BAMAKO — Nearly 100 people were killed in a gruesome overnight attack on a village in central Mali, in the latest violence to strike the fragile region, authorities said on Monday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the massacre, targeting a village inhabited by the Dogon community, bore the hallmarks of tit-for-tat ethnic attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives. It came less than three months after nearly 160 members of the Fulani ethnic group were slaughtered by a group identified as Dogon. "This country cannot be led by a cycle of revenge, and vendetta," Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita told ORTM public television from Switzerland, where he said he was cutting short an official visit. He called on Malians to come together to "allow our nation to survive, because this is a question of survival." Local officials in Koundou district, where the Sobane-Kou village was attacked, said 95 people were killed, their bodies burned and others were still missing. … [Read more...] about Nearly 100 killed, 19 missing in central Mali village massacre
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ILO convention in line with international integration
HÀ NỘI Việt Nam’s participation in the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 98 on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively was in line with the Party and State’s guidelines for international integration. This evaluation was made in a report presented to lawmakers yesterday during the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly. Reports explaining the pros and cons of joining the convention said engagement in the ILO convention would show Việt Nam’s determination and efforts to implement labour-related commitments in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and its obligations as a member of the ILO. Participation in the convention would also facilitate the signing of the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the report said, adding that ministries and departments had agreed on … [Read more...] about ILO convention in line with international integration
Govt misses budget revenue collection target, public debt swells in Jan-Sept
Govt misses budget revenue collection target, public debt swells in Jan-SeptBy Ngoc Lan A view of Ca Mau Gas-Power-Fertilizer Complex. The Government plans to increase tax on nitrogenous fertilizer in 2019 – PHOTO: TL HANOI – The Government did not achieve its budget revenue collection target in January-September, while the country’s public debt burden was getting heavier, according to the National Assembly's (NA’s) Finance and Budget Committee’s report on the State budget performance this year and plans for next year, delivered at the NA’s sixth sitting on October 22. High budget revenue collection targets According to the Finance and Budget Committee, the Government had set unachievable targets for revenue from domestic production and business activities compared with last year, leading to the lower-than-expected revenue from local enterprises. Although the State budget revenue this year may surpass the estimate as the amount in the … [Read more...] about Govt misses budget revenue collection target, public debt swells in Jan-Sept
Thanh Hoa floods leave three missing, thousands evacuated
Three people were left missing while nearly 20,000 others were evacuated due to rising floods in the central northern province of Thanh Hoa's Cam Thuy District. Floods in Thanh Hoa Province on August 31 By the late afternoon of August 31, the rising water on the Ma River had submerged many surrounding houses, some areas were three metres under the water. Houses are deeply submerged under water Local authorities had urgently evacuated more than 3,500 households with nearly 20,000 people to safe places. Police and military officers come to help evacuate people Many families lost everything in the flash floods. "The floods came so fast that we only had enough time to run away," said Nguyen Van Hoi in Cam Thuy Town. "We had lost all our assets left behind." Power had been cut in some areas including Muong Lat and Cam Thuy districts since August 30. According to a report from local authorities, the water lever measured in the Ma … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa floods leave three missing, thousands evacuated
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)