The Flood and Storm Prevention Steering Committee in the northern province of Lao Cai has reported three persons still on the missing list, after a sudden flashflood swept them away on August 31 in Nam Luc Commune of Bac Ha District. Lao Cai Province has mobilized 600 soldiers from the Military Headquarter base in the province and from the Police Department to conduct search and rescue operations since September 2. … [Read more...] about Three still missing after flashflood in Lao Cai Province
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Lao Cai Prepares New E-Gov System
Microsoft signed a service agreement with the northern province of Lao Cai's Department of Information and Communication yesterday to help set up an e-government system in the province. This will allow the worlds' biggest software maker supply the province with advanced e-gov solutions and support to transform its current website into a portal, providing improved channels for those wanting to access public information and services. During a one-day visit to Viet Nam yesterday, Microsoft's chief operating officer, Kevin Turner, said "This will be an outstanding example of how to do governmental work electronically." Turner said he was impressed with the Vietnamese Government's effort in expanding the national economy, in particular the ICT industry. Microsoft will work with Lao Cai's Department of Information and Communication to design and implement Microsoft's e-gov solution, Connected Government Framework (CGF). The CGF is based on the Government Gateway used in Britain … [Read more...] about Lao Cai Prepares New E-Gov System
Preserving and promoting national cultural identities in Lao Cai province
(CPV) - Over the past five years, the project to preserve and promote national cultural identities of ethnic people in the northwestern province of Lao Cai has achieved a great deal. Many objects and traditional villages have been preserved and reinstated. Many cultural and tourist villages have been established and put into operation. People's lives have been improved. A correspondent from the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper interviewed Tran Huy Son, head of the Lao Cai provincial Department of Culture and Information about this. * Dear Mr Son, how did the Department of Culture and Information cooperate with committees and agencies to implement the project? Implementing the 5th resolution of the Party Central Committee (the 8th tenure) on building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identities and Plan No 03 of the Lao Cai provincial Party Committee on key tasks until 2005, including the project to preserve and promote cultural identities of ethnic people … [Read more...] about Preserving and promoting national cultural identities in Lao Cai province
Lao Cai Province Ensures IT Application Outreach
(VEN) - By 2015, VND70 billion will be invested in Information Technology (IT) Application to State authorities especially district and commune authorities said To Trong Ton, Director of the Department of Communication and Information Technology, Vice Head of the Steering Committee of Information Technology Application in Lao Cai. As a mountainous province, Lao Cai has faced to many difficulties in socioeconomic development. However, it has taken the lead in IT application in state authorities. An Information and Communication Technology Index 2010 Report published by the Vietnam Association for Information Processing in August 2010 said that Lao Cai ranks 16 out of 63 provinces and cities for IT readiness. It is also among the first six provinces selected to apply the e-government model. Lao Cai has recognized the importance of IT in socioeconomic development and considers IT application a useful tool for promoting its potential and strength to attract local and foreign … [Read more...] about Lao Cai Province Ensures IT Application Outreach
Lao Cai moves towards sustainable tax management
(VEN) - The northern mountainous border province of Lao Cai is proud of having joined the group of provinces with annual budget revenues of more than one trillion dong. Last year, it registered VND1.4 trillion in budget revenues, marking a 90-fold increase compared to 1991; and this year it may again achieve a new record, with registered budget revenues of VND722.8 billion during the first five months, fulfilling 46 percent of its annual plan. Lao Cai's increased budget revenues over the past few years have resulted from its reform, modernization and management of tax collection. The Lao Cai taxation sector has taken steps to innovate its working style by reducing tax management power while increasing the emphasis on the taxpayer through assiduous customer services including providing them tax administrative and tax law assistance, with the intention of providing the most favorable conditions for taxpayers. … [Read more...] about Lao Cai moves towards sustainable tax management