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Ministry to set out VN’s cultural goals
Deputy
Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism to define concrete development targets for culture, sports and tourism
in the next 10 years. Nhan
said this while working with the ministry on its 2011 working plan in Ha Noi on
Thursday. He said there was a need to balance capital, land and human resources
in tourism. Tourism
development should be combined with exploiting, preserving and bringing into
play cultural values, while tourism promotion should be carried out with the
development of tourism products and infrastructure, he said. He
requested early preparations for provincial, national and international sports
competitions, adding that the ministry should outline investments needed for
facilities and human resources, as well as define the regional and international
standards Vietnamese athletes should strive to achieve. The
ministry should also focus on building national programmes on the prevention and
control of domestic violence and projects to develop traditional arts, he said. The
Deputy PM hailed the ministry’s work in 2010, saying that cultural, sports and
tourism activities to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi
nationwide created a positive political atmosphere within the population. Last
year also saw the development of Viet Nam’s tourism sector, which welcomed more
than 5 million foreign tourists and contributed 5.3 per cent to the country’s
total GDP.
VOV to host Asia Media Summit 2011 in May
Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) will host the
eighth Asia Media Summit (AMS  in Hanoi from May 22-25 under the theme
“”Digital Media Everywhere: Repositioning Broadcasting”. Two plenary sessions of the Summit
will take place on May 24-25, attracting about 500 international and 200
domestic delegates including general directors, executive directors, managers,
policy makers, and broadcasting and television experts and scholars from the
Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Africa, North America and the United Arab Emirates.
Fifteen symposiums and five
conferences will be held during the summit, which will be hosted by Vietnam for
the first time. At a preparatory session for the AMS
8 on January 12, VOV Deputy General Director Dao Duy Hua said preparations have
been made to ensure the success of the Summit and leave good impressions on the
delegates. The annual event, which was
established by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in
2004, is expected to provide broadcasting and television agencies in the region
with a platform to share experience and ideas. So far, it has been held seven
times, five times in Malaysia and twice in China.
France to help Vietnam’s offshore fishing industry
Vietnam’s 3,000 high-sea fishing ships will be
installed with locating devices, ensuring safety for fishermen and helping them
increase production, thanks to a new project between Vietnam and France.
Under the project on monitoring fishing vessels by
satellite project signed in Paris on February 16, France’s Collecte
Localisiation Satellite (CLS) Company will supply equipment, transfer
installation technology and provide training for Vietnamese officials in using
the equipment.
The project worth 13.9 million EUR
will be carried out from 2011-2014 with the use of the French government’s
official development assistance loans. Thanks to the advanced devices,
fishermen will get early information on storms and bad weather as well as on
potential fishing grounds. Chu Tien Vinh, Director from
Fisheries Department - the project beneficiary, said if the project proves to be
successful, the department will ask for permission to install the equipment for
an additional 2,000 vessels. The French will send experts to
provide on-spot training for about 30 Vietnamese officials each year, French
Secretary of State for Trade J.F. Lellouche said at a meeting with Minister of
Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc, who is on a working visit to the European
country from February 16-18. Also at the meeting, the two sides
discussed measures to increase cooperation in energy, electricity, transport,
particularly urban transport, cooking and farm produce processing and health. Vietnam always encourages French
investors, Minister Phuc told reporters after the signing ceremony, adding his
country does not limit exports to France and encourages French goods to Vietnam,
especially high-tech products. He said he wished for an early
signing of a project on Can Tho hospital construction. Also the same day, Minister Phuc met
with Secretary of State for Health Nora Berra and worked with the federation of
automobile and aviation-space equipment businesses. During his stay in France, the
Minister is scheduled to meet with Chairman H. Proglio of the French Electricity
Group (EDF), former ambassador to Vietnam Serge Degallaix, vice chairman of
Areva group Luc Oursel.
Burning motorbike kills 30-year-old driver
A
30-year-old driver died after his motorbike burst into flame while he was
driving on Bach Dang Street in central coastal Da Nang City yesterday.
The
accident happened when the street had few people, said chief of the city’s
police Nguyen Viet Loi, adding that they tried to extinguish the fire after
being reported but it did not work. Initial
investigation said the fire occured close to a lighting pole.
Five-year-old girl dies from acute diarrhoea
A
five-year-old baby girl, in Can Tho Town’s Phong Dien District, Nhon Nghia
Commune died of acute diarrhoea after many treating hours at the provincial
hospital on Thursday. A day
before, her parents and her three-year-old sister were sent to the district’s
hospital after suffering from abdominal pain and diarrhoea. They
earlier had dinner together at home. Police are investigating the cause of the
incident.
Tam Dao residents to be resettled
Northern
Vinh Phuc Province is planning 8.8-hectare resettlement-area to move people out
of the Tam Dao National Park. The
program not only helps people living in Tam Dao District’s Dao Tru, Dai Dinh,
Tam Quan Commune to find a job and have stable life which do not rely on forest
resources but also help to relevant authorities to protect forest effectively.
Authorities also build roads, network electricities and water pipes to people in
resettlement-area.
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