(VOVworld) -Covering more than 2,000 square meters, Keo pagoda in Thai Binh province is comprised of a number of architectural structures including a three-door temple, a Buddha pagoda, a Genie temple, a bell tower, corridors, and a tower garden…Keo pagoda, also known as Than Quang pagoda, is located in Duy Nhat commune, Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province. The pagoda is comprised of a pagoda that worships Buddha and a Genie temple that worships Duong Khong Lo, a monk of the Ly dynasty, who founded the pagoda. Monk Duong Khong Lowasborn in 1016 inGiaoThuy village, Ha Thanh district. He became a monk at 29. In 1061, after practicing Buddhism in India, he returned home and founded Nghiem Quang pagoda. In 1167, King Ly Anh Tong changed the name of the pagoda from Nghiem Quang to Than Quang. The pagoda collapsed in a typhoonin 1611. It was rebuilt in 1632. At that time, the pagoda had 157 apartments covering 58,000 square meters. Now, the pagoda has 128 apartments covering 2,000 square meters. Despite being upgraded and repaired several times over the past 400 years, Keo pagoda retains its unique architecture from the 17th century Le dynasty. In September 2012 it was designated a special national relic. Lan Anh
Keo pagoda in Thai Binh province boasts unique architecture
AgResults Vietnam Emissions Reduction Pilot launched in Thai Binh province
NDO – The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), in collaboration of the Thai Binh provincial People’s Committee, launched the “AgResults Vietnam Emissions Reduction Pilot” on August 22, which aims to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that come from rice farming in Vietnam, by incentivising the uptake of innovations in rice farming technology through monetary awards. The project will provide a platform to test and scale up innovative technologies and new approaches for reducing GHG emissions from rice production. Apart from the potential for climate change mitigation, the initiative will contribute to increasing farm productivity and incomes for smallholder farmers across Vietnam. Thai Binh is the only locality in Vietnam to be chosen by the project management board to implement the project in the five years between 2016 and 2021. Instead of providing immediate funding for organisations and individuals, the project will select and verify innovative solutions and topics that meet the criteria of mitigating climate change and improving livelihoods for rice farmers. Total prizes are worth US$3 million. After a period of verification, the project management board has chosen 11 units which are working in the field of agriculture from across the country, to participate in technology demonstration models in 11 communes in Thai Binh province, whilst building 11 reference models to evaluate the effectiveness of each technology. The AgResults Vietnam project, managed by SNV, is part of the AgResults project which is co-sponsored by the governments of Australia, Canada, the UK and the US, and the Bill & Melinda Gates…... [read more]
Teacher and retention recruitment crisis
Despite the order to cut staff, state schools still face teacher redundancy problems as decisions are made by the departments of internal affairs instead of the education sector. State schools face teacher redundancy problems For the past five years, the Ministry of Education and Training have constantly emphasised the need to cut staff at schools. The ministry tried to deal with the problems by re-training teachers and sending them to nursery schools. But this has proved controversial. Nguyen Kim Phung, director of the ministry's Higher Education Department, said the enrollment quota for teacher training in 2014 was 84,000. It was cut to 68,000 in 2016 and 54,000 in 2017 but Phung said the number was still too high. According to Decision 732 issued by the prime minister about training teachers and managers for the 2016-2020 period with a view to 2025, Vietnam only needs 190,000 more teachers. However, the enrolment quota for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years are already 122,000. Teacher quality was also in question as the entrance scores to many teacher training universities this year were extremely low. Le Truong Tung, head of FPT University said forecasting human resources for teachers was much easier than in other sectors as they can have an accurate estimate of the number of students and teachers for each grade and subject. "The Ministry of Education and Training asked universities to cut the enrolment quota every year but the implementation has not been effective," he said. Tung suggested following India where a…... [read more]
A political opportunist unmasked
Toan was born in 1955 in Vu Ban district, northern Nam Dinh province. He lives at 11 Trang Tien alley, Trang Tien ward, Hoan Kiem precinct, Hanoi. He is a graduate of the general school, but unemployed. In 1979, Toan served a nine month suspended sentence handed down by the Ba Dinh precinct court for theft and trade in stolen properties. In 1983, he got a written warning issued by the Ba Dinh court on the charge of trading “stolen goods”. In August 2002, Toan was arrested and sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment and three years’ probation for espionage activities. Showing leniency towards him, the government decided on January 24, 2006 to release Toan eight years before the end of his prison sentence. Instead of repenting what he has done, Toan continued to follow the beaten track. Taking advantage of the anxieties of petitioners coming from other localities to Hanoi, Toan told them that he would ask for “protection” and “support from abroad”. He even incited and encouraged them to cause social disorder by giving them money supplied by Vietnamese reactionaries living abroad. He gave Nguyen Van Tuc and Vu Van Tai, from northern Thai Binh province VND4.5 million to buy mobile phones and recorders and cover his travel expenses to Hanoi, gave Dang The Hai from northern Bac Giang province VND2 million, Tran Anh Kim, from Thai Binh province US$750 and Ho Thi Bich Khuong from central Nghe An province a computer, a digital camera and a hand phone…... [read more]
NA heads for global parliamentary standards
The deputies discussed the role and supervisory function of NA deputies and delegations, the deputy’s right to submit draft laws, the increase of number of full-time deputies, and when to meet with voters. Increasing the number of full-time deputies In the 13th National Assembly, 18.2% of deputies at the central level and 12.6% at the local level are full-time. In order to improve NA performance, full-time deputies should be at least 35% of NA deputies. Pham Xuan Truong is a deputy from Thai Binh province. “I suggest we appoint at least two people, including the head or the deputy head of each delegation, to be full-time deputies. This will ensure regular action by the delegation and increase the number of full-time deputies locally. And it will increase the time available to meet voters and collect their opinions and expand the NA’s permanent, direct supervisory work.” The right to submit draft laws Legislative work is the main task of a parliament. Vietnam’s National Assembly has regularly improved its legislative work to build a legal system to manage all social aspects. The 2013 Constitution has promoted the independence and creativity of each individual deputy. It’s a trend which matches Vietnamese and internationals political evolution. Nguyen Thi Hong Ha, a deputy from Hanoi, said: “It’s necessary to define who consults the NA deputies and what organization helps the deputies develop and submit draft laws, ordinances, and legal recommendations.” Enhancing the supervisory role of NA deputies and delegations NA deputy delegations organize activities of…... [read more]
First legal HIV cooperative gives victims a livelihood
Pham Cong Chuan, head of the cooperative and also founder of the Hy Vong network, a group of people living with HIV/AIDS in Thai Binh province, said this was an important decision. Friday’s launch also included the opening of the cooperative’s garment workshop for HIV/AIDS victims to learn vocational skills. “From now on, people living with HIV/AIDS can feel more self-confident and be able to live with more responsibility in their lives”, said Chuan. Established in 2006, the network aims to help people who have recently contracted HIV/AIDS by advising them on options for treatment while also training cooperative members to carry out HIV/AIDS prevention activities. The Hy Vong Cooperative, which has a total of 255 members in four our of the province’s five districts, runs a US$14,000 fund that provides micro-credit loans for economic development to households with HIV/AIDS victims. “We plan to train at least 30 skilled members and provide micro-credit loans to 50 others by the end of this year,” said Chuan. “The help is focused on the poor, ill and unemployed.” The cooperative is part of a 2-month project on innovative approaches to social protection and empowerment for HIV/AIDS victims in rural areas, funded by the Bread for the World Organisation (BftW) through the Centre for Community Health and Development (COHED). The project aims to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Thai Binh province through the promotion of positive living and efficient community-based models for expansion of livelihood choices. Director of…... [read more]
80 percent of redundant workers get re-employed
HCM City topped the list of laid-off workers (15,548), followed by Hanoi (13,245) and Binh Duong (8,002). These unemployed workers focused on sectors such as garments and textiles, footwear, seafood and farm products processing, construction, the automobile industry, electronics, and real estate or from enterprises, which produce exports or have imported materials from foreign enterprises. According to these reports, around 30,594 workers in craft villages in rural areas lost their jobs in the first quarter. Thai Binh province took the lead with 6,427 laid-off workers, followed by Bac Ninh province (6,150). In addition, due to the impact of the global economic downturn, more than 7,000 guest workers have had to return home ahead of schedule. The number of guest workers, who will have to return before 2009, is expected to reach 10,000. The Employment Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) forecasts that around 300,000 people will be jobless this year. However, the Employment Department says that more than 80 percent of the laid-off workers have found new jobs, with 95 percent in Binh Duong province and over 80 percent in HCM City and Dong Nai province. In HCM City, for example, the number of jobless workers is estimated at 15,548 but the demand for recruitment has reached 61,000. Nguyen Dai Dong, head of the Employment Department, says that enterprises should think carefully before cutting their workforce. Recently, many businesses have increased production to meet new orders but they are short of workers. New recruitment at…... [read more]
Two more anti-State instigators arrested
Trung, born in 1983, lives at 6/1 Nguyen Canh Di Road, ward No4, Tan Binh Precinct, HCM City. While studying in France in 2002, Trung collaborated with other reactionaries Nguyen Gia Kieng, Bui Tin and Vu Thu Hien to found an organisation called the Democratic Youth Movement. This organisation, led by Trung, planned to team up with other groups inside and outside Vietnam to demand a political change. Upon his return to Vietnam, Trung met with Hoang Minh Chinh, Tran Anh Kim and others to discuss the establishment of another reactionary organisation called the Democratic Party of Vietnam to carry out anti-State activities conceived by Nguyen Si Binh. Trung incited young people, including students, to demonstrate and cause social disturbances in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in December 2007 and April 2008. Despite confrontations with the local administration and social organisations, he continued these activities in open defiance of the law. Tran Anh Kim, born in 1949 in Thai Binh province, joined the Democratic Party of Vietnam in March 2006. He was assigned to lead this organisation in Thai Binh, and subsequently received instructions from Nguyen Si Binh, who heads a radical organisation called the People’s Action Party, to carry out anti-State activities inside Vietnam. Kim also joined Bloc 8406 – a radical group led by Nguyen Van Ly – and became a member of the executive board of the bloc, in charge of activities in the north. He and some associates planned to establish an office to rally…... [read more]
Local clinics to join in A/H1N1 testing
The Ministry also said it will make public the names of the qualified clinics immediately after the examination so they can promptly provide testing services and help confirmed cases with right treatment. The Ministry has so far organized training courses on testing for the A/H1N1 virus for health workers from 15 provinces and cities. This has helped the southern provinces of Tien Giang, Vung Tau, An Giang and Dong Nai have been able to conduct quick tests for the disease. Only the preventive health centres of Thanh Hoa and Thai Binh provinces and the Thai Binh Medical College have been qualified to provide the service. On September 17, the Department for Preventive Health and Environment confirmed 235 more cases of the virus, including 170 in the south, 38 in the north, 16 in the central region an 11 in the Central Highlands.... [read more]
Storm Parma nears coastal provinces
At an emergency meeting of the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention in Hanoi on October 13, Mr Hai asked the committee to monitor the number of vessels still at sea and force fishermen to leave their vessels and fishing cages for safer areas. At 17.00 the storm, packing sustained winds of 89 and 117 km/h near its centre, was heading towards the coastal provinces between Nghe An and Quang Ninh. It is forecast to make landfall late at night and to bring heavy rains of between 100-200mm before weakening into a tropical depression on October 14. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, reported that Hai Phong City and Quang Ninh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa and Thai Binh provinces have mobilised soldiers, border guards and militia to evacuate residents from danger areas and reinforce sea dykes. This morning, the storm swept across Bach Long Vi Island District of Hai Phong City, bringing down many big trees and blowing roofs off houses. A wind-powered electric pole – the only one on the island – was downed. All local islanders were ordered to stay indoors. Heavy downpours accompanied by strong winds hampered rescue work.... [read more]
Overseas Vietnamese raise funds for flood victims
The sum was donated by Vietnamese agencies, businesses and organisations in Russia. Meanwhile in The Hague, a representative of the Golden Heart Fund’s mobilising board of the Vietnamese community in the Netherlands has handed over a donation worth over 5,000 euro to the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands. The sum will be sent to the Vietnam Fatherland Front to assist people in Central Vietnam to overcome storm Ketsana’s aftermath to the Vietnam Television’s Viet Heart Fund to help kids born with heart diseases and to the care and vocational training centre for Agent Orange/dioxin children in northern Thai Binh province.... [read more]
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