Social News 25/7 Korean firm fined for mistreating workers A South Korean company specialising in assembling electronic components in the northern province of Hai Duong has been fined more than VND490 million (US$23,300) for 14 administrative violations. The JK Electronics Co Ltd, located in Chairman of the Hai Duong People's Committee Nguyen Manh Hien told the company to immediately find ways of correcting its mistakes. Police in Municipal police said it was co-ordinating with other relevant agencies to expel the 26 Taiwanese offenders. On July 14, police raided a house in Police seized two computers, eight Voice IP Gateway devices, two wifi broadcast systems, two converters, two switches and 14 laptops. The swindlers posed as customer service and bank staff to defraud the victims, guiding them to use their ATMs in New bridge collapses under heavy flooding A suspension bridge completed in The bridge collapsed after being hit by a raft floating down the swollen stream during floods caused by Typhoon Rammasun on Tuesday. Strong flood waters from the Nam Po River then flipped the bridge over. Transport Minister Dinh La Thang asked the municipal Department of Transportation to repair the bridge as soon as possible. The VND3.5 billion (US$167,000) bridge was opened to the public in early May after a video clip, posted online, showed local children being forced to use plastic bags to cross the stream. An old bridge on concrete foundations had been washed away in floods. Demand for high-level employees increasing The number of jobs postings on the job website VietnamWorks.com increased by 23 per cent to more than 26,000 jobs in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, according to the online recruitment company's Employment Indicator Report. During the period, demand for employees for positions of team leader, supervisor, manager and director increased, while jobs for recent graduates and entry-level positions as well as internships fell. Demand for team leaders and supervisors increased 24 per cent compared to the first six months of 2013. For manager and director positions, demand grew by 28 per cent and 29 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, positions for recent graduates fell by 19 per cent. The labour supply saw a year-on-year drop of six per cent but is expected to grow in the next six months, the report said. The labour supply fell from more than 1.4 million job applicants in the first six months of 2013 to more than 1.3 million applications in the first half of 2014. Sales, IT, software and marketing were the top fields with the highest need for employees in the first half of the year. Sales, IT/software and marketing posted 5,000, 4,000 and 3,200 jobs, respectively, for the first six months of 2014 on VietnamWorks.com. Accounting, administrative and clerical positions attracted the most job-seekers. Accounting and administrative/clerical positions received 214,000 and 179,000 job applications, respectively, for the same period. Job-seekers applying for accounting faced a stiff competition ratio of 1 to 98, and those in Healthcare officials are warning of a diarrhea outbreak following the death of an infant last weekend. A 10 month-old boy from Le Minh Xuan Commune, Binh Chanh District was brought to Children's Hospital No. 1, where he died of gastrointestinal infections caused by diarrhea, after a one-day treatment in the hospital, according to the local authorities. His death prompted the local People's Committee on Wednesday to issue an outbreak alert for Le Minh Xuan. Eight others from the commune have been hospitalized with diarrhea so far this month. All patients showed positive with tests for harmful E.coli bacteria. The city's Preventive Medicine Centre said that poor environmental hygiene was blamed for the outbreak. One cause is communal sewage that was discharged into residents' fishponds. Truong Van Hanh, vice chairman of the commune's People's Committee, said the VAC system of the commune was probably the culprit. VAC in Vietnamese is vuon, ao, chuong, which means "garden/pond/livestock pen." It is a form of domestic agriculture in which food gardening, fish rearing and animal husbandry are wholly integrated. Nguyen Tri Dung, head of the Preventive Medicine Centre, said that the commune will be at high risk of being attacked by dengue fever, hand-foot-mouth and Japanese encephalitis if authorised agencies do not take prompt preventive action. Medical staff of the commune's health centre sprayed Chloramine B to destroy bacteria in the commune. The city's health sector is working to bring the situation under control. Le Hoang Phuc, a doctor from the Children's Hospital No. 1, said that parents are advised to feed their children with hygienic food, and to give them provide vitamin A as a defense against diarrhea. Parents should take children to the nearest health clinic as soon as they are symptomatic. AmCham VN honours World Blood Donor Day More than 1,140 volunteers donated 1,497 units of blood in The campaign, took place from July 14-23, focused on the value of donated blood to pregnant women and childbirth-related complications and severe bleeding. Though voluntary blood donation increased nearly 20 per cent over last year, donated units of blood still only meets half of the need nationwide, according to the HCM City Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion. Encephalitis cases nearly quadruple in Hanoi Since early this year, Of the infection number, one died in the outlying district of Ba Vi. The disease has occurred scatteredly in 21 wards and villages of 14 districts. Most patients were children who had not been vaccinated, or were unclear about vaccination record. Nguyen Nhat Cam, director of the Hanoi Preventive Medicine Centre, reports far too many parents are reluctant to have their children vaccinated because they are afraid the vaccines cause adverse sideeffects. “This is unfortunate and results in pushing the number of patients up,” Currently, the municipal medical sector is carrying out additional immunization campaigns for children aged 1-14 in all affected areas, he said. The disease’s main syndromes are high fever, headache, feeling sick and vomiting. Children also often report losing sleep, crying, seizures and coma. The Ministry of Health cautions that maintaining a sanitary environment is the key to prevention of the disease. Houses should be cleaned regularly and livestock pens should be maintained a safe distance away from home. Vaccination is the single most effective way to prevent the disease. Int’l community applauds HIV/AIDS prevention work in Reports showed that in spite of immense difficulties, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long held sidelines meetings with leaders of numerous international organisations, including Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, President of the International AIDS Society; Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFFATM), and representatives of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The leaders expressed their admiration for Mark Dybul revealed that the GFFATM was highly impressed with For her part, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi pledged to finance a major Vietnamese project to improve testing capacity for early detection of HIV and pledged to wholeheartedly vote in favour of granting the country US$158 million non-refundable aid from the GFFATM. A delegation of the Irish Embassy made a fact-finding visit to Irish Government-funded projects in the northernmost mountainous At a working session with provincial authorities on July 24, Ambassador Damien Cole spoke highly of the building progress and the use of centralised water supply facilities in rural communes. He also valued socio-economic attainments that Ha Giang has achieved over the past years despite its particular economic and transport disadvantages. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Minh Tien acknowledged assistance provided by the Irish Government and pledged that his locality will implement cooperation projects transparently and effectively, helping raise living conditions of ethnic minority people. From 2011 to June 2014, the Irish Government doled out more than VND36 billion (US$1.7 million) for Ha Giang to improve its infrastructure in extremely disadvantaged communes. VAVA President inspects policies for AO victims President of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) Nguyen Van Rinh on July 24 visited the Mekong delta Hau Giang has 8,400 AO victims, of whom 3,200 had exposed directly to the toxic chemical, according to Thai Vu, Vice President of the provincial Association of AO/Dioxin Victims. In the first half of this year, the province raised nearly VND5 billion to buy wheel-chairs, build houses and offer financial assistance to families of AO victims. In the time to come, it has set to conduct more fund-raising activities that are hoped to aid house building for the victims and scholarships for their offspring, said Vu. Rinh hailed the province for taking well care for the victims materially and physically. He showed his support for the locality’s plan to build nursing homes for children with disabilities and contributors to the national revolutionary cause, including AO victims. On the occasion, the delegation handed over VND150 million to Hau Giang’s authorities for the construction of five houses for AO victims. The VAVA was established in 2003 and officially registered as the sole representative entity in coordinating and combining all the possible and varied forms of support activities for AO victims. It set up a panel to undertake a 2011-2015 study reviewing and making all revisions needed to existing policies for AO victims. During the war in An estimated 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to the toxic chemical, with over 3 million of them dying or painfully struggling from its serious effects. Not only Vietnamese but people from many other countries also became victims of this mass-killing chemical. JICA helps improve A conference was held in the Mekong Delta city of The project has been implemented between December 2011 and November 2014 with funding of US$ 4.66 USD from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Can Tho is the major destination of the project. Speaking at the event, Director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Pham Van Quynh said the locality has completed the building of database management software in the field. Taking food samples was carried out in 68 food business and production establishments in the city, Quynh noted, adding that 62 among them met requirements on food safety. According to Nguyen Nhu Tiep, Director of the Department of Management of Agro-Forestry and Aquatic Quality (DMAFAQ) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, his agency has organised nine training courses in In the next three months, more Vietnamese will be sent to Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tat Thanh Cang and visiting Vice Mayor of the Cang said since their twin relationship was set up 20 years ago, HCM City and Busan have intensified their collaboration in a wide range of areas from health care, education and culture to fire prevention and fighting, helping nurture their friendship as well as the relations between Vietnam and the RoK. He said his city is carrying out many major projects to meet local development demand and, therefore, it hopes to welcome more RoK businesses, especially to support industries and infrastructure building. Vice Mayor Kim said the cities’ relations are growing comprehensively and expressed his belief that both sides will find out most effective measures to enhance their partnership and the two countries’ ties. VIA, Microsoft launch mobile app contest Vietnam Internet Association (VIA) in partnership with Microsoft The competition aims to provide aspiring and professional software application developers the opportunity to showcase their technical savviness by creating software applications having significance for the fields of computing, IT, business and marketing. There are no age limitations for contestants. The organizing board will receive entries from August 1 to September 30, 2014. There are two categories for the development of mobile apps, namely a complete product and an idea category. The jury will award VND50 million, VND20 million and VND10 million for the first, second and third prizes respectively in the complete product category. Another top three awards will be accorded VND15 million, VND10 million and VND5 million in the idea category. Microsoft The award presentation ceremony is scheduled for December 2014 in Intensifying search in Vietnamese and Cambodian military agencies have mapped out a plan to accelerate search activities and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers who laid down their lives in At a July 24 working session, Vietnamese Defense Attaché office in Cambodian Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of Military Region 5, General Ek Som On and provincial leaders pledged to facilitate search and repatriation activities. Since 2001, 417 remains of Vietnamese soldiers in the area of Military Region 5 have been repatriated in which 193 sets of remains have been found mostly in Battambang province. On this occasion, Colonel Nguyen Anh Dung, Vietnam-Laos friendship highlighted in Australia The Embassies of Vietnam and Vietnamese Ambassador Luong Thanh Nghi and his Lao counterpart Phomma Khammanichanh affirmed that the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between They reviewed the monumental achievements in bilateral cooperation spanning from politics, foreign affairs, defense and security to economics, culture, social affairs, education and training, as well as multilateral cooperation at regional and international forums. “The two countries need to fully utilize their huge potential and cooperation opportunities to strengthen their cooperative relations in the time to come.” They said. Lao Ambassador Phomma Khammanichanh reiterated the support and valuable assistance For his part, Ambassador Nghi emphasized that the ties of traditional friendship and close cooperation between the two Parties, Governments and people are an important factor behind the socio-economic development of each country. The two diplomats noted with satisfaction with embassy staff’s efforts to maintain a close-knit relationship through diverse and practical exchange activities thereby further deepening mutual understanding and trust. “Embassy staff should strengthen the exchange of information and diplomatic experience and support each other to fulfill tasks entrusted to by the Party, Government and the people in each country.” They said. Also at the exchange, embassy staff gave special art performances and enjoyed traditional food from both countries. Trade union’s labourer protection role hailed President of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTO) ShaabanAzzuouz has spoken of efforts by the The The host briefed the guest on the development of the VGCL in recent years with its increasing position. The 11th VGCL Congress in 2013 adopted its action plan for the next five years, targeting 10 million members by 2018, he said. As part of celebrations of its 85th founding anniversary, the VGCL holds a series of events, including an international workshop on the For his part, Shaaban Azzouz, who is also President of Syria’s General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) briefed the host on The two sides expressed their hope that cooperation and mutual understanding between the two countries and their trade unions will be further developed in the coming time. Special exchange for Vietnamese, Nearly 200 children from They are scheduled to meet A major highlight of the programme will be a cultural and art exchange at the Municipal Youth Culture House on July 30. The programme aims to strengthen solidarity and international friendship, as well as tightening the relationship between the three countries. Through the event, organisers want to introduce participants to the history, cultural traditions and socio-economic development of This is the third time Remains of volunteer soldiers repatriated from Cambodia The southern The ceremony was attended by leaders of the Command of Military Zone 7, provinces of Kratie, Kampong Thom, Binh Phuoc and local people. The province also re-interred eight remains of Vietnamese soldiers discovered in several localities in the country. Millions of Vietnamese soldiers laid down their lives in the battlefields during the wars of resistance against French colonialism and American imperialism, as well as in joining lofty international missions in Thousands of fallen soldiers have been unaccounted for across To date, as many as 2,423 sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers have been reburied in Binh Phuoc. *** The southern Solidifying int’l cooperation in natural resources, environment Fortifying international cooperation for sustainable management of natural resources and the environment is a key task for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in the second half of the year. At a meeting to review work in the first half of this year and devise tasks for the second half, MoNRE Minister Nguyen Minh Quang said the ministry will focus on mobilising funds for key projects, enhancing management and improving the quality and efficiency of the projects. It is gearing up for organising the 11th conference of the Vietnam -China joint working group on meteorological cooperation and attending the 5th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit and the 20th GMS Ministerial Meeting. MoNRE leaders will take part in a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial Meeting, the sixth round of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) negotiations, the sixth round of negotiations on cooperation in less sensitive issues at sea between The ministry has also drafted contents for attending the 11th In the first half of the year, the ministry proposed that the Prime Minister include the support programme to respond to climate change (SP-RCC) in the list of prioritised programmes and projects using ODA. It carried out a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in geology and the use of mineral resources. In addition to signing a funding agreement between the Vietnamese and Australian Governments on examining the impact of hydropower projects on the About 6,000 trained workers needed for atomic energy sector The figure that includes those who will work for nuclear power plants was revealed at the July 23 meeting on human resources training for the atomic energy sector under the chair of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the country currently has 1,300 officials with university degrees or higher working in ministries, sectors and localities in the area of atomic energy. Facing such a limited number of personnel, the ministry underscored the need for employing and training an additional 5,000 people by 2020. Dam, who heads the National Steering Committee for human resources training for the sector, said it was necessary to make preparations in human resources, technology, finance and legal mechanisms for the construction of future nuclear power plants – a scheme that was approved by the Government. He required ministries and sectors concerned to figure out human resource demands for the atomic energy sector and to design proper training projects, saying the training in the area must be practical to avoid inefficiency and wastefulness. High school universalisation effective in disadvantaged areas A project on junior high school universalisation in the most disadvantaged areas has prove efficient after six years of implementation, said a senior education ministry official. The project has promoted the development of junior high school education in disadvantaged areas, thus accelerating the universalisation at the level nationwide, Nguyen Vinh Hien, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, said at a July 24 conference to review the project. Eiko K. Izawa from the Asian Development Bank said this is the most successful project funded by the regional financial institution, adding that it is the first project that has not asked for more time for fulfilling its set targets. According to the ADB official, the project’s success is attributed to a proper design, a close coordination between donors and the government, and efforts made by the project management board. The project was carried out in 17 provinces across the country, offering educational opportunities for students, especially female and ethnic minority ones in disadvantaged areas, according to a report at the conference. Under the project, 820 classrooms and 978 rooms for day boarders were built at junior high schools and 48 other classrooms at eight vocational training centres. The project granted scholarships to 210 students from ethnic minority groups to aid their study at teachers’ training colleges. In addition, the project helped increase the numbers of those to attend junior high school at right age and female junior high school students while reducing the rate of dropouts. Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/ND |
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