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PANO – The Standing Office under the State Steering Committee for the National Action Programme on Overcoming the Aftermath of Bombs, Mines and Explosives Left by the War in the 2010-2025 period (Programme 504) held a press briefing and opened the exhibition “Overcoming the aftermath of bombs and mines left by the war for a peaceful life” on the morning of March 25th, at the Military Engineering Museum. Present at the event were Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Chief of the Political Education and Information Department, and Chief of the Dissemination Subcommittee of Programme 504; Major General Le Phuc Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief of the People’s Army Newspaper, and Vice Chief of the Dissemination Subcommittee of Programme 504; Major Pham Quang Xuan, Commander of the Military Engineering Corps, and Vice Chief of the Standing Office of Programme 504; along with representatives of Central ministries and agencies, and reporters. Major General Le Phuc Nguyen, … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs int’l support in clearing unexploded ordnance

Tran Thi Ly in the northern province of Tuyen Quang has just had to cull nearly 150 pigs after they were found infected with African Swine Fever (ASF). She lost over VND400 million (USD 17,391). Taking samples from pigs for ASF testing Ly said that she has raised pigs for many years and had lots of experience but it proved helpless when it came to ASF. According to deputy head of the Tuyen Quang Provincial Department of Animal Health, Nguyen Dang Khoa, ASF outbreaks have hit many local farmers hard with some 4,000 infected pigs being culled recently. "After facing losses due to sharply falling pig prices, now farmers are being dealt another blow with ASF returning," he said. A report from head of the Vietnam Animal Health Department, Nguyen Van Dong, said that by October this year, as many as 1,834 ASF outbreaks had been detected in 53 out of 63 localities nationwide. The number of culled infected pigs reached 112,092 or 5,500 tonnes which doubled the … [Read more...] about Pig farmers face tough time as African Swine Fever returns

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on October 14 sent a dispatch to local healthcare departments informing them about the plan to vaccinate children aged 12-17. The document said Vietnam will expand the vaccination program step by step, from higher to lower ages (children aged 16-17 will get vaccinations first, followed by children at lower ages). It’s unclear which vaccines will be used for the program, but parents believe that the Pfizer vaccine will be approved because this is the only vaccine being used in the world for teenagers. Meanwhile, many people fear that the vaccines using mRNA technology may intervene with human genes, especially small children. Nguyen Van Long in Tan Binh District in HCM City is one of them. Long said all his family members have been safe during the fourth pandemic wave. “We strictly follow the 5K principle and we regularly clean our nose and throat, and drink vitamins to improve resistance. I ask my children to spend 30 minutes a day on … [Read more...] about Parents unsure about vaccinating their children as rumors about side effects spread

Xuan Son Landfill in Hanoi's Son Tay Town stopped receiving waste from October 6 due to overloading. Local authorities have had to move all rubbish to the Nam Son Landfill in Soc Son District which is also reaching full capacity. Xuan Son Landfill has closed due to overloading The city is facing a rubbish treatment crisis. In an urgent report announced by the managers of the Xuan Son Landfill, all three tailings ponds built to contain wastewater from buried rubbish at the landfill have already reached their capacity. The ponds now contain about 54,000 cubic metres of wastewater while some 3,000 cubic metres more are kept in temporary containers. "We've been trying to collect the wastewater spill from the overloaded tailings ponds," the report said. "The problems have been temporarily curbed and we have started a 10-day pilot plan to receive 500 tonnes of waste a day from October 20." The managers have also proposed to build more tailings ponds on a … [Read more...] about Hanoi faces waste storage crisis