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Throughout Terry Fox Run 2019, Manulife aims to promote the message of health and wellness to everyone Held on Sunday November 17, the annual charity run has been a regular fixture on the corporate calendar and this year’s event held extra significance for Manulife. As the company continues on its journey to motivate even more Vietnamese to think about their health, the run is seen as a great chance to also celebrate the joy of moving. Kim Fleming, CEO of Manulife Vietnam “Each year Manulife comes together as a family to participate in the Terry Fox Run and we are thrilled to once again have one of the biggest teams at this charity run,” said Kim Fleming, CEO of Manulife Vietnam. “This is a great example of a family-friendly event that encourages active living and we are proud of our ongoing relationship with Terry Fox Run.” Over the years, Manulife has been a powerful force in building stronger, healthier communities in Vietnam, while also … [Read more...] about Manulife spurs healthy and active living at the 2019 Terry Fox Run

At the meeting (Photo: VNA)   Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) of Thailand has held a meeting to plan accident prevention and safety measures covering the New Year holidays, stressing rigorous law enforcement. Deputy Minister of the Interior Nipon Bunyamanee chaired the preparatory meeting on accident prevention and safety measures for the upcoming New Year holidays, where a campaign will be run promoting consideration of others and adherence to traffic rules by road users. Safety measures will be implemented from November to January in various phases, including the present campaign and awareness raising phase running from November 1, 2019 to January 2, 2020; the preparatory phase from November 1-26, 2019; and strict enforcement phase from November 27, 2019 to January 2, 2020, ensuring the maximum safety of road users. The authorities have used data from the holidays in 2017-2018 to determine accident-prone provinces and … [Read more...] about Thailand’s DDPM readies New Year safety measures

The test run of the new government Facebook page aims at supplying existing press information, also available at chinhphu.vn, to a wider Vietnamese audience, the head of the government's website has said. For a long time, the portal of the government has sent emails containing information about its directives and administration, the prime minister, and other deputy prime ministers to press agencies and journalists specialized in monitoring governmental activities and the Government Office, Vi Quang Dao, general director of the government's website, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. However, the media have used only a fraction of the press information according to their needs, while other information, which may be useful to other people, has been omitted or not fully published, Dao added. Therefore, the government portal has begun the trial to bring all the available press information on Facebook to disseminate it more broadly so that more Vietnamese people can have access to it, he … [Read more...] about Vietnamese government starts providing information on Facebook

Vietnam's start-up sector is closing the gap with regional leaders Indonesia and Singapore with new investment, according to a Nikkei Asian Review article (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's start-up sector is closing the gap with regional leaders Indonesia and Singapore with new investment, according to a Nikkei Asian Review article. The article cited a joint research by Ho Chi Minh City-based venture capital ESP Capital and Singapore's Cento Ventures which showed start-up investment in Vietnam hit 246 million USD this year through June on 56 deals. It added that investment is expected to top 800 million USD by the end of the year, which would represent a rise of at least 80 percent over last year's 444 million USD. The article said a total of about 5.9 billion USD was invested in Southeast Asian start-ups in the first half of 2019. When it comes to the investments that can be tracked to a destination country, Vietnam accounted for 17 percent of start-up … [Read more...] about Vietnam startups gain on Indonesia, Singapore: Japanese newspaper

A section of the iconic Han River in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang has been contaminated by wastewater over the past few days as a nearby wastewater collection system becomes overloaded. Dark-colored water was spotted along a section of the Han River near Tran Thi Ly Bridge and Nguyen Van Troi Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday morning, according to observations by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters. Unpleasant smell was noticeable from the riverbank. As of Wednesday morning, the polluted water had changed to a lighter color but the stench remained. A section of the Han River near Tran Thi Ly Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam is polluted on November 19, 2019. Photo: V.Hung / Tuoi Tre A quick report by the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment showed that coliform levels in the water collected from the Han River near Tran Thi Ly Bridge were eight times higher than acceptable standards. The agency attributed the situation to the degraded and congested state of a … [Read more...] about Wastewater pollutes Da Nang’s iconic Han River