2,000 to get free screening for hepatitis B and C in HCM City

A baby being vaccinated at the HCM City Preventive Health Centre. 

A free screening for hepatitis B and C for nearly 2,000 people, half of them, disadvantaged, will be organised in HCM City on July 28.

Gan Khỏe-Sống Vui (Healthy Liver- Live) Day is part of a programme called “Working Together to Eliminate Hepatitis B and C in Việt Nam” , held by the Việt Nam Viral Hepatitis Alliance, the Community Health Research Development Institute and the HCM City Open University.

The event will be held to mark World Hepatitis Day, July 28.

The screening will be held at the Independence Palace in District 1.

The test results will be handed over in three to four hours.

While waiting for the results, people can listen to health experts speaking about ways to prevent “hepatitis epidemics and the calamity of liver cancer” and mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B during pregnancy.

The experts will also tell them about healthy lifestyles and diets for a healthy liver.

People who test positive for hepatitis will get vouchers for further testing while the rest will receive vouchers for hepatitis B vaccines.

Registration for the free tests can be done at bit.ly/GKSV2018 and bit.ly/SNVG2018.

Việt Nam Viral Hepatitis Alliance is an NGO that undertakes high-impact public health initiatives to deal decisively with hepatitis B and C.

The HCM-based Community Health Research Development Institute belongs to the Việt Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations and researches community health and trains health officials.

Dr Phan Thanh Hải, head of the institute, said: “The [campaign] is the first step in helping keep people’s liver healthy and prevent deadly diseases.”

Dr Phạm Ngọc Đoan Trang of the Việt Nam Viral Hepatitis Alliance said that many people in the country do not know their hepatitis status.

She cited World Health Organisation’s statistics released last year showing Việt Nam had 8 million people with hepatitis B and one million with hepatitis C.

The two diseases are a leading cause of liver cancer in Việt Nam, she added. 

HCM City to build new bridge, canals in Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area

HCM City plans to build canals and a bridge, and upgrade roads to reduce traffic jams and flooding in and around the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area. 

The authorities of HCM City plan to build major infrastructure to reduce traffic jams and flooding in and around the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in District 2, according to Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.

Nguyễn Phước Hưng, chairman of  District 2’s People’s Committee, said that city authorities were allocating funds to build a North-South Canal on an area of 300 ha with total investment of more than VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$74 million), and to upgrade the Cá Trê Canal worth VNĐ163 billion (US$7 million).

They also want to build a new Giồng Ông Tố 1 Bridge and upgrade Nguyễn Thị Định Street.

To serve residents affected by construction in District 2, the HCM City People’s Committee has agreed to set aside 232 apartments in the R7, Thịnh Vượng, and Fideco Riverview apartment buildings as well as 81 land plots in the resettlement household zone of Rạch Chiếc and Cát Lái.

Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in District 2 is expected to be a modern residential and commercial, financial and service centre of HCM City.

The ambitious project has involved relocating thousands of households, and a number of them have expressed discontent with the Government’s compensation or resettlement schemes, causing prolonged disputes and delaying the progress of the project.

Covering a total area of 657 hectares, the Thủ Thiêm new urban area is located on a peninsula in HCM City’s District 2, which faces downtown District 1 across the Saigon River.

The proposed financial district and mixed-use urban area of HCM City are set to become the largest inner-city development in Southeast Asia.

The city spent more than 10 years to complete site clearance of most of the Thủ Thiêm peninsula, with as many as 15,000 households already resettled. 

Children with genetic facial defects receive surgical operations

As many as 40 children with genetic facial defects received surgical operations during a programme held in Vietnam’s central provinces from July 14-20.

The programme was organised by a delegation of experts from the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Chonbuk National University, and Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Hue UMP) Hospital. It provided free oral and maxillofacial surgeries for 28 children out of the kids.

Following the surgeries, the young patients received treatment at a centre for phonetic placement therapy at the Hue University Hospital. The programme also supported travel and food costs for the patients.

On this occasion, doctors also offered medical checks-up for patients who received surgeries during last year’s programme.

The Hue UMP and the Chunbok National University have enjoyed sound cooperation for more than 14 years, said Doctor Tran Tan Tai, head of the Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology at the Hue University Hospital.

To date, the programme has treated more than 400 children with facial defects in Vietnam’s central region, with about 350 of them receiving free cleft lip surgeries. The programme also offers opportunities for doctors of Vietnam and the RoK to share their experiences and improve their skills, he added.

In addition, the two universities have forged cooperation in many areas, including training and scientific research, grants for medical students, and admission of Hue UMP’s trainees to the RoK university, along with the establishment of a phonetic placement therapy centre for young patients, the first of its kind in the central and Central Highlands regions.

Avocado harvest season celebrated in Dak Nong

A programme themed “Dak Nong: Ripe Avocado Season”, the first of its kind, is underway in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong to promote the province’s speciality among consumers, fruit processors and exporters.

The programme, which takes place from July 18 – 23, features a variety of events, including a rite to celebrate the avocado harvest season, an avocado trade fair, a business matching event to connect buyers and suppliers, a workshop on the sustainable development of avocado farming and a contest to find the best avocados.

The avocado harvest rite was held on the opening day with UNESCO representatives invited to join as guests. The host and visitors sang together while other family members played the gong and danced to welcome the guests.

Offerings included the province’s specialities that are in season, namely avocado, rice and corn. The head of the ritual prayed to invite deities and ancestors to the festival and ask for good health and bumpy crops.

The festival serves as a platform for avocado farmers, businesses and State agencies to meet, share experience and seek partnerships. It is also an opportunity for Dak Nong to introduce to the public the diversity of high-quality avocado varieties grown in the province in accordance with international standards and food safety requirements.

Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ton Thi Ngoc Hanh said Dak Nong’s plan to make avocado a local staple has received big support from other cities and provinces and some foreign countries.

She expected that this year’s “Dak Nong: Ripe Avocado Season” will mark a promising start for the sustainable growth of avocado in the province.

Dak Nong is one of the provinces with the biggest avocado farming areas and output in Vietnam. It is currently home to nearly 2,600ha of avocado trees, accounting for some 20 percent of the local fruit cultivating area, with an average output of 10-15 tonnes per ha. Avocado farming is particularly concentrated in Dak Mil, Dak R’lap, Dak Song, and Dak Glong districts and Gia Nghia town.

With its terrain, climate and soil conditions different from those of other provinces, Dak Nong is able to plant many avocado varieties bearing fruit from January through to November. Local avocados are also preferred by domestic and foreign consumers thanks to their large size, appealing appearance and rich nutrition, the official noted. 

Social credit programmes help ethnic minorities escape from poverty

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) is expected to poor households in Tra Vinh with clean water and environmental hygiene, especially in rural areas

Social credit programmes have helped ethnic minorities in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh escape poverty in recent years.

According to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), as of June 30 this year, Thuan Hoa commune in Tra Vinh’s Cau Ngang district carried out 11 preferential credit programmes with loans worth 25 billion VND (1.1 million USD).

A total of 825 ethnic minority households were provided loans of 12.5 billion VND (546,475 USD), accounting for 76 percent of borrowers.

Tra Vinh is home to the Kinh, Khmer and Hoa ethnic groups. It has a population of 1.1 million with 274,425 households, including 88,289 Khmer households (over 32 percent).

Total loans from credit programmes were estimated at nearly 2.2 trillion VND as of June 30, a year-on-year rise of 5.52 percent, fulfilling 94 percent of the annual target.

Some 126,865 poor and nearly-poor households and social policy beneficiaries were provided with average loans of 17 million VND each.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Dong Van Lam proposed the VBSP arrange more loans in the remaining months of the year for households living under the poverty line and support them with clean water and environmental hygiene, especially in rural areas.

In response, a bank representative said the VBSP allocated an additional 40 billion VND (1.7 million USD) for Tra Vinh to provide loans for needy households.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) has provided 1 billion VND (44,000 USD) in financial relief for the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, which was severely hit by floods over the past few days.

Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the VFF Central Committee Hau A Lenh visited the province on July 22 to hand the donation to the local administration.

Lenh extended his sympathies over the losses of the province and praised local authorities’ efforts to cope with the heavy rains and floods. He asked the provincial administration to promptly repair damaged roads in isolated communes, intensify searches for missing people and evacuate households living in areas prone to landslides to safety.

Firstly, the province needs to ensure social security for affected people, the official said.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Do Duc Duy expressed his thanks for the support from the VFF Central Committee, affirming that the province will allocate the donation to people in need without delay.

Duy also updated Lenh on the flood situation in Yen Bai, particularly the hardest-hit district of Van Chan, the local operation to search for and rescue missing people and reconstruction efforts.

On the same day, the VFF Central Committee leader visited Luong Son commune in Van Chan district to inspect the situation there. He called at three severely-affected families in Tu, Muoi and Tanh Hanh villages in the commune and presented them with aid.

As of July 22, Van Chan district had three out of five communes isolated due to road damage and interruptions in electricity supply and communication access.

All efforts are being made to access these communes to provide support for people there.

Typhoon Son Tinh, the third in the East Sea this year, brought downpours and floods that ravaged the northern and north-central parts of the country last week. The floods wreaked havoc in Yen Bai, resulting in heavy casualties and property damage.

As of 16:00 of July 22, the floods have claimed 11 lives, injured 11 and left six others missing in the province.

About 4,170 houses have been damaged, including 119 pulled down or washed away and more than 3,350 others submerged in floodwater. More than 690 local households have been moved to safer places.

In addition, more than 2,100 hectares of crops have been destroyed and nearly 1,260 head of livestock and poultry and some 198 hectares of aquatic farming lost. A total of 422 road sections and bridges have been crumbled or been swept away.

Total economic losses were estimated at 200 billion VND (8.7 million USD).

One July 21, the VFFCC Standing Board announced a decision to send 5 million VND (220 USD) in aid to each family of the bereaved and missing, 3 million VND (30 USD) to each seriously injured person and 40 million VND (1,760 USD) to each family made homeless by the floods.

According to Director of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Hoang Duc Cuong, from July 23, extremely heavy rains are forecast in the northeastern region, mostly in Quang Ninh and Lang Son provinces, which will then spread to the whole northern region from July 24-27. 

Requiem held for martyrs in Tay Ninh

Incence offered at the requiem ceremony 

A ceremony took place in the southern province of Tay Ninh on July 22 to commemorate fallen soldiers at a martyr memorial site of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Volunteers in Ben Cau district.

Attending the ceremony were families of the martyrs and more than 300 former youth volunteers.

In April 1977, the Khmer Rouge army began slaughtering Vietnamese across southwestern border provinces. Youths and public personnel from the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City and nearby provinces volunteered to carry out logistics work and fight at the front. On that battlefield, 99 volunteers sacrificed their life.

The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Volunteer Force decided to designate July 22 as the death anniversary of its members.

Speaking at this year’s requiem in Tay Ninh, secretary of the force’s central committee Nguyen Huu Phong expressed his pride of his predecessors’ traditions.

The younger generation is willing to build on such traditions, contributing to fulfilling socio-economic missions detailed by the Party and Government, he said.

Southern localities report bumper summer-autumn crop

The summer-autumn rice crop in southern localities has yielded a good harvest, heard a conference held in the Mekong Delta province of Tay Ninh on July 20.

Reports from Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development in the south showed that the region planted 1.69 million hectares of rice, and expected an average yield of 5.63 tonnes per hectare. Total output was estimated at 9.51 million tonnes, up 279,700 tonnes from the same time last year.

The Mekong Delta, the country’s rice granary, grew 1.59 million hectares, down 12,600 hectares from last year’s crop while total yield was reckoned at 9.03 million tonnes, 251,700 tonnes higher than the previous summer-autumn crop.

Meanwhile, rice output in southeastern provinces was approximated at 480,000 tonnes, up 28,000 tonnes from the same crop last year.

The results were spurred by cooperation among the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development’s Department of Crop Production and Department of Irrigation, and provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development in guiding local farmers to cultivate rice crops at proper times and to prevent damage caused by abnormal weather.

High-quality varieties were chosen for plantation, of which fragrant rice accounted for 22.41 percent.

Local exporters won a line-up of contracts, freeing farmers from worrying about rice consumption. 

Each kilogramme of rice was sold at an average 5,500-5,700 VND. 

As farmers have just harvested a third of the crop, they should pay due attention to protecting their crops from diseases, experts advised.

In the autumn-winter crop, the southern provinces plan to cultivate 978,000 hectares of rice and expects a yield of 5.1 million tonnes of the grain.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said Mekong Delta provinces should consider proper time for rice cultivation as an early flood season has been forecast. Fragrant rice should be prioritised to bring high productivity, he added.

On the occasion, the Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute inked cooperation deals with agricultural cooperatives in seven Mekong Delta provinces, under which they will join hands to produce high-quality rice varieties.

Quảng Ngãi tightens control of illegal fishing

Border soldiers detects a fishing boat from central Quảng Ngãi Province using bottom strawling method to catch fish near Quảng Trị’s sea area. - Photo plo.vn

Environmentalists have warned of the overexploitation of the country’s fisheries stocks, but fishermen are continuing to use electrical impulses and mines while ignoring heavy sanctions.

Border posts in Quảng Ngãi Province have received recent reports from fishermen about people using explosives to catch seafood.

This illegal method is depleting fish stocks and affecting the lives of legitimate fishermen.

Huỳnh Thanh Ký, a local fisherman, told Việt Nam News Agency that he heard explosions every morning while he was fishing.

“This method allows them to catch more fish than the traditional method. The fish are killed by the explosion, but many honest fishermen witness are scared to do anything for fear of reprisals,” he said.

“Authorities should take stricter measures to save our fisheries.”

Heavy trawlers also operate in the area, dragging along the sea bed and catching everything in their path.

They operate inshore, scooping up fish of all sizes and destroying fishing nets belonging to other fishermen.

Ngô Dũng, a fisherman from Mộ Đức District’ Đức Lợi Commune, said that he had spent VNĐ40 million (US$17,390) on new fishing gear since the beginning of the year because the old equipment had been destroyed by trawlers.

“I had to borrow money from relatives and the bank to buy new gear. The whole year’s earnings is not enough to pay for it,” Dũng said.

Bottom trawling is a particularly destructive method of fishing. High-capacity trawlers pose a grave threat to fish and other sea creatures during the breeding season, he said.

Local border posts have been implementing measures to prevent illegal fishing methods.

Lieutenant Colonel Lê Thành Trung, head of Mộ Đức District’s Đức Minh border post, said they had co-ordinated with other forces to patrol and detect fishing vessels using illegal fishing methods as well as people supplying explosives to fishermen.

He said alongside an educational campaign and stricter punishments, support policies for offshore fishing vessels should be encouraged.

On Monday, Quảng Ngãi City People’s Committee, in collaboration with the provincial Fisheries Department, organised a workshop to raise awareness on the Law on Fisheries to fishermen in Nghĩa Phú Commune. - VNS

Bến Tre rice farmers switch to other crops

Farmers harvest green-skin and pink-flesh grapefruits in Bến Tre Province. 

More rice farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre have been growing other crops on low-yield rice fields and  breeding aquatic species and animals that offer higher profit.

Lê Văn Hòa in Giồng Trôm District’s Phong Mỹ Commune is hiring people to plant coconuts and citrus fruits on his 1.2ha rice field.

He has decided to switch to growing coconuts and citrus fruits because his rice field lost all harvested rive in 2016 due to severe saltwater intrusion, and had a poor harvest last year.

Inclement weather and high production costs for planting rice have caused many local rice farmers to turn to other crops.

Bến Tre, a coastal province, is normally affected by saltwater intrusion in the dry season.

Nguyễn Văn Hiệp, who formerly planted rice on his 6,000 sq.m of land in Giồng Trôm District’s Châu Bình Commune, now plants coconut, grapefruit and grass for feeding oxen.

He now earns a profit of VNĐ100 million (US$4,400) a year, higher than from rice.

Previously, he planted two rice crops a year and had a poor rice yield, he said.

Hiệp’s farmland, which is located in low-lying area, is often inundated in the rainy season and is affected by saltwater intrusion in the dry season.

Đinh Thị Thanh Nhanh, head of the Giồng Trôm District Agriculture and Rural Development Bureau, said the district’s rice area had fallen from more than 4,000ha to 2,200 ha over the last five years.

The converted rice fields with crops such as coconut, green skin and pink flesh grapefruit and vegetables provide higher profits than rice, according to Nhanh.  

Local authorities have encouraged farmers to turn low-yield rice fields along rivers, islets and alluvial grounds to breed aquatic species.

Bến Tre farmers converted more than 7,500ha of low-yield rice fields to other crops and have bred aquatic species and animals in 2015-17, according to the province’s People’s Committee.

The conversion has helped increase yield from VNĐ51 million per hectare in 2013 to VNĐ80 million per hectare last year.

Nguyễn Hữu Lập, deputy chairman of the People’s Committee, said Bến Tre is one of the delta’s localities hardest hit by climate change.

The province is focusing on developing specialised farming areas to adapt to climate change.

In salt- and brackish-water areas, the province will develop intensive- and semi-intensive shrimp farming and models of breeding shrimps in submerged forests and in rice fields.

In freshwater areas, the province will develop specialised farming areas for fruits and coconuts, the province’s key crops. The province is the country’s largest coconut producer.

Bến Tre plans to convert about 6,000ha of low-yield rice fields in high-lying areas and saltwater-affected areas to other crops, aquaculture or breeding animals from now to 2020. 

Doctors at district hospitals provide assistance to ward, commune stations

Doctors at Chợ Rẫy Hospital’s emergency department treat a patient.

All 23 hospitals in HCM City’s districts this year will have enough doctors who can take turns providing technical assistance to medical staff at health stations in communes and wards, according to the city’s Department of Health.

Speaking at a meeting yesterday to review health sector activities of the first six months of the year, Dr Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, the department’s director, said the aim was to raise trust among local residents in wards and communes.  

Doctors at local health stations would receive assistance from doctors at district-level hospitals, he said.

This would improve the quality of primary health services at grassroots-level health facilities, which has been required by the Ministry of Health.

Each year, Phạm Ngọc Thạch University of Medicine provides 600 doctors for the city’s health sector, which has helped to reduce the doctor shortage.

The city aims to have at least two doctors working at each health station by 2020.

Currently, only half of the city’s total 319 health stations have two doctors.

According to Bỉnh, the department has instructed leaders at city-level hospitals to send doctors to outlying districts of Bình Chánh and Cần Giờ to improve the quality of healthcare services there.

For example, Củ Chi District Hospital in outlying Củ Chi District has received assistance since 2016 and, as a result, has been able to attract more patients.

The city’s health department has set up kiosks at hospitals where people can comment or complain via special software about health check-ups and treatment quality.

The complaints and opinions are sent to hospitals’ leaders and the Department of Health for consideration.  

Nguyễn Thị Thoa, deputy head of the department’s medical affairs division, said the kiosk system had been set up at 53 public hospitals.  

“After receiving complaints and opinions through the system, many hospitals have upgraded facilities, added human resources, changed procedures in health examination and treatment, and improved service attitudes,” Thoa said.

Toilets at hospitals, for example, had become cleaner, she said.

IT application

The health department will also continue applying IT as part of its management and administrative reform.

It is using software to provide guidance in financial autonomy for public hospital directors, and help leaders manage their budgets. 

The department is also using IT to count the number of patients and manage human resources.

In December, it is expected to issue an application that will allow residents to search for health facilities best suited for their illness.

Many hospitals, health stations and health centres have set up their own website containing information about health issues. The websites can also be found through the department’s web portal. 

Efforts from enterprise needed to promote gender equality

A study by International Labour Organisation (ILO) said that female workers are 2.4 times more susceptible to unemployment risks than their male counterparts.—Photo dantri.com.vn

Public policies and especially enterprise polices are crucial to support gender equality in the workplace, experts said at the forum ‘Promoting Gender Equality in the Digital Age and Integration’ held in Hà Nội by the Ministry of Labour-Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on Wednesday.

According to the figures in a study by International Labour Organisation (ILO) presented at the forum, female workers are 2.4 times more susceptible to unemployment risks than their male counterparts. Females also receive salaries 12 per cent lower than males.

Risks can be defined as being replaced by machines and automation, said Đào Quang Vinh, Director of the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs.

Nguyễn Thị Hà, Deputy Minister of MOLISA explained the reason for this is female workers’ low expertise, lack of managing skills, limited access to knowledge and social prejudice against women.

Delegates at the forum agreed that to fight gender inequality in the workplace and unemployment risks, enterprises need to invest in workers’ job training, as well as supporting female workers.

The study by ILO which focuses on five sectors including automotive and auto parts; electrical and electronics; textiles, clothing and footwear; business outsourcing and retail shows that in the next ten years, 70 per cent of wage workers are at high risk of unemployment, 18 per cent at medium risk and 12 per cent at low risk.

Despite the challenges, there are positive figures to consider. Việt Nam was the quickest country to bridge gender inequality in the past 20 years. According to UNDP’s Human Development Reports 2016, Việt Nam’s Gender Inequality Index places 71 out of 188 countries and Gender Development Index comes in the first out of five groups.

Besides, 70 per cent of females are in the workforce, 31.6 per cent of which are business owners.

Experts in the forum note that Industry 4.0 will have a radical effect, and this could be a chance for females to earn employment, which help to promote gender equality.

Industry 4.0 will bring chances for female entrepreneurs, giving them more opportunities to access technology and social justice, stated Doctor Dương Kim Anh, Deputy Manager of Việt Nam’s Women Academy.  

Special TV show to celebrate War Invalids and Martyrs' Day

Meritorious artist Tạ Minh Tâm will perform revolutionary songs by veteran composer Phạm Minh Tuấn at Khát Vọng Mùa Xuân (Aspiration Spring), a special music show on Hồ Chí Minh Television to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27. — Photo courtesy of the producer

Hồ Chí Minh Television (HTV), in co-operation with its partners, will broadcast a special music programme this week to mark the 71st annual War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.

The 90-minute show, Khát Vọng Mùa Xuân (Aspiration of Spring), will feature revolutionary and patriotic songs by composer Phạm Minh Tuấn, former deputy director of the HCM City Music Conservatory.

The show will include dozens of young and veteran singers, dancers and musicians from professional art troupes, including the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and Ngày Mới ( New Day) Choir.  

Meritorious Artist Tạ Minh Tâm and opera singer Anh Bằng will be featured.

There will be performances in praise of the country, its history and traditional culture.

Featured songs will be those recognised as canons of revolutionary music, including Bài Ca Người Nữ Tự Vệ (Song of Female Guerrilla) written in 1958, Bài Ca Không Quên (Forever Song) in 1981 and Đất Nước (Country) in 1984.

Veteran singer Tâm will sing along with artists of HBSO the new version of Đất Nước, a work on patriotism composed by Tuấn with lyrics by poet Tạ Hữu Yên.

Pop songs about youth and love, such as Khát Vọng (Aspiration) and Lối Nhỏ Vào Đời (Pathway to Life), will be performed by young singers Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh and Yên Nhiên, with support from the Sen Việt Dance Group.

The event’s highlights include Mùa Xuân Từ Những Giếng Dầu (Spring on Offshore-Oil Rigs), a popular song about the country’s development and workers released in 1984.

Tuấn wrote the song after a fact-finding tour in 1981 to Vietsovpetro, a joint Vietnamese-Russian oil and gas enterprise in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province.

He joined the National Liberation Front of South Việt Nam in 1960.

He studied at the Việt Nam Music School and HCM City Music Conservatory, and was deputy general chairman of the Việt Nam Musicians’ Association.

Tuấn has composed more than 100 songs, and dozens of music works for theatre and films.

He has released six albums featuring patriotic music, and has worked as a music lecturer for the HCM City Music Conservatory and art schools.

The show, Khát Vọng Mùa Xuân, will air at 9pm on July 27 on HTV 9 channel.