VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 26
14:49 Two die in elevator
accident at Hanoi building Two men
died in an accident while repairing an elevator at a eight-storey house in
Hanoi late Wednesday evening. According
to a report from Ba Dinh District Police Department, the accident occurred at
around 5 pm at a house in Lane 523 Kim Ma Street. "The
two workers were repairing the elevator at the 97-square-metre house when its
cable had a problem and the elevator dropped," the report said. "We
found one was stuck on the top of the cabin and rushed him to the hospital
but he died shortly afterwards. The other was found dead in the lift shaft.
The two men, aged 40 and 30, were working for an elevator repair company in
the area." Police
are further investigating the cause of the accident. Draft revision to cinematography law
debated The 15th
National Assembly heard a report on and debated the draft Law on
Cinematography (amended) in the afternoon of May 25 as part of its ongoing
third session. Presenting
the report, Chairman of the NA Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac
Vinh said the draft revised law delivers clearer contents on the State’s
responsibilities and the participation of organisations and individuals,
while amending a number of regulations on film industry development. It
specifies that the ratio of foreign investors' capital contribution to
Vietnamese cinema establishments for the production, distribution and
dissemination of films does not exceed 51 percent of the charter capital to
ensure compliance with international commitments and suitable for the
specific factors of the industry, Vinh added. Truong
Trong Nghia, a deputy from Ho Chi Minh City, said the import of cultural
products, including films, has short- and long-term negatives. Some
countries sponsor their cinematic industries to conquer the international
market and in a few cases to serve political purposes and territorial
sovereignty disputes, he noted. Tran
Khanh Thu from Thai Binh province, meanwhile, proposed adding a regulation
that requires cinemas to be responsible for ensuring intellectual property
rights for film producers. Tran Van
Tien from Vinh Phuc province recommended reconsidering the feasibility of
classifying movies on television based on audience ages. Participating
deputies also opined on the distribution of films on cyberspace. They
proposed tight regulations to prevent unhealthy and violent contents; and to
require distributors to remove their films if necessary. They suggested the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism collaborate with the Ministry of
Information and Communications to examine such online distribution. Deputy PM works with WTO deputy
director-general in Geneva  Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh
Khai works with WTO Deputy Director-General Zhang Xiangchen (Photo: VNA) Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai visited the
headquarters of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva and worked with
its Deputy Director-General Zhang Xiangchen on May 25 afternoon (local time). 56 wild animals released to nature Fifty-six
animals have been released into Vu Quang National Park in the central
province of Ha Tinh. They
include 11 pig-tailed monkeys, 40 big-headed turtles and four-eyed turtles,
two pythons, two king cobras and a single-eyed cobra. These
individuals belong to Group IB and IIB of rare and endangered animals that
need to be preserved./. Foreign military attachés visit
Military Command of Khanh Hoa A
delegation of foreign military attachés visited the Military Command of
central Khanh Hoa province on May 25, according the Quan doi Nhan dan
(People’s Army) daily. The
delegation comprised military attachés of Thailand, the UK, Myanmar, Laos,
Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Malaysia, South Africa, the
Republic of Korea, and the US, along with advisors to the Vietnam Department
of Peacekeeping Operations. This was
the first visit to Khanh Hoa by a delegation of foreign military attachés
since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Vietnam attends int’l conference on
future of Asia Deputy
Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh is set to deliver a speech at the 27th International
Conference on the Future of Asia (FOA 2022) that opened in Tokyo on May 26. This
year’s conference, held in both online and in-person forms, saw the
attendance of leaders from Asian countries, including those from Southeast
Asian nations such as Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Lao
President Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri bin
Yaakob, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and Thai Prime Minister
Prayut Chan-ocha. During
the two-day conference, the political and economic leaders and scholars
listen to views of Asian leaders on regional and international issues.
Besides, panel discussions feature topics such as change the world from Asia,
developing Asian business through cultural exchange, Russia-Ukraine conflict,
and Asian security. The
Future of Asia is an international gathering where political, economic and
academic leaders from the Asia-Pacific region offer their opinions frankly
and freely on regional issues and the role of Asia in the world. The
event, held every year since 1995 by Nikkei Inc, was cancelled in 2020 due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered one of the most important global
conferences in Asia. Two Vietnamese agencies elected to
ESCAP organisations’ governing councils The General
Statistics Office (GSO) of Vietnam and the Vietnam Institute of Agricultural
Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology (VIAEP) on May 25 were elected to the
Governing Councils of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
(SIAP) and the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanisation (CSAM) under
the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP). The
elections were conducted within the framework of the ESCAP’s 78th session
held in Bangkok. SIAP is
a professional statistics training centre for government officials and others
working on official statistics. It offers short- and long-term training
specifically to strengthen knowledge and build skills of national
governments' employees to produce, use, and share reliable statistics,
including for the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals and the
development of fact-based policy. Meanwhile,
CSAM, based in Beijing, aims to enhance technical cooperation among the
members and associate members of ESCAP as well as other interested member
states of the UN, through extensive exchange of information and sharing of
knowledge, and promotion of research and development and agro-business
development in the area of sustainable agricultural mechanisation and
technology transfer for the attainment of the internationally agreed
development goals including the Millennium Development Goals in the
Asia-Pacific region. The
Governing Councils of SIAP and CSAM each comprise of the representative of
the host country and eight other members elected by ESCAP members. Suggestions made to help optimise
values of Global Geopark Experts
from the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have made a fact-finding tour of Non
Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark and gave several recommendations to northern Cao Bang province
to help improve the park conservation and optimisation. The trip was made
ahead of the re-assessment of Non Nuoc Cao Bang slated for late July. At a
meeting with the provincial People’s Committee on May 25, Guy Martini,
Chairman of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, said thanks to local
authorities’ efforts and creativity, 84 percent of the workload on the
construction and protection of the park has been done, and it is now ready
for re-assessment. He also
pointed out several issues needing improvement, suggesting the province print
the Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark logo on products of the “One Commune,
One Product” (OCOP) programme so as to popularise the site and encourage
visitors to buy local specialties, thereby helping improve people’s livelihoods. Martini
spoke highly of the formation of a tour linking Non Nuoc Cao Bang with Dong
Van Karst Plateau, another global geopark in the northernmost province of Ha
Giang, which will help further tap into Non Nuoc Cao Bang’s values and
attract tourists. Non Nuoc
Cao Bang was recognised as a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network in
2018. Vietnam, Japan beef up ground forces
cooperation Deputy
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) Lieutenant
General Nguyen Van Nghia joined talks with Chief of Staff of the Japan Ground
Self-Defence Force General (JGSDF) Yoshida Yoshihide on May 25, during his
working visit to Japan. The two
sides highly valued achievements obtained in the cooperation of the
countries’ ground forces, which contribute to the extensive, practical and
efficient development of the Vietnam-Japan bilateral defence cooperation. During
the talks, the sides exchanged viewpoints on global and regional security
issues of shared concern. Vietnam
has been pursuing a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace,
friendship, cooperation and development as well as diversification and
multilateralisation of external relations, Lt. Gen. Nghia reiterated. He
affirmed the country’s persistent stance of solving all disputes, including
the East Sea issue, through peaceful measures in accordance with
international law, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
(UNCLOS). Vietnam
welcomes initiatives and ideas contributing to peace, stability and
cooperation in each region and the world, the official said. Vietnam co-chairs ASEAN-Korea Joint
Cooperation Committee’s meeting Ambassador
Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, has co-chaired
the 9th meeting of ASEAN-Korea Joint Cooperation Committee (AKJCC) with the
Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ambassador to ASEAN Kwon Hee-seog. During
the meeting on May 24, the two sides noted the progress made in the ASEAN-RoK
cooperation over the past year, including following up on the outcomes of the
22nd ASEAN-RoK Summit in October 2021 and activities to implement various
areas of cooperation under the ASEAN-RoK Plan of Action (2021-2025). Within
the framework of the key cooperation mechanism - the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation
Fund (AKCF), 20 projects are being implemented with a total investment of 56
million USD, focusing on five priority areas of education and training, the
environment, economic recovery, culture and tourism, and health. In
addition, there are nine projects waiting for approval, including large-scale
ones such as “Clean Air for Sustainable ASEAN ”(CASA) worth 11 million USD. On this
occasion, the RoK side announced to increase its annual contribution to the
fund from 14 million USD to 16 million USD. Overseas Vietnamese visit Truong Sa
island district, DK1 platform A
delegation of more than 40 overseas Vietnamese (OV) from 17 countries around
the world have visited people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district, the
south central province of Khanh Hoa, and DK1 platform. The
visit, which was delayed for two years due to COVID-19, is the 10th of its
kind held by the State Committee for OV Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Naval High Command. The
visit, spanning from May 17-25, the OVs engaged in many activities, including
exploring the daily life of locals in the island district, attending a flag
hoisting ceremony, and offering incense to heroic martyrs and President Ho
Chi Minh. Deputies debate revision of Law on
Medical Examination and Treatment Legislators
debated a report on the draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment on May
25 during the ongoing third session of the 15th National Assembly (NA). According
to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, after more than 11 years of
implementation, the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2009 has shown a
number of problems, including the management of practitioners and health care
facilities, which need specific legal mechanisms. The
minister stressed that in order to fix the limitations of the law and resolve
current problems, the revision of the law is crucial. Minister
Long said that the revised law will have 12 chapters and 106 articles, three
chapters more than the current one. It has been built in the direction of
“placing patients in the centre”, he said. Delivering
a verification report on the bill, Chairman of the NA Committee for Social
Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh said that the committee agrees on the necessity of
the law revision, and found that it features policies for ethnic minorities,
with gender equality issues integrated. Anh
proposed the Government continue to assess the impacts of the revised
contents of the bill, while reviewing administrative procedures to each
impacted subject, and specifying the Party’s policies and stance on the care
of public health. Regarding
prices of medial examination and treatment, Anh said that this is a special
service relating to social welfare. Therefore, deciding the prices should be
made under the State management. Many members of the committee agreed on the
regulation permitting private clinics to decide the costs of their services
in line with relevant laws, she said, stressing that many others pointed to
the need to define a service price framework to protect patients’ rights. Photo exhibition spotlights friendship
between Central European countries and Vietnam An photo
exhibition on the solidarity and friendship between the Visegrad Group (V4)
(Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) and Vietnam opened in Ho
Chi Minh City on May 25. Jointly
organised by the Hungarian Consulate General in HCM City and the University
of Social Sciences and Humanities under the Vietnam National University HCM
City, the event saw the participation of representatives of the
Visegrad countries in Vietnam, municipal departments and sectors and
diplomatic missions of foreign countries in the city. On
display are over 50 photos of animals, plants and landscapes of the Visegrad
countries, which were taken by famous photographers of the Association of
Hungarian Nature Photographers, the Slovak Association of Wildlife
Photographers, the club of nature photographers of the Czech Republic, and
the Polish Association of Nature Photographers. Binh Phuoc’s forest protection
department receives wild endangered coolie The
Forest Protection Department of Dong Phu district in the southern province of
Binh Phuoc received a wild coolie on May 25. At noon
the same day, Pham Minh Phung, an officer of An Phuoc Prison in Phu Giao
district of the southern province of Binh Duong, which is adjacent to Binh
Phuoc, discovered a small coolie lying on the ground when he was patrolling
the prison. The
coolie was then handed over to the forest protection department. Vo Cong
Thanh, an officer of the department, said it is a young coolie with the
scientific name Nycticebus pygmaeus. The 0.5kg animal belongs to Group IIB of
rare and endangered animals that need to be preserved. The
department will care and release it back into the wild as soon as possible,
he said. Experts underlines significance of
learning, teaching Vietnamese in Australia The
promotion of learning Vietnamese as a foreign language helps raise public
interest in Australia regarding the importance of Vietnam as a strategic
partner in relation to business and investment, agriculture and food
manufacturing, and education and training, experts held. In their
joint article run recently in the website of the Australia-Vietnam Policy
Institute, Dr. Melissa Jardine, the Chair of the Board of Directors at the
Australia Vietnam Leadership Dialogue (AVLD) and Dr. Tran Hong Van, Adjunct
Research Fellow at Charles Sturt University noted that the Australian Vietnamese
community comprises 1.2 percent of Australia’s population, and Vietnamese is
among the top four spoken languages other than English (LOTE). While
individual and family efforts to maintain Vietnamese language capabilities
are observed, there are limitations on its effectiveness, they noted, adding
that the children of Vietnamese immigrants (along with non-Vietnamese
Australians) are unlikely to have mastered the sophisticated skills in
speaking, reading and writing needed for cross-generational communication,
cultural and identity maintenance, as well as for the progression of
Australia’s geo-political aims. Among
Australians with Vietnamese heritage (hereinafter, the Australian Vietnamese
community), the benefits include enhanced academic and cognitive functioning,
improved social and cultural understanding, enhanced self-esteem and
self-identity, and more cohesive family relationships. The promotion of
Vietnamese language use among second and third generations of families helps
to build communities and a talent pool for a successful bilateral
partnership, said the experts. Prehistoric relics discovered in Bac
Kan cave Over 700
prehistoric artefacts have been discovered inside Tham Un cave in the
northern mountainous province of Bac Kan’s Ba Be district. The
discovery resulted from a fact-finding trip undertaken by the Institute of
Archeology, the Vietnam Archeology Association, and the Bac Kan Museum. Combing
the entire cave, their team found traces of ancient people almost everywhere.
Among the artefacts discovered were stone tools made from river pebbles. According
to Associate Professor, Dr Trinh Nang Chung, based on the overall study of
the relics as well as the structure and age of the sediment, researchers
believe that Tham Un was a residence of many generations of prehistoric
people. Its
early inhabitants belonged to the late Bac Son Culture dating back 5,000 to
6,000 years, while the late inhabitants were from the Late Neolithic - Early
Metal Ages dating back about 4,000 years. This is
a very important prehistoric relic cave, Chung stated. Archaeologists
are planning to excavate the site in the near future. Remains of martyrs repatriated from
Laos reburied A
respect paying ceremony and a reburial service were held at a martyrs’
cemetery in the north-central province of Nghe An on May 25 to rebury the
remains of 103 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their
lives in Laos. Participants
expressed their gratitude to the martyrs for their contributions and
sacrifice for the national construction and defence as well as international
duties in Laos. The
remains, repatriated by a team of Nghe An Military High Command in Laos’
Xiangkhouang province in the 2021-22 dry season, was handed over to the
Vietnamese side on May 22-23. Since
1984, Nghe An has worked on the task with three localities in Laos and
repatriated more than 12,300 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and
experts. Work the Nordic Way 2022’ slated for
June Nordic
companies and business leaders will gather for a conference to be held in Ho
Chi Minh City on June 1, aiming to promote inclusive and sustainable business
practices. Named
‘Work the Nordic Way 2022’, the third-annual conference will also give
Vietnamese job-seekers the chance to meet major Nordic companies through an
afternoon of workshops, panel sessions, and networking. Organised
by the Nordic Chamber of Commerce (NordCham) and four Vietnamese-Nordic
alumni associations, the upcoming event will focus on the theme of a diverse
and inclusive workforce. Nordic countries are world leaders in this area, and
speakers will share how promoting inclusion in the workplace can contribute
to business success and socio-economic growth. It will
also include a jobs fair and workshops with major Nordic companies including
Tetra Pak, Home Credit, Novo Nordisk, IKEA, and Esoft. Localities urged to step up
vaccination against COVID-19 The
Ministry of Health (MoH) has asked leaders of provinces and centrally-run
cities to step up vaccination against COVID-19. Some
localities have recently proposed not receiving vaccines or transfer the
allocated vaccines, leading to the fact that the COVID-19 vaccination target
is likely to be missed, the ministry said, citing a report from the National
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). As of
May 21, more than 219 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been
administered nationwide. Localities
have made great efforts in rolling out vaccination campaigns to ensure its
safety and effectiveness and achieve a high vaccination rate. The
number of vaccines received by the MoH is enough to give the 3rd and 4th
shots for people aged 18 years and older who are eligible for vaccination, it
said. The
ministry proposed leaders of the provinces and cities direct the Departments
of Health and related agencies to promptly review the number of people who
are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, focusing on completing the injection
of third shots for people 18 years old or older in the second quarter of this
year as well as inoculation for children from 5 to under 12 years old. The
localities are requested to set up plans and organise the inoculation of
third shots for eligible people. Vietnam’s U23 to play friendly with
UAE The U23
Vietnam team will play a friendly with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s U23
team on May 28. The
Vietnamese footballers arrived at Dubai on May 25 to begin a training in the
Middle East nation. On May
29, they will leave the UAE for Uzbekistan for the AFC tournament. Head
coach Gong Oh-kyun recently announced a list of 25 football players to
compete at the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup final, which will take place in
Uzbekistan from June 1 to 19. More
than half of the list are key players of the squad winning the goal medal at
the freshly ended SEA Games 31 hosted by Vietnam. According
to the draw results, Vietnam are in Group C with the Republic of Korea (RoK),
Thailand and Malaysia. The team will play the opening match against Thailand
on June 2, then face the RoK on June 5 and Malaysia on June 8. Vietnamese students win three medals
at 2022 European Physics Olympiad Vietnamese
students brought home two silver and one bronze medals at the 2022 European
Physics Olympiad, the Vietnam Physics Society (VPS) announced on May 25. Specifically,
Nguyen Tuan Phong from the Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted in the
northern province of the same name, and Pham Trung Kien from the Tran Phu
High School for the Gifted in the northern city of Hai Phong won the silver
medals. Meanwhile,
the bronze medal was grabbed by Le Thuy Mai Anh from the Ha Long High School
for the Gifted in the northern province of Quang Ninh. This
year, Vietnam sent five students to the competition, who had been selected by
the VPS from those winning prizes at the national physics competition. This
year’s competition was held in Slovenia, drawing the participation of 182
contestants from 37 nations. Last
year, Vietnamese students brought home one gold and one bronze. Top 6 finisher at Miss World 2021 back
to Vietnam Pricilia
Carla Yules, a Top 6 finalist at Miss World 2021, arrived at Noi Bai
International Airport in Hanoi on May 25 for a coming music gala to honour
athletes at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31). The
beauty, the Miss Indonesia 2020, will stay in the capital from May 25 to May
27 during which she is to participate in the music gala alongside Vietnamese
singers such as Trong Tan, Ali Hoang Duong, Phan Dinh Tung, and rapper Ricky
Star. The
Indonesian beauty will also join some activities to help promote Hanoi’s
culture and tourism to international friends. Carla
Yules, 26, graduated from the hospitality faculty in Melbourne, Australia.
The 1.72-metre tall girl is also a basketball player. She was the only
Southeast Asian representative to be named among the Top 6 finalists of Miss
World 2021. This
marks the third time that Indonesian beauty has visited Vietnam. Netflix unveils winners of 'My
Vietnam' short film competition Netflix
unveiled the winners of its "My Vietnam" short film competition powered
by Netflix's Cinema Beauty - Vietnam Creative Economy Grant on May 25. The
First Prize was granted to Páo's Forest (Khu rừng của Páo) by Nguyễn Phạm
Thành Đạt. The film tells the story of Páo, a Mông man who married at 14. At
the age of 18, he falls in love for the first time, forcing him to choose
between love and family responsibilities. The project was filmed over one
month in Mộc Châu Town of Sơn La Province, and all of the film's actors are
from the Mông ethnic group. The
Second Prize went to Little Parrot (Vẹt con) by Nguyễn Trần Ái Nhi. In Little
Parrot, Erik, a German man, meets with Thu, the mother of his deceased lover,
Minh. Thu wants to bring Minh's ashes back to Vietnam, but Erik is not ready
for that just yet. Conceptualised
in early December last year, pre-production for the film took place from
mid-February to the end of March this year. The film was shot over four days
in Berlin, Germany. An international cinema, its production team comprises
Vietnamese and German crew members, with three languages used on the set:
English, Vietnamese and German. The
third prize was given to Between the Lines by Phan Ngoc Thanh Ngan. First
launched in October 2021 with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
support, the grant marks Netflix's first Creative Economy Grant in Vietnam to
support the country's creative economy and Vietnamese filmmakers from
underrepresented groups, creating more opportunities for their voices to be
heard. Health officials in Tra Vinh, Long An
arrested in Viet A test kit case Four
incumbent and former officials of the Department of Health and Center for
Disease Control (CDC) of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh and director
of the General Hospital of Vinh Long Province have been detained for their
alleged involvement in the Viet A case. The four
comprised deputy director of the Tra Vinh Department of Health Tran Dac
Thanh, former director of the provincial CDC Nguyen Van Lo, deputy head of
the CDC’s division of Testing-Image Analysis Le Van Thanh and Nguyen Van
Truyen, a specialist of the provincial Department of Health’s pharmaceutical
profession division, the local media reported. They
were charged with violating bidding regulations, causing serious
consequences. According
to the initial investigation results, from 2021 to 2022, they conducted eight
packages worth over VND36 billion to buy medical equipment and supplies and
Covid test kits from the Viet A Technology Corporation. Viet A
signed contracts for five packages with the Tra Vinh Department of Health and
three packages with the provincial CDC. During
the execution of the eight packages, the four regularized bidding procedures,
causing losses of some VND7.6 billion for the State, including VND6.9 billion
at the Department of Health and VND700 million at the CDC. As for
the director of the General Hospital of Vinh Long Province, Doan Van Hung, he
was involved in six packages to procure medical equipment and test kits from
Viet A. Besides
Hung, Dinh Thi Thanh Chi, acting head of the hospital’s pharmaceuticals
division; and Phan Thi Ngoc Tham, chief technician of the hospital, were also
detained. The
provincial inspector had earlier stated that last year, the hospital spent
nearly VND74 billion buying medical supplies, chemicals and protective
equipment for the fight against Covid-19 and had paid over VND68 billion. The
inspectors had found that the quotations of up to 34 of the 35 packages were
copies and each of the 53 sale contracts were executed two to 38 days late,
compared with their validity. Source:
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