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ASEAN celebrates 38th anniversary (09-08-2005) HA NOI — A ceremony to celebrate the founding day of ASEAN and ten years since Viet Nam became a member of the association was held in Ha Noi yesterday. Present at the event were Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Culture and Information Minister Pham Quang Nghi and ambassadors of ASEAN countries. Speaking at the meeting, FM Nguyen Dy Nien asserted that Viet Nam was proud to have been an active member of the ASEAN family over the last ten years, and to have played a role in the bloc’s expansion. Viet Nam’s position within ASEAN has developed in many different ways in the past decade, in the areas of politics, security and economics, and also in socio-cultural aspects. The nation successfully held the 6th ASEAN summit in 1998 and effectively performed its role as a chairman of the ASEAN Standing Committee during 2000-01. Viet Nam also successfully hosted the ASEM 5 summit in Ha Noi last … [Read more...] about ASEAN celebrates 38th anniversary

Construction of a small solar power project in Krông Pa District in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoài Nam Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The building of new thermopower plants has recently become a cause célèbre in the country as economic demands and environmental concerns face off, especially with a number of localities rejecting central Government-approved plants. Việt Nam needs an enormous amount of energy to feed one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and coal-fired thermopower plants are usually favoured by governments as the most affordable option that can guarantee a cheap supply of electricity, however, environmentalists and the public have been arguing that the perceived ‘low costs’ have not accounted for costly long-term consequences that these plants dealt to the environment and people’s health. According to the revised National Power Development Master Plan VII (for the period 2016-30), the installed capacity of the whole … [Read more...] about Southern provinces want environmentally-friendly LNG power, not coal power

Nation hails ASEAN push for co-operation (15-01-2007) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (first right) with leaders from fellow ASEAN countries at the 12th ASEAN Summit. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam Leaders from ASEAN member countries and China at the 10th ASEAN plus China Summit. — VNA/VNS Photos Duc Tam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. CEBU— Viet Nam welcomes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) decision to intensify co-operation and speed up regional integration to keep up with global developments, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Addressing the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines on Saturday, the Vietnamese Prime Minister emphasised the importance of building the ASEAN Charter for the bloc’s future development. He said the ASEAN Charter should take into account fundamental principles and common values and standards to harmonise national and regional interests in order to … [Read more...] about Nation hails ASEAN push for co-operation

Number of Vietnamese staying illegally in S.Korea surges By Dao Loan South Korean travel firms promote tours in HCMC – PHOTO: DAO LOAN HCMC – Since South Korea started issuing five-year visas for Vietnamese residing in major cities, the number of Vietnamese who have taken advantage of the relaxed policy to remain illegally in South Korea has been surging. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has written to departments of tourism and culture, sports and tourism nationwide, informing them of changes to the five-year visa policy issued by South Korea for Vietnamese who live in the three major cities of HCMC, Hanoi and Danang. Accordingly, the South Korean Embassy in Vietnam noted that since the issuance of the long-term visa policy, the unit has issued 16,000 visas for permanent and temporary residents in the three major cities. However, the number of temporary residents taking advantage of the policy to remain illegally in South Korea has surged to 2,000 … [Read more...] about Number of Vietnamese staying illegally in S.Korea surges

A 26-year-old man from Tân Bình District was brought to the People’s Hospital 115’s vascular diseases department with paralysis of the left side of his body Viet Nam News HCM CITY - The 63-year-old man from the south-central coastal province of Phú Yên still has difficulty in holding anything with his left hand after recovering from a stroke he had nearly a year ago. A stroke is a medical emergency that occurs when blood v essels in the brain are blocked or ruptured, interrupting blood supply and causing brain cells to die within minutes. The left side of his mouth had suddenly drooped after forgetting to take medicine one day for his hypertension. The drooping is one of the warning signs of a stroke. His family members discovered it and suspected he had a stroke and rushed to a local hospital, but his situation steadily worsened there. He was transferred to Thống Nhất Hospital in HCM City. “Doctors at Thống Nhất Hospital said he … [Read more...] about Strokes, a health burden for Việt Nam

A worker works at the Yên Phụ water supply factory in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — About three million people in Phù Đổng and Trung Mầu villages in Gia Lâm district, Hà Nội will have access to the first drinkable tap water in Việt Nam when a factory comes into operation on October 10. The factory will take water from the bottom of the Đuống River that runs next to the villages. In the first phase of the factory’s operation, clean water will be supplied to about three million people with the capacity of 150,000cu.m per day and then increase to 300,000cu.m per day. In the second phase, the capacity will hit 400,000cu.m per day. Đỗ Văn Đinh, project manager, told the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that this factory can replace other water supply units if necessary. The clean water supply situation in Hà Nội has improved a lot. Almost 3.26 million people living in 12 inner districts have access to clean water from the city’s water factories, Lê Văn Dục, … [Read more...] about Efforts to boost clean water supply