Gov’t asks for active response to super storms
Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has assigned ministries, agencies and localities to take a series of measures to prepare for and minimize impacts of super storms.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for early publicizing researches on storm regions as well as wind and sea level forecasts. These data aim to support other ministries, agencies, localities and people to actively prevent and respond to storm consequences.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is in charge of composing flood maps in coastal and estuarine areas and adjusting regulations and guidelines for vessels to seek shelter.
The Ministry of Construction works with related agencies to update and adjust regulations and guidelines on construction of houses and projects in stormy regions with a view to minimizing consequences of super storms.
According to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, Viet Nam may face with around 10-12 storms this year.
Hanoi to name highway after General Vo Nguyen Giap
It has been proposed that the highway connecting Noi Bai Airport to Nhat Tan bridge in Hanoi, which is currently under construction, should be named after the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap.
The idea was put forward by the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and has been waiting for approval from the municipal Party Committee and People’s Council.
According to Director To Van Dong of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the road-naming project was carefully studied based on the expectations of local people. The 12km-long highway is 70m to 100m wide and features solid infrastructure and beautiful landscape. It is scheduled for completion in October of this year, he added.
The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism also proposed the establishment of 32 new streets including two streets named after late Chairman of the Council of State Vo Chi Cong and late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.
The proposals are expected to be approved at the 10th session of the Hanoi People’s Council, which is slated for July 7-12.
183 entries fall into the final round of National Press Awards
The board of organization of the eight National Press Awards will select 183 outstanding entries in the final round after meeting at Hanoi capital on June 1.
The board of organization includes 39 members from central press agencies. This year’s award attracted participations of 151 domestic press agencies, 271 freelances and 45 individuals.
This year, the organizers received total of 1, 665 entries.
The organizers will select the best entries to award on Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).
Smoking kills 40,000 Vietnamese people every year
40,000 Vietnamese people died of tobacco every year, reported by Ministry of Health on World No Tobacco Day (May 31).
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Vietnam is one of 15 countries with the highest number of male smokers across over the world. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health showed that out of two Vietnamese people are adult, one is addicted to tobacco. Around 21 percent of 16- 24 years old male smokers are addicted to tobacco.
Because the number of smokers is increasing rapidly every year, around 40,000 Vietnamese people will be died from diseases related to stroke, coronary artery, and lung cancer.
Smoking causes not only significant health damage but also national economic damage.
89 mothers awarded title of Vietnamese heroic mother
Eighty nine mothers were awarded the title of Vietnamese heroic mother on May 31 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Attending in the award ceremony was Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Le Thanh Hai and representatives of the awarded mothers’ families.
Mr Hai congratulated and expressed deeply his gratitude to mothers with their great devotions for national revolutionary career.
On this occasion, Hai also asked local authorities as well as relevant agencies have to often visit and encourage vietnamese heroic mothers.
46 out of 89 awarded mothers on this occasion were dead. Currently, there are 2, 095 Vietnamese heroic mothers living in HCMC. Each mother also has been supported VND 1-1, 5 million per month. Besides, Department of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City coordinates with local authorities have often repaired and upgraded houses for mothers every year.
English writing contest officially launched
Saigon giaiphong Newspaper launched officially an English writing contest on SGGP Online (English version) themed ‘Describe Your Experiences with Festivals and Travel Destinations in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City’ at Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel on May 31.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Vice Editor in chief of Saigon giaiphong Newspaper Ly Viet Trung said that this is the first time that SGGP Newspaper held English writing contest aimed to popularize culture, festivals, attractive destinations of Vietnam as well as beauty of Vietnamese people to international readers in the integration period.
Vietnamese readers or foreigners can participate in the English writing contest. Submissions should be 300-500 words written in English.
Attending the ceremony was General Manager of Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel Mr. Dang Trong Tan, Head of Marketing Dept of Vietjet Air Mr. Nguyen Quoc Viet Nam, representative of Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint-stock Company, Vice Editor in chief of Saigon giaiphong Newspaper Ly Viet Trung , Deputy General Managing Editor of SGGP Newspaper Nguyen Khac Van, and crowded press agencies and students from city universities.
Health sector launches comprehensive review
The 30-year review of Viet Nam’s health sector reforms should result in more policies for non-state hospitals, general director of Vinmec Hospital, Professor Do Tat Cuong, said yesterday in Ha Noi.
During a half-day conference hosted by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Publicity and Education and the Ha Noi Medical University, health experts discussed research methods and the review on the country’s 30 years of health sector reform, which will run until 2016.
Cuong said that non-state hospitals were playing an increasingly important role in the health sector and helping reduce overcrowding in state hospitals. They were also contributing better services for patients, he said. However, non-state hospitals were not receiving any support from the State coffers, while in need of priority policies, extra staff and training.
“The review should define clearly and exactly the role of non-state hospitals and then develop proper rights and policies for the hospitals,” said Cuong.
Professor Le Vu Anh, chairman of the Vietnam Public Health Association, proposed the review to focus on preventive medical services.
The preventive medical sector has helped to reign in epidemics at the grassroots levels and helped alleviate overcrowding at big hospitals. However, preventive medicines had not receive much attention, he said.
Nguyen Kim Phuong, representing Vietnam’s chapter of the World Health Organisation, said the review should not focus on the status quo and that it needed to define the health sector’s model for the future, and develop a roadmap for implementation.
The health sector model should have detailed information on the services, funding for the services and policies supporting lower socio-economic groups, said Phuong.
The review should also determine challenges that the model will cope with and measures to resolve the challenges, she said.
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes 1.8 million foreigners
Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 1.8 million foreign visitors in the first five months of the year, an increase of 9.7% over the same period last year, according to the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
This brought the city’s tourism sector revenue of VND 37.08 trillion, up 8% compared to the same period last year, which amounts to 41% of the target set for 2014.
In May, the number of international visitors to Ho Chi Minh City reached 310,000, up 8.3% over the same period in 2013. Out of the total number of international arrivals, the number of tourists who arrived by air was 248,400, up 18%, and those who arrived by other means of transport numbered 61,820, up 10%.
In order to develop its tourism industry, Ho Chi Minh City has recently focused on promoting its more popular sites and improving the quality of tourism products and tourism event such as the Tourism Festival, the Southern Land Cuisine Festival and the Southern Fruit Festival.
Ho Chi Minh City is considered a safe, attractive and friendly destination for international travelers. During the first days of New Year aloine, Ho Chi Minh City welcomed a large number of international tourists to the city.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
