Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - A free cooking school has opened at Artemis building, No 3 Lê Trọng Tấn Street, Thanh Xuân District in Hà Nội. "The Ajinomoto Cooking Studio has been opened to encourage people's passion for cooking, through which one can enhance the nutritional intake and health of one's family and stay happy," said Hiroharu Motohashi, general director of the centre. The dishes cooked at the centre have been newly designed, and are divided into four groups: dishes for people who love cooking; dishes for mothers with small babies (under five years); dishes for couples (newly weds and nearly weds); and dishes for families with children from 6 to 11 years. All cooking ingredients will be supplied by the centre, and each class will have a maximum of 12 to 14 students. The centre is calling for registrations for various courses to be held in June and July. For details, call 04 3 640 6688. - VNS … [Read more...] about Free cooking school opens in Hà Nội
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Seafood factory’s discharge suspected to cause mass shrimp die in Phú Yên
Viet Nam News PHÚ YÊN - Shrimp breeders in Sông Cầu Township, Phú Yên Province have strongly opposed a local seafood processing factory's discharge of untreated wastewater into Xuân Đài Bay, recently causing mass shrimp death. The breeders suspect the wastewater discharge of Xuân Phương Commune-based Nguyễn Hưng Ltd.Co's factory was the main cause of the 524,000 shrimp that died in the few days, according to shrimp breeders in Xuân Yên Ward and Xuân Phương Commune, with hundreds of billionđồngin damage. Nguyễn Thanh Nam, a shrimp breeder in Xuân Yên Ward, said all breeders along the bay were suffering losses. "We urge the authorities to clarify the cause and respond to the people," he was quoted as saying to the Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper. Nguyễn Thị Hoa, deputy director of Nguyễn Hưng Ltd.Co, explained two months ago, the factory's wastewater treatment system crashed, so all wastewater was sucked into tank trucks and transported to another system in Xuân Canh … [Read more...] about Seafood factory’s discharge suspected to cause mass shrimp die in Phú Yên
37 Nghệ An fishermen rescued from sea
Viet Nam News NGHỆ AN - Thirty-seven fishermen have been rescued from sea by the central Nghệ An Province's navy police force and other fishermen in the past few days. On Monday, Quỳnh Thuận District's border guards, in co-ordination with the navy police, brought 19 fishermen from fishing vessel NA95688TS to shore after they were rescued from sea. The latest incident took place around 6pm on Sunday, when the fishing vessel owned by Bùi Ngọc Kiên, a resident of Nghệ An Province's Quỳnh Lưu District, broke down suddenly in sea and started drifting away. The fishermen on board sent out an emergency signal following which the navy police received an order from the Command to go on a rescue operation. The navy police ship caught up with the drifting vessel a few hours later, around 00.30am on Monday. Earlier, on the afternoon of May 21, a local fishing vessel, captained by Nguyễn Bá Thảo, a resident of Quỳnh Lưu District, with 17 other seamen, broke down and went adrift in sea. On … [Read more...] about 37 Nghệ An fishermen rescued from sea
Ninh Thuân begins to afforest to protect lakes
NINH THUẬN - The central province of Ninh Thuận will implement a forest rehabilitation and planting programme from now through 2021 to protect 20 irrigation lakes. Around 1000ha of forest will be grown around the lakes at a cost of VNĐ68.7 billion (US$ 3 million). The tree species to be planted include burflower, white siris and kassod. The programme hopes to check erosion and restore the ecological balance in a province with harsh weather, increasing groundwater levels, according to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The 20 lakes have a total capacity of 192 million cubic metres, but because of the weather they are never more than 60-70 percent full. - VNS … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuân begins to afforest to protect lakes
Deputies aim to clarify law on State assets
HÀ NỘI- National Assembly deputies on Monday devoted most of their time discussing proposed changes to the draft Law on the Management and Use of the State assets. In its report, the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed that it was high time to revise some articles in the law and change the law's name into "the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets" to make it conform with the Constitution and to the country's current legal system. During their discussion, most lawmakers agreed that the changes will contribute to the success of the current fight against corruption and the thrifty use of public assets. In its report, the National Assembly Standing Committee said it had instructed the drafting committee and the law appraisal committee to include the proposed ideas into Article 7 of the Law to assure that public assets are used efficiently. The NA Standing Committee also demanded that the changes must not run against other legal documents, including international treaties … [Read more...] about Deputies aim to clarify law on State assets