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An old apartment building in HCM City’s District 4. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY— The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed districts to address problems and carry out measures to ensure fire prevention and safety at production establishments, apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and other buildings by October. Following the instruction, the city Police Department’s fire-fighting and rescue police division is working with agencies to check the implementation of measures in local districts. After an inspection on Monday, Colonel Huỳnh Ngọc Quan, the division’s deputy head, said that District 5 has many apartment buildings and schools built before 2001 that do not meet the criteria on fire prevention and safety and need to be upgraded. Nguyễn Xuân Trung, vice chairman of the District 5 People’s Committee, said that 55 per cent of all production establishments, apartment buildings, hospitals and schools in the district were built before 1975. … [Read more...] about City urges districts to ensure fire protection at apartment buildings, public facilities

According to the comprehensive plan to develop the IT human resources, Vietnam needed 1 million workers in the IT field in 2020. Yet the reality shows that there are only 600,000 IT students being trained in 400 higher educational institutes and 8 key IT training centers nationwide. Statistics from the Institute of Information Technology Strategy (under the Ministry of Information & Communications) show that 72 percent of IT students lack practical experience, while 42 percent are weak at team work. Only 15 percent of IT graduates satisfy the demands of employers. Vietnam now has over 700 IT companies working in key fields of the IT industry, including 220 foreign ones. They mostly locate in major cities or software parks. Notably, despite a high job potential, the AI field still attracts little attention from both learners and trainers. There is no formal university department or school to specifically provide tertiary education in this field. Most curriculum focus on … [Read more...] about HCMC focusing on training AI human resources

Two flights, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar and Vietnam Airlines, brought the Vietnamese citizens from Myanmar to central Da Nang City. A Thursday press release by the foreign ministry said repatriated citizens include those below 18 years of age, the elderly, those with underlying conditions and others in dire circumstances. Covid-19 prevention measures, including medical declarations, body temperature checks and wearing protective equipment were deployed throughout the flight to prevent coronavirus infection. After landing in Da Nang, citizens were quarantined at centralized quarantine zones run by the military in Da Nang and central Quang Nam Province, the Da Nang Center for Disease Control (CDC) said. Myanmar is experiencing a period of political instability after its army seized power and detained government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership last month. Protests have broke out nationwide and at least … [Read more...] about Hundreds of Vietnamese repatriated from Myanmar amid political instability

This was stated by the Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army during his visit to the command on March 2. On the occasion, Senior Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Tue, Chief of the provincial military command, briefed the guests on the unit’s task performance in the first quarter of this year. Specifically, the unit strictly exercised combat readiness, organized a happy lunar New Year (Tet) for troops, instructed its affiliates to make thorough preparations for an exercise on shifting combat readiness, and upgraded training grounds. It also organized numerous activities to celebrate the success of the 13th National Party Congress, issued resolutions on leadership over training, sports festivals, and competitions in 2021, ensured logistical services, weaponry and equipment for routine and combat readiness missions, and strictly exercised COVID-19 prevention and control measures. In the coming time, the command will continue to work closely with … [Read more...] about Thai Binh provincial Military Command asked to comprehensively complete assignments

At the meeting, the mission was briefed on the service’s task implementation in 2020 and in the first months of 2021 as well as its orientations for missions this year. Particularly, last year the Air Defense-Air Force Service effectively performed its advisory role for the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense in building the air force. In 2020, air defense and air force units strictly observed combat readiness regulations, contributing to effectively managing the country’s airspace. Together with hosting competitions, festivals, and exercises, the force also received and effectively took advantage of new modern weapons and equipment and upgraded available weaponry. Units under the Air Defense-Air Force Service actively protected security at important events of the Party, State, and army. On the Lunar New Year (2021), units in the force tried their best to ensure a cozy and happy new year for the troops. In the coming time, the Air Defense-Air Force … [Read more...] about Defense Minister works with Air Defense-Air Force Service