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Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power's (Tepco) plan for releasing water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into sea, citing there are no safety issues. The NRA plans to make a decision on final approval after a one-month public comment period, an official at NRA said, who deals with the issue. In 2021, the Japanese government approved the release of over 1 million tonnes of irradiated water from the site after treatment into the ocean, starting around spring 2023. The announcement provoked concerns from local fishermen and objections from neighbouring China and South Korea. Tepco plans to filter the contaminated water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen hard to separate from water. Tepco will then dilute the water until tritium levels fall less than 1/40th of regulatory limits, before pumping it into the ocean. Even after the NRA's approval, Tepco, … [Read more...] about Japan nuclear regulator grants initial nod to Fukushima water release plan

The event was attended by Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs (GDP) Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, and delegates from agencies of the Ministry of National Defense and the GDP. At the handover ceremony, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam Nguyen Hoa Binh, on behalf of his families, handed over a pair of brass candlesticks related to the revolutionary career of his brother, Hero of the People’s Armed Forces martyr Nguyen Kim Vang. On January 26, 1972, Nguyen Kim Vang was ambushed by the enemy while carrying out a mission with his comrades and died near a revolutionary base in Lien Tri village, Binh Kien commune, Tuy Hoa town (present Tuy Hoa city), Phu Yen province. In the house where Nguyen Kim Vang died, people found a pair of brass candlesticks and presented them to his families. On the occasion of the 132nd birthday of … [Read more...] about Vietnam Museum of Military History receives artifacts

Female workers at a garment company in Đồng An Industrial Zone in the southern province of Bình Dương. — VNA/VNS Photo Chí Tưởng HÀ NỘI — Further empowering women will help improve Việt Nam's garment and footwear sectors after the COVID-19 crisis, evidence from the ILO’s flagship programme has shown. 'Better Work Việt Nam' worked with the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and was supported by the Australian Government and other donors, to organise a national conference on women’s empowerment during the COVID-19 recovery in Hà Nội on Wednesday, towards a more resilient garment and footwear sectors. Better Work Việt Nam is a unique partnership between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, with the ultimate goal of improving working conditions and boosting the competitiveness of these key export industries of Việt Nam. Facing the COVID-19 crisis, the programme gave gender a greater priority in recognition of the … [Read more...] about Improved gender equality vital to recovery of garment, footwear industries

President Hồ Chí Minh picks wild orchids to present as gifts to young people. — VNA Archive photo HÀ NỘI — Football fans across Việt Nam shall turn on their home TV, or get together in a neighbourhood bar with a large screen, or in an open yard of a bia hơi joint to watch U-23 team play against Malaysia, scheduled to take place at Việt Trì Stadium in Phú Thọ Province. Homeland to the ancient founding fathers of what we call Việt Nam today, Phú Thọ can boast other signature cultural traits, the Hùng King Temple, the UNESCO intangible heritage of hát xoan , a ritual style of singing, or hát ghẹo , festival courting singing. For gardeners and orchid lovers, Phú Thọ was where the dendrobium-anosmum var, a variety of orchids was found. The fragrant five-white petal dendrobium was first found by a member of the Central Circus Troupe from Hà Nội, who evacuated to avoid bombing in 1972. Upon seeing the fragrant beautiful blooms on the old banyan … [Read more...] about Hosting the Games: Phú Thọ Province, home to the country’s classic orchid beauty

Overseas Vietnamese Assistant Professor Dr Trương Thị Hằng and her book “President Hồ Chí Minh, the Founder of Modern Vietnam – Thailand Relations”. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — With the desire to convey valuable information about President Hồ Chí Minh's journey to spread patriotism among the overseas Vietnamese community in Thailand, Vietnamese and Thai researchers painstakingly compiled a book written in three languages – Vietnamese, Thai and English. Vietnamese and Thai versions of the book “President Hồ Chí Mính, the Founder of Modern Vietnam – Thailand Relations,” co-authored by Assistant Professor Dr Trương Thị Hằng at Lampang Rajabhat University and Professor Chuan Petkaew at Suratthani Rajabhat University in Thailand, was published in May 2019. The English version of the five-chapter book by Associate Professor Dr Prachacksha Saisang, former lecturer at Thailand’s Naresuan University was published in celebration of Hồ Chí Minh’s 130th birthday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2020). … [Read more...] about Book in Vietnamese, English, Thai released about life of President Hồ

People entering Việt Nam at Nội Bài International Airport. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — The General Department of Preventive Medicine has urged continuing surveillance, early detection and swift resolution of new COVID-19 outbreaks, especially unusual ones related to people entering the country. Last Wednesday, the Government and the Ministry of Health issued updated instructions on pandemic control, primarily the suspension of COVID testing being a requirement to enter the country and the scrapping of medical declarations for national and international travel. However, the department said that people should still be vigilant and health protection measures should be maintained. Instructions at border gates on pandemic control in Việt Nam should be in various forms and languages, suitable for different residents at different border gates. To implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation and to protect people's health, the department requested … [Read more...] about Continued caution urged for international arrivals as testing dropped