| Duc Hoa: Industry contributes to local socio-economic development | Duc Hoa: Industry contributes to local socio-economic development | Industry increasingly asserts its leading role and position in the economic structure, making an important contribution to the development of Duc Hoa district, Long An province. | Favorable environment for industrial development As a key district for industrial development of the province, adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh province, Duc Hoa has many conditions for development, especially industrial economy. Over the years, local leaders have always clearly determined that Duc Hoa's key economy is located in area II (industry - construction), so there are many right and reasonable decisions in attracting investment to the area. Not only the province focuses on calling for investors, but the district also strives to promote investment, administrative reform, working style, and create a favorable environment to attract businesses to invest and operate. movement in the area. From the right decisions, the industry - construction sector promoted its efficiency, contributing to the socio-economic development of the district constantly. At present, the economic structure continues to shift strongly in the direction of industry - construction, trade - service development. In which, industry - construction contributes 92.23 percent, trade - service contributes 5.55 percent and agriculture contributes 2.22 percent. 
Industry - construction contributes 92.23 percent to the economic structure of Duc Hoa district (Photo taken by Tan Duc Industrial Park) According to General Director of Tan Duc Investment Joint Stock Company - Phan Nhat Nam, Duc Hoa has a very good location and investment environment. Investment companies in the district are always created favorable conditions by the locality in the process of operation. Currently, the company invests in the Tan Duc Industrial - Service - Urban project in Duc Hoa Ha and Huu Thanh communes, with a total scale of more than 1,140 hectares. The company compensates for site clearance nearly 100 percent. Phase 1, Industrial Park attracted nearly 150 enterprises, of which foreign investors accounted for more than 40 percent, phase 2 attracted nearly 60 investors with the proportion of foreign investors more than 60 percent. The company recommends that the province continue to pay attention to overcome limitations in traffic connections, compensation prices, promote the training of skilled labor force, meet production and business requirements, contribute to creating favorable in attracting investment. According to the representative of Hai Son Co., Ltd., the company is given favorable conditions in attracting investment. Leaders of provinces and districts always listen and promptly solve difficulties and problems of enterprises. Since then, the Company has assured to develop production and business. Currently, the Company has expanded its scale and invested in a few new projects in Duc Hoa district (besides Hai Son Industrial Park) and other districts in the province. Hopefully, the company will continue to develop further to contribute to the development of Long An in general and Duc Hoa district in particular. Contributing to local development Not only making practical contributions to the economy, creating many jobs, industrial development also helps people stabilize their lives. Mr. Tran Van Hong (My Hanh Bac commune) shared: "If in the past, my family only relied on income from growing beans and raising livestock, now the main income is the salary of workers working in a household. The family has an additional income of more than 10 million VND each month, enough to cover daily living expenses and even save a part of it.In addition to other incomes, my family's economy is more stable". Chairman of the People's Committee of Duc Hoa district - Le Truong Chinh informed: In recent years, the economic structure of the district has tended to develop strongly in the field of industry - construction and the industrial economy has increasingly affirmed its role, location, makes an important contribution to the development of the locality. 
Industry contributes to creating jobs for more than 154,000 workers in the area The district focuses on implementing many activities to promote the development of investment, trade and service partnerships; focus on the whole political system to support enterprises in site clearance. The district proposed the province to invest in building many traffic routes connecting with industrial zones and clusters; participate in the coordination of industries to create a breakthrough in attracting investment; propose the Provincial People's Committee to make strong adjustments in the direction of healthy investment environment. The approved industrial land area is nearly 6,200 hectares, including 13 industrial parks and 20 industrial clusters. In which, 13 industrial parks have a total area of nearly 5,200 hectares, 6 industrial parks have been put into operation with an area of over 2,000 hectares, 978 enterprises, the average occupancy rate is 41.76 percent. 20 Industrial clusters with a total area of nearly 1,000 hectares, 10 clusters come into operation with an area of 595 hectares, 540 enterprises, the average occupancy rate is 90.92 percent. Currently, in addition to the Industrial Park and Cluster, there are about 3,440 enterprises. Despite the important contribution, at present, industrial development in the district still faces certain difficulties and limitations. To solve this problem, the district proposed a direction to focus on maintaining and improving the growth rate of annual average production value; continue to coordinate to remove difficulties in industrial development site clearance; strictly manage industrial - handicraft production establishments located outside industrial zones and clusters to ensure proper operation of permitted industries and environmental sanitation. Leading the investment in capital construction to meet the requirements of socio-economic development in the district; implement the annual basic construction work in accordance with the procedures, progress, and quality assurance, in which, priority is given to allocating capital for key projects of the Resolution of the district Party Congress, projects under the program breakthrough,... At the same time, the district sets out the development orientation of the locality from now to 2025 and a vision to 2030 in the field of industry construction, focusing on promoting production development of enterprises in the zones. The current industrial cluster; promote the completion of infrastructure of industrial zones and clusters that are behind the investment schedule; promoting and calling for domestic and foreign enterprises to invest in connection with industrial zones and clusters of the province, attached to the system of concentrated industrial zones of the southern key economic region, especially Ho Chi Minh City. The district creates favorable conditions for development links between industrial zones and clusters in the industrial development chain, towards the formation of specialized or key fields for each industrial zone or cluster. At the same time, the district focuses on embellishing, repairing and building new public and civil works, mainly public facilities, resettlement areas, residential clusters, lines, building houses for the people, public welfare works, especially construction of infrastructure and production and business facilities for industrial zones, clusters, new urban areas, satellite residential areas - industrial logistics - service services, centers and commercial - service zones.
Reported by Chau Son
Translated by NT | 22/09/2022 9:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Vietnam records high export revenue from Cambodia | Vietnam records high export revenue from Cambodia | Vietnam exported 4.94 billion USD worth of goods to Cambodia in the first 10 months of this year, up 25.6% year on year, higher than the figure recorded in the whole 2021, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. | 
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The department reported that exports with revenue of over 100 million USD include steel, garment and textile, petrol, fertilisers, paper and paper products. Meanwhile, in the January-October period, Vietnam imported 4.13 billion USD worth of goods from Cambodia. As a result, in the period, Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 810 million USD. Rubber and cashew were the two major imports from Cambodia, each worth more than 1 billion USD. In 2021, Vietnam's export revenue generated from the neighbouring country reached 4.83 billion USD. Experts held that this year, trade between Vietnam and Cambodia may hit a new milestone of 10 billion USD./. Source: VNA | 11/11/2022 8:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | More than 410km of North-South expressway to be completed in 2023 | More than 410km of North-South expressway to be completed in 2023 | Seven North-South expressway component projects with a total length of about 411.6km will be completed and put into operation this year, according to the Ministry of Transport. | 
Construction of Cam Lam - Vinh Hao section, one of the 11 projects under the first phase of the mega North-South expressway. (Photo: VNA) These projects include Mai Son-National Highway 45 (63.4km), Vinh Hai-Phan Thiet (100.8km), Phan Thiet-Dau Giay (99km), National Highway 45-Nghi Son (43.2km), Nghi Son-Dien Chau (50km), Nha Trang-Cam Lam (49.1km), and My Thuan 2 bridge (6.01km). They are part of the first phase of the North-South expressway project, which was planned for the 2017-2020 period and comprises a total of 11 component projects. Two components of Cao Bo-Mai Son (15.2km) and Cam Lo-La Son (98.3km) have so far been completed and put into operation. The two remaining projects of Cam Lam-Vinh Hao (78.5km) and Dien Chau-Bai Vot (49.3km) are expected to be completed in 2024. The second phase of the North-South expressway project, initially set for construction in the 2021-2025 period, includes 12 component projects which cover a total length of 723.7km. Work on the second phase officially started on January 1 this year and is expected to be finished in time to complete the mega expressway that connects all the way through the northern border province of Lang Son to the southernmost province of Ca Mau by 2025. The Ministry of Transport said contractors were putting all their resources into construction to meet the deadline. Regarding the construction of the coastal road which passes through 28 provinces and cities, the ministry said the work progress was uniform on the whole route. The road runs from Mong Cai city in northern Quang Ninh to Ha Tien border gate in southern Kien Giang province with a total length of about 3,041km. The ministry has completed the construction of 727km out of 776km it was assigned. The remaining sections of the route with a total length of 2,217km are the responsibility of the localities that it passes through. However, due to limited resources, some have failed to meet the deadline. The ministry said it would closely coordinate with localities to call for more investment to complete the project./. Source: VNA | 15/03/2023 5:00 CH | Đã ban hành | | Promote trade, stabilize output for agricultural products | Promote trade, stabilize output for agricultural products | In recent years, advertising and trade promotion activities have made an important contribution to promoting the production, processing and consumption of agricultural products in Long An province. Identifying agriculture as the "support" of the economy, the province has had many guidelines and policies to promote the development of this field. Thanks to that, the province's agriculture sector gradually recovered and grew steadily. | According to Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development - Nguyen Thanh Truyen, the construction and development of safe food supply chains has contributed to increasing supply and gradually meeting the demand for safe products of the country. local people, thereby improving the competitiveness of products, creating favorable conditions to promote the development of commodity agriculture. However, trade promotion, market search, and product output still face many difficulties. "In order to promote trade promotion activities and find outputs for agricultural products, the provincial Agriculture sector in collaboration with the Industry and Trade sector regularly organizes for businesses (enterprises), cooperatives, and economic entities to participate in the event. participates in many fairs and weeks to introduce agricultural products both inside and outside the province," said Mr. Nguyen Thanh Truyen.
Director of Nha Minh Garden Co., Ltd - Pham Ngoc Anh Tuan has brought the company's products to many trade fairs inside and outside the province
In the first months of 2023, functional sectors have supported enterprises, cooperatives and economic entities to participate in fairs in Hanoi and Can Tho; connecting the Long An Dragon Fruit Association with the APEC BCI Trade Union on product consumption and investment with businesses, and many other programs and policies to help businesses expand their consumption markets. Information from the Department of Industry and Trade, the funding for trade promotion and supporting industries in 2023 that the Department has been assigned is 2,145 billion VND, of which the cost of implementing the trade promotion program is VND 1,995 billion. Up to now, the Department has completed 12/18 plans with a budget of 838 million VND (accounting for 53.6 percent of the approved budget), the remaining 6 plans will continue to be implemented in the near future. Specifically, in the first 6 months of the year, the Department has supported 69 enterprises to participate in fairs and exhibitions; support 4 enterprises to receive the survey team and connect directly with 18 Chinese enterprises. Director of De Go Den Production and Business Joint Stock Company (Phuoc Loi commune, Ben Luc district) - Dang Thanh Hung said that the company has 5 products recognized as 4-star OCOP products of the province. . In the past time, the company has been facilitated by related departments and branches to participate in trade fairs and exhibitions to promote output. Through that, the company has gained many new partners, making business and product consumption more convenient. 
Director of De Go Den Production and Trading Joint Stock Company - Dang Thanh Hung introduces products to customers at a trade fair in Ho Chi Minh City Also one of the enterprises that regularly participates in trade fairs and exhibitions inside and outside the province, Nha Minh Garden One Member Co., Ltd (Tan Binh commune, Tan Tru district) brings processed products. from moringa tree to customers near and far. Director of Nha Minh Garden Co., Ltd - Pham Ngoc Anh Tuan shared: "The fair is an opportunity for the company to approach and capture the tastes of customers, thereby, having appropriate business strategies. From the beginning of 2023 until now, the company has participated in many exhibitions and trade fairs in Ho Chi Minh City and the southwestern provinces. "Identifying the promotion and trade promotion of agricultural products is important, contributing to promoting the production, processing and consumption of agricultural products and building brands and improving the value of agricultural products in the locality. In the province, in the last months of 2023, the Department continues to promote trade promotion activities such as connecting provincial enterprises with Chinese enterprises; supporting Enterprises to export to Alibaba e-commerce platform; organizing mobile sales points in industrial parks; supporting enterprises to participate in fairs and exhibitions connecting supply - demand in the provinces;... Thereby, contributing to supporting enterprises, cooperatives and farmers to develop production and expand consumer markets domestic and foreign consumption" - Deputy Director of Department of Industry and Trade - Chau Thi Le informed./.
Reported by Minh Tue
Traslated by NT | 07/07/2023 9:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Long An Provincial People’s Committee held a meeting on socio-economic situation of 9 months of 2010 and mission for late 3-months in 2010 | Long An Provincial People’s Committee held a meeting on socio-economic situation of 9 months of 2010 and mission for late 3-months in 2010 | On September 18, 2010, Long An Provincial People’s Committee held a meeting on socio-economic situation of 9 months of 2010 and mission for late 3-months in 2010.
| Attending the meeting Mr. Mai Van Chinh - Vice Secretary of Provincial Party Committee
and Vice Chairmen of Long An Provincial People’s Committee - Mr. Tran
Huu Phuoc, Tran Minh Hung, Nguyen Thanh Nguyen. Standing Committee of
Provincial Fatherland Front, Chairman of Provincial Labor Union;
Standing Committee of Inter-Party’s Committee of Contact, and leaders of
provincial departments.
In
the first 9 months of 2010, the province's economic situation is on
recovery, growth areas arare pretty, growing 11.9% over the same period
in 2009, growth remains high, agricultural production in general
development, industrial development was quite high by the search market
and power shortages have lessened tensions, development investment
capital in and out of budget concerns market prices stable.
At
the meeting, representatives of participated departments in the
province have contributed ideas about the issue of remedies for the
state-funded program objectives, capital of government bonds. Concluded
at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nguyen emphasis in 2010 was the last
year implementation plan for 5 years from 2005 to 2010, so the
departments must strive to fulfill and exceed goals, he suggested the
departments in the capital. Coordinator for reasonable economic growth -
social, land use planning criteria associated with the new countryside,
the Department of Education and Training in collaboration with
Department of Finance reported on proposals regime for increased
teachers, the industry should have the supervision, management closely
the targe program. Source: Hoang Quan Translated by Lan Vy | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Meeting with supervision of the National Assembly Delegation of Long An Province | Meeting with supervision of the National Assembly Delegation of Long An Province | On 20 July 2010, Mr.Tran Huu Phuoc - Vice Chairmen of Long An Provincial People’s Committee and representative leaders of departments to work with the Monitoring Group of National Assembly delegation in Long An Province, implementing policies and legislation of Viet Nam laborers work in foreign countries under contract by Mr. Le Thanh Liem – Vice National Assembly Delegation of Long An province. | As
of June 2010, over 800 workers have registered to work abroad for a
definite period, in which 756 workers are working abroad reached 37.8%
plan in the markets: Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Malaisya ... From 2007 to
2010, the Social Policy Bank for 707 policy beneficiaries and poor
households capital with outstanding properties to May 2010 than 2000
million, Export Assistance Fund's labor for 124 local workers have
borrowed more than 2000 million. In
order to create favorable conditions for the labor exporting in
province, Mr. Tran Huu Phuoc proposed center should sign cooperation
with countries on labor export targets, regular information about the
working environment action, control the export of labor units, building a
national program to train workers with quality, high skill exports to
the work environment requires employee quality. Speaking
at the meeting Mr. Le Thanh Liem was determined that the export of
labor needs of employees and assess the actual situation of local
authorities, the new direction in the coming years in labor export. In
addition, all levels should strengthen management information systems
from central to local levels, helping people realize the purpose and
effectiveness when working in foreign countries, enabling people to
escape poverty and improve life. Source: Hoang Quan Translated by Lan Vy | 20/08/2014 9:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Provincial People’s Commmittee have worked with Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Provincial People’s Commmittee have worked with Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | On July 22, 2010, the working group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development by Nguyen Minh Quang - Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development as head of the delegation have worked on the consumption links of agricultural products and the situation of the cooperatives in Long An province.
| To welcome the Vice Minister and the delegation were Mr.
Nguyen Thanh Nguyen - Vice Chairman Provincial People’s Commmittee,
leader of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Planning and Investment. At
the meeting, representatives of the Department of Trade and Industry
reported on the associated production of agricultural products consumed
in the province of Long An. Thereby, performance link for some
commodities such as rice, sugar cane, fresh cow milk, shrimp, dragon ...
with the construction of models of production and business to promote
methods of production and consumption of agricultural production
contracts, encourage the formation of forms of economic cooperation and
development programs bunch production associated with promoting
consumption of agricultural products such as building models of
cooperation linking aquaculture, production model dragon standard GAP.
Also, implementation of supportive policies by the cooperative
participation advertise products, trade promotion… Speaking
at the meeting, Mr Nguyen Minh Quang - Vice Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development has recognized, appreciated the achieved results in
the agricultural development of the province. Thereby, he stressed the
province need to focus on building the production models, promoting the
application of advanced science and technology into production, bringing
the crops of new varieties, high productivity in cultivation. Source and translated by Lan Vy | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | National census on rural areas, agriculture and aquaculture to be done in | National census on rural areas, agriculture and aquaculture to be done in | The Government will conduct a national census on rural areas, agriculture, and aquaculture on July 1-30, 2011. | The
census aims to collect basic information on rural areas, agriculture
and aquaculture in order to map out specific plans and policies for
socio-economic development. The Government chief instructed his inferiors to focus on three aspects: (1)
Real situations of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture: number of
producers, labor force and structure, production scale and capacity,
application of scientific and technical advances in production; access
to information; impacts on environment; development of farm economy; and
women’s role. (2) Changes of economic structure and infrastructure conditions in rural areas. (3)
Living conditions of rural residents, especially capital accumulation
and mobilization, assess to credits, and vocational training. It is planned that the national census is conducted every five years. The
latest census took place in 2006. As of July 1, 2006, Việt Nam had
10.47 million players operating in the areas of agro-forestry and
fishery sector which used 22.93 million laborers./. Source: http://news.gov.vn | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Getting overseas students back home | Getting overseas students back home | The brain drain and lack of practical education were among the major problems facing the country, students and leading members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union told HCM City education officials at a conference yesterday. | Students
from 130 high schools in the city attended the meeting organised by the
municipal Department of Education and Training to discuss improvements
to training quality and school programmes. Their
main concern was the brain drain. Pham Thi Yen Nhi, an 11th grader at
the elite Le Hong Phong High School, said many students had gone abroad
to study in recent years but did not come back to work in Viet Nam. Not
many students had the desire to help build their homeland, she said,
adding the Government should work out policies to attract them home. Another concern the students raised was their school programme’s focus on theory rather than practice. Nguyen
Bich Quynh, an 11th grader at another elite institution, Tran Dai Nghia
High School, asked the officials why despite completing such long and
arduous courses, many people failed to get good jobs after graduation.
Even if they did, employers have to retrain them, she said. Tran
Tien Thinh of Le Thanh Ton High School in District 7 expressed the same
opinion, saying education must be more practically-oriented. Others
expressed worries about the bad behaviour and use of obscene language
by high school students, saying courses to teach them good behaviour
were required from an early age. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Bich of Long Truong High School in District 9 said there should be more sex education at the high-school level. The
changes the city and country are going through, students’ aspirations
and the role of young people in the city’s industrialisation and
modernisation were also discussed. Huynh
Cong Minh, director of the Department of Education and Training, said
the conference provided a good opportunity to listen to students and
promised more regular interaction in future. VietNamNet/VNS | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | WHO declares swine flu outbreak "public health emergency" | WHO declares swine flu outbreak "public health emergency" | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday declared the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States a "public health emergency of international concern" and urged countries to be alert. | Based
on the advice of a WHO emergency committee, Director-general Margaret
Chan "has determined that the current events constitute a public health
emergency of international concern," the UN agency said in a statement. The
WHO chief is recommending, on the advice of the committee, that all
countries intensify surveillance for unusual outbreaks ofinfluenza-like
illness and severe pneumonia, the statement added. However,
more information is needed before a decision could be made concerning
the appropriateness of the current "phase 3" alert level of a pandemic
risk, according to the advice of the committee, which is composed of
international experts in a variety of disciplines. The WHO's pandemic alert includes altogether six phases. "Phase3" means "no or very limited human-to-human transmission." The
emergency committee was established in compliance with the
International Health Regulations (2005). It convened its first meeting
on Saturday to assess the swine flu situation and advise the WHO chief
on appropriate responses. After
reviewing available data on the current situation, committee members
identified a number of gaps in knowledge about the clinical features,
epidemiology, and virology of reported cases and the appropriate
responses, the WHO statement said. The committee also noted that answers to several specific questions were needed to facilitate its work.
VietNamNet/Xinhuanet | 20/08/2014 11:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Health programme helps Mekong’s poor | Health programme helps Mekong’s poor | More than 600,000 people who live on the margins of poverty have been financially supported to buy voluntary health insurance over the last four years under a major healthcare project in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta. |
Project
director Le Thi Thanh said at an evaluation conference held last week in
Can Tho City that the number accounted for 81.42 per cent of the total
number of people living near the poverty line in the region. The
first-ever project to offer healthcare support for Cuu Long (Mekong)
Delta residents was developed by the Ministry of Health, with a total
investment capital of US$85 million sourced from Official Development
Assistance (ODA) funds. The
five-year project aims to offer financial support for 13 provinces in
the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta so that each locality would be able to pay
partial payment of hospital fees for people living near the poverty line
in the region. The project also targets better healthcare facilities and services in the region by next year. In
the nine Delta provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, An Giang, Can Tho, Kien
Giang, Long An, Soc Trang, Tien Giang and Tra Vinh, the project had been
able to ensure all residents in the category were able to buy voluntary
health insurance, Thanh said. Vietnamese
citizens earning less than VND200,000 (US$10) per person per month in
rural areas and less than VND260,000 ($13) per month per person in urban
areas are considered poor. The
project has also helped nearly 17,000 patients in financial
difficulties pay their treatment fees at an average of about VND1
million per person. More
than 1,300 healthcare personnel with doctorate and masters degrees as
well as specialist doctors in the 13 delta provinces received further
training under the project. General
hospitals at the provincial level and health centres in the region were
able to acquire modern equipment and other facilities, Thanh said at
the meeting. This
year, the project seeks to support over 50 per cent of people living
near the poverty line in Hau Giang, Ben Tre, Vinh Long and Dong Thap
provinces buy voluntary health insurance. It
will also invest in upgrading 11 general hospitals at the provincial
level, and develop a system to supervise epidemics by applying IT
solutions at many localities. The
World Bank, which co-hosted the conference with the Health Ministry,
said that this project played a very important part in supporting Cuu
Long (Mekong) Delta provinces develop policies to provide quality
medical examinations and treatment to poor people and those living near
the poverty line. The
rate of people living near poverty line in Vinh Long, Dong Thap and Hau
Giang provinces who buy voluntary health insurance, is still low at
present, according to the bank. All
students (from grade one to university) and people who are working for
state or non-state companies are compulsorily required to have health
insurance. Other citizens have the option to purchase health insurance on their own volition. VietNamNet | 20/08/2014 11:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Dengue fever hits nearly 1,700 in Hanoi | Dengue fever hits nearly 1,700 in Hanoi | Nearly 1,700 Hanoi hospital patients have had dengue fever this year, the city’s Health Department has said.
But Dr. Can Phu Nhuan, head of the Examination Department at the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics, said the number of child patients had increased dramatically over the last few days.
|
The Pediatrics Hospital estimates that some 1,200
to 1,500 children have come to the hospital for examinations each day
recently.
Nhuan said children had been badly hit by diseases, including dengue, due to recent flooding in Hanoi and northern provinces. The floods have created stagnant bodies of water, perfect breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that spread the disease. The agency said 81
percent of the city’s current dengue patients are Hanoi residents, with
the rest coming from nearby provinces. The fever has hit 170 communes and wards in the city’s 21 districts, the agency said. Twenty southern cities
and provinces have seen a total of 69 deaths from 58,635 dengue fever
cases this year, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute reported early
this month. Source: SGGP | 20/08/2014 11:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Bird flu found in poultry in northern Vietnam | Bird flu found in poultry in northern Vietnam | Bird flu has resurfaced in poultry in northern Thai Nguyen Province after many months without any cases in the nation, the Tuoi Tre daily quoted a report from the Vietnam News Agency on Saturday. |
Animal health officials confirmed on
Saturday that the H5N1 virus had killed several birds among a flock of
more than 100 ducks in Thai Nguyen Town, about 80 kilometers (50 miles)
north of Hanoi.
Earlier this
year in late January, officials had detected the virus in dead chickens
at a farm in the same town and nearly 4,200 chickens had been
slaughtered. According to
Deputy Health Minister Trinh Quan Huan last week, there was a very high
risk of bird flu returning during the winter and spring in northern
Vietnam. The H5N1 strain seems to thrive best in low temperatures. The Tet Lunar
New Year festival late next month is also considered a high-risk time
for the spread of bird flu because the slaughter, trade and consumption
of poultry, and smuggling of birds from neighboring China, rises
sharply. The Health
Ministry last week issued a nationwide bird flu alert, urging cities and
provinces to step up detection and epidemic control measures. Five Vietnamese
have died of bird flu so far this year out of six reported H5N1
infections and all were found in northern Vietnam during the first
quarter of the year. No new human deaths have been reported since March. The Southeast
Asian nation has recorded 106 infections, the second highest number of
cases among the 15 countries with known human cases, after Indonesia. Since 2003, the
World Health Organization has confirmed 391 human cases of bird flu, of
which 247 people have died. In Vietnam, 52 people have died, the second
highest toll after Indonesia, where the virus has killed 113 people. Bird flu mainly
kills animals, but scientists fear it could mutate to jump easily from
human to human, sparking a global pandemic. Source: AFP, Reuters | 20/08/2014 11:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | AFF Cup flop needs sober reflection | AFF Cup flop needs sober reflection | Viet Nam 's elimination from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2010 capped a significantly unsuccessful year for national football in the regional arena.
|
After scaling euphoric heights by winning the AFF Cup in 2008, Vietnamese football has come down to earth, firmly.
After
co-hosting the Asian Cup 2007, Vietnamese football experienced
considerable progress, culminating in victory at the AFF Cup two years
ago. The
next year was also a positive one as the nation's top-tier V-League saw
the emergence of former football star, Le Huynh Duc, as a prospective
young coach. Duc led Da Nang to a comprehensive win at the nation's top
championship. Meanwhile,
Binh Duong made history by becoming the first Vietnamese football club
to reach the semi-finals at a continental level competition, the Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) Cup. And
then the national Olympic team (Under 23) put in an impressive
performance on their way to the finals of the 25th SEA Games in Laos. However, the momentum of the previous three years was not carried successfully into 2010. In
the last 12 months, there has been no promising result in competitions
both at the club and national team level at regional competitions. False dawn After
beating Thailand to take the AFF Cup 2008, many fans, experts and even
the players themselves seemed to take it for granted that Vietnamese
football level has surpassed other countries, especially Malaysia, as
local clubs hammered Malaysian counterparts at the AFC Cup. Star
striker Le Cong Vinh, who scored the decisive goal in the final two
years ago to help the country win the first AFF Cup, and missed out this
year because of injury, had predicted that Viet Nam would reach the
final before the semi-final matches. An
Olympic defender had also said that Viet Nam would beat Malaysia while
an official of the Ha Noi Football Federation, said that Viet Nam had
reached a certain (higher) class as a result of a highly-competitive
football championship, V-League and exposure to international
competitions. These
people, however, did not take into consideration the role foreign and
naturalised players play in the V-League. The success of V-League as
well as clubs like Da Nang and Binh Duong at AFC Cup can be
significantly attributed to players like Argentina's Gaston Merlo, South
African Philani or Brazilian-born Huynh Kesley. After
a wonderful start with a 7-1 demolition of Myanmar, the team seemed to
adopt the pride of defending champions, choosing to go on the offensive
against all teams. This strategy failed both times, against the Philippines and Malaysia. For football fans, the losses were salt rubbed into the wound of the SEA Games defeat against Malaysia in Laos last year. The
defeats have re-ignited the debate about using naturalised players, but
if we take the long-term view for the benefit of the national team, it
is better to focus on building a really professional football
environment and creating more opportunities for talented young local
players to improve their skills. Source: VietNamNet/Viet Nam News | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | American football star asks for Vietnamese citizenship | American football star asks for Vietnamese citizenship | Doan Van Ut, General Director of the Binh Duong Club JS Company, said that his firm is carrying out procedures to get Vietnamese citizenship for strikers Lee Nguyen and Philani. |
Binh Duong football
club currently has five foreign players: Philani, Obina, Lee Nguyen,
Leandro and Osita. However, the club can use up to four foreign players
at the upcoming V-League 2011.
With
its ambition to win the V-League 2011, Binh Duong wants to use all five
foreign players. The club has asked for the Vietnamese citizenship for
Philani and assisted Vietnamese American Lee Nguyen to get his
Vietnamese citizenship because Lee Nguyen’s family had already submitted
necessary documents. Ut
said that perhaps Lee Nguyen would be recognized as a Vietnamese
citizen in early 2011 so he can play as a domestic player after the
second round of V-League 2011. If
Lee Nguyen becomes a naturalized Vietnamese, he will not be able to
play for the Vietnamese national squad because he had played for the
American youth team and the American squad. Lee
Nguyen, 25, joined Hoang Anh Gia Lai club in 2009 with a 3-year
contract. In the first football season, he scored 12 goals for the team.
However, Hoang Anh Gia Lai broke its contract with Lee Nguyen in
mid-2010. Nguyen moved to Binh Duong since then. Source: VietNamNet News | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC has Korean coach | Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC has Korean coach | Vietnamese football club Hoang Anh Gia Lai has signed a one-year contract with a South Korean coach, Choi Yoon Gyum, who will replace coach Huynh Van Anh. |
Huynh Van Anh
replaced Thai coach Dusit in the second half of the 2011 football
season. With poor performance, the team ranked ninth at the V-league
2011.
The Korean coach arrived in HCM City on October 10 and he will fly to Pleiku city today, October 11 to assume the new job. The
Korean coach, 49, graduated from the sports faculty of the In Cheon
University in 1984. He played for the football team of his primary, high
school and university. After that, he joined the Jeju United FC from
1986 to 1992. He played 162 matches for the team, as a central fullback.
He was also a member of the Korean Students’ National Football Squad,
the National Olympic team and the national team. He played in five
international games. Since
1992, he has become a football coach at the Bucheon SK Club. In
2001-2002, he was the chief coach of the Jeju United Club. From 2003 to
2007, he was the coach of the DaeJeon Citizen FC. Since 2009, he is the
coach of the Sports Faculty of Incheon University.
Source: VietNamNet Bridge | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | MOET’s decision brings death to a series of study branches | MOET’s decision brings death to a series of study branches | The decision by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to not allow universities to enroll students under the B-group (students have to take exams in mathematics, chemistry and biology) for several training branches has caused surprise and opposition from many universities | The
move, which is described as aiming to tighten the enrolment of students
to universities, has not only surprised universities but also caused
shock to several millions of students who are going to attend final
exams and university entrance exams in June and July. Information
technology, which is considered the most fashionable and hottest
training branch and proves to be the choice of many students, is one of
the study branches which will not enroll students under the B-group. The
training division of the Hung Vuong People Founded University said that
it received a lot of calls last week from students who asked why the
university does not enroll students under group B for several study
branches any more. “We
do not know how to explain it to students,” said Nguyen Thi Mong Binh,
Head of the Training Division under Hung Vuong University. We informed
in late-2008 that the university will enroll students under group B for
these study branches. “We had been sure that we could enroll students
under group B for those branches until we received the information
several days ago,” she added. The
Van Hien People’s Founded University also said that it is still
awaiting the final decision from MOET on the university’s enrolment of
students under group B. Van Hien has been enrolling students under A, B,
C and D groups for psychology and sociology branches since 2007.
However, MOET has suddenly decided that the university will not enroll
students under B group any more. Nguyen
Quoc Hop, Head of the Education Division under Van Hien University said
that in 2007, the university gave detailed explanation to MOET about
why the university needs to enroll students under group B for the two
branches. With the explanations, the university got the permission from
the ministry to enroll students under group B. However, the ministry has
decided that the enrolment of students under group B will not be
allowed after it got the nod before. Nguyen
Xuan Phong, Deputy Headmaster of FPT University, argued that it is a
wrong decision to not allow enrolling students under group B for
information technology study branch. Phong
said that information technology proves to link with many fields. IT
engineers will have to work in many fields, which require them to have
comprehensive knowledge in many fields, including biology. It is clear that the sudden decision by MOET will affect the benefit of universities and students as well. “Business
administration, finance and banking, and accountancy study branches
enroll 50% of total students. If MOET prohibits the university to enroll
students under B group, this will seriously affect the management and
training of the university,” said Mong Binh. Meanwhile,
Phong said that the sudden decision without any informing in advance
proves to be the action MOET should not do because this will affect
students negatively. He said that many students have been preparing for
taking exams under group B for many years, and what will they have to do
if they are not allowed to take exams under group B any more? If they
still want to study information technology, they will have to take exams
under group A (mathematics, physics and chemistry), and in this case,
it is not sure that they will have enough time to prepare for this. “I
think education managers need to give reasonable answers before making
decision, as the decision will affect students’ benefit and the economic
development,” Phong said. VietNamNet/NLD | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Three golden faces | Three golden faces | For the last 17th competitive excellent students examination in Mekong Delta region, two groups of Long An province have obtained 29 medals of all kinds.
| Among
five golden medals achieved by Long An, there are three granted to the
excellent students of the class 12C specialized ranking of Le Quy Don
High School: Nguyen Thi Phuong Tuong, Nguyen Tien Hoang Son, Ho Thi Mai
Trinh. In the early days of Tiger Year (Canh Dan), Hoa Hoc Tro will be with you to find out more about this three outstanding faces.
The way to access specializing ranking. Since
the period of secondary level, all three gifted and expressed their
passion for social subjects. Literature is the subject inspired Nguyen
Thi Phuong Tuong sense of feeling. Phuong Tuong ever gained consolation
prize exam of literature at the provincial level in grade 9. Thanks to
that the achievement the country girl living in Duc Hoa was bravely
attended the test of Le Quy Don professional secondary school. Alike, Ho
Thi Mai Trinh (Ben Luc) does not forget the old-school text on
literature. From the attractive method teaching of teacher helped Mai
Trinh absorb all the beauty of all written poems. Passion for literature
led Mai Trinh to the C specializing rank of Le Quy Don high school,
with the encouragement of the her family. Particularly with Nguyen Tien
Hoang Son, English has strong attraction make him want to explore and
learn it. Attended the test in C specializing rank, to Son, this is the
chance for him to improve his English knowledge and a chance to well
equipped himself to the entrance of the University.
Exceed shocks The
home is located in Tay Ninh province, but Nguyen Tien Hoang Son has
lived and studied many years in the city of Tan An. Therefore, when
joined to the specializing ranking of Le Quy Don high school, Son has
not got much pressure on a heavy schedule. According to Son, when
learning English, students need to use different methods to get success
easily. Son regularly watches English movies with subtitles, read
newspapers, listens to music to hold more foreign vocabulary, syntax.
Son shares: "I do not put myself to the rigid learning method. Learning
with entertainment gentle way will help achieve better results”.
However,
difference from Son, at the early time of joining specializing ranking,
both Phuong Tuong and Mai Phuong Trinh were "shocked" with the new
environment. From relations of friendship to closed day of school
created more pressure for the two students coming from the rural areas.
Phuong Tuong recalled: “Many times I got severe stress because of
thinking not keep up with my friends in the urban. But thanks to the
encouragement of groups, teachers, so I passed that most difficult
period time. To Mai Trinh, sometimes she couldn’t get used to with the
new method teaching causing her confusing. Fortunately, she could held
the balance of psychology. So that she did not have any problems in
learning "- Mai Trinh confided.
Efforts to get the dream Knowing
getting the golden medal of literature, Nguyen Thi Phuong Tuong
immediately called home to share the joy with her mother. Tuong said
that from the last exam, she needs to make much more effort to get good
results for the test of excellent students in March and the coming
national university entrance exam. Phuong Tuong thought that, although
the national exams for excellent students are not holding priorities
galore like before, but they will help students learn to promote their
aptitudes. Ho Thi Mai Trinh said she did not pay too much attention to results of test of excellent students but not ignored because "become excellent students of the province is a pride." With the golden medal of literature in the last test of excellent students in
Mekong Delta region, Mai Trinh will have more motivation to conquer her
horizon of knowledge. To Nguyen Tien Hoang Son – last achievement
confirms once again the reasonable method of learning. Talking about
future plans, Son said: "I am looking forward to the Faculty of
Economics - National University. I will strive hard to achieve that result.
Three golden faces have spent
warmly Tet holidays with family welfare. The simple joy as going out
the field to pull grass with her mother of Phuong Tuong, carrying her
sister to visit to her grandparents of Mai Trinh or taking a spring
photograph of Hoang Son has always been in their heart - as a fulcrum for their success in the future.
Translated by Nguyen Thai Hoa | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | When should children learn to write? | When should children learn to write? | The question of teaching children at home before they go to school remains a headache for parents. If yes, parents fear that children will become bored and not concentrate in first grade. If no, parents fear that their children will lag behind classmates and tire of learning. | Because
of her decision, Mai’s son always lagged behind his classmates, who all
could already read and write. Her son struggled with letters and
numbers and received low grades in writing. After three months in
school, her son still could not write and Huong had to take him to extra
writing classes. Learning
from this experience, Huong taught her daughter to read and write while
in kindergarten. Later, in the first grade, the little girl was lazy
and did not want to do homework, saying she knew all these things
already. Another
mother, Linh, revealed that she has no idea which solution is best and
does not know how to advise her brother, who has a son in the first
grade next fall. Linh’s
brother decided to bring the son to classes before going to school.
“The class is crowded, which means that all parents believe that it is
necessary to teach kids in advance,” Linh’s brother remarked. He added that some parents do not want their children to study with others in the narrow classrooms, so they hire tutors. According
to Dang Mai Dong, an educator working with Hanoi University of
Education, teaching other subjects in advance is unnecessary, but it is
advisable to teach kids to write. Dong thinks that children need to have
a “transitional period” when they finish kindergarten and begin going
to school. Under
current regulations of the Hanoi Education and Training Department,
children who finish kindergarten only need to familiarize themselves
with the 24 letters and know numbers from 1 to 10. The department also
prohibits extra lessons for 5-year old kids. Trinh
Duc Minh, a senior official of the Hanoi Education and Training
Department, stressed that it is not necessary to teach first grade
lessons to children beforehand. Minh complained that many parents force
their kids to do more than they can do, teaching them lessons designed
for older students. “Pre-school
pupils just need to get familiarized with letters and numbers and this
does not mean learning to write and calculate,” Minh added.
Source: VietNamNet | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | The index of industrial production of the Long An province increases 2,31 percent on August 2011 | The index of industrial production of the Long An province increases 2,31 percent on August 2011 | The index of industrial production of Long An province on August 2011 has increased 2,31 percent compared with July 2011 and increased 20,5 percent compared with August 2010 (index of production industrial on July 2011 was estimated to increase 2,8 percent compared with June 2011 and increase 21,4 percent compared with July 2010). |
Generally, during 8
months 2011, the index of industrial production of Long An province
has increased about 16,96 percent compared to the same period last year;
in which, state owned sector (domestic business) increased 8,53
percent, enterprises with foreign investment capital increased 14,45
percent. Processing industry increased 17.16 percent compared to the
same period last year, industrial production and distribution of
electricity, gas and water increased by 13.95 percent. However, the
mining industry decreased 33, 44 percent compared to the same period
last year.
The
value of industrial production on August 2011 was estimated 5,407
billions of VND, and increasing 2.7 percent than the previous month
and increasing 17.15 percent compared with the same period last year. In
which, processing industry was estimated 5.349,4 billions of VND,
increased 2.7 percent compared with the previous month and increased
17.1 percent compared with the same period last year; manufacturing
industry, distribution of electricity, gas, water, was estimated about
49 billions of VND, increasing 1 percent compared with the previous
month and increasing 21.29 percent compared with the same period last
year; mining industry (especially individual zones) value of industrial
production has estimated 0.7 billions of VND. The industrial production has been increasing, they are: Producing
clothes for adults has increased about 137.45 percent; production of
aquaculture food has increased about 62.63 percent; wall paint producer
has increased 37.35 percent; production of canned tuna has increased
21.45 percent; production of synthetic fibers has increased 16.13
percent; production of mineral water has increased 14.52 percent;
manufacturing average batteries has increased 4.72 percent; production
of forage, poultry has increased 1.21 percent; etc. The industrial production has been decreasing. They include: Production
of ceramic tiles has decreased 44.60 percent; textile has decreased
10.02 percent; processing's cashew export has decreased 22.59 percent. Source: Thai Chuyen (Department of Industry and Trade) Translated by Lan Vy | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | The value of exports of goods in 9 months of 2011 have increased 29,4 percent compared with the same period of 2010 | The value of exports of goods in 9 months of 2011 have increased 29,4 percent compared with the same period of 2010 | Total retail sales of goods and services on September 2011 has been estimated about 1.845 billions of VND, generally, during 9 months of the year 2011, revenue has got 16.893 billions of VND, reached 75,5 percent as planned and increased 27,7 percent compared to the same period last year. |
The export turn-over
in Long An province on September 2011 has estimated about 194 millions
of USD. In which, enterprises with has 100% domestic capital have got 67
millions of USD; enterprises with foreign investment capital have got
127 millions of USD. The main export goods on September 2011 include:
rice has estimated 53.000 tons, cashew nuts got 1.150 tons; garments 43
millions of USD, ,shoes got 234.8 millions of USD, seafood got 86,9
millions of USD.
Generally,
during 9 months of the year 2011, the export turn - over has estimated
about 1,388 millions of USD, reached percent as planned of the year
2011. In which, enterprises with has 100% domestic capital have got 478
millions of USD, reached 101,5 percent as planned and increased 46
percent compared to the same period last year; enterprises with foreign
investment capital have got 910,4 million USD, reached 73,7 percent as
planned and increased 22,1 percent than the same period last year. The
main export goods include many kinds of rice (357.426 tons, reached
119,1 percent as planned and increased 33,5 percent compared to the same
period last year, cashew nuts (7.626 tons, reached 38,1 percent as
planned, and decreased 34 percent); garments (290 millions of USD,
reached 80,6 percent as planned and increased 29,5 percent, shoes (268,3
millions of USD, reached 92,5 percent as planned and increased 38,2
percent), seafood (108,9 millions of USD, reached 99 percent as planned
and increased 53,8 percent).etc The
import turnover on September 2011 has been estimated about 136 millions
of USD, in which, enterprises with has 100% domestic capital got 49
millions of USD, and enterprises with foreign investment capital got 87
millions of USD. For
the whole 9 months of 2011, the import turnover has been estimated
about 1,106 millions of USD, reached 83,3 percent as planned of the
year, in which, enterprises with has 100% domestic capital got 328,6
millions of USD, reached 88,8 percent as planned and increased 86,5
percent compared with the same period last year; enterprises with
foreign investment capital got 777,4 millions of USD, reached 81,8
percent as planned and increased 36,7 percent. The main goods include
equipments, machines and materials for production. Source: Thai Chuyen (Department of Industry and Trade) Translated by Lan Vy | 20/08/2014 10:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Government gives more incentives for agricultural development | Government gives more incentives for agricultural development | Enterprises investing in agriculture and rural areas will be granted with additional incentives in terms of land allocation, vocational training, market expansion, services, scientific and technological applications, and transportation fees. | The Government lately issued Decree 61/2010/ND-CP, stipulating additional preferences for agricultural and rural development. The Decree will take effect since July 25, 2010. The list of preferential sectors includes cultivation, aquaculture, and development of raw materials for processing zones. According
to the Decree, the Government will exempt or cut 50-70% of fees for
land or water surface leased up to 15 years in maximum for agricultural
enterprises. Those
enterprises will be given a cut of 50-100% of vocational training fees,
50-70% of advertisement costs, as well as 50-70% of expenditures for
participating in exhibitions. In addition, they will have to pay lower
costs, from 50% to 100%, for accessing to information about agricultural
production. As
reported by the Vietnam Economic Management Review (VEMR), there are
around 39,000 enterprises operating in the agricultural sector and rural
areas and accounting for 30% of domestic businesses. The figure is
relatively low due to poor competitiveness, high risks of natural
disasters, and long-term capital refund. Hence,
the Decree is expected to lure more inflows of investment in the sector
and rural areas, benefit peasants and utilize potentials there. The
new policy will encourage enterprises to pour more investment in
perfecting socio-economic infrastructure in rural areas, spurring
production activities and services for job generation, renovation and
modernization in the countryside. Source: Government website | 20/08/2014 11:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | VN to establish agro-product trading floor | VN to establish agro-product trading floor | Permanent Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng has recently agreed to establish Việt Nam’s first agro-products trading floor in the southern city of Kiên Giang. | The plan is one of many Government-backed farming projects to support farmers and boost the country’s agriculture development. As
reported, the agro-products trading floor will be operated in the same
way like gold or stock floors. The posted price will be evaluated by
appropriate authorities. Posted products must meet quality and quantity
standards, therefore, farmers will have better selling price at the
floor than at the market. All agricultural products can be posted on the
floor. The
floor aims at creating opportunities for farmers to interact directly
with their consumers, to better understand the needs and demands of
markets, and to sell products at higher prices. If this establishment is a success, more similar floors will be opened in the near future. Source: http://news.gov.vn | 20/08/2014 11:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Opening of the typical product display area of Long An in Ben Luc | Opening of the typical product display area of Long An in Ben Luc | On December 22, 2021, the Department of Industry and Trade organized a program to sign the sale of typical products of the province between San Ha Co., Ltd and businesses and cooperatives, and at the same time launched the product display area at San Ha store, Ben Luc district. | 
Opening of the typical product display area of Long An in Ben Luc According to the plan, the Department of Industry and Trade will deploy 2 display points for typical products of the province at San Ha store in Ben Luc town, Ben Luc district and in Dong Thanh commune, Can Giuoc district, to introduce and promote the products. typical local products with high quality, reasonable prices, enriching agricultural products and stabilizing the market. In the immediate future, the company will support the cost of the premises for a period of 1 year for the Department to implement the product display point. The goal of the Department of Industry and Trade of Long An in the trade promotion program is to continue to bring typical products in the province to supply chains, supermarkets, convenience stores, as many as possible. Besides putting on e-commerce platforms, try to coordinate with convenience stores to bring products to a large number of consumers. 
Signing a memorandum of cooperation When the typical product display area of the province comes into operation, it is an opportunity for the products of enterprises and cooperatives to approach domestic consumers through a modern and prestigious distribution channel, thereby gradually standardizing them. on quality, packaging, labeling as well as legal issues, brand development and market development. This program not only facilitates the connection between manufacturers, suppliers and distributors and traders of OCOP products and other typical products, but also promotes production and forms a standard chain Stable consumption of goods, raising people's incomes and effectively implementing the campaign "Vietnamese people give priority to using Vietnamese goods". 
Delegates visit the exhibition area On this occasion, leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade and San Ha Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the supply and consumption of typical products of the province, at the same time, San Ha Co., Ltd and 15 business units Enterprises and cooperatives also sign contracts to sell products.
Reported by TH Translated by NT | 23/12/2021 9:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Long An Provincial Party Committee Secretary - Pham Van Ranh asks to strengthen prevention of coronavirus infection | Long An Provincial Party Committee Secretary - Pham Van Ranh asks to strengthen prevention of coronavirus infection | On January 30, Secretary of Long An Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Pham Van Ranh chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee on prevention of the acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of novel Coronavirus (nCoV). Heads of departments also attended the conference. | The acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus is complicated in China. Up to now, the disease has spread to 31 out of 31 provinces, cities of China and 18 countries, territories around the world. This is a new and dangerous disease with the ability to spread rapidly. There is no vaccine, medicine to treat it. The World Health Organization has warned that the disease has been at a very high in China, high at the regional level and high at the global level. In Vietnam, 2 Chineses were initially identified with nCoV infection; especially, the two cases have passed through Long An province. In the face of complex developments of nCoV, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Pham Van Ranh asked the Party Committees at all levels, authorities, Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations in the province to focus on leading and urgently directing drastically the prevention of the disease; not to let it spread; to treat the disease prevention as "fighting against the enemy"; to comply with the guidance of the Secretariat and the Prime Minister. Long An Newspaper, Radio and Television Long An should inform about the disease situation and preventive measures to raise people's awareness. Local authorities should effectively manage and control crowded residential areas. The Health sector should prepare facilities and equipment to serve and coordinate with Cho Ray Hospital in researching treatment regimens; ... In addition, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee also held a meeting to inform about the disease situation before, during and after the Lunar New Year. Accordingly, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee reevaluated the situation of supply - demand of goods; the implementation of policies, salaries and bonuses; traffic and contact information; the organization of leisure activities; security and order during Tet holiday, and so on. Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Pham Van Ranh requested that all levels, branches and local authorities should immediately carry out their tasks. He directed the Agriculture sector to monitor pests and diseases on winter-spring rice crop; drought and saltwater intrusion. Relevant branches and local authorities should continue reviewing the projects that have been prolonged; remove difficulties and obstacles in compensation and site clearance for resettlement. In addition, he asked the heads of departments and agencies to thoroughly understand and adjust the working attitude of cadres and civil servants so that they do not harass and trouble people and businesses to create positive changes in administrative reform. At the conference, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee listened to the report on the preparation work to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2020)./. Source: http://news.baolongan.vn/ | 31/01/2020 2:00 CH | Đã ban hành | | Long An takes advantage of opportunities and opportunity to welcome the wave of FDI investment from Japan | Long An takes advantage of opportunities and opportunity to welcome the wave of FDI investment from Japan | On September 13, 2023, within the framework of the working program in Japan, the Investment and Trade Promotion Delegation of Long An province attended many important investment promotion activities, achieving many good results. beautiful and positive.
| The Vietnam - Japan Trade and Investment Promotion Forum in 2023 is organized by the Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in coordination with organizations in Japan. Attending the Forum, there were Mr. Pham Quang Hieu - Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan; Mr. Hoang Quang Phong - Vice President of Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry; Ms. Kakihara Atsuko - Co-Chair of the Japan Business Association and JMBCC; Mr. Yoshikawa Tetsushi, Deputy General Director of Trade Policy, Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Economics and Trade of Japan (METI). On Long An province's side, there was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Ut - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and members of the province's working delegation. The program also has the participation of Hung Yen and Soc Trang provinces; industrial park infrastructure enterprises in Vietnam; with the participation of over 150 representatives of large businesses and corporations in Japan. 
Long An province delegation at the Forum Speaking at the opening of the Forum, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan - Pham Quang Hieu said that economic and trade relations between Vietnam and Japan are developing strongly. Japan is currently Vietnam's leading economic partner, No. 1 partner in ODA, No. 2 partner in labor, No. 3 partner in investment and tourism, No. 4 partner in trade. Ambassador Pham Quang Hieu assessed that Vietnam - Japan relations are at the best stage in history; With the support of the Governments and People of the two countries, Vietnam - Japan relations have favorable conditions to develop to new heights, strengthening cooperation in traditional fields such as investment and trade cooperation. , tourism, labor and even new areas of cooperation such as green transition, energy transition...; promote local and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. Within the framework of activities commemorating the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan, the Ambassador highly appreciated the connecting role of VCCI and the positivity of localities in calling for investment attraction. comprehensive cooperation with Japanese partners. At the same time, he believes that localities need to make efforts to reform administrative procedures, invest in synchronous infrastructure, improve the quality of human resources, aiming to call for investment according to sustainable and environmentally friendly goals. These are prerequisite factors for Japanese businesses to invest abroad. Attending the forum, Mr. Nguyen Van Ut - Chairman of the People's Committee of Long An province gave an overview of Long An province's planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, emphasizing the potential and benefits of Long An province. Long An province's position in attracting investment and trade. The province has many industrial parks and export processing zones with synchronous technical infrastructure. In addition, the province has an abundant labor source with nearly 1 million people of working age, improving the quality of human resources when bringing in workers. moved to study and receive training in Japan. Mr. Nguyen Van Ut also said that some key areas that the province is prioritizing to attract investment include: industry, electronics, international quality urban areas; high-tech agriculture; logistics. logistics. These are all areas where Japanese partners have many strengths and have affirmed their position in the global market. Within the framework of the Forum, Saigon Telecommunications Technology Joint Stock Company signed a memorandum of understanding with Vally Campus Japan (VCJ) and Valley Campus Saigon (VCS) on cooperation in implementing projects. in Long An related to human resource development, solution development and technology transfer in the fields of agriculture and environment. Cooperation in training and supplying highly qualified human resources to meet Japan's most stringent requirements in the fields of agriculture and information technology industry; Solution platforms deploy high-tech agricultural/IoT application platforms, apply Blockchain technology to traceability and track and measure carbon emissions, the environmental field applies new technologies of industrial revolution 4.0 in Vietnam. This is the only cooperation signing at the forum and received a lot of attention and appreciation from Japanese partners to realize the goal of industrialization and modernization associated with sustainable development that the province has achieved. Long An is heading towards. Also in the working program on September 13, the province's delegation participated in a discussion with the leaders of the Japan - Vietnam Economic Committee (Keidanren). Receiving the delegation were Mr. Fujimoto Masayoshi - Chairman of Keidanren and Chairman of Sojitz Corporation along with leaders of leading corporations in Japan such as Hitachi, Japan Airlines, Sumitomo, Japan International Bank,... 
Long An Province attended the Discussion with the Vietnam - Japan Economic Committee (Keidanren) At the meeting, Acting Director of the Department of Planning and Investment - Truong Van Liep briefly presented the province's economic achievements, potential and investment attraction orientation in the coming time; At the same time, he expressed his desire to continue welcoming and working with Keidanren Institutes in Long An as soon as possible.
Keidanren leaders said that Japanese businesses highly appreciate the potential of the Vietnamese market, especially the southern provinces, including Long An province. At the same time, we hope that the province will focus on simplicity, improve the efficiency of administrative procedures, train highly specialized human resources, and invest in synchronous infrastructure so that Japanese investors can trust the province to invest for a long time. long and develop together with the province. Ending the schedule in Tokyo, tomorrow the province's delegation will move to Osaka City to attend the "Japan Vietnam Trade and Investment Promotion Forum" (Kansai) in 2023; Visit and work at the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka (Japan)./. The delegation of Long An province participated in investment and trade promotion in Japan from September 10 to September 16 at the invitation of the Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnamese Consulate General. in Osaka. Before that, the delegation paid a courtesy visit and greeting at the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan; working with the Japan External Trade Organization JETRO; paid a courtesy visit to the Japanese Parliamentarian and worked with a number of businesses and universities in Japan. Reported by the Department of Planning and Investment
Translated by NT
| 14/09/2023 4:00 CH | Đã ban hành | | Important achievements recorded in domestic economic situation in eight months: MPI | Important achievements recorded in domestic economic situation in eight months: MPI | Despite the changes in the world situation, Vietnam has made positive recovery in business and production activities, stabilised macro-economy, controlled inflation, and ensured major economic balances, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) delivered at the Government regular meeting on September 6. | 
The index of industrial production (IIP) increased 15.6% year on year in August and 9.4% in the first eight months of 2022. (Photo: VNA) In August, consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.65 year on year, pushing the average CPI in the first eight months to 2.58%, equivalent to the level recorded in the 2018-2021 period, said the report. Budget collection in the first eight months of this year fulfilled about 84.8% of the yearly estimate, up 19.4% year on year, while import-export turnover rose about 17.3% over the same period last year in August and 15.5% in the first eight months of this year, with trade surplus reaching 3.96 billion USD in the eight months. At the same time, the index of industrial production (IIP) increased 15.6% year on year in August and 9.4% in eight months, according to the report. Total revenue from retail of goods and services in August was also up 50.2% year on year. Particularly, important infrastructure such as Van Don-Mong Cai and Ha Long-Mong Cai Expressways and Thu Thiem 2 Bridge were put into operation. The report also highlights positive results in many areas such as defence, security and external relations. It said that as of August 28, 505 trillion VND (21.44 billion USD) of public investment capital was disbursed, reaching 93.2% of the target. An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance reported that over 212 trillion VND of capital from the State budget had been disbursed as of August 31, equivalent to 39.15% of the plan set by the PM. As of September 2, 55.5 trillion VND of support to the socio-economic recovery and development programme was disbursed, including more than 10 trillion VND of soft loans through the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies. The implementation of national target programmes has also been on a right track, the ministry said. Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong said that in August and the first eight months, the inflation rate was kept at a low level, while economic growth was relatively high, showing the efficiency of macro-economic policies. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that many reputable organisations and experts are optimism about Vietnamese economic outlook, noting that the World Bank predicted 7.5% of Vietnam's GDP growth for 2022 and 6.7% for 2023, while the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund also forecast that the figure may reach 6.5% and 6%, respectively, for this year./. Source: VNA | 07/09/2022 8:00 SA | Đã ban hành | | Long An: Urban development - Current situation and solutions | Long An: Urban development - Current situation and solutions | On the morning of July 29, the Provincial People's Committee held a seminar with the theme "Urban development - Current situation and solutions". | 
Comrades chairing the conference The workshop was chaired by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Huynh Van Son, Director of the Department of Construction - Nguyen Van Hung and Chairman of the Provincial Association of Architects - Luu Dinh Khan. Attending were the Standing Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee - Huynh Van Thanh; Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for Mass Mobilization - Nguyen Viet Cuong; leaders of departments, districts, towns and cities. 
Urban development in the province is invested but still has many shortcomings In Long An province, there are 19 urban areas, of which there is 1 grade II urban area, Tan An city, 6 grade IV urban centers: Kien Tuong town, Hau Nghia town, Ben Luc town, and Can Duoc town, Can Giuoc town, Duc Hoa town and 12 cities of grade V. Over the past time, the work of urban planning, construction, management and development in the province has been paid attention by the leaders of the province, at all levels, sectors and localities, with many positive changes. ; gradually forming more and more spacious urban areas. People's lives are getting better and better. Urbanization and urban development become an important driving force promoting socio-economic development of the province. 
Conference attendees However, the number of cities has increased, but the quality is still low. The system of technical and social infrastructure has not been synchronized. The urbanization rate is still low compared to the national average. The face of urban areas has prospered, but has not yet created its own prominence and identity. 
Former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Dr. Nguyen Thanh Nguyen speaks at the workshop At the seminar, the delegates focused on clarifying difficulties and obstacles in urban planning and management as well as investment in social housing construction, etc. Some solutions were given at the workshop to Sustainable urban development is a synchronous planning on technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, landscape, architecture, etc. In which, focus is on building a transport network connecting urban centers in the whole province and well connected with Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces. 
In the coming time, the delegates set out to pay attention to investment in urban technical infrastructure Speaking at the workshop, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Huynh Van Son said that the workshop aims to clarify the key issues of the provincial urban development planning from 2021-2030 and the following years. analyze difficulties and problems of enterprises, investors, authorities, management agencies at all levels, etc. From there, find solutions to solve Long An urban development in the coming time, ensuring assurance The roadmap outlined in the planning orientation of the province has just been approved by the Government.
Reported by Thanh Nga- Thai Bach
Traslated by NT | 31/07/2023 3:00 CH | Đã ban hành | | Improving rice quality to increase export value | Improving rice quality to increase export value | Focusing on quality, branding,etc are what rice exporting enterprises have been doing recently. As a result, export rice gradually increases in value and can penetrate into large and fastidious markets. |  Phuoc Thanh II Co. Ltd (Tan Khanh ward, Tan An city) focuses on improving quality in rice production Exports are increasing in volume and value Currently, in the province, there are 25 rice exporters, 3 of which are allowed to export rice directly to China. In the first 6 months of 2023, rice export turnover reached 353,859 tons with a value of 182.9 million USD, increased 27.23% in volume and 29.31% in value over the same period. The average export price reached 517 USD/ton, an increase of about 8 USD/ton compared to the same period. The main export markets are China, Singapore, Indonesia, Ghana, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Africa and some fastidious markets such as the EU (Germany, UK, Netherlands, France,etc), USA, Canada, Australia, UAE,etc. The main types of rice exported are fragrant rice, white rice, sticky rice, Japonica rice,etc. Hoang Gia Nhut Quang Company Limited (Binh Cang 2 hamlet, Binh Thanh commune, Thu Thua district, Long An province) is one of the enterprises in the province allowed to export rice. According to Deputy Director of the company - Nguyen Nhut Quang, with support from the province, the company can export rice to the world market focusing on quality. Currently, the company has a large material area of several hundred hectares in the districts of Vinh Hung, Tan Hung and some other areas in the west. In addition, the company also invests in many equipment for production. Currently, the company's main products are fragrant and sticky rice. In addition to domestic sales, the company also promotes exports to a number of markets in Europe, Singapore, Taiwan, etc. In the past 6 months, the company exported about 10,000 tons, an increase of about 20% in output over the same period. At the same time, the selling price is also higher than the same period of 20-30 USD/ton. Similar to Hoang Gia Nhut Quang Co. Ltd, for many years, Phuoc Thanh II Co. Ltd. (Tan Khanh Ward, Tan An City) has focused on improving rice quality and building a brand name for export. Deputy Director of the company - Nguyen Tuan Khoa shared, rice and sticky rice exported to foreign countries mainly served in restaurants, eateries, cake processing facilities, food of all kinds,etc. Workers at Phuoc Thanh II Co. Ltd In order to maintain old customers and approach new customers, Phuoc Thanh II Co. Ltd. focuses on building raw material areas, stockpiling and constantly improving production capacity. Mr. Nguyen Tuan Khoa said that the demand of customers is increasing day by day. In the past, customers preferred 25-50kg/bag packaging. Now, they prefer 1-2-3-5kg/bag so that after importing, they can put the products into the store for sale without having to divide or repack. To meet the needs of customers, the company has just invested in a vacuum packaging machine. This machine can stamp production date, expiry date, avoiding termites, insects on rice bags. By the hard work to invest and improve production capacity, in the first 6 months of 2023, the company increased its output by about 20% over the same period, reaching about 12,000 tons. Building and developing high-quality rice areas Vietnam has the sixth largest rice growing area in the world. The rice cultivation area in the Mekong Delta (Mekong Delta) accounts for 54% of the country's. Over the past 10 years, Vietnam has always held the third position in the world in terms of rice exports, ranging from 5-7 million tons. In which, Mekong Delta contributes 90% of rice exports. Some varieties of Vietnam's specialty rice have export prices equivalent to Thai fragrant rice. Regarding white rice, Vietnamese rice has recently surpassed the price of Indian and Thai rice. We has also penetrated fastidious markets such as the EU and initially has a brand name. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is developing the project "Sustainably developing 1 million hectares of high-quality rice cultivation associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta". The project aims to form a large-scale, stable and long-term concentrated commodity raw material area, facilitating the reorganization of rice production in the Mekong Delta in a modern direction, meeting multiple goals of improving the added value of the rice chain and people's income, ensuring food security and serving rice processing and export with high efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and highly adapting to climate change. Based on this project and Decision No.12561 dated December 30, 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee approving the Project on transforming crop and aquaculture demand in the Dong Thap Muoi region, Long An province in the period of 2021-2030, the province registered the rice cultivation area under the project "Sustainably developing 1 million hectares of high-quality rice cultivation associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta". Accordingly, by 2025, Long An is expected to have a rice cultivation area of 60,000 hectares; by 2030, the rice cultivation area is expected to reach 120,000 hectares. Department of Industry and Trade informed that, implementing the Prime Minister's Decision No. 583, dated May 26, 2023, approving the strategy of Vietnam's rice export market development to 2030 and the Telegarm No. 610, July 3, 2023 on strengthening the implementation of tasks and solutions to promote rice production and export, the Department of Industry and Trade continues to advise the provincial People's Committee in planning, rebuilding the planting area, determining the types and quality standards for each market, thereby, guiding people, cooperatives and enterprises in production and processing to ensure compliance with technical standards of food safety and traceability. In particular, the Department of Industry and Trade continues to informed rice exporters about the situation and the needs of markets; especially for new markets, markets where Vietnam has signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA); strengthen support in trade promotion through international fairs and exhibitions to consume sustainable products. It is expected that, thanks to with the planning to redefine the planting area to meet the standards of export rice, support enterprises to associate with rice producers to build raw material areas, the province's rice exports will gradually increase production and value by meeting the standards of fastidious markets./.
Source: https://news.baolongan.vn/
| 25/07/2023 6:00 CH | Đã ban hành | | VN, Cambodia accelerate legislative cooperation | VN, Cambodia accelerate legislative cooperation | Viet Nam and Cambodia agreed to step up the comprehensive relations between the two nations’ National Assemblies, enhance solidarity and support each other in dealing with issues of regional and international concerns. | The
agreement was made during the talks on August 18 between Vietnamese
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and top Cambodian
Legislator Heng Samrin. Chairman Hung applauded on Cambodia’s socio-economic
achievements and shared difficulties and challenges Cambodia is facing,
especially those caused by hostile forces to harm the solidarity between
the two countries. He confirmed that Vietnamese NA and people will do
their utmost to advocate Cambodia in maintaining peace, unity,
independence and development. The Cambodian leader expressed his hope that Viet Nam
will gain more success in the future and the two sides will continue
strengthening cooperation to bring the two-way trade value to a more
impressive figure the current US$2.5 billion. The two leaders also vowed to work together for
sustainable development of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)
and foster legislative cooperation between the two Legislatures. NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung took the occasion to
invite Mr. Heng Samrin and high-ranking Cambodian NA delegation to
attend the 132nd International-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in
Viet Nam in 2015. By Thuy Dung (news.chinhphu.vn)
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