VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 9
15:30 Binh Phuoc
to present 10,000 smart phones to poor students The southern
province of Binh Phuoc will present 10,000 smart phones to poor students in
mid-October to assist them in online learning, said Deputy Director of the
provincial Department of Education and Training Ho Hai Thach on October 8. Thach said
the department will also ask educational establishments to offer lessons via
television, send photocopied materials to students, and call on organisations
and individuals to support the effort. At present,
about 14,000 local students still lack equipment for online learning. Statistics
from the provincial Department of Information and Communications showed that
so far, one school in Bu Dang district has lacked Internet connection and 22
others failed to receive Internet signals./. Eighth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals wraps up The 8th
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin 8), which took place in form of
teleconference, concluded on October 8, issuing a joint statement on the
ASEAN Minerals Cooperation Action Plan (AMCAP). Participating
ministers agreed that the second phase of the AMCAP for 2021 – 2025 focuses
on the promotion of domestic and international investment in all components
of the mineral value chain; the application of sustainable mineral
development principles and efforts to expand the participation and
contributions of partners; and building human, institutional and technical
capacity in mineral management, among others. They said
new strategies and effective tools must be devised to upgrade the ASEAN
Mineral Database and Information System (AMDIS) to support more active
investment promotion and the development of complete, high-quality geological
data and resource maps. Delivering
his closing speech, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment Tran Quy Kien stressed that regarding emerging regional and
international issues, it is necessary for ASEAN's centrality to be maintained
and promoted in a bid to boost dialogue, cooperation, and the creation of an
open transparent, inclusive and rules-based regional structure. The AMMin 8
continues to affirm the strength of solidarity, resilience and the ability to
flexibly adapt to challenges, he said. The official
noted that with the desire to unite the bloc for development, participants
discussed and agreed on many drastic and practical measures to promote
cooperation to overcome challenges facing ASEAN, maintain the collaboration
momentum, and give directions for the ASEAN Community to develop stronger to
truly become the core of the region. Participating
ministers expected Brunei will hold the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on
Minerals (ASOMM), which is slated for 2022; and Cambodia will host the AMMin
9 in 2023./. Meeting discusses pilot resumption of commercial flights Deputy Prime
Minister Le Van Thanh chaired a nationwide teleconference on October 8
to discuss the resumption of domestic commercial flights. At the
event, a representative from the Transport Ministry presented a pilot plan to
run 23 return flights a day, or 46 flights per day, from October 10-20,
including 10 return flights between Ho Chi Minh City and localities, six
others from Hanoi, four from Da Nang and three from Thanh Hoa. Passengers
must be fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 within the past six
months, test for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PRC or rapid antigen testing method
within 72 hours, and fill out health declarations before boarding. Several
localities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh, Quang Binh and Thanh Hoa
agreed with the pilot plan and offered specific proposals. A representative
from the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said all of its staff have
been given the first shot while all pilots and 80 percent of flight
attendants have been fully vaccinated. Deputy
Health Minister Do Xuan Tuyen said during the pilot time, the frequency of
each flight should be less than a half. Deputy PM
Thanh said the resumption of flights is necessary to gradually restore
socio-economic development but also poses infection risks. He asked
localities nationwide to closely keep track of residents and passengers
coming from pandemic-hit areas and absolutely prevent the outbreak of
complex infection hotspots./. Vietnam assists Lao Defence Ministry with medical supplies Deputy
Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien received Lao
Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang in Hanoi on October 8. Under the
authorisation of Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military
Commission and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chien
presented a token of medical supplies worth 5.2 billion VND (226,000 USD) to
the ambassador, a gift of the Vietnamese Defence Ministry to its Lao
counterpart./. Deputy PM talks with voters in Ba Ria-Vung Tau A delegation
of National Assembly deputies from the southern province of Ba
Ria – Vung Tau led by permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh met
local voters online on October 8, ahead of the second session of the 15th
legislature. Speaking at
the event, Minh informed voters about the country’s socio-economic performance
in the past nine months, including the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. He said
Vietnam has so far basically controlled the pandemic, especially in southern
localities like Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta provinces and Ba Ria-Vung Tau. One of the
measures that the Vietnamese Party, State and Government have paid due
attention to is rapid COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Over 50 million doses of
vaccines have to date arrived in Vietnam. Between now and the year’s end,
Vietnam could have 40-60 million more doses to vaccinate about 80 percent of
its population aged above 18, he said. Ba Ria-Vung
Tau also sent a proposal to the Government seeking the supply of more vaccnes
to the locality. On September 29, it received some 300,000 doses from the Health
Ministry, which are being given to residents. Voters at
the event suggested stepping up vaccination, expanding priority groups
eligible for early vaccination, ensuring publicity and transparency in
providing financial assistance for those hit by the pandemic, and delivering
timely support for affected firms and business households. Minh also
pledged to report their aspirations to the legislature and Government, thus
helping them achieve the set targets./. Quang Ninh to host 9th National Sports Games in 2022
The northern
province of Quang Ninh will host the 9th National Sports Games in November
2022, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism. About 8,000
officials, coaches and athletes of 65 sport delegations from the country’s
all 63 provinces and cities and the army and the public security forces, and
1,600 referees will attend the event. The athletes
will compete for medals in 40 sports in five groups: Olympic, ASIAD, SEA
Games, traditional games and recreational sports. Quang Ninh
boasts a 5000-seat multi-purpose gymnasium, a water sport area, a shooting
range, an archery range, a stadium combined with athletics field, a gymnasium
for martial arts and sword marks, three beach volleyball courts, two beach
sepak takraw courts, and two tennis courts. It also has
a professional running track certified by the International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the Association of International Marathons
and Distance Races./. U22 Vietnam to play int’l friendlies ahead of Asian Cup
qualifiers The
Vietnamese U22 team are due to take on Tajikistan in a friendly game on
October 11 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the team’s
preparations for the upcoming 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Six days
after the fixture, they are scheduled to place a friendly match against
Kyrgyzstan’s U23s before heading to Kyrgyzstan on October 21 to compete in
the qualifying round. The team,
coached by Korean expert Park Hang-seo, are scheduled to play Taipei (China)
on October 27 and Myanmar on November 2 at the Dolon Omurzakov Stadium. The team’s
aim will be to stay top of Group I and qualify for the final round of the
2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup which is due to take place in Uzbekistan in June 2022. Vietnam seeks to attract Spanish visitors The
Institute for Tourism Development Research organized an online workshop on
October 8 to share experience in attracting Spanish visitors to Vietnam, She cited
statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, saying
between 70,000 - 80,000 Spaniards chose Vietnam as a destination for their
holiday between 2016 and 2019. The COVID-19
pandemic has changed tourism trends as well as the demand for products and
services of international tourists, including Spaniards, said Hoa. Currently,
Spanish people are eager to travel again after the COVID-19 outbreak was
brought under control, and Spain will still be the target market for
Vietnamese tourism in the near future, she said. Sharing
Hoa’s view, Nguyen Quang Vinh, deputy head of the market research department
of the institute, Spain is a potential market for Vietnam thanks to the
visitors’ high spending levels and long stay. Since 2018,
Vietnam has unilaterally exempted visas for tourists from some Western
European countries, including Spain, over a period of 15 days. The Vietnam
National Administration of Tourism also launched a tourism promotion
programme in capital Madrid in October 2018. However, he
admitted that the Spaniards know little about Vietnam as a country which is
rich in tourism resources, beautiful and friendly. To attract
Spaniards to Vietnam, experts attending the workshop proposed that the
tourism sector fully study this market to better cater to local people’s
tastes, especially when Vietnam moves into the new normal status in the post
pandemic period. Some
delegates also proposed that the government extend the visa-free stay for
Spanish tourists to Vietnam from the current 15 days to 30 days, in order to
attract more Spanish holidaymakers to the country. Students in HCMC expected to return to schools in January 2022 As per the
plan, students in Ho Chi Minh City will return to schools in January 2022,
said Director of Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Hieu. According to
a report by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, as of
October 7, 99.8 percent of senior high school students have been taking
online learning while 97.9 percent of junior high school students and 97.73
percent of primary students have been taking distance education respectively. Director
Hieu said that more than 1,500 educational institutions in the southern
metropolis are currently being used for Covid-19 quarantine or treatment
facilities. Up to now, only 150 schools have been repaired and for on-campus
courses. It is expected that all schools will be handed over in mid-November
2021. The Ho Chi
Minh City Department of Education and Training yesterday said that 112
students of first and second graders of Thanh An Primary School in Thanh An
commune in outlying district Can Gio will return to school for on-site
learning from October 11. The
Department of Education and Training in districts and Thu Duc City had
directed schools to review students’ participation in online learning to
discover those who lack learning equipment and students whose father or
mother died from the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak so that administrators
encourage and present learning materials and equipment such as desktop
computers, tablets and smartphones to students. In addition, many students
were given welfare packages and scholarships helping them feel more secure in
their studies. Response to wildlife-related violations reaches 97.6 percent:
Report Despite
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ration of response of authorities
nationwide to wildlife-related violations reported by people reached 97.6
percent of the total, according to a report released by Education for Nature
Vietnam (ENV) on October 7. According to
the report, which focuses on assessing the efficiency of handling wildlife
violations reported by people in 2020, the above-mentioned rate is 13.6
percent higher than the rate of 2019. The rate of
successful settlement of violation cases related to wildlife in general and
live wild animals in 2020 is equivalent to the 2019 results. The central
city of Da Nang and the southern province of Binh Duong are the two leading
localities nationwide in handling violations reported by people, rescuing 125
endangered, precious and rare wild animals. Last year, these localities were
also among the five localities reporting the best results in this work. Ten
localities with the highest rate of response to reports of wildlife
violations from people are Binh Duong, Da Nang, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa,
Kien Giang, Hai Phong, Binh Phuoc, Gia Lai and Ho Chi Minh City. Localities
with the highest efficiency in handling violations related to live wild
animal are Dak Lak, Binh Duong, Da Nang, Lam Dong and Dong Nai. Hanoi and Ho
Chi Minh City are the two localities that have recorded the highest numbers
of wildlife violations reported by people. HCM City’s
authorities handled 99.7 percent of the total 309 violations, the report
said. However, the
efficiency of handling violations in Hanoi and HCM City still remained low. Deputy
Director of ENV Bui Thi Ha highlighted the important role played by the
community in the work, saying that its support effectively contributes to
preventing and eliminating illegal wildlife trade and transport in the
country. ENV expects
the average ration of successful settlement of wildlife-related violations
reported by the public to reach at least 50 percent of the total in 2021./. City residents safely, flexibly adapt to new normalcy situation One week
after returning to the new normalcy, almost all residents in HCMC have
safely, flexibly adapted to the city's dual plans of recovering the economy
along with the pandemic fight. Many enterprises, production and business
facilities, business households have step-by-step resumed their operations to
meet the people's demands and create jobs. From October
1 to October 3, 5,279 enterprises resumed their operations and the figure
reached 9,200 by October 6. As for
business activities at export processing and industrial zones in advance of
October 1, only 70,000 out of 288,000 employees worked, accounting for 24
percent and the number of enterprises operating was 746 out of 1,412,
reaching nearly 50 percent. After three
days of loosening the social distancing restrictions, nearly 135,000 out of
288,000 employees and workers registered to come back to their jobs,
accounting for 46 percent; the number of operating enterprises increased from
53 percent to 60 percent. By October 6, 164,000 employees and workers
returned to their factories and enterprises, accounting for nearly 57 percent
and the number of companies resuming their businesses reached 69 percent. The Saigon
High-tech Park recorded 27,300 workers returning to their companies
accounting for nearly 55 percent. Meanwhile, 88 out of 188 enterprises are
re-operating in the park, reaching 74 percent. With the
high demand of working forces from enterprises, the city is calling for
laborers to continue their jobs instead of returning to their hometowns. According to
Deputy Director of the Municipal Department of Transport Bui Hoa An, the
agency has received over 9,000 registered letters from residents to bring
their children and relatives back to the city. By the afternoon of October 6,
the unit has piloted the app via its website for people to register as
regulated. Deputy
Director of the City Department of Industry and Trade Le Huynh Minh Tu said
that 28 out of 234 traditional markets re-opened in District 5, Cu Chi and
Can Gio districts; and it is expected that three more ones will be resumed
their activities on October 8. As for
inter-provincial travel between HCMC and the four neighboring provinces of
Binh Duong, Long An, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh, the city has received the
opinions of these localities and HCMC will issue the detailed unanimous plans
on traveling for each province from October 8. Speaking at
the conference, Deputy Head of the HCMC Steering Committee for Covid-19
Prevention and Control Pham Duc Hai informed that by 6 p.m. on Thursday, the
Ministry of Health announced 403,997 Covid-19 infections in Ho Chi Minh City.
The city health sector is carrying out the treatment for 20,905 patients,
including 1,735 children under 16 years old and 631 severe cases with
ventilators. On October
6, the city recorded 1,205 hospitalized patients, 2,740 recovered cases from
coronavirus and 92 deaths related to SARS-CoV-2. Regarding
the vaccination process, the city has run out of 11,965,360 doses of
vaccines, including 7,013,921 for the first routine shots and 4,951,439 ones
for the second routine. “For Love of Hanoi” awards nominations announced
The
Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) daily of the Vietnam News Agency
announced 11 nominations for the 14th “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi”
Awards. There are
three nominations for the Work Prize. They are the book and photo
exhibition “Hanoi 1967-1975” by photographer Thomas Billhardt,
the set of books “Thang Long Kinh ki-Ke cho” and the book “Tay choi”. The Idea
Prize sees four nominations, including the project on rebuilding the
architecture of Dien Huu - One Pillar Pagoda by virtual reality technolog. The awards
were initiated in 2008 by the The Thao & Van Hoa daily and Bui Xuan
Phai’s family. The awards
have been organised annually to honour late painter Bui Xuan Phai, a founder
of modern art in Vietnam./. UNDP: Vietnam moves toward safely living with COVID-19 Countries
around the world are moving from living in zero COVID-19 to living safely
with it and Vietnam is no exception, said Patrick Haverman, Deputy Resident
Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam. In a recent
interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, he said that the first priority
of Vietnam is the health of the people. And with the vaccination rates
increasing, the country is slowly opening up its economy. Mentioning
the response to the pandemic, he emphasised the need for a more flexible
approach, including shorter lockdowns, shorter quarantine periods, and
acceleration of vaccinations. He commented
the Government of Vietnam for its vaccination diplomacy, saying it is amazing
how fast people in the country get vaccinated against the coronavirus
disease. “We have
seen priorities and how the older and more vulnerable should have a priority
for getting vaccination. And with that response, there could be slightly
opening up of the economy very carefully,” he noted. According to
Patrick Haverman the UNDP recently launched two reports on the socio-economic
impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable households in Vietnam and the implementation
of the second support package of the Government for people affected by
COVID-19. Vietnam can
support growth, employment and incomes with a larger cash assistance
programme for vulnerable households without fear of inflation or a negative
impact on the balance of payments. To achieve
the twin objectives of supporting vulnerable households and stimulating
economic growth, the cash assistance programme should be launched as quickly
as possible. The quickest way to deliver this support is to provide an
immediate benefit to children under 6 years old; pregnant women; elderly
people from 60 years of age, including elderly people from 80 years of age
that are beneficiaries of regular cash assistance programmes without
pensions; and people with disabilities. Administrative
requirements should be kept to a minimum, and an electronic register of
individuals should be compiled listing households and individuals who have
received support. Regarding
Vietnam's reopening in the coming time, the UNDP representative said the
Government of Vietnam is doing good and vaccination is really important. To reopen,
vaccination should be the first priority, he said, adding that Vietnam should
impose a bit more flexible lockdowns, meaning not locking down the whole
city. These are
important conditions for Vietnam to slowly open and promote its economy with
the assistance of social protection programmes, he stated. “So we think
the country is on the right track. We have seen it is slowly opening up. And
with that, the Vietnamese economy can come like a growing again. So we hope
for a good recovery of the economy,” he concluded./. Rapid COVID-19 test waived for truck drivers at Mong Cai Int’t
Border Gate Certain truck
drivers are no longer required to take rapid COVID-19 tests at the Km15-Dan
Tien Wharf’s checkpoint before entering Mong Cai International Border Gates –
bordering China – in the northern province of Quang Ninh, according to a new
policy of Mong Cai City’s authority. Truck
drivers and their cabin companions travelling from other cities and provinces
will not need to take the test at the checkpoint if they and their vehicles
already complete all necessary pandemic control measures, including rapid
anti-gene COVID-19 tests, at Bach Dang Bridge’s checkpoint which supervises
entry to and exit from the province. Taking
effect since 0:00am on October 6, the policy is part of the province’s moves
to gradually relax COVID-19 preventive rules and resume social and economic
activities. It is expected to speed up transports of goods and cut costs for
businesses. People entering
Mong Cai city had been requested to get rapid COVID-19 tests at Customs
Checkpoint at Km15 – Dan Tien Wharf since September 6./. Southern localities on COVID-19 alert as stranded workers return
home Many
provinces in the southwestern region of Vietnam have reactivated concentrated
isolation and COVID-19 treatment facilities as thousands of stranded people,
mostly workers, are returning home from coronavirus hotspots. Over the
past days thousands of people have driven motorbikes returning to their home
from coronavirus hotspots such as Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai
which are home to major industrial parks, after these localities eased social
distancing measures. Local authorities have arranged temporary accommodation,
delivered food, and conducted quick COVID-19 tests for the returnees. Tan Hiep
district in Kien Giang province has so far welcomed approximately 4,000
returnees, many of whom were pregnant women and children. Meanwhile, Ca Mau
and An Giang provinces have received 6,000 and 17,000 people respectively,
posing a huge challenge to local authorities. An Giang has
arranged schools as concentrated isolation areas and at the same time made
plans to allow returnees to quarantine themselves at home in order to avoid
overloading at military run quarantine facilities. Similarly,
Soc Trang has put into operation isolation areas and asymptomatic F0
treatment areas, with each room having separate toilets to prevent cases of
cross transmission. The flux of
returnees from coronavirus hotspots have raised concerns about the
possibility of the virus to spread in coming localities. Indeed, hundreds of
positive COVID-19 patients have been found following the recent mass movement
of people. Relevant agencies have detected 14, 70, 60, and 50 F0 cases among
those coming back to An Giang, Dong Thap, Soc Trang, and Hau Giang provinces,
respectively. Currently,
thousands of people are continuing to flock to southwestern localities,
prompting local authorities to fear that the sheer number of returnees will
overwhelm quarantine capacities and risk more infections. In provinces
such as An Giang, Kien Giang, and Soc Trang, relevant forces are now working
hard to classify groups of returnees depending on their vaccination and
testing status so that the returnees are monitored either at home or in
concentrated isolation facilities. Nguyen Thanh
Binh, chairman of the An Giang provincial administration, suggested that Ho
Chi Minh City, and Binh Duong, Dong Nai, and Long An provinces persuade
workers to stay with incentives and prioritise vaccinating them, in an
attempt to halt the mass movements. Returnees
are also required to co-ordinate with local authorities to trace suspect
cases and undergo COVID-19 tests to nip in a bud a possible outbreak in the
community. Cham ethnics in Binh Thuan celebrate Kate festival
The
Cham Brahman ethnic people in the south central province of Binh Thuan are
celebrating their yearly Kate Festival from October 4-6. The managing
board of the tower and dignitaries in Ham Thuan Bac district on October 5
performed the most important ritual of the festival in a simple, solemn and
safe manner, closely following COVID-19 preventive measures. Falling on
the first day of the seventh month of the Cham calendar, Kate is the
biggest event in the year of the Cham followers of Brahmanism to pay respect
to gods and pray for productive harvests and multiple natural and human
resources. There are
about 153,000 Cham people in Vietnam, of whom over 41,000 live in Binh Thuan
province./. Online exhibition celebrates 67th anniversary of Capital
Liberation Day An online
exhibition featuring works of art and graphics on Hanoi themed “Memories of
Hanoi” will open on October 8 as part of activities to celebrate the 67th
anniversary of Capital Liberation Day. Hosted by
the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, the exhibition at
https://www.facebook.com/baotangmythuat and http://vnfam.vn will display 25
art works with various materials such as: lacquer, oil paint, silk, gouache,
watercolour, lead, and wood carving selected from the museum's collection. Online
exhibition celebrates 67th anniversary of Capital Liberation Day hinh anh 2 The works,
with own style of painters, will recall the memories of the important date in
the history of the capital city. On October
10, 1954, Hanoi was liberated from French colonial rule, beginning a new era
for the country. The
exhibition is hoped to help the public learn more about the resistance war of
Hanoians and the nation./. Photo of Hue woman wins prize in National Geographic competition A photo
featuring a Vietnamese woman wearing traditional clothing in the imperial
city of Hue has been granted the second prize in The People Category of
National Geographic Traveller Photography Competition 2021. Speaking on
the National Geographic website, Monticelli said that while he was
walking between temples in the ancient Vietnamese capital, he heard a faint
melody playing in the distance. “Following
the sound, I reached a room in which a group of women wearing traditional
clothing were playing music with traditional Vietnamese instruments,” says
the British photographer. “I’d been
standing there for a while taking in the sound when I noticed this lady
sitting next to the entrance enjoying the music her friends were playing,” he
added. Elsewhere,
the first prize in the People Category went to Claire Waring who
captured a stunning image of ice fishing on the frozen sea in Hokkaido,
Japan. Exhibition opens to celebrate Hanoi's 67th liberation
anniversary The Hanoi
Library, in collaboration with the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, is
hosting an exhibition of books and publications to mark the 67th anniversary
of the capital city's liberation from the French (October 10, 1954 - 2021). The
exhibition, which is being held virtually, features the history,
civilisation, and glorious heroic tradition of the city as well as the
outstanding achievements of Hanoi. It helps the public have a better
understanding of the historical and cultural traditions, the thousand-year-old
heroic city, the prospects and achievements of Hanoi capital. The
exhibition focuses on five main contents including the leadership of the
Party and President Ho Chi Minh in the resistance war against the French
colonialists; Hanoi and the day the nation launched its resistance against
the French; the Vietnamese people's resistance war against the French; Hanoi
capital – the glorious liberation day; Hanoi - The capital of a thousand
years of civilisation and heroes and the City for Peace. The Liberation
Day (October 10, 1954) has become a milestone in the history of the
construction and development of the capital and the country. It marked a
turning point for the city and opened a new period of development in the
history of Thang Long - Dong Do - Hanoi. The winners
of the Hanoi Reading Culture Ambassador Contest were announced on the same
day. It aims to inspire and spread the passion for reading at schools and in
the community. The contest
has attracted 22,705 written entries and 417 videos from students of 293
schools in the city. The winners
of the Reading Culture Ambassador contest receive awards.(Photo:
VNA) The
Organising Board has selected 10 collectives and 20 individuals to award and
submit entries to the final round of the national "Reading Culture
Ambassador" contest. The
education and training division of Thanh Tri and Hai Ba Trung Districts won
the first collective prize. Three
individual first prizes were presented to eleventh grader Vu Thuy Hien from
Xuan Phuong High School in Nam Tu Liem district; seventh-grader Nguyen The
Hieu from Trung Hoa Junior High School in Cau Giay district and five grader
Hoang Gia Vinh from Ai Mo B Primary School in Long Bien district./. Communication campaign looks to reduce plastic waste The
information portal and communication campaign “Joining hands to reduce
plastic waste” made debut on October 7 at https://chungtaygiamnhua.com. The
communication campaign is part of activities within the pilot project
“Initiative to establish a supermarket alliance to reduce the consumption of
single-use plastic bags in Vietnam” (Plastic Alliance). It is an
initiative of the project “Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions
to Marine Litter” funded by the European Union and the German Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development, and supporting a transition towards a
circular economy for plastics to reduce plastic waste leakage into the sea. Fanny
Quertamp, Senior Specialist of the "Rethinking Plastics" project,
affirmed that, within the framework of the project, the EU and the German
ministry will stand side by side with Vietnam in efforts to reduce ocean
plastic waste, by encouraging supermarkets and consumers to change their
habits in order to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags. The
communication campaign has been implemented from October with various forms
of communications expected to bring the most effective influences to promote
changes in behaviours of the whole society./. Traditional craft villages of Hà Nội strive to grow amid
COVID-19 The local
government is supporting traditional craft villages around Hà Nội to
overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These
measures are aimed at improving business practices in traditional
villages. Head of the
Hà Nội Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Rural Development
Division, Nguyễn Văn Chí, said Hà Nội has 1,350 craft villages producing
diverse, sophisticated and high-quality products. Some of these products have
gained firm footholds in the market. Craft
villages employ around one million labourers in rural areas with an average income
of VNĐ5-6 million per month per person, according to Chí. However, on
top of COVID-19, these villages are facing numerous other issues like
environmental pollution, limited production areas and outdated equipment and
technology, which leads to small production scales and ineffective production
methods. They also face difficulties in obtaining access to preferential
loans. Nguyễn Tuấn
Anh, a resident in Dị Nậu Commune, Thạch Thất District, said: “Limited
production areas discouraged my family from investing in modern machines and
technology. We also do not have storage for materials and products”. Over the
past two years, due to COVID-19, there have been times when production in
craft villages has come to a standstill. More prolonged effects are also
felt, such as disruption in material supply and product consumption. Đinh Văn
Soi, owner of Soi Hà Production Establishment in Chuyên Mỹ Commune, Phú Xuyên
District, said: “Our mother-of-pearl mosaic products were chiefly exported to
other countries, but since 2020 we could not export our products due to
interrupted transportation and labour cuts. Our revenue dropped by around 30
per cent.” In order to
help craft villages improve their production and business practices, local
authorities have employed many measures. In Chuyên Mỹ Commune, the local
People’s Committee has helped find temporary jobs for workers in other fields
such as services or agricultural production, to provide an income. Đinh Văn
Soi, the owner of Soi Hà Production Establishment, said: “We focus on design
and product promotion to gradually increase the development of
mother-of-pearl mosaics in craft villages.” Authorities
of Thạch Thất District have invested in infrastructure to
improve conditions for business activities and to speed up the creation
of industrial clusters, allowing traditional craft villages to isolate
production areas. Practical
support has also been offered to craft villages. Director of
the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chu Phú
Mỹ, said the department has helped traditional craft villages to build
trademarks, register their intellectual rights and has supported the development
of some production models, including the production of silk products from
lotus fibre in Phùng Xá Commune of Mỹ Đức District. Hà Nội’s
Department of Science and Technology has helped wood production villages in
Thạch Thất District to tackle dust, waste and emissions. The
municipal Department of Industry and Trade is prepared to support 14
establishments in applying modern machinery and equipment to production. The State
Bank of Vietnam’s Hà Nội branch has also directed credit institutions to study
and implement measures to support their customers in craft villages. Together
with support from the State and efforts of artisans, traditional craft
villages of Hà Nội are expected to overcome the current difficulties to
maintain production, while continue observing COVID-19 prevention and control
regulations. Con Dao plans to welcome tourists back from October 15 Authorities
in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province will allow Six Sense Con
Dao Resort on Con Dao island to welcome fully vaccinated travellers from
October 15. The
provincial authorities asked the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)
to resume flights to/from Con Dao, as part of a plan to revive the economy. Earlier, the
provincial People’s Committee agreed to resume domestic flights to/from Con
Dao Airport to serve the travelling of residents and tourists. As of
October 6, 16 out of 20 localities have responded to CAAV’s plan on gradually
resuming domestic flights with 13 back the plan and three did not
agree. HCM City and
the provinces of Dien Bien, Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Thanh Hoa, Phu
Quoc (Kien Giang Province), Dak Lak, Nghe An, Thua Thien-Hue, Ca Mau,
Lam Dong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau have said “yes” to resuming domestic flights. The People's
Committee of Lam Dong said it basically agreed with the resumption of flights
between the province and Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue
and Da Nang. However, the provincial authorities did not agree to reopen
flights from/to HCM City and Can Tho city./. Assessing children’s wellbeing and involvement to implement a
child-centered approach The “process-oriented
child monitoring” (POM) approach has yielded benefits on preschool
children’s holistic development thus particularly contributing to
higher social emotional development outcomes of the children, according
to research conducted by the Vietnam Institute of Educational
Sciences. Jointly developed
by VVOB – a Belgian non-governmental organisation and Early
Childhood Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training
(MOET) in 2020, the practical guide
POM aimed to support preschool teachers perform the
child-centered approach better by applying stronger and more effective
observation skills. The POM
materials also targeted to guide teachers to go through three
simple steps via reflection on two indicators of learning
including well-being and involvement. The POM
approach has been widely introduced through the “Mitigating Preschool
Childrenʼs Barriers
to Learning in Disadvantaged and Ethnically Diverse Districts (BaMi)” project
to help provincial and district officers improve the knowledge, skills and
practices of teachers in three provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, and Kon
Tum in the 2017-21 period. That has generated positive impacts on
children’s holistic development. Many
teachers in the BaMi project said the POM guide helped reflect
their teaching experiences in a structural way and easier for daily
implementation. Pơ Long
Thuỳ Liên, a teacher at Măng Non Preschool in Đông Giang District
of Quảng Nam Province, said: “The process-oriented child monitoring
approach is really practical, it has systematically organised what I have
been doing in a more logical order. I also notice that children in my class
are now more involved in class activities”. Đoàn Thị
Nhàn, a preschool teacher in Quảng Nam's Hiệp Đức District,
shared a story of a child in her class. "An
(the child) always avoided my attention and did not collaborate with me. He
often looked away, or did not respond to anything when I tried
to talk to him. When participating in activities, especially in learning, he
often looked down, played with his clothes, and did not communicate with
anyone." Therefore,
Nhàn said she rated him with low levels of involvement and well-being and
knew that she would need to take some actions to help him. After that
first observation, Nhàn paid more attention to him, realising that he
was a fan of the construction corner and puzzles. Then she worked out a
way that An could choose the activity corner that he liked. "By
participating in those activities, An becomes more open to his classmates,
and gradually he follows his classmate to join other activities as well. In
many follow up observations, his well-being and involvement levels also
increased,” she said. The POM
guide book, which was written with input from Filip Lenaerts and Trần
Thị Kim Lý from VVOB Vietnam is now available
at vietnam.vvob.org. According to
the Vietnamese education policies, all preschool teachers are expected to
deliver preschool education for 3 to 6-year-old children through a
child-centered, play-based learning approach. In
particular, MOET has issued its Plan No 56/KH-BGDĐT stipulating
five criteria for implementing the Child-Centered Approach in Vietnamese
preschools, covering the educational environment, developing the
education plan, operating education activities, implementing child
assessment and collaborating of preschools with parents and community. In reality,
however, the concept of child-centered approach remains general and vague for
many teachers, which leads to a variety of interpretations and translations
of the child-centered approach in preschool teachers’ practice. Art programme to highlight Vietnamese people’s will and
solidarity An art
programme, entitled “Sao Doc Lap 2021” (Independence Star 2021), will be held
at the Hanoi Opera House without audiences but broadcast live via the VTV2
channel of Vietnam Television on October 9, as part of the activities marking
the 67th anniversary of the capital's Liberation Day (October 10). The
three-chapter programme will feature the spirit of solidarity, will of steel
and high determination of the Party and people to overcome all difficulties
to build and develop the country. During the
first part, audiences will see reportage and revolutionary songs recalling
the combat for national independence by Vietnamese people. The second
chapter will help viewers understand more about the strong spirit of the
Vietnamese people in the past and during the current fight against “the
COVID-19 enemy”. In addition,
the reportage and performances during the last stage will highlight the
solidarity and determination of people from all strata who have been making
great efforts to overcome all challenges to win over both visible and
invisible enemies, all under the leadership of the Communist Party of
Vietnam. The
programme will draw the participation of various famous artists such as Dang
Duong, Phuong Thao, Pham Thu Ha, Trong Tan, Minh Quan, and Hoang Hong Ngoc. The event
will be co-organised by the Communist Magazine and Hanoi municipal Party and
People’s Committees. PC-Covid permission requests fully evaluated Answering
the concerns of users as to so many permission requests of the app
‘PC-Covid’, the National Technology Center for Covid-19 Prevention
and Control cooperated with the Authority of Information Security (AIS) to
invite related state units, namely the Department of Cyber Security and Hi-tech
Crime Prevention (A05) under the Public Security Ministry, the Cyberspace
Combat Force (Command 86) under the Defense Ministry, and the Vietnam
Information Security Association (VNISA), to join in an independent
evaluation session for the app. Participating
experts concluded that PC-Covid does not exploit users’ locations, SMS and
Over-the-Top (OTT) information at all. It absolutely complies with all
provisions in the current Vietnamese laws. On the same
day, the latest version of PC-Covid was released for both iOS and
Android operation systems. This version has updated the feature to hide
information on QR codes for a higher level of information security. Until
October 6, the app was downloaded 50.4 million times and regularly used by
25.4 million users. Discussion on female filmmakers goes online on October 19 UNESCO in
collaboration with the Embassy of Canada, Embassy of Switzerland in Vietnam,
and the companionship of Hanoi Grapevine, O Kia Hanoi Cultural and Creative
Space, will organize the online film event called IN HER VOICE using Zoom’s
video platform on October 19. The program
aims to analyze and discuss the opportunities and challenges of female
filmmakers in the film industry, share stories about the journeys to attend
international film festivals, access to cinema support funds, and priority
prizes for female filmmakers. It also includes an exchange among
participants. The event
will see the participation of Vietnamese directors of Thanh Van, Nhue Giang,
Nguyen Hoang Diep, Korean film expert of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC)
Yoonhyung Jeon, Japanese Canadian filmmaker Anne Koizumi and Swiss
screenwriter and film director Petra Volpe. IN HER VOICE
is part of the “E-MOTIONS project: Mobilizing film professionals for regional
cooperation” which is being conducted by UNESCO and cooperative partners,
with the support from the Trust Fund of Japan. The project aims to enhance
the capacity and empowerment of filmmakers, as well as organize activities to
connect domestic filmmakers with their peers in the region. Nguyen Thanh
Van is one of the veteran directors of contemporary Vietnamese cinema. His
film, Doi Cat (Sandy lives), 1996 won major awards at many international film
festivals such as the Amiens International Film Festival in France in 2000,
the 45th Asia – Pacific Film Festival in 2000. His wife,
director Pham Nhue Giang received several local and international movie
awards. Her film, Thung Lung Hoang Vang (The deserted valley) won the Silver
Lotus prize at the 13th National Film Festival in 2002 and the Fipresci Award
for Young Asian Directors at the 51st Melbourne International Film Festival
in 2002. The movie Tam Hon Me (Mother’s soul) won the Best Actress award at
the Dubai Film Festival in 2011 and the Best Film award at the Vietnam Film
Festival in France in 2014. Nguyen Hoang
Diep is a director of the film Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the
middle of nowhere) that was world premiered at the Venice International Film
Festival and won the Best Film award in theimportant category “Settimana
internazionale della critica”. In 2016, she
has been honored as a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters bythe French
Ministry of Culture for her efforts and contributions to cultural
development. Diep and her husband, architect Nghiem Quoc Cuong established O
Kia Ha Noi cultural and creative space in Hanoi in 2017. Korean film
expert Yoonhyung Jeon is currently an Expert Facility Member for UNESCO 2005
Convention and a senior manager at Korean Film Council, the government
institution to support film production, distribution, education and audience
development. She is also a part-time lecturer at film studies department at
Kyung Hee University since 2020. Currently she is working as an international
expert for EU-funded UNESCO project on the governance of culture in
developing countries for strengthening film industry in Uganda and Ethiopia. She has
worked with major film festivals, including the Busan International Film
Festival, independent filmmakers, producers, curators, distributors, and
government institutions in South Korea and abroad. Japanese
Canadian filmmaker Anne Koizumi has produced over 30 short animated films and
uses her experience as a filmmaker and animator to mentor the participants
through the process of creating their own animations. In May 2008
she was awarded the Alberta Media Arts Alliance film commission for her
screenplay adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The Yellow
Wallpaper, which is currently in production. The latest
feature “The Divine Order” by Swiss screenwriter and film director Petra
Volpe was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at
the 90th Academy Awards. The film had its international premiere at the
Tribeca Film festival 2017 and won three awards: The Nora Ephron Prize, Prize
for best actress in an International Film and the Audience Award. “The Divine
Order” was a box office hit in Switzerland and was nominated for seven Swiss
Film Awards and won three. Furthermore, she wrote and directed several
award-winning television movies. Volpe also wrote the screenplay for “Heidi”
in 2015 the internationally most successful Swiss film of all time. Around 69 percent of residents in HCMC fully vaccinated against
Covid-19 Until the
end of October 6, approximately 11,965,360 shots had been administered, some
4,951,439 people have got the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines accounting for
68.7 percent, said the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC)
today. Up to now,
97.3 percent of people over 18 years old have been getting the first dose of
Covid-19 vaccines while about 72.29 percent of people aged over 65 years have
received two vaccine jabs and 69.72 percent of people from 50 to 65 years old
are fully vaccinated. Around
2,924,658 city dwellers have received the Vero Cell vaccine so far. Some
23,089 Covid-19 infected people are being quarantined at home while 11,587
others are staying in concentrated isolation facilities. According to
HCDC, clinical data has shown the currently approved vaccines in Vietnam have
80 percent to 90 percent efficacy. However, since vaccines are not 100
percent effective at preventing infection, some people who are fully
vaccinated will still get Covid-19; therefore, people should follow the
prevention regulations to protect themselves and other people around. HCDC said
that due to Covid-19 impacts, there has been a substantial decline in the
number of children receiving life-saving vaccines. Children missing out on
basic childhood vaccines through routine health services will lead to the
risk of children suffering from dangerous diseases; therefore, vaccination
should be accelerated in the upcoming time to prevent children from suffering
these dangerous illnesses in October. Local
administrations should increase information about the pandemic and the
importance of routine vaccines encouraging parents to bring their children to
medical facilities for vaccination. On the same
day, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Modie handed over additional
300,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and medical supplies, including
medical masks and personal protective suits to Vietnam for the fight against
the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 pandemic disrupts expanded immunization program The Covid-19
pandemic is overstretching health systems because health workers are working
round-the-clock to respond to the outbreak. Essential health services and
vaccination services including expanded immunization program are disrupted in
Vietnam. Due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, HCMC has seen a substantial decline in the number of
children receiving life-saving vaccines. Children missing out on basic
childhood vaccines through routine health services will lead to the risk of
children suffering from dangerous diseases that have been vaccinated, such as
measles, mumps, polio, rubella, and hepatitis B; therefore, vaccination
should be accelerated in the upcoming time to prevent children from suffering
these dangerous above-mentioned illnesses. The Ho Chi
Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) has just sent a document to
public and non-public hospitals; Thu Duc City Medical Center and districts on
vaccination of expanded immunization program in the city after the Covid-19
epidemic has been put under control. In order to
ensure the vaccination coverage rate with the availability of these vaccines,
the HCDC suggested that medical facilities need to increase the expanded
vaccination activities in the new normal state in the first week of October
2021. Local
administration should increase information about the pandemic and the
importance of routine vaccines encouraging parents to bring their children to
medical facilities for vaccination. Information about the expanded
vaccination schedule at the health stations including names of vaccines
available in healthcare establishments, ages will be publicized in all medical
facilities via loudspeaker, Zalo, messages. In addition,
for people’s safety following the regulations of Covid-19 prevention, parents
will be instructed to book their child's vaccination appointment according to
the prescribed time frame to prevent mass gathering. Book review, film making contests launched to Vietnamese book
and movie lovers The Korean
Cultural Center in Vietnam has launched a book review contest of the novel
titled My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-Ran, a rising young star of the Korean literary
scene from now until October 31. A submission
includes 7-12 pages and must be typed using Times New Roman with normal style
and font size 14 and single line spacing. Participants
can send their essay and registered form to the website https://vietnam.korean-culture.org/vi
or the email address vykhao1408@gmail.com. Each
participant can have only one submission that have not been published or
described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country before. The winner
will receive a trip to South Korea or the latest Galaxy folding mobile phone,
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3. The Korean
young author's work has begun to be more widely translated and her novel, The
Youngest Parents with the Oldest Child, was brought to the screen as My
Brilliant Life by acclaimed film director E J-yong. Kim Ae-ran
is often regarded as one of the most prominent literary voices of a new
generation of millennial Koreans, articulating through her writing the
challenges they face in a rapidly-changing society. In related
news, the annual short filmmaking contest called The Original Project (TOP)
for students of highs schools and universities in Hanoi has been kicked off. The 7th
competition themed the origin of life opens for individuals or groups from
now until October 17. A submission is a short film or music video that has a
running time of 40 minutes or less. The
contest’s organizer will award titles of Best short film, Best favorite film,
Best Script and Best Artist. First cinemas reopen after months of lockdown closure Large movie
theater chains in Vietnam, CGV and Lotte announced that they are set to
reopen after lockdown under safety guidance for Covid-19. Lotte plans
to open the first three cinemas in the Northern provinces’ cities, including
Tuyen Quang, Bac Ninh and Viet Tri, starting from October. The movie theaters
will be open Monday through Thursday 5pm to 9pm and Friday – Sunday 1 pm to 9
pm. CGV has also
reopened its cinemas in northern localities, including CGV Vincom Thai
Nguyen, CGV Vincom Ha Long, CGV Vincom Cam Pha, CGV Vincom Yen Bai at the end
of September. The operating hours are Monday- Friday 2 pm to 10 pm and
Saturday-Sunday 10 am-11 pm. The cinema
chains encourage moviegoers to purchase tickets online, before they arrive
and comply with the health ministry’s 5K message while 100 percent of their
employees have been fully vaccinated. Bird nest, dried seahorses hidden in containers of blood clams On the
afternoon of October 6, the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department said that its
inspectors and their peers in the Customs Division at Saigon Port yesterday
detected hundreds of boxes of birdnest, dried seahorses hidden in a container
of blood clams of Vietseatrust Food Import-Export Trading Company in Thu Duc
City. According to
the company’s customs declaration, the containers contain more than 21 tons
of frozen whole blood cockles imported from Indonesia, worth about VND2
billion. The shipment arrived at Cat Lai port at the end of September 2021. Because
customs officials doubted the consignment, they stopped customs clearance and
opened containers to check on October 6. When opening
the containers, officials detected in addition to imported blood cockles in
accordance with the customs declaration, hundreds of cartons without customs
declaration, including shredded bird's nest, dried seahorse, dried sea
dragonfish, fangs and horns hidden inside the container. The Ho Chi
Minh City-based Vietnam Customs will further investigate the case. Warnings over rising crime rates as Covid-19 restrictions end The lifting of
Covid-19 restrictions under the HCMC People’s Committee’s Directive 18 on
continued prevention and control measures against Covid-19 and gradual
economic recovery starting on October 1 is expected to lead to an increase in
crime, police departments of Thu Duc City and districts across the city have
warned. In the first
days of lockdown relaxation, some individuals have called themselves police
to require residents display essential papers and the screenshot of “Covid
Green Card” with a personal QR code on mobile phone and then snatched the
phone from their hands. The public
security departments warned people to only present the necessary documents to
police officers in military uniform in public areas, protect their property
and keep expensive items. Major
General Le Hong Nam, director of the municipal Department of Public Security
said that the department has asked the local units to tighten measures
against crimes and criminals that may increase, and strengthen patrol,
inspection and control duties. In the first
nine months, HCMC recorded 2,891 criminal cases. The municipal police cracked
down on more than 2,000 cases and arrested 2,081 people. Looking at a future of development Viet Nam
looks forward to enhancing international cooperation in science, technology,
innovation and digital transformation. Foreign
Minister Bui Thanh Son attended virtually the 15th session of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) quadrennial ministerial
conference on October 6. At the
Conference, minister Bui emphasized three reasons why UNCTAD has made a very
important point this year: i) digitalization and innovation have brought
about profound transformation on how the world interacts and cooperates; ii)
the inequality among and across nations is deepened not just in sharing the
benefits from globalization but also in the resilience and capacities to
recover from crisis; and iii) global challenges, notably climate change and
the Covid-19 pandemic unveil an unprecedented global health, economic and
social crisis that hurts all countries. The
Vietnamese minister highly appreciated the theme of UNCTAD 15: “From
Inequality and Vulnerability to Prosperity for All”, commenting that the
theme reiterated UNCTAD’s commitment to ensure trade and development work for
all and in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals. As the world
is looking at a future of development, where green trade and digital trade
should be incorporated within trade policy-making; where global efforts
should be accelerated towards a model that is more resilient to shocks,
sustainable and ultimately more inclusive, Bui shared his thoughts in to
contribute to formulate global policy responses and to set UNCTAD’s
priorities for the next four years. The thoughts
mentioned that multilateralism and international coordination should be
further strengthened to contain Covid-19 worldwide, advance full global
recovery, enhance adaptability to the new normal and lay a development
foundation resistant to future global shocks. It is also mentioned that the
future of development should not only be economically resilient, but also
environmentally sound and socially inclusive and that UNCTAD needs to
accelerate global cooperation in leveraging the potentials of innovation and
digitalization to foster new impetus for a sustainable development and
innovation-driven growth. Bui closed
his statement by affirming that i) Viet Nam’s most important and urgent task
is containing the pandemic and accelerating socio-economic recovery as its vision
is placing people’s well-being at the heart of the country’s policy making
process; and ii) Viet Nam looks forward to enhancing international
cooperation in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in
order to attain our socio-economic development goals as well as to join the
global community in nurturing peace, stability, development and prosperity
for all. Virtually
held between Barbados and Geneva from 3 to 7 October 2021, with
pre-conference events running online throughout the year, starting from April
2021, the 15th session of UNCTAD quadrennial ministerial conference
comes at a time when there is a need to reignite a spirit of optimism and
collaboration globally, not only to solve the twin challenges of inequality
and vulnerability but to ensure trade thrives and is a driver of development. The
Conference, which is under the theme of “From Inequality and Vulnerability to
Prosperity for All”, aims to make an urgent call for action to avoid global
failure. As COVID-19 pandemic has shown more than ever a clear gap between
the rich world and developing nations, the conference has also been
considered as an important opportunity to change course and move from
rhetoric to action. UNCTAD is a
permanent intergovernmental body established by the United Nations General
Assembly in 1964. Its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland, and it
has offices in New York and Addis Ababa. UNCTAD is
part of the UN Secretariat, reporting to the UN General Assembly and the
Economic and Social Council but has its own membership, leadership, and
budget. UNCTAD is also part of the United Nations Development Group./. Gov’t provides rice relief to Coronavirus-hit residents in Quang
Tri province The
Government has decided to provide 741.285 tons of rice relief to the central
province of Quang Tri to support people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The Quang
Tri provincial People’s Committee is responsible for allocating the rice
relief to right beneficiaries. Earlier, the
Government had decided to provide 135,000 tons of rice relief to
Coronavirus-hit people in 29 cities and provinces./. Vietnam Airlines brings home volunteer students, medical workers A Vietnam
Airlines flight has brought 130 students of Hanoi Medical University and
hundreds of medical workers, who finished their tasks of helping Ho Chi Minh
City and southern localities, fight COVID-19, back to Hanoi. Earlier,
these students had suspended their study to go to the southern region in
response to the Health Ministry’s appeal. They helped local forces to take
samples for COVID-19 testing and care for patients. Vietnam
Airlines brings home volunteer students, medical workers hinh anh 2 As the
national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines plays an important role in
transporting health workers and medical equipment and supplies between
provinces and cities. Since the pandemic broke out, the airline has
transported over 12,000 medical workers and hundreds of tonnes of medical
equipment and vaccines./. ASEAN – major hub for India's global economic engagement:
Minister The
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the major hubs for
India's global economic engagement, Indian Minister of External Affairs S.
Jaishankar said on October 7. Speaking at
the Indo-ASEAN Business Summit, Jaishankar noted that India's ties with ASEAN
are rooted in history, geography and culture. What has
energised them in recent years is a growing awareness of the potential they
hold for mutual interests and development, he stated. “From the
prolonged crisis of the last two years, four areas have come into sharp focus
for international business cooperation: resilient and reliable supply chains,
health security, digital for development, and green and sustainable
recovery,” he said. The minister
said India's economic resurgence is driven by reformations in several sectors
including manufacturing, labour, agriculture, education, skills, and of
course, improving the ease of doing business. Ties between
India and ASEAN have intensified during the past few years with attention to
ramping up cooperation in the areas of trade and investment as well as
security and defence, he added./. Source:
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