Clinical support options

A child receives a regular health check at the Hải Thượng health clinic in Hải Lăng District, Quảng Trị Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — People require medical care even before they fall sick, said health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến at the opening of a training programme to improve the quality of local clinics and the country’s grass-roots level health care system, in Đan Phượng District, Hà Nội. The most troubling issue faced by clinics is patients’ lack of faith due to inadequate medical supplies, equipment and medical workers’ ability. As of now, the clinics also double as vaccination and nutrition counselling centres for local communities, but when it comes to more complicated tasks such as diabetic treatment and cardiac complications they fall short of people’s expectations. “On top of training courses to improve local medical workers’ capacity, we will be sending skilled doctors from provincial and national hospitals to work alongside them,” … [Read more...] about Local clinics in need of revamp

Australian experts support Vietnamese new-graduate speech therapists The Saigon Times Daily Speech therapy expert Lorie Koll from Trinh Foundation Australia supports her mentee Hoang Thi Van Anh at the Lotus Therapy Center in Hue City during a speech therapy session with a client - PHOTO: COURTESY OF TRINH FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA HCMC - New-graduate speech therapists in Vietnam are now able to meet their professional development goals thanks to their engagement with the Beyond Borders Mentoring Program, developed and coordinated by Australian speech pathology advisor Sarah Day in collaboration with her Australian partner organization Trinh Foundation Australia (TFA). Nearly 30 Vietnamese speech therapists have been matched with 21 experienced mentors from Australia and across the world in an endeavor to support these motivated new-graduate health professionals to continue to improve their clinical and professional skills after graduation. Each mentoring partnership … [Read more...] about Australian experts support Vietnamese new-graduate speech therapists

AT&T announced on Friday that it plans to launch a cheaper ad-supported version of HBO Max in June. The telecom giant has only released minimal detail on the plan. It hasn't yet announced pricing or an exact release date for the upcoming cheaper tier. AT&T expects the ad-supported HBO Max tier to combine with global expansion to drive subscriber and revenue growth in 2021. HBO Max will launch in 60 markets outside of the US in 2021. These will include 39 Latin America and the Caribbean territories in late June and 21 European territories in the second half of 2021. The company anticipates ending the year with between 67 and 70 million subscribers. The service had around 61 million subscribers at the end of 2020. The company expects its HBO unit to more than double its revenue in the next five years. "Zach Snyder's Justice League" is one of the high-profile HBO Max exclusives coming in 2021 In response to the pandemic, Warner Bros is … [Read more...] about Ad-supported HBO Max option coming in June

Vocational Education and Training: an emerging option for Vietnamese youth The program allows students to have theoretical studies and practical training within its duration. This equips students with realistic experience and the opportunity to take on important positions upon graduation. The Bosch TGA program was established over 100 years ago in Germany and has been adopted and developed in Vietnam since 2013. The curriculum includes 25% of the theoretical study time at the LILAMA2 International College of Technology, and 75% of practical training, during which time, apprentices can work with modern equipment at Bosch Powertrain Solutions Plant in Long Thanh, Dong Nai. “This program provides young people with the opportunity to improve their employability. Being a TGA apprentice, besides being trained in knowledge and skills, thanks to the full tuition waiver and the monthly allowance, I can support my parents and become more financially independent,” shared Nguyen Thi … [Read more...] about Vocational Education and Training: an emerging option for Vietnamese youth

Opportunities arise for local supporting industry firms to join global supply chains By Hung Le An investor inspects products manufactured by a local supporting industry firm at SFS 2020. Local supporting industry enterprises are seeing ample opportunities to become part of global supply chains and suppliers of the world’s leading brands and multinational groups – PHOTO: HUNG LE HCMC – Local supporting industry enterprises are seeing ample opportunities to become part of global supply chains and suppliers of the world’s leading brands and multinational groups, it was announced at a conference in the framework of SFS 2020, or the sourcing fair for supporting industries with buyers 2020, held in HCMC on September 17. Panasonic, a major Japanese multinational electronics company, is planning to start its new factory in Binh Duong Province this month or in early October, so its demand for suppliers of components and accessories is high. Speaking at the conference, … [Read more...] about Opportunities arise for local supporting industry firms to join global supply chains

JICA supports HCMC in coping with climate change By Le Anh Attendees join the final workshop of JICA’s Technical Cooperation Project in HCMC - PHOTO: COURTESY OF JICA HCMC - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on January 8 organized the final workshop of a JICA-funded technical cooperation project to help HCMC deal with climate change. At the workshop held in HCMC, Japanese experts reported the results of their technical work, conducted in 2018 under the HCMC Component of the project titled “Support the Planning and Implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Manner (SPI-NAMA)”. Within the scope of the SPI-NAMA, since early 2018, JICA has ensured further cooperation with HCMC, as a leading city of Vietnam. The project aims to prepare for a new Climate Change Action Plan … [Read more...] about JICA supports HCMC in coping with climate change

A female worker receives sexual and reproductive services as well as family planning information through BlueStar clinic, located inside the Pou Yuen factory in HCM City’s Bình Tân District. — Photo mariestopes.org.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — More than 27,000 female workers have been provided information about sexual and reproductive healthcare and family planning as the result of the Business Partnership Platform (BPP) funded by the Australian government. A dissemination workshop was held today at Pou Yuen Co., Ltd in Tân Tạo Industrial Zone in the city’s Bình Tân District to share the impact and key findings from November 2016 to June 2018. The project’s aims including improving the health and well-being of Pou Chen Group’s predominantly female workforce by enhancing the provision of specialist sexual and reproductive healthcare on-site at its Pou Yuen factory. Nguyễn Trọng Hậu, director of the initiative, said nearly 80,000 workers at the factory have … [Read more...] about On-site reproductive, family planning services improve female factory workers’ health, productivity

While WordPress powers more than 41% of all websites on the internet, it’s not the only open-source content management system (CMS) in the market. There are other popular software options available like Joomla and Drupal. All three of them have a lot in common and many significant differences. Each one of them is a unique website builder with pros and cons. In this article, we will compare WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal to find out which one is the best choice for you. Note: We are comparing WordPress.org, and not the WordPress.com hosting service. Please see our guide on the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com . What’s Common in WordPress, Joomla and Drupal All three of the web’s most popular CMS have a lot in common in terms of technology, philosophy, and community. WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal are all free and open source software licensed under GPL. See our article on why is WordPress free to learn more about free software. All three of … [Read more...] about WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal – Which One is Better?

Hạ, Chung, and Hạnh (right to left) discuss their job. — VNS Photo Phước Bửu Viet Nam News Phước Bửu QUẢNG TRỊ — In the central province of Quảng Trị, three men work together to take care of the afterlife of aborted fetuses in the province. Hoàng Văn Hạ, one of the three, said that although the fetuses were not born, he and his friends considered them humans that need to be cared for in the afterlife. According to Vietnamese culture, this requires burials in graves and being memorialized by the lighting of incense. Võ Hữu Hạnh, who formed the team, said he got the idea of collecting aborted fetuses and burying them in late 2017. He feels lucky as two of his closest friends, Hạ and Hoàng Chung, agreed to help. “I feel pity for the aborted fetuses as once they were dumped as rubbish. I discovered that there are groups of Catholics in many localities around the country doing a similar job but none in Quảng Trị,” Hạnh said. “I decided to construct … [Read more...] about Men build cemetery for burial of fetuses in Quảng Trị

Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US speaks about HIV prevention science in 2016 and the new weapons in the arsenal. Photo courtesy of HIVR4P Viet Nam News Gia Lộc CHICAGO — New research in the treatment of AIDS has pointed to a possible cure, which could lead to the UN’s goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. Research in human immunology, genomics, virology and structural biology has raised expectations for a successful vaccine strategy that could be an effective cure. Results of the research are being discussed at the biennial HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) conference in Chicago from October 17-21. More than 1,400 delegates from 41 countries are attending the event. According to USAID, the AIDS pandemic continues to be a major global health issue. Although treatment rates have doubled in the past five years, the number of annual new infections with HIV has not decreased … [Read more...] about New research points to possible cure and end of AIDS epidemic by 2030