VN livestock industry in danger as imports are too cheap
VN livestock industry in danger as imports are too cheapVietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese livestock farmers are under pressure as their products are uncompetitive in comparison with surprisingly cheap poultry and animal meat imports. As domestic products are more expensive, restaurants, street shops and catering companies tend to use imports, forcing the average price down. Hoang Thanh Van, head of the Animal Husbandry Department, said domestic meat products are expensive because of high production costs. However, as the import tariff on feed imports was recently slashed to zero percent from 5-10 percent, the production cost has decreased. Pham Duc Binh, deputy chair of the Vietnam Animal Feed Association, said the expenses on feed account for 70 percent of the production cost.
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March 27, 2018 01:07 UTC
It’s time to impose heavy sanctions on plagiarists: educators
It’s time to impose heavy sanctions on plagiarists: educatorsVietNamNet Bridge - Ngo Quy Nham, a lecturer at the Hanoi University of Foreign Trade, says that plagiarism has reached a ‘terrible’ level, and in most cases, plagiarists are not punished. Top-tier state-owned universities should be the pioneers in the movement against plagiarism. “Top-tier state-owned universities should be the pioneers in the movement against plagiarism. However, inertia in state-owned schools obstructs the work,” Quyen said. “The punishment levels would vary, from asking plagiarists to rewrite their works to expelling violators from school.
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March 27, 2018 00:33 UTC
Central Highlands forest protection program considered a failure
Central Highlands forest protection program considered a failureVietNamNet Bridge - The project on allocating forests to hundreds of enterprises to manage and protect to forestland in five Central Highlands provinces has failed. Within several years, 4,800 hectares of natural forests were cut down and 8,300 hectares of forests and forestland appropriated for cultivation. Tuy Duc district was assigned the most projects (18) with the largest land area (9,100 hectares) and largest natural forest area (5,500 hectares). It has the largest area of lost forests (2,200 hectares) and appropriated forests (3,000 hectares). Within several years, 4,800 hectares of natural forests were cut down and 8,300 hectares of forests and forestland appropriated for cultivation.
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March 27, 2018 00:11 UTC
An unnatural belief in natural cures
An unnatural belief in natural curesThere seemed to be a collective gasp of horror as the news spread recently of a mother and her new-born dying as she tried to give birth at home. After the natural childbirth and its attendant risks, the “natural” people also take their belief in breastfeeding and breast milk to the extreme. In their eyes, breast milk is a panacea for all infant ills. For instance, she claims that breast milk can treat heart disease in newborns and that it even allows “a child’s cut thumbs to grow back." The Vietnamese Government has been coming down hard on advertising-based choices made by mothers to feed their children formula milk instead of breast milk.
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March 26, 2018 23:26 UTC
Traditional grocers lose out to modern retail
Traditional grocers lose out to modern retailHai Huong, 66, owns a small grocery store in an alley off Huynh Dinh Hai Street in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District. Most of her once-regular customers have switched to convenience stores or mini supermarkets, which are mushrooming in that area. Thousands of these so-called mom and pop shops in cities and towns around the country face a similar fate as modern retail shops spring up everywhere. Products sold at modern retail stores are perceived as safer than those sold in wet markets and traditional grocery shops. The rapid development of the modern retail channel is also thanks to Government policies, which are always favourable to it.
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March 26, 2018 23:03 UTC
Government News 26/3
Over the past 45 years, the Vietnam – Netherlands relations have grown fruitfully in all fields and been further deepened. It can be said that the Vietnam – Netherlands relationship is now an example of the dynamic and effective ties between Vietnam and a European country. Tertiary education also plays an important role in the Vietnam - Netherlands bilateral cooperation. Meanwhile, the Netherlands has rich experience in these fields, therefore, the two nations share a huge cooperation potential cooperation. The two-way trade between Vietnam and the Netherlands has been growing steadily, with Vietnam having always enjoyed a trade surplus.
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March 26, 2018 10:41 UTC
Social News 26/3
The cause is under investigation.Lê Anh Tân, vice chairman of Vĩnh Yên City’s People’s Committee told vietnamnet.vn “The fire has been controlled. This program aims at providing Vietnamese citizens with comprehensive information on the nature and importance of the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. The result is unprecedented abilities that are able to greatly affect not only political systems but also economic and social ones in the world. The second focuses on 3 major fields of the government with Revolution 4.0, businesses with Revolution 4.0, and the public with Revolution 4.0. The same day, Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Union presented the Ho Hao Hon Award for its outstanding members on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of the HCMCYU.
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March 26, 2018 10:30 UTC
Vietnam goes dark in response to Earth Hour
Vietnam goes dark in response to Earth HourLocalities across Vietnam switched off their lights for one hour on the evening of March 24 in response to the global Earth Hour campaign. In 2009, the first Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam was organised with the participation of six provinces and cities. Following are some pictures on the activities in response to the Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam:Young students respond to Earth Hour 2018 in Hanoi. Delegates perform the official action of turning off the lights in response to Earth Hour 2018 during Hanoi’s ceremony. Streets in the capital city went dark during Earth Hour 2018.
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March 26, 2018 10:18 UTC
Dior products withdrawn from circulation
Dior products withdrawn from circulationThree products of famous French brand Dior were recalled from circulation, reported online newspaper Vietnamplus.vn. The Dior products revoked in Viet Nam market. The perfume products were withdrawn because the formula noted on their labels differed from those submitted to the administration. The three products are imported and sold by L-Beauty Viet Nam Company, based in HCM City. The company was asked to stop selling the products and inform its dealers about the revocation of their certificates by April 25.
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March 26, 2018 10:07 UTC
VN youngsters forego saving for spending
VN youngsters forego saving for spendingMany young Vietnamese are willing to spend the higher incomes they now earn rather than save. He continued saving throughout his life, to buy a house and cover any future medical bills. After covering the cost of living, consumers in Vietnam are now willing to spend rather than save. Travel tops the spending list of 44 per cent of people, the Nielsen report revealed. The willingness to spend to enjoy life is also reflected in entertainment spending, with wining and dining being the most popular form.
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March 26, 2018 09:33 UTC
Young people find it difficult to start businesses in Vietnam
Young people find it difficult to start businesses in VietnamVietNamNet Bridge - Encouraged and supported by the government and local authorities, the startup movement in Hanoi has not developed well despite numerous business ideas. Anh and her team attended a competition on startup ideas launched by the Vietnamese Students Association in early 2017. According to Anh, in most cases, students’ business plans are “cumbersome, requiring complex operations”. Anh’s business idea improved after the competition, especially in terms of calling for capital. However, the majority of students cannot access the programs,” Anh said.
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March 26, 2018 09:00 UTC
Russia fire: Children killed in Kemerovo shopping centre blaze
Russia fire: Children killed in Kemerovo shopping centre blazeAt least 64 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo. The shopping centre, which opened in 2013, includes a multiplex cinema, restaurants, a sauna, a bowling alley and a petting zoo. Yevgeny Dedyukhin, deputy head of the Kemerovo region emergency department, said the area of the fire was about 1,500 sq m."The shopping centre is a very complex construction," he said. Four people have been detained for questioning, including the head of the company that manages the shopping centre, according to the Investigative Committee. Andrei Mamchenkov, deputy head of Russia's National Crisis Management Centre, said 41 children were not accounted for.
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March 26, 2018 08:37 UTC
Supply chain the key to sustainable farming production in Vietnam
Supply chain the key to sustainable farming production in VietnamVietNamNet Bridge – Not any single day past when you won’t find Nguyen Thi Sinh’s tender to her crops on her farm. — VNA/VNS Photo Do Phuong Anh - TTXVNChallengesTuong pointed out several challenges that tackle the development of supply chain in Vietnam. But it takes time for both producers and customers to catch up with the trend of supply chain, he said. The first instruction is how to smoothly run a supply chain with many lessons drawing from typical examples. And the second is provided authorised agencies more skills to manage food hygiene and safety under the supply chain model, he said.
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March 26, 2018 08:15 UTC
Unlicensed doctor fined for illegal abortion
Unlicensed doctor fined for illegal abortionVietNamNet Bridge – An unlicensed doctor in the central province of Nghe An was fined VND50 million (US$2,200) for performing an unsafe abortion that killed a local woman. Family member gather around the body of a woman that dies after having an unsafe abortion. — Photo: VNNThe unlicensed doctor, Dinh Thi Thanh, 52, performed the abortion by placing a catheter into the woman’s uterus and fed her boiled katuk (Sauropus androgynus) water on March 12, Vietnamnetonline newspaper reported. Local officials said Thanh had only finished secondary school and possessed neither medical qualifications nor a medical license. Thanh reportedly agreed to perform the abortion at the price of VND1.7 million ($75), as per the earlier request of the dead woman’s mother.
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March 26, 2018 08:15 UTC
Da Nang sea turns black
Da Nang sea turns blackLocal people living along the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in the central city of Da Nang have complained that the sea water became black with brown foam and a foul smell. The sea water became black with brown foam and a foul smell at Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in Da Nang City on March 25. Director of Da Nang Drainage and Wastewater Treatment Company, Mai Ma, said that there are 28 drainage pipes which are discharging wastewater and rainwater along Nguyen Tat Thanh and Xuan Thieu beaches. Because most of the wastewater from pipes placed from Phu Loc Bridge to Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach are all well-treated before being discharged into the sea." Earlier, local people and newspapers reported about beaches in Da Nang being polluted by wastewater discharge.
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March 26, 2018 07:41 UTC