takashi has handed over the token of a cash amount to
Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam to support Vietnamese people
facing difficulties in Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At a
ceremony to receive the aid on September 7, Nam thanked the company for the
valuable assistance, pledging to use the sum in the most effective manner to
support the needy. The money
will be delivered to beneficiaries through the Association of Vietnamese
Intellectuals in Japan under a close watch of the embassy. The Vietnamese
diplomat lauded activities conducted by the Advance Co. Ltd. to help
Vietnamese workers and students to access chances to work in Japan,
expressing his hope that the firm will continue to assist them during their
stay in the country. Takashi said
that the Advance Co. Ltd. was set up in 1995 and mainly operates in the field
of telecommunications. Since 2017, it has signed cooperation agreements with
more than 10 Vietnamese universities to send Vietnamese students to Japan for
apprenticeship and working after they finish their apprentice programmes. Talking to
the Vietnam News Agency's correspondent in Japan, he said that the company
hopes to make contributions to easing difficulties that Vietnamese people in
Japan are facing during the pandemic. Along with
the Advance Co. Ltd., many other Japanese companies have offered support to
needy Vietnamese people in Japan amid COVID-19 with different forms such as
cash, food, and accommodation./ Thai Binh multiplies model of locals’ donating land for road construction The
successful model of local residents’ donating land for the construction of
roads in Quynh Ngoc, Quynh Hoang and Quynh Lam communes of Quynh Phu district
in the northern province of Thai Binh has encouraged other localities to
follow suit. In
mid-August, many local households in An Thai commune of Quynh Phu district
joined hands with the local administration in construction of DH.76 road
through the centre of the commune by voluntarily donating their land for the
building of the road. Inspecting ground
clearance for DH.76 road through An Thai commune, Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee Ngo Dong Hai and Chairman of the provincial
People’s Committee Nguyen Khac Than lauded the high consensus and voluntary
land donation of local residents. This is a
creative method of Quynh Phu to speed up ground clearance, which should be
multiplied to many other localities across the province in the time to come. According to
the People’s Committee of Quynh Phu district, DH.76 road crosses 74
households with a length of 1.7km. So far, all 74 households have voluntarily
donated their land for the construction of the road with total area of more
than 900 sq.m and received support and compensation from the administration
in line with the regulations. With the
motto of the State and people working together, Quynh Phu has succeeded to
encourage people to contribute their land for the construction of the road in
the spirit of democracy, voluntariness, transparency and consensus. The district
will prioritise constructing roads in localities where all households reach
high consensus. In return,
the province will give compensations for their properties on their land plots
and help them resettle in other areas if their remaining land after donation
is not enough for house building./. Emergency aid reaches more Vietnamese-Cambodians More
Vietnamese-origin people in Cambodia have received assistance under Phase 2
of an emergency aid programme for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Khmer -
Vietnam Association and the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia held an event to
present the aid in Phnom Penh capital on September 9. The relief,
including rice, mosquito nets, and cash, was handed over to 50 households of
Vietnamese-origin people who represented 1,171 households in Phnom Penh
benefiting from the programme, which also targets Khmer people, this time. Among the
beneficiaries, there are 538 households that previously earned their living
from cage fish farming but were recently displaced. Huynh Minh
Phu, Chairman of the Khmer - Vietnam Association in Phnom Penh, said the life
of Vietnamese-origin people has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but
those who have to leave their houseboats for the mainland have encountered
even more hardships. Leaders of
the Vietnamese Embassy and the Khmer - Vietnam Association have been working
to raise donations to provide support, he added. Apart from
the targeted households in Phnom Penh, the embassy’s community support fund
have also presented rice and medical supplies to more than 650 others in
Kampong Thom, Kampong Chhnang, Stung Treng, Prey Veng, and Kampong Cham
provinces, raising the number of beneficiary households in Phase 2 to 1,821. Over the
last two months, at the request of the Khmer - Vietnam Association’s
chapters, the fund has also given food, medical supplies, and essential goods
to over 800 households in some areas affected by the pandemic in such
provinces as Kandal, Siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, and Prey Veng./.  Source:
VNA/VNS/VOV/VIR/SGT/SGGP/Nhan Dan/Hanoitimes |
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