Telemedicine for rural areas

Farm work has been merchanised in Tang Tien commune of Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province, under the new-style rural area building programme (Photo: VNA) Bac Giang (VNA) – The northern province of Bac Giang is working to remove difficulties in the building of new-style rural areas in order to accelerate the pace of the work in the locality, according to deputy director of the province’s department of agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Van Doanh. Doanh, who is also chief of the coordinating office of the new-style rural area building programme in Bac Giang, said the province aims to have 25 more communes meet all criteria of new rural areas this year. Towards the goal, district and city People’s Committees will guide communes in speeding up the pace of construction and paper work for infrastructure projects in their management. For localities that have not designed detailed plans for investment disbursement or not disbursed any allocated investment by … [Read more...] about Bac Giang accelerates pace of new-style rural area building programme

A view of the conference. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Reducing food shortages and malnutrition in the northern provinces of Lao Cai, Lai Chau and Ha Giang is the main goal of a project sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. The project has been carried out in the three localities from November 2015 to June 2018, heard a conference in Hanoi on June 18. A representative from the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health said the project aims to build a supply chain meeting the standards of the institute to address food safety barriers for the target populations, especially mothers and children, in the aforesaid provinces. After nearly three years of implementation, the project has built a system of 13 consulting desks on child raising in the localities, opened training courses on safe agricultural practices for needy women and provided online courses on food security. Over 1,600 children under two years old in nine … [Read more...] about Project helps improve food security for women in rural areas

Illustrative Image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – About 52 percent of residents in rural areas of Hanoi, or more than 2.23 million people, had get access to clean water by May 2018, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.rural people enjoying clean water to over 55 percent.Ha Dong Clean Water One-member Co. Ltd. said the firm is speeding up the construction of a pipe system to households for water supply projects in Ha Dong, Hoai Duc, Ung Hoa districts and Van Dinh town.Hanoi also expects to increase the ratio of people enjoying clean water to about 55 percent at the end of the year. The city will also consider the approval of proposals on investment projects covering Me Linh, Ba Vi, Phuc Tho, Dan Phuong, Thach That and Chuong My districts. Hanoi also hopes that all communes will attract investors who are interested in water supply projects.-VNA VNA … [Read more...] about About 52 percent of rural residents in Hanoi enjoy clean water

To date, more than 200 free libraries have been established, helping thousands of ethnic children around the country to access a wide range of age-suitable of books. Established in 2007, the “Sunday of Love” group has implemented various activities to help poor people, lonely elderly, and street children in Ho Chi Minh City. In early 2014, the first library of the "1,001 libraries in remote hamlets" project was built for poor pupils in Binh Phuoc province. To date, the group has set up more than 200 libraries nationwide in remote, extremely disadvantaged villages or villages in border areas to help local children access literature. Each library has from 300 to 1,000 books depending on its scale. Tu Anh, the group’s founder, said book festivals or programs combining entertainment and charitable purposes have also been organized regularly. “We will not only give them books to set up libraries, but will also regularly send additional books. Each year we plan to … [Read more...] about HCMC youths dream of establishing 1,001 libraries for remote areas

An erosion site at an O Mon river bank section in Can Tho city’s O Mon district (Photo: VNA)   Can Tho (VNA) - The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho plans to build concrete embankments in some of the city’s eroded areas, according to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Thanh Thong. Thong and a group of city officials visited the O Mon River in Thoi Lai district’s Thoi Thanh commune on May 14 to inspect erosion levels. Because the city does not have a sufficient budget to build concrete embankments in all eroded areas, Thong said local authorities should encourage locals to make wooden embankments. In eroded areas without need for embankments, local residents can plant trees as a preventive measure, he added. Erosion at the T-junction of the O Mon River and the Rach Tra rivulet mouth has affected roads, a primary school and an old pagoda, according to the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Nguyen Quy Ninh, head of the … [Read more...] about Can Tho to build concrete embankments in eroded areas