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The spring
book fair at
According
to the city’s Department of Information and Communication, Kim Dong
Publishing House recorded the highest revenue of more than 400 million VND
(17,720 USD), followed by Thai Ha and Nha Nam stock companies.
The
most attractive titles to readers featured the fourth industrial revolution,
The
street features 16 booths with easy access for children and people with disabilities,
along with public computers for readers to search for information, free wifi
and water.
It
is open to the public from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm every day.
Agribank funds 1 billion VND for
The
Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank)’s branch in
central Thua Thien-Hue province has agreed to provide funds worth 1 billion
VND (44,000 USD) for the 10th Hue Festival.
Under
the deal, which was signed in Hue city on March 1, Agribank became the second
biggest sponsor of the programme, after Carlsberg beer company - which
earlier sealed a deal to fund 5 billion VND (219,500 USD) for the programme.
Director
of Agribank’s branch in Thua Thien-Hue Nguyen Van Binh said this is the 10th
year in a row the bank has sponsored the festival – a special art, culture
and tourism event in the central province.
According
to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Dung, this
year’s festival has received sponsorship from nearly 20 units.
Themed
“Cultural heritage with integration and development,
The
biennial event looks to promote art and cultural exchanges as well as boost
service-tourism growth.
More
than 20 international art troupes from various countries, including
The
old capital city of
This
year, the province hopes to welcome about 4.2 million visitors, up 10 percent
year on year, and earn tourism revenue of 4.2 billion VND (184,380 USD), a
rise of 15 percent.
Bình Dương enjoys Lady Thiên Hậu Pagoda Fest
The
Bà Thiên Hậu (Lady Thiên Hậu) Pagoda Festival is being held from February 28
to March 2 in
The
festival is the southern province’s largest cultural festival.
On
March 2, the 15th of the first lunar month, the Bà (Lady) palanquin
procession goes throughout the
Pilgrims
flock to the festival to pray for prosperity, good health and good luck for
the whole year.
The
Bà Pagoda was built in ancient style in the middle of the 19th century.
The
Bà Đen (Black Lady) Mountain national tourism site in the southern
On
Tuesday it received its millionth visitor since February 16 (the first day of
the Lunar New Year), two days earlier compared to last year, Phạm Văn Hải,
deputy general director of the Tây Ninh Tourism and Trade Joint Stock
Company, said.
The
Bà Đen Mountain Spring Festival opened on February 19, and featured a
fireworks display and unicorn, lion and dragon dance performances.
There
are also special art performances, film screenings, sports events, and
traditional games to entertain pilgrims and visitors.
The
annual festival runs until March 3.
Chairman
of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has asked for the Duong
River Surface Water Treatment Plant project to be sped up.
Chung
visited the construction site of the key national project, which is expected
to be operational by 2020, in Gia Lam district on March 1.
The
project is vital to the city’s sustainable water supply system, capable of
providing a stable and long-term source of clean water for Hanoians, he said.
He
affirmed that the city will work with the Duong River Surface Water Plant JSC
and help the firm complete the project on schedule.
He
also urged the company to ensure the project’s technical quality and
effectively operate the plant once it is put into use to supply clean water
for about 3 million people living in the east side of Hanoi.
Chairman
of the Duong River Surface Water Plant JSC Do Thi Kim Lien said many
engineers and workers are working day and night at the construction site to
finish the project’s first phase in October.
Located
on nearly 61.5 hectares, the plant will be developed in three phases to
provide clean water for the city’s northeast districts (Long Bien, Gia Lam,
Dong Anh, Soc Son and industrial parks along Road 179); south districts
(Hoang Mai, Thanh Tri, Thuong Tin and Phu Xuyen) and neighbouring provinces
like Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, and Hai Duong.
The
first phase, which will cost about 5 trillion VND (225 million USD) and have
capacity of 300,000 cu.m per day.
The
plant’s capacity is expected to reach 600,000 cu.m per day by 2030 and
900,000 cu.m per day by 2050.
Its
clean-water piping system is the longest and most intricate in the country,
running 76km with two river-crossing sections over the Hong (Red) and Duong
rivers, and various sections running through railways, national and
provincial roads.
RoK’s dioxin detoxification method to be expanded in Thua
Thien-Hue
Deputy
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan has agreed to
expand the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s microbiological method to detoxify soil
contaminated with Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in A Luoi district in the central
province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The
method is being piloted at the district’s A Sho airport and helps reduce
dioxin concentration in contaminated land by 35 percent, according to a
report of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment
(VACNE).
Speaking
at a working session in
Participants
at the session lauded the capacity and efforts of Korean experts. They
expressed their hope that the method will be carried out on a larger scale to
boost the district’s socio-economic development.
From
1961 to 1971, American troops sprayed more than 80 million litres of
herbicides — 44 million litres of which were AO, containing nearly 370kg of
dioxin — over southern
The
mountainous district was sprayed with 432,812 litres of grass-killing
chemicals during the 10-year period.
A
Sho, a temporary airport during the war, was used for parking and washing of
airplanes after spraying was completed, resulting in serious contamination of
the area with dioxin.
PM pushes for automated BOT toll tax nationwide
Prime
Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked relevant offices to push for automated
toll collection on build-operation-transfer (BOT) highways across the country.
The
Prime Minister believes that the automated model will help save time and
ensure transparency.
The
Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with related ministries and agencies,
was tasked with setting up standard rates for toll, which would be used as
the foundation to bid for toll tax collectors as per the National Assembly
Standing Committee’s resolution 437/NQ-UBTVQH, dated October 2017.
Besides
this, the transport ministry was asked to report to the Prime Minister on a
roadmap for shifting to an automated toll collection model on all BOT
highways by the first quarter of this year.
The
ministry was responsible to support BOT investors and toll tax collectors to
apply the model.
The
authorities should review legal documents and circulars on implementing the
automated model to ensure accuracy, transparency and synchronousity at all
toll tax stations.
Each
vehicle has only one identity card which is used at all stations nationwide.
The
Prime Minister issued decision 07/2017/QĐ-TTg last year on implementing the
model of collecting toll on BOT highways nationwide.
Toll
tax collectors were asked to install automated toll collection systems to
ensure smooth operations 24x7 and to protect the personal information of
clients as per legal regulations.
After
a year of implementation, the model has been proved to be effective, although
it still has a few shortcomings.
One
of the reasons is the lack of legal documents regulating management and
operation of the automated system.
Since
there is no roapmap for shifting to the new system, it is causing
difficulties to toll tax collectors.
Moreover,
the launch of the model was not synchronous at all the stations, which caused
inconvenience to road users.
Ceremony honours 66 trained ethnic village birth attendants
Trained
ethnic village birth attendants (TEVAs) have played a remarkable role in
reducing maternal and neo-natal mortality rates, especially in the
mountainous and remote areas of Việt
This
was said at a ceremony held on Wednesday in Hà Nội to honour TEVAs.
TEVAs
are selected from ethnic minority communities and are trained for at least
nine months in medical schools to provide services to pregnant women in
remote and difficult areas. With an understanding of local cultures and
indigenous customs, TEVAs can easily communicate with the ethnic communities
and provide safe motherhood services.
Y
Ngọc, 38, is a Xê Đăng ethnic attendant in Kạch Lớn hamlet in Đăk Sao
Commune. She hails from Tu Mơ Rông District in the Central Highlands’
“I
send pregnant woman who are at medical risks or those who will soon go into
labour to medical stations and sometimes even help them to give birth at home
or on the way to a medical station,” said Ngọc.
In
2017 alone, she conducted 132 pre-natal check-ups and sent two pregnant women
with complications to hospitals for timely examination and treatment in Kạch
Lớn hamlet.
Thanks
to Ngọc’s contribution, the rate of pre-natal check-ups increased from 50 per
cent in 2009 to 93 per cent in 2017, while the rate of delivery in health
clinics increased from 20 per cent in 2009 to 60.9 per cent in 2017.
Ngọc
is among 66 TEVAs, representing nearly 3,000 TEVAs across the country, to be
honoured at the ceremony.
Marked improvements in maternal healthcare
“Việt
“Training
ethnic village birth attendants in mountainous and difficult areas is a
temporary but effective measure to minimise geographical, cultural and
financial gaps to help ethnic women get access to pre-natal check-ups, safe
delivery options and post-delivery care services,” said Tiến.
According
to the health ministry, the country currently has 2,611 TEVAs working in
8,165 difficult villages and hamlets across the country. TEVAs visit families
to provide healthcare consultations and encourage pregnant women to go to
health clinics for regular prenatal check-ups as well as for giving
births.
Support of the European Union
“We
are delighted to see that Việt Nam managed to reduce the under-five mortality
rate (per 1,000 live births) from 51 in 1990 to 24 in 2013 and the maternal mortality
ratio (per 100,000 live births) from 140 in 1990 to 49 in 2013. This
decreasing trend continued during 2013-2015,” said Stefano Manservisi,
director general of the European Union’s Directorate for International
Cooperation and Development.
“The
European Union’s support has been focused in the poorest of provinces, where
mother and child health-related indicators are also low compared to that of
the better-off regions. During 2015-2017, with our support, the percentage of
deliveries attended by trained health staff has increased significantly,
while the infant mortality rate has decreased in all 10 provinces,” said
Manservisi.
The
EU has been the largest ODA (Official Development Assistance) donor and
strategic partner of Việt
Late PM Pham Van Dong’s birthday marked
Late
PM Pham Van Dong inspected a high-productivity paddy field in Hai Anh
commune, Hai Chau district, Nam Ha province in 1969
An incense offering ceremony to commemorate the 112th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, a prominent leader of Vietnam’s revolution in the 20th century, was held at his memorial site in Mo Duc district, the central province of Quang Ngai on March 1. At the event – hosted by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, participants recalled the life and career of the late PM, who was a Politburo member and an adviser to the Party Central Committee. Dong was also an excellent disciple and close comrade of late President Ho Chi Minh. Pham Van Dong, alias To, was born on March 1, 1906 in Duc Tan commune, Mo Duc district. He joined the revolutionary youth movement in In May 1940, he met Ho Chi Minh, who was known as Nguyen Ai Quoc then, in In early 1941, he and Vo Nguyen Giap were sent back to In August 1945, Pham Van Dong was elected to the National Liberation Committee at the Tan Trao National People’s Congress. After the August Revolution, he was appointed as the Finance Minister of the Government of the new Democratic Republic of Vietnam and elected a deputy of the first National Assembly. He led the Vietnamese delegation to the Fontainebleau Conference in France in 1946 and the Geneva Conference in 1954. In September 1954, Pham Van Dong was assigned to concurrently hold the positions of the Deputy PM, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations. He was appointed as the PM by the National Assembly in September 1955 and continued to be entrusted with the post at the third National Party Congress five years later. He passed away in 2000. After the ceremony, participants visit an area exhibiting photos and objects related to the life and career of the late PM in the site.
Hà Nội target fourth V.League title
With
a mixed team of young and experienced players, Hà Nội FC hope to win the
V.League title this year. The tournament will kick off on March 10.
Having
participated in V.League for a decade, the representative of the capital city
has always been a contender for the national premier league title.
They
won the trophy in 2010, 2013 and 2016 and finished second in 2011, 2012, 2014
and 2015.
On
Wednesday, the team announced its players, who hope to reclaim the title for
the fourth time.
Midfielder
Nguyễn Văn Quyết will be the skipper of the team. The international player
denied an attractive offer from Malaysian Kedah FC to stay with Hà Nội this
season. He had earlier refused an offer from Muangthong United of
Quyết,
however, will not play in the first two matches of the season as he has been
imposed a fine by the Việt Nam Football Federation.
Quyết
will command seven players who finished a great AFC U23 Championship in
Some
players from youth squads will be pushed to the first team to help them gain
experience and prepare for tough matches in future. They include Hồng Sơn,
who plays for the national U18 team and Minh Dĩ and Sỹ Huy of the national
U20 team.
They
will be supported by veteran teammates, including former national player Phạm
Thành Lương and foreign players Moses Oloya and Oseni.
“Currently,
we have seven national U23 players in the team. They played very well at the
Asian Championship, but in the harsh environment of V.League, they will need
to make more effort to contribute to the club,” said coach
“Younger
players will be used this season. They are ‘products’ trained by our own
centre. They will show our trademark game at V.League. Days ahead of the
tournament, we had a meet and set a target of winning the title this season.
It is difficult when we can see the same quality in teams. But we are
determined to take back the trophy that we lost last year,” Nghiêm said.
The
coach, too, is a highlight of the team as he is a stable moral and spiritual
support for the players.
Nghiêm
is one of the club’s most experienced members as he has been with the team
from its early days in 2005.
In
13 years, Nghiêm has been an assistant to four head coaches, before being
given the hot seat in 2016.
In
the same year, under his guidance, Hà Nội won the V.League title and finished
second in the National Cup.
Last
year, Hà Nội came third in the last few minutes of the season, conceding the
trophy to Quảng Nam FC.
Apart
from the title, Hà Nội also want to attract more supporters to Hàng Đẫy
Stadium.
The
presence of U23 players in the team is expected to lure more fans to the
stands.
Earlier
this year, Hà Nội initiated other activities, such as setting up their own
professional supporters’ association, organising meets between fans and
players, improving their facilities and, in future, building a new stadium.
Hà
Nội will play their first match against Hải Phòng on March 11 on their home
ground.
In
2017, Hà Nội drew Hải Phòng 1-1 in the first leg match and beat them 2-0 in
the second.
Lucky passenger wins Vietjet’s highest award
Vietjet
has awarded VNĐ100 million (nearly US$4,400) to Nguyễn Hồng Quang, a
passenger on flight VJ378 flying from HCM City to Chu Lai in central
Quảng Nam Province on February 13.
The
award, the highest offered by Vietjet, is part of the airline’s promotional
campaign, “Enjoy Sky Festival”, which was held from December 28, 2017, to
February 28, 2018.
As
part of the promotion, millions of passengers purchased promotional tickets,
with prices starting from zero đồng, during the golden hour—from noon to 2pm
— Vietjet said on Thursday.
Passengers
flying on the special flights also had a chance to participate in a lucky
draw to win free domestic return tickets, “lucky money” prizes worth VNĐ10
million every day as well as gifts with a total value of up to VNĐ1 billion.
Vietjet
is a pioneering airline that offers many exciting promotional and
entertainment programmes, especially during the festive season. Aiming to
become a “consumer airline”, Vietjet is continually opening new routes,
adding more aircraft, investing in modern technology and offering new add-on
products and services to serve customers.
Hà Nội boosts construction of water treatment plant
The
People’s Committee here has asked the management board, investors and
contractors of
The
plant will supply clean water to three million residents in eight districts
in the city, including Long Biên, Gia Lâm, Đông Anh, Sóc Sơn, Hoàng Mai,
Thanh Trì, Thường Tín and Phú Xuyên.
On
a working visit to the plant on Thursday morning, chairman of the committee,
Nguyễn Đức Chung, said the plant was among key civil infrastructure projects
in Gia Lâm District as the current water supply had failed to meet the demand
of the local residents.
The
committee aims to create the most favourable conditions for the management
board to ensure the project’s progress and supply clean water to residents by
2020.
Chung
stressed that the installation of water pipelines was an important task, so
the investor needed to have design and construction plans for the project’s
second phase soon.
The
committee asked Gia Lâm District’s authority to persuade residents to shift
for site clearance.
Đỗ
Thị Kim Liên, Chairman of Đuống River Surface Water JSC, expressed hope that
the company would receive the support of the city’s committee and local
authorities to complete the project.
The
project is nearing completion of its first phase, which was scheduled this
October.
The
water treatment plant is located on nearly 62ha in Gia Lâm District’s Phù
Đổng Commune. The plant will be developed in two phases, with a total
investment capital of some VNĐ5 trillion (US$225 million). In the first
phase, the plant will have the capacity to generate 150,000 cu.m of water per
day by this October.
In
the second phase, to be complete by 2020, the plant will increase to
300,000cu.m of water per day.
The
plant’s capacity will increase to 600,000cu.m of water per day by 2030 and to
900,000cu.m of water per day by 2050.
The
plant’s piping system, which is the longest and most intricate in the
country, runs for 76km, with two river-crossing sections over Hồng and Đuống
rivers as well as various sections running through railways and national and
provincial roads.
Vegetarian food stores busy as the first full moon approaches
People
in
The
first full moon is on January 15th of Lunar Calendar, which falls on March 2
this year. People will go to pagodas and eat vegetarian food to purify the
body and soul and bring peace to the mind. People in
Thu
Diu from Thu Duc District said, "I go to the markets to choose fresh
food to put on the altar. I think that prices of vegetables are still the
same, about VND15,000 to VND35,000 (USD1.54) per kilo. The prices of beans
and mushrooms increased just a little bit by VND5,000."
A
kilo of dragon fruits cost VND40,000 (USD1.76) and VND60,000 for apples. A
bunch of daisies costs of VND25,000 to VND40,000 and a branch of lily costs
VND35,000.
Thuy
Ngan, a trader at Vuon Chuoi Market said more people went to the markets and
the consumption of vegetables also increased sharply and would continue to
rise tomorrow. The traders also prepared takeaway vegetarian food such, as
vegetarian spring rolls and sausages, and attract many customers.
Director
of Thu Duc Market Management Company Nguyen Thanh Ha said up to 5,000 tonnes
of agricultural products were transferred to the market every day. "The
prices increase and drop depend on the supply of that product. The prices
will be further adjusted when transportation fees to retail markets are taken
into account," she said.
The
city Department of Industry and Trade has asked agencies to monitor prices.
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