Two methane explosion victims die in hospital Two out of five victims suffering serious burns after the methane explosion in northern Hoa Binh province last month, died yesterday afternoon. Bui Van Quynh, 27 and Bui Van Hoai, 20, died after the deadly explosion. The three remaining victims, aged between 26 and 36, remain in a critical condition at Ha Noi-based National Burn Hospital. The October 29 incident occurred at a coal pit of the Kim Boi Mineral Exploitation Company in Kim Boi District, injuring six workers. One suffering from light burns was later discharged from hospital. Reasons behind the explosion are yet to be determined by investigators. Street racers fined in Binh Duong Specifically, five of which received fines of VND76 million (US$3,570) for illegally racing on streets and the rest were fined up to VND72 million ($3,380) for cheering and inciting the racers, causing traffic chaos to the city. Three motorbikes were seized. They were caught after residents informed … [Read more...] about Social Highlights for November 7
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Art & Entertainment Highlights for November 7
YxineFF screens 'In Focus' films this week The films directed by Malaysian, Filipino, Cambodian and Vietnamese directors are divided into two groups 'Choose A Life' and 'Choose An Angle.' Choose A Life features a 30-year-old woman who is married to a man who is paralyzed and she is torn between her own instincts in As He Sleeps. We feel compassion for the character behind the tattered portrait in Ong lao ban chuoi. Choose An Angle features Broken with a distressed middle-aged man chasing peaceful memories. In the Name of Love focuses on how marriage can overcome boundaries of religion and prejudices. Rights of the Dead sees a female filmmaker research the mysterious death of a Malaysian officer. Sign is the journey of survival of a farmer in Yeon-pyeong, Korea. Entablado focuses on the truth behind meretricious political dramas. Holland Village features Dutch culture in HCMC A series of cultural activities will be held at the Holland Village event which is scheduled to take place … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment Highlights for November 7
President signs new laws on food safety, adoption
President Nguyen Minh Triet promulgated the Adoption Law; the Food Safety Law; the Enforcement of Criminal Verdicts Law and the Commercial Arbitration Law yesterday. The seventh plenary session of the 12th National Assembly approved all four laws last month. The Adoption Law is intended to establish a long-term relations between adoptive parents and their adopted children to the mutual benefit of both. Its purpose is to ensure that adopted children are raised, nurtured and educated in a family environment. It makes only children younger than 16 eligible for adoption. Justice Deputy Minister Dinh Trung Tung said the law would create a stable, consistent legal framework that would promote long-term support and help in the protection, nurturing, raising and educating children from all of society . Approval of the law also showed Viet Nam had honoured its international commitments after ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Child about 20 years ago. The law of 5 chapters and 52 … [Read more...] about President signs new laws on food safety, adoption
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/7
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/7 Vietnam attends Asian meeting on aquaculture Vietnam has taken part in the Asia Regional Ministerial Meeting on Aquaculture Food Security, Nutrition and Economic Development, which opened in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 28. The meeting was jointly held by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) the Network of Aquaculture Centre in Asia-Pacific (NACA) and the host country's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development (MFARD). Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam delivered a key-note speech on the country's strong commitment to the Colombo Declaration and the Asian aquaculture development strategy. He held talks with MFARD Minister Raijitha Senaratne on measures to boost bilateral cooperation in the seafood sector for the 2010-2013 period. The two countries agreed to focus on breeding blackish-water shrimps, lobsters, seaweed and sea cucumber. Overturned truck looted in Quang Binh Hundreds of people … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/7
Newborn baby dies, hospital is surrounded
A newborn baby died on the operating table at a clinic in Hanoi on night of May 22. Hundreds of people sieged the hospital, asking for an investigation. The expectant mother, named Thuy Dung, was hospitalized to Van Dinh Clinic in the early morning of May 23. Doctors diagnosed that both the mother and the child were normal and the woman could give birth naturally. At 2am of May 23, Dung began labor. The woman suffered from severe pain. The woman’s family asked doctors to perform Caesarian. Doctors examined again and detected that the child in womb was in dangerous state. The family kept asking doctors to carry out Caesarian, but not until 5am was the woman moved to the operating room. Around 30 minutes later, doctors informed the family that the baby was in critical situation. “They (doctors) told that my son’s survival ability was only 50 percent. I ran into the operating room and saw my baby turned blue. At that time, my son was not cleaned yet. My … [Read more...] about Newborn baby dies, hospital is surrounded