VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 3
14:09 SEA Games 31: Fans
line up overnight for tickets of Vietnam-Indonesia football match  People waiting for a long time to buy tickets (Photo: VNA) Thousands of people
gathered at the sports complex of Phu Tho province from May 2 night to buy
tickets for Vietnam's football match against Indonesia at the 31st Southeast
Asian Games (SEA Games 31). Sóc Trăng declares riverbank erosion
emergency The
Sóc Trăng Province People’s Committee has declared an erosion emergency on
the Hậu River, a tributary of the Mekong, in Cù Lao Dung District. There
are more than 30 eroded areas with a total length of 2,450m along both banks
in An Thạnh Đông and Đại Ân 1 communes. There
are 300 households, 30ha of aquaculture and 400ha of vegetable and fruit
farms close to the eroded areas. If
the problem is not fixed promptly, they will have a large impact on the lives
of locals, according to the district People’s Committee. Allow graduates to teach, get teaching
qualifications later: HCM City Graduates
in certain disciplines should be allowed to start teaching and get their
pedagogy qualifications later, within a specified time frame, HCM City officials
suggest. The
suggestion recently made to the Ministry of Education and Training seeks to
address the serious need for teachers under for the new education programme
through special recruitment mechanisms. Accordingly,
public educational institutions will be allowed to link, transfer and use
copyrights of international educational programmes with foreign educational
institutions. Students completing these programmes and passing the final
exams will be awarded both Vietnamese and international degrees. The
city administration also sought permission to draft a document on mechanisms
to mobilise resources for developing various types of educational linkages
and other tasks. It asked that the committee be assigned to appraise content
and issue a framework for local educational materials. Ninh Binh exhibition recalls ‘war
memories’ An
exhibition themed “War memories” is taking place at Ba Ngan Art Exhibition
House in Ninh Binh city, in the northern province of the same name,
attracting a large number of veterans and students. On
display are 150 historical photos and artefacts including personal belongings
of the soldiers, bicycles, artillery bodies and ammo boxes. They
contain memories and stories with high historical values of the two
resistance wars against French colonialism and US imperialism. The
exhibition contributes to educating and inspiring the national pride among
people, thereby mobilising them, especially young people to contribute to
national construction and defence. The
event will run until May 20. Localities must accelerate Covid-19
vaccination for children aged 5-11 years old Minister
of Health Nguyen Thanh Long assessed that the vaccination progress against
Covid-19 for children aged five to 11 years old is slow so localities
nationwide must accelerate further the vaccination. The
Ministry of Health yesterday said that Vietnam run out of around 215 million
doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Of which, all adults aged over 18 years old
completed the second shot and 52 percent of people get the third dose of
vaccine. As
for the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in five- to–11-year-old children, over
1.36 million children have been vaccinated safely; however, according to the
assessment of the Minister of Health, the vaccination progress against
coronavirus for this group is slow. Regarding
the vaccination plan for the fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine, the Advisory
Committee on Immunization, the Ministry of Health had a meeting to conclude
the fourth booster Covid-19 vaccine dose priority for four groups including
people aged 50 years and over, immunocompromised adults, those people at
higher risk from coronavirus, frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight,
employees in industrial zones. Besides, those people who were received all
three doses of the vaccine, and if they were infected with Covid-19, they
will be injected the booster dose after recovering from the Covid-19. HCMC starts work on upgrade,
renovation of Turtle Lake The
People’s Committee of District 3 this morning started work on paving the
sidewalk around Turtle Lake (International Square). At
the groundbreaking ceremony, Chairman of the People’s Committee of District 3
Vo Van Duc said that the sidewalk upgrade project around Turtle Lake would be
implemented at Pham Ngoc Thach Street, section from Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street
to Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street; Tran Cao Van Street, section from Turtle Lake
to Hai Ba Trung Street; Vo Van Tan Street, section from Turtle Lake to
Pasteur Street. The
total length of the above-mentioned roads is 1,280 meters while the whole
areas of the sidewalk will cover 6,700 square meters which shall be paved
with curb stone and equipped with sidewalk seats. In addition, the green
areas and lightning system in the sidewalk will be supplemented and so on.
The upgrade project will cost around VND15 billion (US$653,000) from social
sources. Aside
from that, the Municipal Department of Construction also suggested the HCMC
People’s Committee upgrade and renovate Turtle Lake Park project. The Turtle
Lake will be waterproofed, added sprinkler system, artistic lighting, stone
paving along the sidewalk with a total cost of about VND50 billion (US$2.2
million). The
3,843-square-meter Turtle Lake Park will cover a 2,289-square-meter lake,
937-square-meter pathway and 617-square-meter green area. It is expected that
the lake will be waterproofed, added with sprinkler system inside the lake
and pathway, garbage filter and anti-moss system. Health Ministry responds to shortage
of anti-rejection drug in Cho Ray Hospital It
was undesirable that the shortage of anti-rejection medication in the Cho Ray
Hospital in HCMC led dialysis patients to purchase drugs from private
pharmacies at higher prices. The hospital has taken measures to solve this
problem, said the Ministry of Health on April 29. The
Cho Ray Hospital has implemented a selection for seeking manufacturers and
suppliers of drugs to ensure enough medicines for treatment after the
national holidays of Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1);
transfered patients to medical facilities with the drugs and instruments
available for treatment in the city. People can use public health insurance
at these healthcare units during the period in treatment. Drug
procurement bidding and negotiation have not yet released results due to a
number of reasons, including the coordination between ministries and
departments in collecting, analyzing and solving a large amount of
information related to medicines; checking list of drugs procured through
centralized bidding and ensuring a fair competition and economic efficiency
of the bidding, said the Health Ministry. National Reunification anniversary
celebrated in Germany, Czech Republic The
47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification
(April 30) have been marked with different activities by Vietnamese people in
Germany and the Czech Republic. The
Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, held a seminar
with the Vietnam - Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork). Stressing
the important role of Vietnamese intellectuals in Germany, Consul General Le
Quang Long asked VGInetwork to practically contribute to the homeland’s
priority areas such as green growth, renewable energy, and sustainable
development. VGInetwork
Chairman Nguyen Xuan Thinh reported on the network’s achievements and
development vision, along with the encouraging outcomes of and potential for
scientific - technological cooperation between Vietnam and Germany. On
April 30, the Vietnamese Literature and Arts Association in the Czech
Republic held a special music show to celebrate the anniversary. Emphasising
the significance of the great victory in the 1975 spring, Ambassador Thai
Xuan Dung said over the last 47 years, Vietnam has obtained enormous socio-economic
attainments and its stature and prestige continually been consolidated, which
is partly attributable to contributions by overseas Vietnamese, including
those in the Czech Republic. COVID-19: Vietnam confirms 2,709 new
cases on May 3 Vietnam
reported 2,709 new cases of COVID-19 and no death in the past 24 hours from
4pm May 2 to 4pm May 3, according to the Ministry of Health. Hanoi
continued to report the highest number of infections on the day with 711
cases, followed by Phu Tho with 242 and Yen Bai with 147. The
country has to date recorded 10,659,358 COVID-19 infections, including 43,044
deaths. A
total of 1,825 COVID-19 patients were given the all clear on May 3, bringing
the number of recoveries so far to 9,267,281. By
May 2, the country had injected 215,005,042 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Friendship football tournament
connects Vietnamese, Japanese people More
than 100 amateur footballers of Vietnam and Japan took part in the Enshu
Fukuroi friendship tournament in Shizuoka prefecture on May 1. The
annual tourney, held by the Vietnamese People Association in Shizuoka,
coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to
Vietnam. Doan
Xuan Tung, Chairman of the Vietnamese People Association in Shizuoka and head
of the organising board, said the event was organised with a view to creating
a playground for football lovers in Shizuoka, enhance the Vietnamese
community’s solidarity, and promote cultural exchange between Vietnamese and
Japanese in the prefecture. Resumed
after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was
attended by 16 teams. Oran
Fukuroi FC of Shizuoka prefecture won the first prize while the runners-up
are Vietnamese teams - Numazu FC and VN Fukuroi FC. Hoang Anh Gia Lai end Champions League
campaign with home win Hoang
Anh Gia Lai Football Club ended their AFC Champions League journey with a 1-0
win against Sydney FC, with Brazilian striker Washington Brandao scoring the
only goal of the match. This
is the first win for a Vietnamese club in 18 years at Asia’s top club
competition, and helped Vietnam overtaking China in the AFC rankings. After
an underwhelming loss at the hands of Yokohama F. Marinos on Thursday, Coach
Kiatisuk Senamuang switched to a 4-4-2 formation, benching Luong Xuan Truong
and starting creative midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh instead. Already
out of the competition, both teams went for all-out attack from the first
minutes. Solo exhibition shows artist's freedom Artist
Tô Hiến Chiến is showcasing his latest solo paintings at an exhibition at Art
Space in Hà Nội. The
exhibition, entitled Tìm Về (I Find Myself), displays 30 paintings made over
the past five years by Chiến. It is his third solo exhibition, following
previous exhibitions in 1998 and 2000. The
acrylic paintings of different sizes feature his inner feelings, which he has
sought for a long time. The
paintings are abstract, drawn with free and scribble strokes. The largest
painting is sized 120cm by 130cm. It shows his feelings about space and
light. The painting is his worldly illusion. The
exhibition visitors will be impressed by another painting from 2020. The
painting is only a white background with a few black strokes expressing a
white space, according to Chiến. Chiến
graduated from Hà Nội University of Industrial Fine Arts and Hà Nội Academy
of Theatre and Cinema. He is a member of G39, a group of Hanoian artists who
gather to honour traditional values, as well as to bring art closer to the
public. He
has group exhibitions in Việt Nam and abroad including Laos, Italy and
Singapore. I
Find Myself exhibition opens on May 3rd at 18:00 at Art Space, 42 Yết Kiêu
Street, Hà Nội until May 8. Four 11th graders drown in Đồng Nai
River Four
children in southern Bình Phước Province were found dead on Sunday after
going swimming in the Đồng Nai River. They
were all 11th graders at Bù Đăng High School in Bù Đăng District. According
to initial information from the local authority on Sunday afternoon, a group
of 10 children organised a camping trip to Bãi Cạn of Đồng Nai River in Đồng
Nai Commune of Bù Đăng District. When
the others were camping, five children separated from the group to go
upstream to Hà Đăng Commune for a swim. While
swimming, the five students were dragged into a whirlpool about 5m deep. Hearing
cries for help, several people on the shore immediately jumped in the water
to aid the children. Despite
their efforts, only one child could be saved and the remaining four were
swept away and lost in deep water. Upon
receiving the news, the authority of Đồng Nai Commune mobilised militia
forces and police to coordinate with locals to search for the victims. At
3pm on the same day, after more than two hours searching, the functional
forces found the bodies of the four victims. The incident is being
investigated by the authorities. Tragic drowning cases on the rise
nationwide More
than 20 students have drowned across the country during the past week though
the summer vacation is yet to arrive. Seven
cases were reported in Nghe An, three each in Binh Dinh and Dak Lak, two each
in Lasi Chau and Dong Nai, and at least 10 cases in other localities. Most
of the drownings were reported when students went swimming in rivers and
streams in their localities to avoid early summer heat. Experts
warn the number of drowning deaths may rise in the coming months as students
finish their school year and the summer vacation is coming near. Hotter
weather would lead more people in the water, and unfortunately more people in
the water means more people are at risk of drowning, said experts. To
prevent such drownings, they suggested that localities, schools and parents provide
students with knowledge about swimming and what to do when drowning occurs. Vietnamese intellectuals in Germany
contribute to Vietnam’s development The
Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, recently held a
get-together with representatives of the Vietnam-Germany Innovation Network
(VGInetwork) marking the 47th anniversary of Vietnam’s Southern Liberation
and National Reunification Day (April 30). The
meeting attracted the participation of VGInetwork members who are currently
working at technical universities such as TU Dortmund and TU Hamburg, and
large corporations such as Siemens, Volkswagen, German railway, as well as
overseas businessmen in West Germany. Professor,
Academician Nguyen Xuan Thinh, president of VGInetwork, presented a report on
the establishment, achievements and development visions of the agency, as
well as the potential for science and technology cooperation between Vietnam
and Germany in the fields of sustainable development research, management of
resources, land, water and environmental protection, and climate change
response. Prof.
Dr. Do Thanh Trung, founder of VGInetwork, presented a report on renewable
energy development, Germany’s national energy transition strategy and gave
some opinions related to green growth in Vietnam. He
put forward an initiative on the establishment of the Vietnam - Germany
Energy Hub under VGInetwork to connect Vietnamese and German managers,
businesses and institutions toward a sustainable green economy. Other
scientists shared Germany’s experience in renewable energy development,
environmental protection and climate change response, and affirmed their
institutions are ready to boost cooperation with Vietnam in these fields.
Three die in Binh Dinh traffic
accident Three
people died after their motorbike collided with a passenger bus early Monday
morning in Binh Dinh Province. According
to a report from local police, the tragic accident occurred at 1.25 am on May
2 when a motorbike carrying three people collided with a passenger bus on
National Road 1A. "Three
men on the motorbike died on the spot," the report said. "They were
identified as Pham Cong Nhut, 35, Doan Anh Tuan, 28, and Nguyen Xuan Hanh,
27. No one on the passenger bus was injured. Both the motorbike and the bus
were heavily damaged. Cameras
at the site showed that the motorbike driver Pham Cong Nhut was speeding
while going through the intersection and crashed into the bus. Nhut also
tested positive for alcohol at 29.9 mg/dL. Police
are further investigating the cause of the accident. Thanh Hoa largest dumping site removed Authorities
in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have decided to remove the
biggest dumping site in Sam Son City which is causing serious pollution. Sam
Son Dumping site was put into operation in 1997 in Trung Son Ward. With a
total area of 27,000 square metres, the dump has become overloaded after many
years, causing serious pollution. According
to a report from Sam Son City, the amount of waste at the dump is now over
330,000 tonnes. Every day, it receives over 150 cubic metres of waste. The
rubbish was buried, but the overloading has caused alarming environmental
concerns to local residents and some surrounding ecological tourism and
commercial projects. Following
a proposal from Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Council, Sam Son City is
preparing to remove the dump to a waste treatment plant in Quang Minh
Commune. The removal project, which is estimated to cost VND 280 billion, is
expected to completely address the pollution problem which has lasted for 25
years, and help boost economic and tourism development in the area. Vietnamese students in Russia compete
in sports The
2022 Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival kicked off in Moscow on May 1. After
more than 2 years of hiatus, the Moscow summer sports festival is officially
back. The opening ceremony features the participation of a large number of
representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, Vietnamese associations in
Russia, sponsors, and students from universities in Moscow and neighbouring
cities. Nguyen
Viet Linh, Secretary of the Civil Affairs Committee of the Ho Chi Minh
Communist Youth Union in Russia, affirmed that the Vietnamese Students'
Sports Festival is one of the largest annual activities of the Vietnam Youth
Union in Russia. Taking
place in early May, the festival aims to celebrate major national holidays,
such as National Reunification Day (April 30), Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7),
and the birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19). The
2022 Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival in Moscow recorded a record number
of 26 teams of athletes competing in men's football, women's football,
athletics and tug of war, taking place on May 1, 2 and 8 at Meteor Stadium.
Immediately after the opening ceremony, the football teams gave the audience
many thrilling and beautiful matches. Holidaymakers returning to Ho Chi Minh
City after vacation Senior
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Dung, Head of the Traffic Police Department of
Tien Giang Province, said that it is forecasted that this evening the number
of vehicles will spike again because people started to leave their hometowns
for Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeastern provinces. After
April 30 and May 1, many people in the Mekong Delta provinces began to leave
their hometowns for Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai to prepare for
return to work. From
more than 5 pm on May 2, the National Highway through Vinh Long City in Vinh
Long Province was filled with cars and motorbikes. Thousands of motorbikes,
cars, and passenger cars were queuing in a long line moving quite slowly
heading for Ho Chi Minh City whereas the opposite direction is clear. Particularly,
a large number of cars, trucks, passenger cars and container trucks flocked
to the intersection of National Highway 30 through An Thai Trung junction in
Cai Be District in Tien Giang Province for entry into the Trung Luong - My
Thuan highway making traffic gridlock. On-duty traffic police officers in
Tien Giang Province struggled to channel, and regulate traffic, to ensure
safety in this area. Senior
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Dung, Head of the Traffic Police Department of
Tien Giang Province, said that it is forecasted that this evening the number
of vehicles will spike again because people have started to leave their
hometowns for Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeastern provinces. Athlete Quach Thi Lan to light 31st
SEA Games torch The Organizing Committee of the 31st Southeast Asian
Games (SEA Games 31) selected track and field athlete Quach Thi Lan as a
representative of the host country to light the 31st SEA Games torch at the
opening ceremony of the largest sporting event in the Southeast Asian region
at My Dinh National Stadium in the capital city of Hanoi at night of May 12. Vietnamese
fencer Vu Thanh An is assigned to hold the national flag for the Vietnam
sports delegation during the parade of the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA
Games. At
the SEA Games 31, track and field athlete Quach Thi Lan registered to compete
in the 400-meter race. She won the gold medal at Asian Games 2018 and
participated in SEA Games 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. Last
year, Quach Thi Lan and Nguyen Huy Hoang were two athletes to hold the
national flag of the Vietnam sports delegation at the parade of Olympic Tokyo
2020. Vietnamese experts successfully
restore VNREDSat-1 operation The
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) has informed of the success
of Vietnamese experts in recovering the normal operation of VNREDSat-1, the
domestic remote sensing satellite system. VNREDSat-1
is the first remote sensing satellite system of Vietnam to serve the tasks of
monitoring and managing natural resources, conducting research for
sustainable socio-economic development, and protecting the national
sovereignty. It
was successfully launched into the orbit on May 7, 2013 and has fulfilled its
missions of capturing valuable images and delivering them to the operation
center in the past 9 years. Working
for nearly 4 years longer than expected, it has shown signs of serious
technical faults related to the hardware that stores operation and control
data at the end of 2021, it was ordered to temporarily stop current
activities from November 9, 2021 to March 25, 2022. After
this successful repair, the satellite can now resume its regular work,
signaling the capacity of Vietnamese scientists in the field. This
maintenance has also provided precious experience to engineers operating the
VNREDSat-1 system, while a large amount of money and time has been saved as
the satellite can go back to normal soon. Until
now, VNREDSat-1 has captured 280 images, including 80 high-resolution ones,
to timely answer the needs of remote sensing data. Field trips help raise student
awareness of nature protection in world biosphere reserve Nearly
500 primary and secondary schoolchildren and teachers have participated in a
program that is aimed at improving awareness of nature and wildlife
conservation in Pu Mat National Park, one of the world’s biosphere reserves. The
program titled “One-day nature experience field trips at Pu Mat National
Park” includes 19 field trips held in April 2022 by Save Vietnam’s Wildlife
(SVW), in collaboration with Pu Mat National Park and Con Cuong Department of
Education and Training in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An. Participants,
who are from 20 primary and secondary schools in four buffer zone communes,
joined the trips, which included 15 trips held in the administrative area of
the National Park and four others organized in the core area of the National
Park, where the students live and study. The
program helps encourage children in nature and wildlife protection activities
as well as educate them to become a core force who will have practical
actions to contribute to the conservation of Pu Mat’s nature in the future. The
next trips will be held in May 2022 for four schools located in the core zone
of the National Park. UNFPA promotes comprehensive
development of Vietnam youth in US$3M project The
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has approved a new project worth
US$3.1 million to promote the comprehensive development of Vietnamese young
people, especially vulnerable youth. The
project, which is within the framework of UNFPA’s 10th Country Program
2022-2026 (VNM10P01), aims to support Vietnam in implementing and monitoring
laws and policies for comprehensive youth development and youth
participation, including in natural disasters and pandemics. The
UN body will provide technical and financial support to the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MoHA) and other relevant agencies to effectively implement and
monitor the implementation of the Youth Law and related policies, and carry
out programs for comprehensive youth development. The
project will be in line with Vietnam's socio-economic development plan, as
well as plans and strategies of MoHA and other youth-related organizations. "This
project reaffirms UNFPA’s commitment to assisting the Ministry of Home
Affairs and implementing partners in ensuring that young people's rights to
comprehensive development, particularly in the areas of access to Life Skills
and Comprehensive Sexuality Education, are satisfied,” said UNFPA
Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara. Through
the project, UNFPA, in collaboration with MOHA and other key partners, aims
to empower and support young people, particularly those from vulnerable
populations, to meaningfully participate in policy development and
implementation, thereby contributing to Vietnam's efforts to achieve SDGs by
2030, she noted. Localities urged to raise health
insurance coverage to over 95% by 2025 The
Government has urged cities and provinces nationwide to raise the health
insurance coverage rate to 95.15 percent by 2025. Specifically,
the health insurance coverage rate is expected to increase to 92.6 percent in
2022 to 93.2 percent in 2023, 94.1 percent in 2024, and 95.15
percent in 2025. The
Government asked provincial/municipal People's Committees to envisage
solutions to achieve the aforesaid goals. Particularly,
the Government ordered localities to take measures to raise the health
insurance rate to cover all members of poor and near-poor households over the
next three years. The
Government also tasked the Ministry of Education and Training to ensure 100
percent of students join health insurance by 2023. Source: VNA/SGT/VNS/VOV/Dtinews/SGGP/VGP/Hanoitimes |
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