Intrusion detection and prevention

Forests in Gia Lai province’s Mang Yang district (Photo: VNA) Lam Dong (VNS/VNA) - Local authorities in the Central Highlands region have taken measures to prevent forest fires in the ongoing dry season. Forests in the region, which includes the provinces of Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dak Nong, face a high fire risk because of hot weather. At the beginning of the dry season , the provinces instructed localities to establish fire-prevention plans and strictly implement them in the dry season. In Dak Nong province, the Forest Protection Sub-department in September last year instructed localities and forest owners to set up prevention plans. The sub-department has organised forest fire prevention drills and more inspections. Dak Nong has 125,000ha of forests, including 78,300ha of natural forest and 46,700ha of manmade forests in danger of high fire risk, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. In the dry season, … [Read more...] about Central Highlands takes measures to prevent forest fires in dry season

Accordingly, Nguyen Ngoc Manh, a 31-year-old male from Dong Anh District, Hanoi in a display of courage saved the life of a 3-year-old girl who fell from floor 12A of Nguyen Huy Tuong apartment complex on February 28. As per the National Committee on Children’s request, localities are to inspect child safety measures in apartment buildings and high-rise buildings, as well as family households, communities, schools, and construction sites, among others. Additionally, they are to promote awareness on child accident prevention to parents, caregivers, and school teachers from all areas. Meanwhile, Standing Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi Le Hong Son, authorized by the Prime Minister on February 2 visited Manh and awarded him the Prime Minister's certificate of merit. Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung also presented a certificate of merit to Nguyen Ngoc Manh. Nguyen Quoc-Phuc Van - Translated by Tan Nghia … [Read more...] about Falling toddler saved: Wake-up call for child accident prevention

The Hanoitimes - Health declaration is now required for everyone coming to Vietnam from South Korea. Vietnam started to apply preventive safety measures to all passengers from South Korea as of 3:00pm on February 23 at all border gates, according to the Ministry of Health. Due to the complicated evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic in South Korea, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health on Sunday held a meeting with relevant ministries and agencies to analyze the situation in South Korea and proposed measures to prevent the disease from spreading through arrivals from the Northeast Asian country. Illustrative photo Health declaration is now required for everyone coming from South Korea, according to a Health Ministry regulation issued yesterday. Those with symptoms like high fever, coughing and breathing difficulties will be put in quarantine. Besides, following the Vietnamese government’s instruction, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urgently adopt measures to … [Read more...] about Vietnam to apply preventive safety measures on passengers from South Korea

Russian authorities have reported seven poultry farm workers aged 29 to 60 years infected with the A(H5N8) strain of avian influenza, also known as bird flu. This is the first reported detection of this strain of avian flu in humans, WHO stated. All seven individuals worked at a poultry processing plant and were therefore exposed to infected birds. None of the infectees have presented respiratory symptoms and remain healthy, according to WHO, which added there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza H5N8, and that the risk of an outbreak among humans remains very low. The strain is a subtype of the influenza A virus that causes flu-like symptoms in wild birds and poultry. Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China, the Middle East, and North Africa in recent months. In Vietnam, the monitoring program of the Department of Animal Health has not detected the circulating strain of H5N8. However, from 2021, the department would … [Read more...] about WHO warns Vietnam to guard against H5N8 bird flu strain

On January 27, the first community COVID-19 case in Hai Duong province’s Chi Linh City was detected – Patient 1,552 – a worker in close contact with a woman who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after arriving in Japan. According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Chi Linh city was the largest outbreak in the country since the pandemic began early last year with 383 confirmed cases out of 684 cases reported in Hai Duong province. The outbreak started at a company with more than 2,300 workers and then spread to the community, which caused difficulties in controlling the infections. As the outbreak was gradually controlled, Hai Duong province’s authorities decided to end the lockdowns and province-wide social distancing, entering a “new normal” phase with twin tasks of drastically fighting the coronavirus and taking action for socio-economic development. Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Pham Xuan Thang applauded efforts made … [Read more...] about Lockdown lifted in Hai Duong’s Chi Linh city, Cam Giang district