On January 18, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan signed an official document about labelling and traceable peach flower trees for the coming Tet holiday. The ministry asked provincial people's committees to tighten management to tighten monitoring and raise public awareness to prevent forest destruction. Depending on each locality, the authorities can use labels to differentiate the trees but they must not create more bureaucracy and troubles for businesses. The ministry will work with localities authorities to find the most suitable solution to this problem. Local authorities were asked to strictly follow the prime ministerial directives about a tree-planting festival this Tet and step up the forest development projects in the first months of 2021. They must report back to the ministry by January 31. During the review meeting for the agriculture sector in 2020, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked local authorities to prevent the exploitation of wild peach … [Read more...] about Home-grown peach flower trees to be labelled
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Argentina quake of magnitude 6.8 shakes homes, buildings; no injuries reported
"Let us put into practice all the measures we have learned to prevent incidents, while we are committed to knowing the impact of the (earthquake) to collaborate in everything necessary," he said bit.ly/3qyOf4a in a tweet, advising those who suffered damage or in need of assistance to call the emergency number 911. … [Read more...] about Argentina quake of magnitude 6.8 shakes homes, buildings; no injuries reported
Over 220 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Japan
Hanoi (VNA) - More than 220 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from Japan on October 6 on a flight arranged by Vietnamese authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, Vietjet Air and Japanese competent agencies. The passengers included children aged under 18; pregnant women; the elderly; the illnesses; guest workers whose contracts expired; students whose dormitories closed and other people in extremely difficult circumstances. The Vietnamese Embassy sent staff to the airport to assist them with boarding procedures. Vietjet strictly implemented in-flight security and disease prevention measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Upon landing at the Cam Ranh international airport in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, all crewmembers and passengers were given heath checkups and put into compulsory quarantine in accordance with regulations. In the future, more flights are set to be conducted to repatriate Vietnamese citizens with … [Read more...] about Over 220 Vietnamese citizens brought home from Japan
Remains of Vietnamese martyrs brought home from Laos
Memorial and burial services for the 13 soldiers are scheduled to be held on January 20 at Tong Khao martyr cemetery in northern Dien Bien province’s Dien Bien Phu city, while a set of remains of a martyr whose native land was identified will be handed over to Lai Chau authorities./. … [Read more...] about Remains of Vietnamese martyrs brought home from Laos
Military doctor aids impoverished people in Central Highlands
People still worshipped forest ghosts when they get sick. Linh, at that time, was a physician in Bi Village (Ia O Commune, Gia Lai Province) who could not persuade people to go to the health clinic. Once, he joined a traditional ceremony with local residents to pray for good health. At the end of the session, he secretly put medicine into a banana from the ceremony to convince a patient to "eat to take good luck from god". … [Read more...] about Military doctor aids impoverished people in Central Highlands