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The vaccinated people are frontline medical workers, and members of anti-coronavirus community groups and the steering committees on COVID-19 prevention and control, alongside police and armed forces.

Hai Phong city has finalized the first vaccination phase, while the provinces of Quang Ninh and Hai Duong are redoubling efforts to complete the first drive.

Five provinces, including Bac Ninh, Ha Tinh, Cao Bang, Phu Yen and Bac Giang

According to the Ministry of Health, a 39-year-old Vietnamese citizen who entered Da Nang Airport from Japan was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the morning of April 19.

The patient is being currently isolated for treatment at Da Nang Lung Hospital after his test result was confirmed positive for the virus on April 17.

The new patient has raised the national count to 2,785, including 1,179 imported cases.

So far, the nation has seen 2,475 recoveries from the coronavirus disease, while the death toll remains at 35.

Among patients still under treatment, a total of 45 have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, with the majority giving negative results for many times.

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The opening ceremony of Bel Ga Tay Ninh Hi-Tech Poultry Hatchery

Bel Ga is a Belgium market leader with more than 80 years of experience in producing premium day-old chicks in Europe. Established in Vietnam since 2013, Bel Ga currently has 4 hatcheries and 2 incubation factories with a modern self-contained farming process according to GlobalGAP standards, providing more than 35 million premium day-old chicks for Vietnamese and Cambodian markets every year.

Possessing strong potentials and unique experiences and visions, in September 2017, Bel Ga and De Heus LLC, Hung Nhon Group, Koyu Unitek Company and partners were successful in building the value chain of clean chicken with traceability according to GlobalGAP standards, ISO 22000 that meets conditions to export clean chicken products to the Japanese market – one of the most demanding markets in the world.

Following the success of Bel Ga Incubation Factory in Lam Dong Province, Bel Ga Joint Stock Company continues to invest in building the second Bel Ga High-tech Hatchery in Tay Ninh Province – the province belongs to the key economic region of the South Vietnam, with the advantage of a temperate climate, relatively flat topography, and undeniable potential for comprehensive development in agriculture, industry and construction.

Mr. Kris Van Daele – General Director of Bel Ga Vietnam and Cambodia, said that this position contributes to improving the quality of broilers, helping to reduce the pressure on chicks due to long-distance transport, because from now on, the time of transporting chickens to the Mekong Delta areas is only about 4-5 hours and to Cambodia is only in 1 hour. In addition, the distance from Tay Ninh to Ho Chi Minh City is also very short, so it is possible to transport chickens by air to the North in the fastest way, this is the premise for Bel Ga development in the North of Vietnam, as well as ensuring providing a source of good quality chicken seed in the chain of the parties in the North of Vietnam.

Bel Ga Tay Ninh Poultry Incubation Factory has a total investment of VND200 billion, with a total area of ​​15,000sq.m and the design capacity of over 19 million chicks per year in the phase I and will expand the capacity up to 38,4 million chicks per year in the phase II.

The main products of the factory are day-old chicks and day-old layers, of the best quality to meet the demand of famers in Vietnamese and Cambodian markets.

Bel Ga breeders are sourced from the world’s leading breeding companies, Aviagen and Hendrix Genetics, which are hatched using the most advanced modern European technology. Bel Ga Tay Ninh factory is considered as a unique factory model with the application of many advances in technical innovations of construction design, including facilities for farms and hatcheries which meets the European standards, thanks to the support of leading experts and technicians in the world.

All technologies used in the factory are applied management techniques that uses information technology systems to ensure the efficiency and accuracy of information in the production process.

The day-old-chicks products of Bel Ga Tay Ninh will ensure the highest standards according to GlobalGAP standards through the management and strict control of biosafety in livestock and the production, quality monitoring of incubation eggs and GP farms with low stocking densities, combined with effective temperature control through modern incubation machines helpful in the creation of optimal environment to ensure that the best 1-day-old chicks are always produced and traceable throughout the entire production chain.

At the grand opening ceremony of Bel Ga Tay Ninh High-Tech Hatchery, Bel Ga Company, De Heus Group, Hung Nhon Group contributed VND500 million to Covid-19 prevention fund in Tay Ninh Province; donated 01 ambulance worth VND1 billion to Tay Ninh Young Business Association and donated VND300 million to the Fund for the Poor of Trang Bang Town to build “Dai Doan Ket” House for families in extremely difficult circumstances. The total sponsorship value is VND1.8 billion.

In recent years, Vietnam’s poultry production has made great leaps in both productivity and product quality. Fully complying with the guidelines of the government and ministries as well as orientations of provinces, the Bel Ga Tay Ninh Poultry Incubation Factory was built, promising to become a strategic knot, contributing to the development of the value chain in livestock production of high-quality breeds, clean meat production with traceability and export standards, bringing many benefits to Vietnamese farmers and consumers.

In Tay Ninh Province, Bel Ga Company, De Heus Group, Hung Nhon Group and strategic partners have selected a convenient location in Tan Hoi Commune, Tan Chau District and Phuoc Binh Commune, Trang Bang District to continue investing in building 1 agricultural complex of hi-tech application, including 2 parent chicken farms (with a capacity of 25 million eggs / year), 250 safe broiler farms (with a capacity of 25 million broilers / year), and a complex of factories producing and processing high quality agricultural products in a closed chain. The total investment for these projects is expected to be about US$141.5 million (equivalent about VND3.325 trillion).

The entire breeding process at the project will be operated and monitored closely according to the European standards to help control the quality of livestock in the area, optimize livestock performance, and reduce product costs and achieve high economic efficiency. The project is equipped with a system of Europe’s leading automatic production lines, which are strictly operated and supervised by international experts.

Once completed, the project will become a high-tech application center in broiler farming for export in a closed chain, including Supply of broilers, broiler rearing, slaughtering, and trading meat products. Top quality chicken in Vietnam, with outstanding economic efficiency, ensuring food safety and hygiene, friendly with the environment according to ISO, HACCP and other international specialized standards. The project also creates job opportunities for about 350-500 local workers and transfer of advanced breeding technology to hundreds of workers, contributing to promoting the development of high-tech agriculture in the locality.

The inauguration of Bel Ga Tay Ninh High-Tech Poultry Incubation Factory and investment cooperation of a hi-tech agricultural complex in Tay Ninh will help Belga Company, De Heus Group and Hung Nhon Group promote fully the available strengths of the units, expand and perfect the high-tech livestock chain in accordance with the orientation of the development of the agricultural economy with the application of modern technologies, which is being specially concerned by the government and ministries. At the same time, it reaffirms the long-term vision of Bel Ga Company, De Heus Group, Hung Nhon Group and partners in the mission of contributing to the development of a sustainable and prosperous Vietnamese agricultural sector, improving the quality, added value and competitiveness of agricultural products; environmental and ecological protection; improve incomes for people in rural areas; ensure food security and national defense security in Vietnam; contribute to improving the position of Vietnam’s livestock industry, creating high-value products that are competitive in the international market.

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) conducted an inspection campaign to assess the quality of hospitals and a survey to assess patients’ satisfaction about service quality.

The survey was conducted online, with anonymity guaranteed.

At Bach Mai Hospital, 74 percent of inpatients said they were satisfied about the hospital’s services, while the figure is 82 percent for outpatients.

The satisfaction of medical workers about the hospital was low, just 3.5/5, while it was above 4 in previous years.

As many as 2, 014 out 4,300 people participated in the survey and 15 percent said they were fully satisfied about the hospital, while 51 percent were generally satisfied about the hospital’s leaders. Sixty three percent said they wanted to work there for a long time, while 70 percent proposed increasing wages.

More than 100 workers complained that they were overloaded because of the unreasonable working regime with no time off to compensate for days on duty, and that they were subject to high pressure, low income and too many exams for ranking. They also cited many other problems, such as the lack of workers and lack of equipment, including gloves. They want more fair punishment and more compliments, more encouragement, and workers’ opinions heard.

“We are facing serious difficulties. We work under pressure, while the income is low. Many good doctors and nurses have left because the pressure has become unbearable. We are very tired, and we stay just because of the word ‘Bach Mai’,” a worker wrote.

“We have a high number of working hours daily, while the income is too low. Under current laws, every worker has eight working hours a day, but we work at least 10 hours a day,” another worker wrote.

Reshuffling

An officer of the administration division of Bach Mai Hospital commented that the fact that 15 percent of workers feeling satisfied working in such an environment with high pressure is a ‘fairly high figure’.

“As explained by MOH, ‘fully satisfied’ means that workers don’t complain about anything and all their demands can be met. This is really difficult,” he said.

“In the context of revenue decrease of VND2 trillion, high pressure, 50 percent income decrease, hard work and Covid-19, this figure is quite understandable,” he said.

The officer went on to say that leaders of the hospital and all department heads fulfilled their tasks last year in very difficult conditions amid the pandemic and the requirements to improve service quality.

The hospital has a comprehensive healthcare regime, under which every patient has one bed and nurses have to wash patients’ hairs and clean the potty, works they did not have to do in the past.

Bach Mai became the first public hospital in Vietnam following the autonomy policy in 2020 which means that it can no longer receive funding from the State and has to cover its own expenses.

Bach Mai became the first public hospital in Vietnam following the autonomy policy in 2020 which means that it can no longer receive funding from the State and has to cover its own expenses.

The leaders of the hospital have been making every effort to improve service quality to increase patient satisfaction. It needs to employ more workers, but it cannot because of limited financial capability. As a result, medical workers have had to undertake more work and one nurse has to take care of many patients.

Reshuffling to improve service quality and bring the highest possible satisfaction to patients is what the hospital must do to exist in an autonomy regime. However, reshuffling is never easy and needs serious measures.

Because patients queue up at 3-4 am to register for health examinations, the hospital’s leaders asked the workers of some departments to begin their working shift at 5 am.

Heads of departments also have to take higher responsibility. Only when their departments are recognized as excellently fulfilling tasks will they be recognized as excellent workers.

The hospital has also imposed strict punishments on medical workers who have bad attitudes towards patients and their relatives. If patients make complaints, the cases will be considered and judged by a disciplinary committee. The new regulations have put pressure on workers.

“What we need to do now is provide best services and win patients’ satisfaction. If so, we will have more patients, and thus higher income. We will continue to ask to remove the bottlenecks in the financial mechanism,” he said.

What does the hospital say?

Asked about the mass resignation of 221 workers, including 28 doctors, the Bach Mai Hospital director said it was a normal phenomenon in the labor market. Many private hospitals have been set up and workers now have many choices for jobs.

He affirmed that the hospital has recruited a high number of highly qualified workers, including professors, associate professors, practitioners with doctorates, and residents.

The hospital also signed labor contracts with nurses who experienced refresher training courses in 2019.

“Bach Mai has nearly 1,000 professors, associate professors and practitioners with doctorates, so the departure of 28 practitioners will not affect the operation of the hospital,” Tuan said.

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Ministry petitions for unchanging tuition fee to share financial burden with students

According to the Department of Planning and Finance of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Decree No. 86/2015 on the collection and management of tuition fees for educational institutions and the policy of tuition fee exemption has clearly specified the framework and ceiling tuition fees for public higher education institutions.

By Phan Thao – Translated by Anh Quan