Tuoi Tre News briefs you on some of the leading stories published today in Vietnamese media:
Politics:
— President Truong Tan Sang said Vietnam highly values Japanese support during its economic development over the past decades at a talk with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday in Hanoi. President Sang added that he believes the two countries will make more progress in bilateral ties in the future given the foundation of the mutually trustful political ties. The Vietnamese leader also told the Japanese diplomat that Vietnam has finished all the necessary procedures to establish Vietnam-Japan University, a symbol of the friendship between the two Asian nations.
— Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Saturday said Vietnam calls on all parties concerned to respect the newly-reached ceasefire agreement in Gaza Strip while answering reporters’ questions about Vietnam’s reaction after Israel and Hamas accepted the U.S.’s and the United Nation’s proposal on a humanitarian ceasefire within 72 hours.
Society:
— The Department of Health of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau has launched the second phase of an eye-care project funded by the Australian government given the positive results of the first phase in 2011-2013, which offered intensive training to over 20 ophthalmologists and technicians and more than 300 medical staff in Xuyen Moc and Dat Do Districts. The second stage of the project will be implemented via Brien Holden Vision Institute in Tan Thanh and Chau Duc Districts for one year. The project has provided eye check-ups for some 40,000 students at 56 secondary schools and presented 4,000 pairs of spectacles to students with disadvantaged backgrounds.
— The rate of children under five years old suffering from overweight and obesity in Ho Chi Minh City has leaped 300 percent over the past 10 years, posing major nutritional and health challenges to the city medical staff, according to a conference on child nutrition held on Friday in the southern city with the participation of about 300 nutritional and pediatric experts from Vietnam, Japan, Australia and Canada. There is a growing trend of obesity among children across the nation, especially in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City.
— A national program, kicked off in 2010, aiming at developing social work into an occupation has yielded initial results, but still faces obstacles in terms of human resources and legal frameworks, according to a conference in the central city of Da Nang. It was launched to improve and provide better services and care for vulnerable people including the elderly, people with disabilities, underprivileged children, people with HIV, drug addicts, those with mental illnesses and disorders, and others.
Business:
— Instead of buying through dealers or from the market as usual, restaurant chains and hotels in Vietnam have increasingly gotten involved in the production of vegetables in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat by purchasing directly from farmers.
— The Ministry of Industry and Trade has completed a draft decree on the development of supporting industries with a variety of solutions and the largest-ever incentives offered to industrialists joining the sector, in an effort to boost the field that plays a vital role in supporting the country’s modern manufacturing process. Vietnam currently has only 656 enterprises producing spare parts over a total of 58,013 businesses operating in the manufacturing industry.
Lifestyle:
— An international festival highlighting traditional Vietnamese martial arts opened on Friday in Quy Nhon City in the central province of Binh Dinh, the birthplace of the martial arts.
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