Ha Noi suspends sustandard antibiotics

Ha Noi Department of Health has suspended the circulation of three kinds of antibiotics including Ficaoxime, Cenpro and Traclor as they do not meet quality standards.

Ficaoxime injection was confiscated because it does not meet standards in content norms. Both Cenpro film-coated tablet and Traclor capsules were withdrawn due to lack of standards in dissolution rate.

The Health Department also required provincial and district health offices to inform drugstores to check and quickly revoke these sub-standard medicines.

ACB ex-official arrested for embezzling $1 mln

A policeman reads out her arrest warrant to Dang Thi Long Huong at her home yesterday, June 13. (Photo: Thanh Nien)

The police searched her home for documents related to her crime.
They called on her victims to contact investigators at 9B Tran Phu Street, Ninh Kieu District or call 07103 882215.

Woman’s corpse found floating on Huong River

While travelling on board a ferry on the Huong (Perfume) River at 8 am this morning, a man spotted the corpse of a woman floating near the Phu Xuan Bridge in Hue City.
He asked the ferry to pull over at café Long Gio, 30 meters from the corpse, so that he could inform local residents.
After getting the information from the man, Chung Nguyen Anh Tuan, a guest at the café, came over to the scene and found the dead body lying face down in the river, with long hair on her back.
He subsequently reported the body to a traffic policeman on duty at the foot of the bridge.
The policeman then reported the case to the city police, who later arrived at the scene, dispersed the curious crowds, and pulled the corpse ashore.
The police are investigating the case.

Man detained for extortion via ‘undressing’ clip

Ho Chi Minh City police yesterday said they had detained Dinh Quoc Dung, 38, in District 8 for blackmailing a 25-year-old girl by threatening to disseminate a video clip of her undressing that he secretly shot.
He also forced the victim to have sex with him at a hotel.
After his arrest, he told the police that he only knew N.T.H.H of District 10 recently through online chat and they often communicated via webcams.
About ten days ago, after a normal chat, H. forgot to turn off her webcam and when she and her 20-year-old sister changed clothes in front of the camera, Dung saw and videotaped it all.
Dung used his mobile phone to record the scene shown on his webcam.
A few days later, he chatted with H. and demanded her to make love with him at a hotel besides giving him VND10 million (US$486).
H. agreed with Dung and then reported to the police.
On June 6, when Dung was receiving the money from H. at café shop Eleven at 29 Le Anh Xuan Street, District 1, police rushed in and seized him.
The District 1 police said Dung was still in their custody and would be charged for extortion.

Thieves visit district prosecutor’s office

To his amazement, the deputy head of the district prosecutor’s office in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday morning found his computer badly damaged and an LCD monitor stolen, reported Nguoi Lao Dong.

Nguyen Thanh Minh’s office on Street No 6, Linh Chieu Ward, Thu Duc District had the windows pried open.

Many spare parts were found missing from the damaged CPU.

Police said thieves could have broken in through the window.
Minh said he did not lose anything expensive and that the data lost were nothing important.

Two security guards were present during the night but they said they did not see or hear anything suspicious.

Security guard Dang Anh Tu, 30, is being questioned by police.

In March, thieves broke into the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice in Hanoi and stole VND245 million and US$2,000 in cash from the office room of deputy minister Hoang The Lien.

Also in March, police received news that a laptop and a voice recorder worth a total VND60 million were stolen from an agency belonging to the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Dong Da district, Hanoi.

Site clearance starts for Ke Ga deepwater port

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed the south central province of Binh Thuan to start site clearance for the construction of Ke Ga Port.

The PM called on provincial authorities to clearly define how much land it would need for the successful and efficient completion of the project.

With investment from the Viet Nam Coal and Mineral Industries Holding Corp (Vinacomin), construction is set to take place on land within Tan Thanh Commune in the Ham Thuan Nam District of Binh Thuan Province, previously allocated to 12 tourism projects. The completed deep-water port will cover 366ha, including 2km of coastline.

"Assisted by both investors and related authorities, we believe we have found the best spot for constructing the port," a local official confirmed.

Port construction will be divided into four phases, the first of which will see the development of a 3.5-million-tonne-per-year capacity.

All four phases are planned to reach completion by 2020, hopefully to assist in cutting transportation costs associated with bauxite projects amongst others.

"Bauxite will be transported from the Central Highland province of Dac Nong to Binh Thuan Province by train, after which it will be sent to customers from Ke Ga Port," the official said.

City authorities seize 46 illegal slot machines

The Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Department Monday discovered and seized 46 illegal Chinese-made slot machines from a warehouse in District 12.
Dang Thi Lam and Hoang Minh Son, who rented the warehouse in Tan Thoi Nhat 13 Street, did not have invoices or receipts for them.
Nguyen Ngoc Khanh, head of the 12B market management group, said this was a serious violation, adding the machines were worth an estimated VND200 million (US$10,000).
Lam, Son, and some of their Chinese associates fled when they realized they had been discovered.

Water identified as culprit in tourists’ poisoning

After testing more than 30 food and water samples at Tam Chau Restaurant, health agencies discovered that it was dirty well water that caused food poisoning to hundreds of tourists who had eaten there on the way to Da Lat resort town.
The conclusion was made following a joint investigation conducted by the Lam Dong Province Health Department, the Food Safety and Hygiene Department, and the Central Highlands Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute.
Tam Chau Restaurant, which was set up in Bao Lam District a year ago, has mainly used drilled well water for food processing and cooking. It did not have the water tested, the department said.
Meanwhile, the restaurant has been a stop-over for a large number of travelers on their way to Da Lat, the department added.
It was estimated that 2,000 guests ate at Tam Chau per day and the number could reach 3,000-4,000 on holidays.
Earlier, in the first week of June, the Da Lat Health Center, Lam Dong General Hospital, and Hoan My Da Lat Hospital treated 439 visitors to Da Lat for food poisoning after they ate at some local restaurants, the Department of Health reported.
All the tourists hospitalized at the Da Lat Health Center said they had eaten at Tam Chau Restaurant before proceeding to Da Lat.
Most of the patients developed food poisoning symptoms 25-30 hours after having meals at the restaurant.
However, relevant agencies said that the contaminated water at Tam Chau might not be the only cause of all recent poisoning cases in Da Lat, since many of the victims had eaten at more than one restaurant on the way to the city.
The provincial Health Department said it would have an official conclusion in a few days, when the results of testing of samples from other restaurants are available.
The department has requested Tam Chau to suspend operations and take some necessary hygiene measures under the department’s instructions.
For the past several days, Da Lat’s relevant agencies have inspected 12 restaurants and hotels where the food-poisoned tourists stayed or ate. Many of these establishments have been penalized for violating regulations on food safety and hygiene.

New type of A/H5N1 appears in some localities

The Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) a new type of A/H5N1 has been detected in the northern, central and highland provinces of Vietnam after their domestic fowls were vaccinated.  

The vaccines imported from China are now not effective with this new type of virus, but can be used to treat the old type in the southern region of Vietnam.

The Prime Minister has approved MARD’s proposal to end the first phase of vaccination against bird flu.

However, MARD has asked local authorities to actively detect new bird flu outbrkeas in their areas and take effective measures to prevent it from spreading.

Students selected to study in Japan

Dac Nong, Soc Trang, Gia Lai, Tra Vinh and Kon Tum have been asked to select 20 candidates each from their provinces to be chosen to study in Japan.  

The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said this is part of a cooperation programme held by the Ministry and the International Manpower Development Organisation, Japan.

Under the Prime Minister’s recent decision Kon Tum will give priority to students in disadvantaged districts.

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