Criminal proceedings launched against cocaine trafficking in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Ba Ria-Vung Tau police are keeping the cocaine for investigation The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has decided to launch criminal proceedings against a drug trafficking case involving 119 kilogrammes of cocaine, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Luyen, spokesperson of the provincial Police Departmenton August 1. Luyen said that the drugs were discovered in one of 17 waste containers on July 24 and were tested by the Criminal Technology Agency under the Ministry of Public Security before being handed over to Ba Ria-Vung Tau police. Theprocess of handing over and storing the drugswas supervised by representatives of the provincial People’s Procuracy. Police will soon summon relevant people for questioning, including the owner of the 17 waste containers– the Pomina 2 steel company. Police will also open the rest 16 containers for inspection. Currently, the drugs are being kept … [Read more...] about Social News 4/8
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NA Vice Chairman wraps up US visit NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty (R) meets US friends who have supported Vietnam in its past struggle for national liberation and current nation building cause The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) will continue providing support for Vietnam’s overseas representative offices, affirmed NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty while talking to Vietnamese officials who are working in New York. Ty asked Vietnamese representative offices to update and study the host country’s commercial policies to submit appropriate response to the legislature. He met officials of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the United Nations and Vietnam’s representative offices, as well as correspondents of Vietnam News Agency and Vietnam Television in New York during his working visit to the city from July 26-27. Meeting several US friends, Ty recalled important milestones in the relations between Vietnam and the US. US friends, in turn, made proposals helping Vietnam carry … [Read more...] about Government News 27/7
Social News 20/7
Cannabis garden destroyed in Tây Nguyên Province Police destroying the illegal cannabis garden in Đắk Nông Province’s Krông Nô District. – Photo baomoi.com.vn About 1,000 marijuana trees were recently destroyed in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông, Việt Nam News Agency reported. According to the province’s Krông Nô District Police, the tree grove was discovered in Phú Vinh Village of Quảng Phú Commune. The total weight of marijuana trees being picked up was about 30kg. During the garden destruction, the police found that a large amount of marijuana had been harvested before. The marijuana garden was located in a forest, 25km from the commune’s centre. The area is difficult to approach due to poor roads, said the commune’s vice chairman Võ Hoàng Phú. So far, the police had not yet found the owners of the marijuana garden. The local police said that … [Read more...] about Social News 20/7
Some good news, some bad news, some hopeful news
by Thu Vân “Your pens are the sharp weapons in the cause of telling the truth…” Thus began a letter that President Ho Chi Minh wrote to intellectuals and journalists in the southern part of the country on May 25, 1947. He also said in the same letter that “journalists should act like brave soldiers in the revolution to gain back unity and independence for the country.” One cannot imagine loftier ideals for this profession. Today, the lofty ideals may remain, but there are times I feel these are gathering dust in the shelves of our memory as the profession goes through one existential crisis after another. More than seven decades after President Hồ Chí Minh wrote the famous letter, it is fair to say journalism has gone through many changes, all over the world. Today, the profession is wedded, one could even say welded, to technology and business, and this creates a host of challenges in terms of the profession succeeding in the … [Read more...] about Some good news, some bad news, some hopeful news
Social News 5/4
Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4
Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)
Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)
Malaysia needs new law to prevent fake news
A law to curb false news should be created immediately in Malaysia to check the action of certain parties who are trying to jeopardise the peace and harmony of the country (Source: www.marketing-interactive.com) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – A law to curb false news should be created immediately in Malaysia to check the action of certain parties who are trying to jeopardise the peace and harmony of the country, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed was quoted as Malaysia's national news agency Bernama as saying. "False news can also undermine the economy, finance and affect Malaysia's good relations with other countries," he told reporters after opening the Malaysia Kelantan Student Leaders Retreat at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) on February 1. He said that the law should have long been created so that the community would be more responsible and not easily disseminate any inaccurate information, he said. News Straits Times on February … [Read more...] about Malaysia needs new law to prevent fake news
A ‘shithole’ by any other name: how world media translated Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump's alleged use of the word "shithole" to describe certain countries, apart from sparking a cacophony of outrage, left journalists scratching their heads wondering how to translate it. A look at international headlines reveals a striking variety of translations, ranging from the straightforward to the prudish to the downright obscure: 'Like toilets' The famously polite Japanese media tied themselves in knots trying not to offend their readers, with national broadcaster NHK sticking to "filthy countries". The BBC's Japanese-language service translated the term into Japanese with a phrase for a tank to hold excrement, often used as manure. Newswire Jiji Press translated it as "countries like toilets". 'Beggar's Den' South Korean media largely took their cue from the country's biggest news agency Yonhap, which rendered the term as "beggar's den". But the @AskAKorean account on Twitter had its own alternative: "I still think the more literal translation of … [Read more...] about A ‘shithole’ by any other name: how world media translated Trump
Iran rules out any change to nuclear accord
Iran on Saturday rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded tough new measures to keep the agreement alive. Iran "will not accept any amendments in this agreement, be it now or in the future, and it will not allow any other issues to be linked to the JCPOA", the foreign ministry said in a statement, using the 2015 deal's technical name. It has the backing of all the partners to the agreement apart from the United States, with Russia warning Washington on Saturday that withdrawing would be "a big miscalculation". "We are gradually coming to the conclusion that an internal decision by the U.S. to leave the JCPOA has already been made or is close to being made," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency. "This could be one of Washington's big foreign policy mistakes," he added. Trump again waived nuclear-related sanctions on Friday -- as required every few months to stay in the agreement -- but … [Read more...] about Iran rules out any change to nuclear accord
Social News 5/1
Quang Binh one of the top ten destinations in Vietnam: Trip AdvisorIn 2017, Central Quang Binh Province ranks fourth among the top ten Vietnamese destinations after Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hoi An, according to the travel website Trip Advisor.Dang Dong Ha, vice director of the provincial Department of Tourism, said Quang Binh is known as the kingdom of caves and is a paradise waiting to be discovered on interesting tours of fascinating locations like Son Doong, Tu Lan cave system, Da Nhay beach, Thien Duong cave, Phong Nha-Tien Son, Chay River, and Toi cave.Quang Binh welcomed 100,000 foreign visitors for the first time in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 120%.Mr Ha attributed such a rise in popularity to the localities’ efforts in improving service quality and new tourism products, organizing a variety of promotional programs for local tourism like Quang Binh cave festival, and hosting Miss Grand International, all of which lured more visitors to the province. 21 explosions … [Read more...] about Social News 5/1