VGP - Methadone replacement treatment therapy for drug users in mountainous districts of the central province of Thanh Hoa is facing many difficulties, especially in the mountainous border districts. Therefore, the province has decided to implement satellite methadone delivering facilities in Quan Hoa and Muong Lat districts. According to the report of the Thanh Hoa provincial Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, the province discovered nearly 6,940 people living with HIV at the end of September with over 50% of them relating to drugs. Thanh Hoa now has 18 methadone treatment facilities and three methadone delivering facilities for more than 2,300 patients. In December 2013, methadone treatment facilities in Quan Hoa and Muong Lat districts were established. After a year, the two facilities only had 75 drug users joining the treatment program and 20 of them didn’t finish the program. According to a representative of the provincial Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and … [Read more...] about Methadone delivered in remote areas in Thanh Hoa
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Image: Parts of Thanh Hoa evacuated to avoid floods
On August 3 the Permanent Bureau of the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention - Search and Rescue operations in northern Thanh Hoa province said that over 100 households in the mountainous districts Quan Hoa, Cam Thuy, and Muong Lat were flooded due to rising water levels in the Ma River. Dozens of other households are at risk of isolation due to the flooding and have been ordered to evacuate to schools and offices on higher ground. Three separate landslides were reported on National Highway 15C at Nhi Son commune in Muong Lat district, with some houses damaged. A suspension bridge crossing the river near Eo village in Thanh Xuan commune, Quan Hoa district, and the cofferdam at the Hoi Xuan hydropower plant have been washed away. Thousands hectares of crops are in danger of being completely lost. By the night of August 3 the floodwaters had receded slightly but slowly due to continuing rain upstream. The water level at the reservoir of the Ba Thuoc 2 hydropower plant in Thanh … [Read more...] about Image: Parts of Thanh Hoa evacuated to avoid floods
Three arrested for trafficking heroin in Thanh Hoa, believed to be gang members
Police in Thanh Hoa Province, central Vietnam, have seized 7 kg of heroin and arrested three suspected traffickers in two separate incidents this week. The police believed all three suspects worked for a gang that smuggles drug from Laos to Thanh Hoa. On Tuesday, the police arrested Song A Vau, 30, who was found carrying more than 3 kg of heroin on his motorbike. Vau tried to elude the police when being pulled over on National Highway 15A in Thanh Hoa’s Quan Hoa District at 7:30 p.m. He instead sped up and ran into a nearby forest. However, officers managed to catch up and arrest him. Vau told the police he bought the heroin from Laos and was trafficking it to Thanh Hoa. On Wednesday, the police caught Luong Van Thuong and Loc Van Sung red-handed trafficking 4 kg of heroin in Muong Lat Town. Thuong, 40, and Loc, 34, attempted to flee into a nearby hospital, but failed. The case is still under probe. In related news, the Supreme People’s Court, the country’s top … [Read more...] about Three arrested for trafficking heroin in Thanh Hoa, believed to be gang members
Thanh Hoa province: Over 17 million VND earmarked to help poor ethnic minority people
Thanh Hoa province will put aside 17.7 billion VND for the cultural, educational development and health care of poor ethnic minority people. The investment is aimed at helping to narrow the gap in living standards between regions. 11.88 billion VND will be used to buy paper and textbooks for pupils in grades 1-8 in 102 extremely poor communes in 11 mountainous districts. The province will open courses to teach the Mong and Thai languages to all teachers in 11 mountainous communes in Muong Lat, Quan Son and Quan Hoa districts, collect and edit books in the Thai language, and build 412 accommodation places for teachers in remote areas. Moreover, the province will spend 3.77 billion VND building houses for health workers in 58 communes in 11 highland districts. The province will focus on restoring and promoting intangible cultural aspects of the Kho Mu and Thai ethnic minority groups. Books on the Kho Mu people will be composed and further research will be done on the Thai prayer during … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa province: Over 17 million VND earmarked to help poor ethnic minority people
A fine cave in Quan Hoa District discovered
The forest managements discovered the fine cave of a system with many attractive and original scenery, while they found out about the field to construct a ecological tourism area of project in Pu Hu natural conservation region (Hoi Xuan village, Quan Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province). A Co Luong cave system is 500 metres away from 15A road (through Kham village). The path follows this cave had moderate slope, two side-roads are timber hills and maize fields of Thai's ethnic group. The entrance cave toward Ma river to pick up wind and shunsine. The cave is large with more thousand metres which to be constituted distinctly three layers. The first layer has multicolor stalactities, especially, Lithophone that the nature awarded to human. Besides, the stalactities in this cave has tortoise shape, swimming-pool shape of the fairy. The second layer has the depth about 25 metres and the third layer with the depth of 35 metres in compared to the entrance cave, those traits become a … [Read more...] about A fine cave in Quan Hoa District discovered