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With a distance of more than 10,000 km crossing six countries and territories by both road and air, this operation is the longest of its kind of the Vietnam People's Army.
The first 28 members of Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 left the homeland on May 3 and arrived in Abyei on May 5.
Established in 2014 and debuted in November 2021, the 184-member unit has been the biggest of Vietnam to join UN peacekeeping mission to date.
USAID accelerates efforts to end AIDS in Vietnam
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partner PATH celebrated the completion of the eight-year USAID/PATH Healthy Markets project on June 14. It launched the new five-year USAID/PATH STEPS project.
The 20.7 million-USD USAID/PATH Healthy Markets project ran from 2014 to 2021 and was funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Through the project, USAID and PATH worked with the Ministry of Health’s Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) to generate sustainable approaches for increasing investment in, demand for, and supply of transformational HIV-related goods and services.
USAID/PATH Healthy Markets was a key partner to the Ministry of Health in its introduction and scale-up of new and innovative approaches like HIV community-based testing, self-testing, and pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP—three key services that contributed to a 57 percent reduction in new HIV infections over the past decade.
HIV self-test kits are now widely available through pharmacies and e-commerce, community-based testing services are being offered in 33 of Vietnam’s 63 provinces, and PrEP has been scaled to 29 provinces.
Through Healthy Markets–supported models alone, nearly 218,000 people were tested for HIV in the community and 8,986 people newly diagnosed with HIV were enrolled on lifesaving treatment. In addition, more than 46,000 HIV self-test kits were distributed, and 16,700 people enrolled on PrEP, an oral pill that effectively prevents HIV infection when prescribed.
Nationwide urbanisation rate reaches 41 percent
As of June, Vietnam had 883 urban areas of all types across the country, representing an urbanisation rate of 41 percent, up 0.6 percent from the same period last year.
According to the Ministry of Construction, 92.8 percent of urban residents had access to clean water in the period, an annual increase of 0.8 percent.
As of late 2020, Vietnam counted 862 urban areas, and its urbanisation rate expanded to nearly 40 percent from 30.5 percent in 2010.
The rate is expected to reach at least 45 percent by 2025 and over 50 percent in 2030, and to stay in the upper middle range as compared with the average in Asia and Southeast Asia by 2045.
Vietnamese artist named on shortlist of Artes Mundi 10
Vietnamese artist Nguyen Trinh Thi has been named on the shortlist of the UK’s leading biennial exhibition and largest contemporary art prize, Artes Mundi 10 (AM 10).
As an important arbiter of cultural exchange between the UK and international communities, Artes Mundi again brings together a major biennial exhibition of international contemporary art by some of the most relevant artistic voices engaging with urgent topics.
Nguyen Trinh Thi is a Hanoi-based filmmaker and artist.
Traversing boundaries between film and video art, installation and performance, her practice currently explores the power of sound and listening, and the multiple relations between image, sound, and space, with ongoing interests in history, memory, representation, ecology, and the unknown.
Thi’s works have been shown at international festivals and exhibitions including the Asia Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art in Brisbane; Sydney Biennale; Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial; and Singapore Biennale.
In 2022, her mixed-media installation, And They Die a Natural Death, is exhibited at documenta fifteen in Kassel, Germany.
More than 50,000 people in HCM City get second COVID-19 booster shot
More than 50,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City have received the second COVID-19 booster shot (fourth dose) as of June 15, the municipal Department of Health said.
The southern metropolis has so far given 21 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to its residents.
The local health sector has announced the list of 65 hospitals where people can get the second booster shot.
Over 500 delegates to attend Youth Startup Forum 2022
The Youth Startup Forum 2022 will be held in October with the participation of about 500 delegates who are young people, students and young businessmen with creative startup projects, representatives of government agencies, universities and research institutes.
It will create an opportunity for Vietnamese youths to raise awareness and motivate them to participate in the country's post-COVID-19 economic recovery.
The delegates can make proposals on solutions and policies to perfect the national innovative startup ecosystem, thereby affirming the role of young people as well as of the HCYU and VYF in assisting the youth startup community.
Vietnam hopes for UNCLOS Group of Friends’ greater role in responding to emerging challenges
Nearly 100 member states of the Group of Friends on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) held a ceremony on June 14 to mark 40 years since the adoption of the convention.
The event, organised at the headquarters of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, coincided with the group’s first anniversary (June 30) and the 32nd meeting of states parties to UNCLOS (SPLOS 32).
UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel Miguel Soares affirmed that UNCLOS is a comprehensive document that regulates all activities on seas and oceans and is a framework for international, regional, and national cooperation in maritime issues.
He welcomed the group’s activities and expressed his hope that it will further bring into play its role at forums on maritime issues and help with ocean governance, the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources, the maintenance of legal order for seas and oceans, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
SPLOS 32 President Vanessa Frazier held that issues relevant to seas and oceans are attracting more attention from the international community.
Frazier said she hoped with a large number of members from their regions, the group will create an open and friendly forum for countries to discuss not only maritime issues but also others of common concern, thereby contributing to the full implementation of UNCLOS and SPLOS’s activities.
A group of friends is an informal and flexible form of coordination aiming to enhance cooperation among the countries sharing common concern about a particular issue to promote common goals.
The 115-strong UNCLOS Group of Friends was the first initiated by Vietnam, which lobbied for the establishment together with Germany and joined the team of 12 core members, namely Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Jamaica, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Senegal, South Africa and Vietnam.
Vietnam seeded in Pot 2 of 2023 AFC Asian Cup
The Vietnamese national football team have been seeded in Pot 2 of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup.
Vietnam are among the first 13 teams to make it through the second qualifying round of the Asian region for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
This comes following qualification being decided for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, with the tournament set to feature a total of 24 football teams from throughout the region.
Vietnam were among the first 13 teams to make it through the second qualifying round of the Asian region for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
As a result of past performances, the nation has been seeded in Pot 2 alongside the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq, Oman, China, and Syria.
Vietnamese contestant set for Top 3 finish at Miss International Queen 2022
Phung Truong Tran Dai, the Vietnamese representative at Miss International Queen 2022, is widely expected to be named among the Top 3 beauties of the prestigious transgender pageant.
According to predictions made by beauty website Sash Factor of the Philippines, the Vietnamese beauty has been named alongside the entrants from the Philippines and Thailand in the publication’s Top 3 list.
The other contestants to make up the rest of the Top 11 include the entrants from Venezuela, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, France, Peru, the Republic of Korea, and India.
Tran Dai, the winner of Miss International Queen Vietnam 2020, is already in Thailand after heading to compete in the Miss International Queen 2022 transgender beauty pageant on June 12 .
The Ho Chi Minh City native started participating in activities at Miss International Queen 2022 from June 14. Moving forward, the global transgender pageant’s semi-final night and grand final will take place on June 23 and June 25 in Pattaya, Thailand.
Vietnamese women's team in final preparations for AFF cup
Captain of the Vietnam women's football team Huynh Nhu said that the side are in the final stages of preparations for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship 2022.
The team are training at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi ahead of the tournament. Coach Chung has called up several rising stars for the regional tournament.
Ahead of the AFF championship, the Vietnamese team will train in France from June 27 to July 2, where they will play a friendly against the French women's team on July 1.
Việt Nam are reigning champions after defeating Thailand in the finals of the AFF Cup 2019.
After their training and friendly match in France, the Việt Nam team will fly to the Philippines to prepare for the opening match against the Cambodian women's team on July 7.
Summer rise in fatal fires leads to calls for caution
As the weather heats up over summer, fire prevention in residential areas, production workshops and factories is facing many limitations, potentially posing risks to the safety of people and property.
Since mid-May, there have been many fires across the country, causing serious property damage.
One such fire, at 2am on June 13 at SCAVI Hue Textile Company, Phong Điền Industrial Park, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, was only extinguished after eight hours.
Another fire broke out at a home on 147 Nguyễn An Ninh Street, Tương Mai Ward, Hoàng Mai District, Hà Nội on June 9, completely destroying the property.
In early June, a big fire broke out at the 400sq.m food warehouse of Đồng Huy Phát Trading Joint Stock Company at Bồ Đề Ward, Long Biên District, Hà Nội, destroying all goods. A police investigation revealed that the warehouse did not meet the requirements for fire prevention and fighting, and was suspended from operating by Long Biên District Police on July 2021.
A big fire occurred on June 6 at the warehouse owned by the HCM City’s Traffic Police Department, in Hiệp Bình Phước Ward, Thủ Đức City, destroying thousands of trucks, motorbikes and other vehicles seized by the police force for violating traffic regulations.
In total, there were 154 fires reported nationwide in May, killing 10 people and injuring three more, causing estimated property damages of VNĐ33.2 billion and 6.36 hectares of forest, an increase of 22 cases against April.
Police said that the causes of fires were mostly electrical equipment failure, human negligence and technical problems.
Israeli Embassy and Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 open student library
The Israeli Embassy and Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 H'Hen Niê on Tuesday opened a container library for students in Phúc Than Primary School in Than Uyên District, the northern province of Lai Châu.
This is the second time the embassy and H'Hen Niê offered such libraries to primary students in mountainous areas.
In January this year, they handed over two libraries in the Mèo Vạc and Bắc Mê districts of Hà Giang Province.
The library was set up in a container sponsored by the Israeli shipping company ZIM and transported from the seaport. The container was turned into a library for 96 Thai students from the school site of Airport Village, Phúc Than Commune.
Besides books and reading room equipment, the school has its teachers trained in library management skills and organised reading activities for children in the classroom designed by the non-governmental organisation Room to Read.
After two years, the library's operation will be checked and evaluated.
Hanoi festival features dishes from eggs
A festival will take place at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi on June 26, featuring various egg dishes cooked by famous chefs.
The Eggs Festival will offer an opportunity for chefs to create dishes from eggs, including daily meals to the most luxurious dishes of Vietnamese and international cuisine.
The festival draws the participation of five well-known Vietnamese and international chefs including Hervé Rodriguez (French chef, owner and head chef of Herve Dining Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City), Hoang Tung (from T.U.N.G Dining Restaurant which was listed in the Top 100 Best Restaurants in Asia in 2021), Vo Hoang Nhan (Champion of Top Chef Vietnam Contest 2014), Le Xuan Tam (Chairman - World Association of Master Chefs in Vietnam and head chef of Moo Beef Restaurant), and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quyen (head chef of Movenpick Hanoi Hotel).
The chefs will also act as judges for the “Creative Chef” contest, with dishes cooked from eggs. The contest will feature the participation of ten chefs from various provinces and cities around the country.
Visitors to the festival will have the chance to experience many activities such as taking photos at the Egg Family check-in area, consisting of three giant eggs and 50 ostrich eggs which are artistically painted.
Book on Fryderyk Chopin translated into Vietnamese
“Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times”, the most comprehensive and complete biography of the great Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin has been translated and introduced to Vietnamese readers.
The book is published by Omega+ in collaboration with Dan Tri Publishing House.
This is the third book on world-famous composers released by Omega+, after Mozart and Beethoven, in the "Omega+" Music Bookcase.
The "Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times" work was written by Professor Alan Walker.
The work has won important awards such as Classical Music Book of the Year 2018, voted by The Sunday Times (UK) and as one of The Economist's Best Books of 2018.
Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., Alan Walker’s monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English in more than a century.
SMS campaign launched in commemoration of martyrs
A text message campaign entitled “Tri an liet si” (Gratitude to martyrs) was launched in Hanoi on June 15 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Wounded and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (July 27, 1947-2022).
By texting “TALS” to 1400, each mobile text message will contribute 20,000 VND to families of martyrs, contributing to alleviating the pain caused by the war.
The campaign, which is held by the Vietnam Martyrs’ Family Support Association and the Central Committee of the Red Cross Society, will run until August 13, 2022.
The mobile text message has been held annually since 2012 with a response from a large number of people. The money collected from the previous campaigns has been used to pay for ADN testing, build houses and give gifts to families of martyrs, among others.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the text programme received 53,800 messages worth over 1.38 billion VND (nearly 60,000 USD) in 2021.
Winners of photo contest on SEA Games 31 awarded
Nhan Dan (People) newspaper held a ceremony at its headquarters in Hanoi on June 15 to honour winners of a photo contest themed 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
The contest was launched by Nhan Dan newspaper under the sponsorship of Truong Hai Auto Corporation from May 12 to 23 to celebrate SEA Games 31.
It attracted enthusiastic participation of both amateur and professional photographers across the country, with more than 800 entries being submitted.
At the award ceremony, the organising board presented one first, two second, three third, and ten consolation prizes to the most outstanding entries.
1,000 to join mass yoga performance in downtown HCMC
Around 1,000 people will participate in a mass yoga performance on the Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in HCMC’s District 1 on June 21 to celebrate the 8th International Yoga Day.
At a press briefing in HCMC yesterday, the Consulate General of India in HCMC announced that a series of activities to celebrate the 8th International Yoga Day will be organized in the city and 14 southern provinces.
The activities in HCMC will be held by the Consulate General of India in HCMC, in collaboration with the HCMC Department of Foreign Affairs, the HCMC Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) and the Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (INCHAM).
Besides HCMC, 14 southern provinces and cities, including Binh Thuan, Dak Nong, Dong Thap and Daklak, will coordinate with the Consulate General of India to celebrate the day in June and July.
Torrential rain, flood alerts for country in second half of 2022
The National Center for Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting this afternoon issued warnings of unpredictable and severe natural disasters along with torrential rain and flood alerts for the country in the upcoming months.
It is forecast that around 10- 12 storms and tropical low-pressure systems would enter the East Sea from now until the end of December. Of which, there will be about 10-12 storms and tropical depressions directly affecting the country’s mainland.
From July to September, rainfall in the Northern region may be approximately higher than the annually average rainfall while the rainfalls hitting the Central Highlands and Southern regions tend to be less than the average rainfall in the previous years.
The meteorologists said that the central coastal localities and the Central Highlands are forecast to suffer from rainfall higher than the average rainfall of many years along with a warning of downpours from October to November.
Vietnam affirms commitment to promote rights of the disabled
A Vietnam representative affirmed the country's commitment to promote the rights of the persons with disabilities (PwDs) while attending a meeting held in New York on June 14 - 16.
Addressing the 15th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Minister Counsellor Le Thi Minh Thoa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, affirmed that the country has always attached importance to promoting and protecting the rights and interests of PwDs in the principles of equality and non-discrimination. It has also mainstreamed PwD-related issues in the national development framework.
Vietnam has continuously strived to create a favourable environment for PwDs to not only enjoy benefits but also have opportunities to take part in the decision making and contribute to social development, she noted.
According to the diplomat, the country’s ratification of the CRPD and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 159 on vocational rehabilitation and employments for PwDs is a demonstration of its commitment to ensure workers are not discriminated in the workplace.
Under the national programme on PwDs for 2021 - 2030, millions of PwDs, including children, have received care at social protection establishments while all persons with special disabilities have been covered with health insurance. Besides, there are 20 educational and integration support centres, 107 special educational centres for disabled children, 256 training establishments for PwDs, and 400 PwD-owned businesses at present.
Source: VNA/SGT/VNS/VOV/Dtinews/SGGP/VGP/Hanoitimes
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