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Vietnam Design Week to nurture creativity from traditional culture With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi. Tea pressed into cakes, printed with "Khue Van Cac" (Literature Pavilion) image, a souvenir product designed on the basis of traditional culture dedicated to the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site. This event is organised by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and partners. Design is an activity that involves many areas of life. Currently, serveral countries in the world have been considered as "creative design countries", when design elements are promoted to apply within their economic and social development. Therefore, Vietnam Design Week aims to encourage a change in design thinking, considering traditional values as an …

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Nation faces severe blood shortage during pandemic The Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (CIHBT) has announced it is facing a severe shortage of blood which is enough for use only in the next few days without further supplies. Blood storage now stands at only over 4,000 blood units, according to the CIHBT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIHBT had to cancel or postpone 80 blood donation drives in November with an expected reception of 25,000 units. When social distancing measures were eased and the nation started to implement the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, the number of blood donations improved. However, after the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased recently in many localities, blood donations started to decline. Director of the CIHBT Bạch Quốc Khánh said the appearance of new cases in localities forced blood donation campaigns to be postponed or cancelled. The CIHBT receives just 300-400 blood …

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets embassy's staff in Russia President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies in Moscow, Russia, on November 30. The President said that he had just had very successful talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders discussed 20 issues related to cooperation between the two countries, upon which they reached high consensus, he said, adding that the Russian President supported many issues raised by Vietnam. The two leaders agreed to issue a joint vision statement on the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership until 2030. While appreciating the preparations for the visit made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies, and especially the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, the President asked the agencies to perform well the tasks assigned by the Party and the State as well as to nurture the good relationship between the two countries. He also underlined …

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Football Vietnamese players training in Singapore for the AFF Cup. The VFF hope that 20,000 fans will be able to attend Việt Nam's next 2022 World Cup qualification match on February 1. — Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has requested that 20,000 supporters be allowed to attend the 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Việt Nam and China on February 1. The match will be played at Mỹ Đình Stadium in Hà Nội, which has a maximum capacity of 40,000 fans. The Deputy Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Hoàng Đạo Cương has agreed with the proposal, providing the COVID-19 pandemic is under control in time. February 1 is the first day of Việt Nam's Tết (Lunar New Year) Festival. Việt Nam's games against Japan and Saudi Arabia last month, also played at Mỹ Đình Stadium, were attended by 12,000 supporters. Deputy Minister Cương asked the organisers to make plans for more people to attend upcoming games, to meet the high demands of local …

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Children need to be protected from child labour more than ever due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said during a virtual interactive panel discussion held in Hanoi last week. Children sell souvenirs in Sapa Town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. — Photo baolaocai.vn The event adds a voice to the global call for action on World Day against Child Labour, which falls on June 12. Dang Hoa Nam, director of the Department of Children’s Affairs under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that Vietnam’s first national survey of child labour in 2012 showed that there were about 1.75 million child labourers nationwide, making up 9.6 per cent of children aged between five and 17. Child labour has significantly declined in the country as the second national child labour survey in 2018 found about 1 million labourers or 5.4 per cent of the country’s children aged between five and 17, he said. The rate of child labour …

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Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald, in a rare move by law enforcement, announced that James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, each face four counts of involuntary manslaughter. "These charges are intended to hold the individuals who contributed to this tragedy accountable and also send the message that gun owners have a responsibility," McDonald said at a press conference. "While the shooter was the one who entered the high school and pulled the trigger, there are other individuals who contributed to the events on November 30 and it's my intention to hold them accountable as well," she said. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the whereabouts of the parents was not currently known and they were considered fugitives. "We'll have them in custody soon," Bouchard said. "They cannot run from their part in this tragedy." Four students, aged 14 to 17, were killed in the shooting at Oxford High School north of Detroit and six more were wounded, …

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Nitazoxanide has been successfully synthesized by the Institute of Chemistry, under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, to produce drugs to treat COVID-19 patients with mild and medium symptoms. Nitazoxanide compound synthesized at the Hanoi-based Institute of Chemistry under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. Photo Courtesy of the institute The compound was synthesized on a pilot scale, which is larger than on a laboratory scale but smaller than the production scale. Professor and PhD Nguyen Van Tuyen, Director of the Institute of Chemistry, said that the institute’s scientists studied and succeeded in perfecting the process of synthesizing Nitazoxanide during the pilot phase. The institute previously announced its success in synthesizing Favipiravir, while the Institute of Marine Biochemistry successfully synthesized Molnupiravir - an antiviral medication that inhibits the replication of certain RNA viruses, and is used to treat those …

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The Ministry of Construction will inspect the management and use of funds for the maintenance of apartment buildings as well as the implementation of holding land funds for building social housing in 11 provinces and cities next year. The Ministry of Construction has planned to conduct inspections of the management and use of funds for the maintenance of apartment buildings in 11 localities next year. The localities consist of Hanoi, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Da Nang, HCM City, Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Long An. The move came after Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi recently signed Decision No 1285 to issue the ministry’s 2022 inspection plan. Nghi assigned the Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Construction Nguyen Ngoc Tuan to be in charge of the implementation of the plan and periodically report to the minister as prescribed. Tuan said the inspections of the management and use of funds for the maintenance of …

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A medical employee checks health for a COVID-19 patient who is treated at home in Thanh Bình District of southern Đồng Tháp Province. VNA/VNS Nhựt An Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese capital Hà Nội reported a record number of coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Friday, registering 791 infections, according to the Ministry of Health. A total of 13,670 transmissions were recorded across the country, taking the number of nationwide infections since the start of the pandemic to 1,280,780. The country also recorded 200 further fatalities, bringing the death toll to 25,858. Of the new transmissions, 8,628 were community cases and nine were imported infections that were quarantined on arrival. HCM City again topped the list of new infections with 1,311, followed by Cần Thơ Province with 982 and Hà Nội with 791. Other infections were found in Sóc Trăng (791), Tây Ninh (779), Đồng Tháp (608), Bình Thuận (581), Bến Tre (571), Vĩnh Long (564), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (560), …

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Delegates discuss rare diseases diagnosis, treatment and management at the “Advisory Council and Experts Meeting on Rare Disease Management in Việt Nam” on December 2. — Photo MoH HÀ NỘI — Health experts reviewed the regional progress of the implementation of the APEC Rare Disease Action Plan over the past few years, at a meeting in Hà Nội on Thursday. The “Advisory Council and Experts Meeting on Rare Disease Management in Việt Nam” was jointly organised by the Medical Services Administration (MSA) and the National Pediatrics Hospital. At the event, experts also discussed the definition and list of rare diseases, as well as made presentations on rare disease diagnosis, treatment guidelines and management. Participants heard that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on “Improving diagnosis, treatment and management of specific rare diseases in Việt Nam” for the period of 2018-23 was signed between the MSA and Takeda Vietnam in 2018. Since then, the MSA said that Việt Nam has …

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