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The match, assessed as the fiercest in Group A’s qualifying round, will take place on May 6.
The tickets are priced at 200,000 VND (8.7 USD), 300,000 VND and 500,000 VND. Those for the semi-finals will be sold at 300,000 VND, 400,000 VND and 600,000 VND. Each person can buy two tickets.
The province has coordinated with relevant authorities to implement measures to ensure traffic safety, security and order during the men's football matches of Group A at Viet Tri Stadium.
The provincial Department of Public Security have built detailed plans, and another on preventing terrorism and riots, and arranged forces to strengthen patrol on such roads as Hung Vuong, Nguyen Tat Thanh and Lac Long Quan.
Sóc Trăng declares riverbank erosion emergency
The Sóc Trăng Province People’s Committee has declared an erosion emergency on the Hậu River, a tributary of the Mekong, in Cù Lao Dung District.
There are more than 30 eroded areas with a total length of 2,450m along both banks in An Thạnh Đông and Đại Ân 1 communes.
There are 300 households, 30ha of aquaculture and 400ha of vegetable and fruit farms close to the eroded areas.
If the problem is not fixed promptly, they will have a large impact on the lives of locals, according to the district People’s Committee.
Allow graduates to teach, get teaching qualifications later: HCM City
Graduates in certain disciplines should be allowed to start teaching and get their pedagogy qualifications later, within a specified time frame, HCM City officials suggest.
The suggestion recently made to the Ministry of Education and Training seeks to address the serious need for teachers under for the new education programme through special recruitment mechanisms.
Accordingly, public educational institutions will be allowed to link, transfer and use copyrights of international educational programmes with foreign educational institutions. Students completing these programmes and passing the final exams will be awarded both Vietnamese and international degrees.
The city administration also sought permission to draft a document on mechanisms to mobilise resources for developing various types of educational linkages and other tasks. It asked that the committee be assigned to appraise content and issue a framework for local educational materials.
Ninh Binh exhibition recalls ‘war memories’
An exhibition themed “War memories” is taking place at Ba Ngan Art Exhibition House in Ninh Binh city, in the northern province of the same name, attracting a large number of veterans and students.
On display are 150 historical photos and artefacts including personal belongings of the soldiers, bicycles, artillery bodies and ammo boxes.
They contain memories and stories with high historical values of the two resistance wars against French colonialism and US imperialism.
The exhibition contributes to educating and inspiring the national pride among people, thereby mobilising them, especially young people to contribute to national construction and defence.
The event will run until May 20.
Localities must accelerate Covid-19 vaccination for children aged 5-11 years old
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long assessed that the vaccination progress against Covid-19 for children aged five to 11 years old is slow so localities nationwide must accelerate further the vaccination.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that Vietnam run out of around 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Of which, all adults aged over 18 years old completed the second shot and 52 percent of people get the third dose of vaccine.
As for the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in five- to–11-year-old children, over 1.36 million children have been vaccinated safely; however, according to the assessment of the Minister of Health, the vaccination progress against coronavirus for this group is slow.
Regarding the vaccination plan for the fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine, the Advisory Committee on Immunization, the Ministry of Health had a meeting to conclude the fourth booster Covid-19 vaccine dose priority for four groups including people aged 50 years and over, immunocompromised adults, those people at higher risk from coronavirus, frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight, employees in industrial zones. Besides, those people who were received all three doses of the vaccine, and if they were infected with Covid-19, they will be injected the booster dose after recovering from the Covid-19.
HCMC starts work on upgrade, renovation of Turtle Lake
The People’s Committee of District 3 this morning started work on paving the sidewalk around Turtle Lake (International Square).
At the groundbreaking ceremony, Chairman of the People’s Committee of District 3 Vo Van Duc said that the sidewalk upgrade project around Turtle Lake would be implemented at Pham Ngoc Thach Street, section from Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street to Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street; Tran Cao Van Street, section from Turtle Lake to Hai Ba Trung Street; Vo Van Tan Street, section from Turtle Lake to Pasteur Street.
The total length of the above-mentioned roads is 1,280 meters while the whole areas of the sidewalk will cover 6,700 square meters which shall be paved with curb stone and equipped with sidewalk seats. In addition, the green areas and lightning system in the sidewalk will be supplemented and so on. The upgrade project will cost around VND15 billion (US$653,000) from social sources.
Aside from that, the Municipal Department of Construction also suggested the HCMC People’s Committee upgrade and renovate Turtle Lake Park project. The Turtle Lake will be waterproofed, added sprinkler system, artistic lighting, stone paving along the sidewalk with a total cost of about VND50 billion (US$2.2 million).
The 3,843-square-meter Turtle Lake Park will cover a 2,289-square-meter lake, 937-square-meter pathway and 617-square-meter green area. It is expected that the lake will be waterproofed, added with sprinkler system inside the lake and pathway, garbage filter and anti-moss system.
Health Ministry responds to shortage of anti-rejection drug in Cho Ray Hospital
It was undesirable that the shortage of anti-rejection medication in the Cho Ray Hospital in HCMC led dialysis patients to purchase drugs from private pharmacies at higher prices. The hospital has taken measures to solve this problem, said the Ministry of Health on April 29.
The Cho Ray Hospital has implemented a selection for seeking manufacturers and suppliers of drugs to ensure enough medicines for treatment after the national holidays of Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1); transfered patients to medical facilities with the drugs and instruments available for treatment in the city. People can use public health insurance at these healthcare units during the period in treatment.
Drug procurement bidding and negotiation have not yet released results due to a number of reasons, including the coordination between ministries and departments in collecting, analyzing and solving a large amount of information related to medicines; checking list of drugs procured through centralized bidding and ensuring a fair competition and economic efficiency of the bidding, said the Health Ministry.
National Reunification anniversary celebrated in Germany, Czech Republic
The 47th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30) have been marked with different activities by Vietnamese people in Germany and the Czech Republic.
The Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, held a seminar with the Vietnam - Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork).
Stressing the important role of Vietnamese intellectuals in Germany, Consul General Le Quang Long asked VGInetwork to practically contribute to the homeland’s priority areas such as green growth, renewable energy, and sustainable development.
VGInetwork Chairman Nguyen Xuan Thinh reported on the network’s achievements and development vision, along with the encouraging outcomes of and potential for scientific - technological cooperation between Vietnam and Germany.
On April 30, the Vietnamese Literature and Arts Association in the Czech Republic held a special music show to celebrate the anniversary.
Emphasising the significance of the great victory in the 1975 spring, Ambassador Thai Xuan Dung said over the last 47 years, Vietnam has obtained enormous socio-economic attainments and its stature and prestige continually been consolidated, which is partly attributable to contributions by overseas Vietnamese, including those in the Czech Republic.
COVID-19: Vietnam confirms 2,709 new cases on May 3
Vietnam reported 2,709 new cases of COVID-19 and no death in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 2 to 4pm May 3, according to the Ministry of Health.
Hanoi continued to report the highest number of infections on the day with 711 cases, followed by Phu Tho with 242 and Yen Bai with 147.
The country has to date recorded 10,659,358 COVID-19 infections, including 43,044 deaths.
A total of 1,825 COVID-19 patients were given the all clear on May 3, bringing the number of recoveries so far to 9,267,281.
By May 2, the country had injected 215,005,042 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Friendship football tournament connects Vietnamese, Japanese people
More than 100 amateur footballers of Vietnam and Japan took part in the Enshu Fukuroi friendship tournament in Shizuoka prefecture on May 1.
The annual tourney, held by the Vietnamese People Association in Shizuoka, coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam.
Doan Xuan Tung, Chairman of the Vietnamese People Association in Shizuoka and head of the organising board, said the event was organised with a view to creating a playground for football lovers in Shizuoka, enhance the Vietnamese community’s solidarity, and promote cultural exchange between Vietnamese and Japanese in the prefecture.
Resumed after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was attended by 16 teams.
Oran Fukuroi FC of Shizuoka prefecture won the first prize while the runners-up are Vietnamese teams - Numazu FC and VN Fukuroi FC.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai end Champions League campaign with home win
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club ended their AFC Champions League journey with a 1-0 win against Sydney FC, with Brazilian striker Washington Brandao scoring the only goal of the match.
This is the first win for a Vietnamese club in 18 years at Asia’s top club competition, and helped Vietnam overtaking China in the AFC rankings.
After an underwhelming loss at the hands of Yokohama F. Marinos on Thursday, Coach Kiatisuk Senamuang switched to a 4-4-2 formation, benching Luong Xuan Truong and starting creative midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh instead.
Already out of the competition, both teams went for all-out attack from the first minutes.
Solo exhibition shows artist's freedom
Artist Tô Hiến Chiến is showcasing his latest solo paintings at an exhibition at Art Space in Hà Nội.
The exhibition, entitled Tìm Về (I Find Myself), displays 30 paintings made over the past five years by Chiến. It is his third solo exhibition, following previous exhibitions in 1998 and 2000.
The acrylic paintings of different sizes feature his inner feelings, which he has sought for a long time.
The paintings are abstract, drawn with free and scribble strokes. The largest painting is sized 120cm by 130cm. It shows his feelings about space and light. The painting is his worldly illusion.
The exhibition visitors will be impressed by another painting from 2020. The painting is only a white background with a few black strokes expressing a white space, according to Chiến.
Chiến graduated from Hà Nội University of Industrial Fine Arts and Hà Nội Academy of Theatre and Cinema. He is a member of G39, a group of Hanoian artists who gather to honour traditional values, as well as to bring art closer to the public.
He has group exhibitions in Việt Nam and abroad including Laos, Italy and Singapore.
I Find Myself exhibition opens on May 3rd at 18:00 at Art Space, 42 Yết Kiêu Street, Hà Nội until May 8.
Four 11th graders drown in Đồng Nai River
Four children in southern Bình Phước Province were found dead on Sunday after going swimming in the Đồng Nai River.
They were all 11th graders at Bù Đăng High School in Bù Đăng District.
According to initial information from the local authority on Sunday afternoon, a group of 10 children organised a camping trip to Bãi Cạn of Đồng Nai River in Đồng Nai Commune of Bù Đăng District.
When the others were camping, five children separated from the group to go upstream to Hà Đăng Commune for a swim.
While swimming, the five students were dragged into a whirlpool about 5m deep.
Hearing cries for help, several people on the shore immediately jumped in the water to aid the children.
Despite their efforts, only one child could be saved and the remaining four were swept away and lost in deep water.
Upon receiving the news, the authority of Đồng Nai Commune mobilised militia forces and police to coordinate with locals to search for the victims.
At 3pm on the same day, after more than two hours searching, the functional forces found the bodies of the four victims. The incident is being investigated by the authorities.
Tragic drowning cases on the rise nationwide
More than 20 students have drowned across the country during the past week though the summer vacation is yet to arrive.
Seven cases were reported in Nghe An, three each in Binh Dinh and Dak Lak, two each in Lasi Chau and Dong Nai, and at least 10 cases in other localities.
Most of the drownings were reported when students went swimming in rivers and streams in their localities to avoid early summer heat.
Experts warn the number of drowning deaths may rise in the coming months as students finish their school year and the summer vacation is coming near.
Hotter weather would lead more people in the water, and unfortunately more people in the water means more people are at risk of drowning, said experts.
To prevent such drownings, they suggested that localities, schools and parents provide students with knowledge about swimming and what to do when drowning occurs.
Vietnamese intellectuals in Germany contribute to Vietnam’s development
The Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, recently held a get-together with representatives of the Vietnam-Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork) marking the 47th anniversary of Vietnam’s Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30).
The meeting attracted the participation of VGInetwork members who are currently working at technical universities such as TU Dortmund and TU Hamburg, and large corporations such as Siemens, Volkswagen, German railway, as well as overseas businessmen in West Germany.
Professor, Academician Nguyen Xuan Thinh, president of VGInetwork, presented a report on the establishment, achievements and development visions of the agency, as well as the potential for science and technology cooperation between Vietnam and Germany in the fields of sustainable development research, management of resources, land, water and environmental protection, and climate change response.
Prof. Dr. Do Thanh Trung, founder of VGInetwork, presented a report on renewable energy development, Germany’s national energy transition strategy and gave some opinions related to green growth in Vietnam.
He put forward an initiative on the establishment of the Vietnam - Germany Energy Hub under VGInetwork to connect Vietnamese and German managers, businesses and institutions toward a sustainable green economy.
Other scientists shared Germany’s experience in renewable energy development, environmental protection and climate change response, and affirmed their institutions are ready to boost cooperation with Vietnam in these fields.
Three die in Binh Dinh traffic accident
Three people died after their motorbike collided with a passenger bus early Monday morning in Binh Dinh Province.
According to a report from local police, the tragic accident occurred at 1.25 am on May 2 when a motorbike carrying three people collided with a passenger bus on National Road 1A.
"Three men on the motorbike died on the spot," the report said. "They were identified as Pham Cong Nhut, 35, Doan Anh Tuan, 28, and Nguyen Xuan Hanh, 27. No one on the passenger bus was injured. Both the motorbike and the bus were heavily damaged.
Cameras at the site showed that the motorbike driver Pham Cong Nhut was speeding while going through the intersection and crashed into the bus. Nhut also tested positive for alcohol at 29.9 mg/dL.
Police are further investigating the cause of the accident.
Thanh Hoa largest dumping site removed
Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have decided to remove the biggest dumping site in Sam Son City which is causing serious pollution.
Sam Son Dumping site was put into operation in 1997 in Trung Son Ward. With a total area of 27,000 square metres, the dump has become overloaded after many years, causing serious pollution.
According to a report from Sam Son City, the amount of waste at the dump is now over 330,000 tonnes. Every day, it receives over 150 cubic metres of waste. The rubbish was buried, but the overloading has caused alarming environmental concerns to local residents and some surrounding ecological tourism and commercial projects.
Following a proposal from Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Council, Sam Son City is preparing to remove the dump to a waste treatment plant in Quang Minh Commune. The removal project, which is estimated to cost VND 280 billion, is expected to completely address the pollution problem which has lasted for 25 years, and help boost economic and tourism development in the area.
Vietnamese students in Russia compete in sports
The 2022 Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival kicked off in Moscow on May 1.
After more than 2 years of hiatus, the Moscow summer sports festival is officially back. The opening ceremony features the participation of a large number of representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, Vietnamese associations in Russia, sponsors, and students from universities in Moscow and neighbouring cities.
Nguyen Viet Linh, Secretary of the Civil Affairs Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Russia, affirmed that the Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival is one of the largest annual activities of the Vietnam Youth Union in Russia.
Taking place in early May, the festival aims to celebrate major national holidays, such as National Reunification Day (April 30), Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7), and the birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19).
The 2022 Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival in Moscow recorded a record number of 26 teams of athletes competing in men's football, women's football, athletics and tug of war, taking place on May 1, 2 and 8 at Meteor Stadium. Immediately after the opening ceremony, the football teams gave the audience many thrilling and beautiful matches.
Holidaymakers returning to Ho Chi Minh City after vacation
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Dung, Head of the Traffic Police Department of Tien Giang Province, said that it is forecasted that this evening the number of vehicles will spike again because people started to leave their hometowns for Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeastern provinces.
After April 30 and May 1, many people in the Mekong Delta provinces began to leave their hometowns for Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai to prepare for return to work.
From more than 5 pm on May 2, the National Highway through Vinh Long City in Vinh Long Province was filled with cars and motorbikes. Thousands of motorbikes, cars, and passenger cars were queuing in a long line moving quite slowly heading for Ho Chi Minh City whereas the opposite direction is clear.
Particularly, a large number of cars, trucks, passenger cars and container trucks flocked to the intersection of National Highway 30 through An Thai Trung junction in Cai Be District in Tien Giang Province for entry into the Trung Luong - My Thuan highway making traffic gridlock. On-duty traffic police officers in Tien Giang Province struggled to channel, and regulate traffic, to ensure safety in this area.
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Dung, Head of the Traffic Police Department of Tien Giang Province, said that it is forecasted that this evening the number of vehicles will spike again because people have started to leave their hometowns for Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeastern provinces.
Athlete Quach Thi Lan to light 31st SEA Games torch
The Organizing Committee of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) selected track and field athlete Quach Thi Lan as a representative of the host country to light the 31st SEA Games torch at the opening ceremony of the largest sporting event in the Southeast Asian region at My Dinh National Stadium in the capital city of Hanoi at night of May 12.
At the opening ceremony, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang will read the athletes’ oath and volleyball referee Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa will read the referees’ oath.
Vietnamese fencer Vu Thanh An is assigned to hold the national flag for the Vietnam sports delegation during the parade of the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games.
At the SEA Games 31, track and field athlete Quach Thi Lan registered to compete in the 400-meter race. She won the gold medal at Asian Games 2018 and participated in SEA Games 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Last year, Quach Thi Lan and Nguyen Huy Hoang were two athletes to hold the national flag of the Vietnam sports delegation at the parade of Olympic Tokyo 2020.
Vietnamese experts successfully restore VNREDSat-1 operation
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) has informed of the success of Vietnamese experts in recovering the normal operation of VNREDSat-1, the domestic remote sensing satellite system.
VNREDSat-1 is the first remote sensing satellite system of Vietnam to serve the tasks of monitoring and managing natural resources, conducting research for sustainable socio-economic development, and protecting the national sovereignty.
It was successfully launched into the orbit on May 7, 2013 and has fulfilled its missions of capturing valuable images and delivering them to the operation center in the past 9 years.
Working for nearly 4 years longer than expected, it has shown signs of serious technical faults related to the hardware that stores operation and control data at the end of 2021, it was ordered to temporarily stop current activities from November 9, 2021 to March 25, 2022.
After this successful repair, the satellite can now resume its regular work, signaling the capacity of Vietnamese scientists in the field. This maintenance has also provided precious experience to engineers operating the VNREDSat-1 system, while a large amount of money and time has been saved as the satellite can go back to normal soon.
Until now, VNREDSat-1 has captured 280 images, including 80 high-resolution ones, to timely answer the needs of remote sensing data.
Field trips help raise student awareness of nature protection in world biosphere reserve
Nearly 500 primary and secondary schoolchildren and teachers have participated in a program that is aimed at improving awareness of nature and wildlife conservation in Pu Mat National Park, one of the world’s biosphere reserves.
The program titled “One-day nature experience field trips at Pu Mat National Park” includes 19 field trips held in April 2022 by Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW), in collaboration with Pu Mat National Park and Con Cuong Department of Education and Training in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An.
Participants, who are from 20 primary and secondary schools in four buffer zone communes, joined the trips, which included 15 trips held in the administrative area of the National Park and four others organized in the core area of the National Park, where the students live and study.
The program helps encourage children in nature and wildlife protection activities as well as educate them to become a core force who will have practical actions to contribute to the conservation of Pu Mat’s nature in the future.
The next trips will be held in May 2022 for four schools located in the core zone of the National Park.
UNFPA promotes comprehensive development of Vietnam youth in US$3M project
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has approved a new project worth US$3.1 million to promote the comprehensive development of Vietnamese young people, especially vulnerable youth.
The project, which is within the framework of UNFPA’s 10th Country Program 2022-2026 (VNM10P01), aims to support Vietnam in implementing and monitoring laws and policies for comprehensive youth development and youth participation, including in natural disasters and pandemics.
The UN body will provide technical and financial support to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and other relevant agencies to effectively implement and monitor the implementation of the Youth Law and related policies, and carry out programs for comprehensive youth development.
The project will be in line with Vietnam's socio-economic development plan, as well as plans and strategies of MoHA and other youth-related organizations.
"This project reaffirms UNFPA’s commitment to assisting the Ministry of Home Affairs and implementing partners in ensuring that young people's rights to comprehensive development, particularly in the areas of access to Life Skills and Comprehensive Sexuality Education, are satisfied,” said UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara.
Through the project, UNFPA, in collaboration with MOHA and other key partners, aims to empower and support young people, particularly those from vulnerable populations, to meaningfully participate in policy development and implementation, thereby contributing to Vietnam's efforts to achieve SDGs by 2030, she noted.
Localities urged to raise health insurance coverage to over 95% by 2025
The Government has urged cities and provinces nationwide to raise the health insurance coverage rate to 95.15 percent by 2025.
Specifically, the health insurance coverage rate is expected to increase to 92.6 percent in 2022 to 93.2 percent in 2023, 94.1 percent in 2024, and 95.15 percent in 2025.
The Government asked provincial/municipal People's Committees to envisage solutions to achieve the aforesaid goals.
Particularly, the Government ordered localities to take measures to raise the health insurance rate to cover all members of poor and near-poor households over the next three years.
The Government also tasked the Ministry of Education and Training to ensure 100 percent of students join health insurance by 2023.
Source: VNA/SGT/VNS/VOV/Dtinews/SGGP/VGP/Hanoitimes
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