General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) Nguyen Phu Trong on August 14 attended and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of a training course providing updated knowledge for CPVCC members. The event also saw the attendance of President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, members of the CPVCC’s Political Bureau and Secretariat, and 94 CPVCC members who were elected to the CPVCC for the first time. Chairman of the CPVCC’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh said the course aims to update the participants on the Party’s policies and guidelines as well as the State’s laws and policies in the fields of Party building, socio-economic development, defence-security and foreign affairs. It will also provide … [Read more...] about Training course provides updated knowledge for CPVCC members
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Vietnam Airlines adjusts flight schedule due to typhoon Prapiroon
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will adjust flights from/to Busan of the Republic of Korea and Fukuoka of Japan on July 3 due to typhoon Prapiroon which is raging in the Korean Peninsula (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will adjust flights from/to Busan of the Republic of Korea and Fukuoka of Japan on July 3 due to typhoon Prapiroon which is raging in the Korean Peninsula. Accordingly, four flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Busan on July 3 will be cancelled, which are VN426, VN427, VN422 and VN423, along with two flights from Hanoi to Fukuoka - VN356 and VN357. Vietnam Airlines will launch make-up flights from Vietnam to Busan on the night of July 3 and flights from Busan to Vietnam on July 4. The carrier will use Airbus A350 for those flights instead of A330 to serve affected passengers. Flights from/to Fukuoka will be operated on July 4, and passengers of affected flights will be put on the new ones free of charge. Vietnam … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines adjusts flight schedule due to typhoon Prapiroon
Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)
Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)
Ministry updates on UXO pollution, settlement in Vietnam DTiNews
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a press conference on March 28 to update the media on the unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination and the settlement of post-war UXO consequences in Vietnam. The event took place on the threshold of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (April 4). MoLISA reported that Vietnam is one of the most UXO contaminated countries in the world. It is estimated that about 800,000 tonnes of UXOs were left across the country after the war ended, mostly in the central region. Some 6.13 million hectares of land are polluted with or suspected of being polluted with UXOs, accounting for 18.82 percent of the country’s total area. Since 1975, UXO incidents have killed more than 40,000 people and injured 60,000 others, most of whom were breadwinners of their families or children. According to the Sapper High Command, the US army used more than 15.3 million tonnes of explosives during the war in … [Read more...] about Ministry updates on UXO pollution, settlement in Vietnam DTiNews
ADB-funded project helps improve medical human resources in Vietnam
The event gathered officials from the MOH and representatives from 17 medical and pharmaceutical facilities and 34 hospitals across the country that are benefiting from the project. The programme sets to support investment and the upgrading of health training centres in a comprehensive manner with priority orientation, while supporting forecasting, planning and management systems in training, strengthening human resource management and improving financial mechanisms and payment for medical services. Chairing the conference, Health Minister Dr Nguyen Thi Kim Tien praised efforts of the project management board and foreign experts, as well as beneficiaries in completing the project on schedule with high efficiency. Activities under the project set to achieve the overall objective of an equitable, effective and oriented development health system, effectively address issues related to disparities in accessing quality medical services among socio-economic sectors, and support the … [Read more...] about ADB-funded project helps improve medical human resources in Vietnam