Call for Viet Kieu to aid homeland

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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MONTREAL — Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan yesterday urged Vietnamese expatriates in Canada to help boost trade and investment relations between the two countries.
The vice president, who was in Canada to attend the 12th Francophone Summit, told her guests, including Montreal-based entrepreneurs, that the Party and the State always tried to create favourable conditions [...]

Minh Ly sect receives legal status

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM CITY — The Minh Ly Dao – Tam Tong Mieu (Minh Ly sect under the Three-Religion Temple) has received official permission to practise their religious rites.
Head of the Governmental Commission for Religious Affairs, Nguyen The Doanh, presented the legal status certificate at his office headquarters in HCM City yesterday.
The religion’s chief prelate said at [...]

VN hosts ASEAN heart conference

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — The Viet Nam Heart Association, together with counterparts from member states of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold the 17th ASEAN Congress of Cardiology, which starts here today.
The event, the first ASEAN cardiology conference hosted by Viet Nam, will run until Tuesday.
It has brought together specialist knowledge to better combat cardio-vascular [...]

Workers’ rights can sharpen businesses’ competitive edge

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Stronger involvement by the labour union could help boost the social responsibility of businesses, a workshop was told here yesterday.
The workshop was organised by the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the German Labour Union.
Delegates agreed that during the globalisation process, each business needed to improve its competitive edge by [...]

Schools face health care worker crisis

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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DA NANG — Schools in Da Nang central city are facing a shortage of health-care workers to treat accidents.
Nguyen Hien senior secondary school has no medical room or medical attendant.
This year, seven students suffering from bellyache and fainting were treated by an amateur health worker, Nguyen Thi Tuong Kha.
Kha, a member of the office staff, [...]

Country’s exported labour needs better skills

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM CITY — The Viet Nam Labour Export Association (VLEA) has said Vietnamese labour export companies must find ways to improve the quality of the country’s exported labour to meet the demands of overseas markets paying the highest wages.
For example, workers headed to the US can earn a minimum wage of US$8-10 per hour, depending [...]

Rural women need more training

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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There are plans to upgrade skills for 50,000 women labourers each year.

A salt worker cleans her equipment in Nam Dinh Province. Poor education makes it difficult for female labourers to find stable jobs with good incomes. — VNS Photo Viet Thanh
HCM CITY — Rural female labourers need greater access to education and vocational training so [...]

Duong Lam Commune a ‘sleeping beauty’

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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A view of a festival called “Fishing on Tich Giang River” in Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay Township of Ha Noi. Such activities should help attract more visitors to the village. — VNA/VNS Photo Trong Duc
HA NOI — Duong Lam Commune in Son Tay Township of Ha Noi is not well known as [...]

Nation’s outstanding women receive national recognition

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Three female collectives and eight individuals were awarded the Viet Nam Women’s Prize 2008 – one of the country’s largest prizes for women, at a ceremony held in Ha Noi on Saturday on the occasion of the 78th founding anniversary of the Viet Nam Women’s Union.
At the award ceremony, certificates of merit [...]

NA brings forward draft laws on Biodiversity, High-Tech

October 20, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — The National Assembly discussed the draft Law on Biodiversity and another draft of the High-Tech Law on Saturday.
Most of the deputies said that the Law on Bio-diversity was necessary to preserve and develop bio-diversity, and identify the rights and duties of organisations, families and individuals.
Nguyen Dinh Quyen from Ha Noi said the [...]