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The latest modern techniques in scoliosis orthopaedic surgery have been applied for the first time in Vietnam by the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital, with support from a world leading expert in spinal pathology. Professor Arun Ranganathan (C) and doctors from the Orthopaedic Trauma Department under the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital examine a child patient with scoliosis. Accordingly, doctors from the Orthopaedic Trauma Department under the hospital have collaborated with Professor Arun Ranganathan from the Royal London Hospital (the UK) to apply the O-arm three-dimensional surgical imaging system and the Streamline sliding screw system to successfully perform scoliosis surgeries for three patients. The first three patients to have the new techniques applied on for orthopaedic spinal surgery include Ngo Phuong Th. (17 years old, from Vinh Phuc province), Vu Thi Minh H. (14 years old, from Hai Phong city) and Phan Thanh Quang N. (16 years old, from Hanoi). They are patients who have … [Read more...] about Vietnam applies new techniques in scoliosis surgery

Workers place shrimp containers at the Minh Phu Seafood Corp’s factory in the southern most province of Ca Mau. (Source: VNA) The plan hopes to improve the quality, efficiency of production and competitiveness of Vietnamese shrimp products, in a bid to benefit farmers, businesses and the country’s economy. According to the action plan, the domestic shrimp industry is expected to gain US$5.5 billion in export value and record an annual average growth of 10.79% in 2017-20, including US$4.5 billion from brackish water shrimp exports.  The total area rearing brackish water shrimp is estimated to reach 710,000ha, with total output of 850,000 tonnes of shrimp during 2017-20, and expand to 750,000ha and 1.1 million tonnes of output in the period from 2020-25. Meanwhile during the period of 2017-20, the industry will have a total area of 30,000ha rearing giant freshwater prawn with total output of 30,000 tonnes and one million cubic metres of cage rearing lobster with … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s shrimp industry to become key economic sector

Two traffic police officials in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai have been suspended from work while investigators look into allegations that the two received ‘protection money’ from truck operators in order to ignore their traffic violations. Lieutenant Colonel Pham Hai Cang, chief of the province’s traffic police unit No. 2, and Lieutenant Colonel Phan Cam Tu, deputy chief of traffic police unit No. 1, were handed a two-month suspension on Friday following a decision from Colonel Vu Hong Van, director of the Dong Nai police department. Investigators are currently working to verify whether or not Cang and Tu have been receiving monthly ‘protection money’ from local truck operators in order to ignore their traffic offenses along National Highway 20. The accusations were made by several traffic policemen who have provided video and sound recordings as proof. In one of the clips, traffic policemen appeared to have pulled over … [Read more...] about Traffic police chiefs suspended over ‘protection money’ allegation in southern Vietnam

These advantages from existing mechanism and policies include a programme on sustainable development of the fisheries economy during 2016-20. Under the programme, the shrimp industry will actively produce varieties of black tiger shrimp and white leg shrimp to meet the demand of market demand. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as other State management agencies have removed many obstacles in export procedures to create favourable conditions for export enterprises. The shrimp sector now has many favourable conditions with the Government’s higher attention, including opening of material production centres and solutions on supplying raw material, according to a representative of Minh Phu Seafood Corp, Vietnam’s largest shrimp producer. Regarding the export market, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the global economy is expected to recover strongly, especially in major markets such as … [Read more...] about Vietnam to gain US$4.8 billion from shrimp exports

Environment Vietnam seeks to reduce plastic waste in ocean The Saigon Times Daily Friday,  Dec 6, 2019,14:22 (GMT+7) Vietnam seeks to reduce plastic waste in oceanThe Saigon Times Daily People collect plastic waste in Quy Nhon City of Binh Dinh Province in this file photo. Vietnam will do its best to remove 75% of the plastic waste in the ocean by 2030 - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Vietnam will do its best to remove 75% of the plastic waste in the ocean by 2030, based on the initiatives outlined in a national action plan on the management of plastic waste in the ocean, issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The plan is expected to make the country a regional leader in reducing plastic waste discharged into the ocean, the Government news website reported. It will also help successfully roll out the national strategy for the integrated management of solid waste until 2025, with a vision toward 2050, approved by the prime … [Read more...] about Vietnam seeks to reduce plastic waste in ocean