Major General Nguyen Van Gau, Deputy Director of the General Department of Political Affairs of the Vietnam People’s Army and head of the delegation, together with Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council Do Trong Hung co-chaired the session. Reportedly, the resolution has been comprehensively implemented with significant results over the past 10 years. The Party committees and authorities at all levels have built plans, assigned tasks to each agencies, and concretized the resolution to appropriate measures, contributing to maintaining security and social order and safety in the locality. The socio-economic situation of the province has been stable while the people’s living conditions have increasingly improving and the whole-people great unity bloc has been reinforced. These results have created combined strength to firmly build the whole-people’s defense posture in line with the people's security posture, contributing … [Read more...] about MND reviews implementation of Fatherland protection strategy’s resolution in Thanh Hoa
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[Uniqueness of Hanoi’s craft villages] Son Dong – the most famous Buddha statue making village
Woodworkers in a small craft village in Hanoi’s outskirts have had reputation for creating the most sophisticated Buddha statues in Vietnam. After nearly a hundred years, the statue of “Thousand-Handed Quan Yin Buddha” in Dai Quan Pagoda, Khoai Chau District, Hung Yen Province still retains its beauty. The Buddha has a gentle face, calm half-closed eyes. Her two hands are clasped in front of the chest, praying for peace for mankind, while the other 998 hands stretch out, ready to protect and help her Buddhists. The statue of “Thousand-Handed Quan Yin Buddha” in Dai Quan Pagoda, Khoai Chau District, Hung Yen Province. Photo: Xuan Thanh The “Thousand-Handed Buddha” statue of Dai Quan Pagoda, like hundreds of thousands of Buddha sculptures being revered in temples across Vietnam, was created by talented craftsmen from the Son Dong fine arts craft village.The outer layer of gold vermilion paint covering the Buddha statue made from jackfruit wood is almost intact, … [Read more...] about [Uniqueness of Hanoi’s craft villages] Son Dong – the most famous Buddha statue making village
Places short of teachers due to low wages
The virtual conference takes place in all cities and provinces According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the average teacher/class ratio has not met the requirements under the new education program initiated in 2018. Currently, the education sector still lacks teachers of English and Informatics for primary schools and Music and Fine Arts subjects for high schools when applying for the General Education Program 2018 from the school year 2022 - 2023. At the conference, leaders of the education sector in cities and provinces continued moaning about the problem of teacher shortage. Mr. Tran The Cuong, Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training in the capital city of Hanoi proposed that the Government should allow schools with large numbers of students to have three vice principals. He recommended that the government should allow schools to sign working contracts with professional teaching as well as to allow schools in Hanoi to raise the building block … [Read more...] about Places short of teachers due to low wages
Three dead, eight missing in northern Vietnam flooding
The northern highlands province of Hoa Binh reported three deaths: Dinh Thi Nguyet, 35, Ha Tam Uyen, 4, and Nguyen Minh Hieu, 10, were swept away by floodwaters and their bodies found later. Of the eight people listed missing, also swept away by floods, two were from Hoa Binh, one from Phu Tho, two in Lao Cai and four in Nam Dinh Province. The four Nam Dinh victims are a 35-year-old woman, her 8-year-old daughter and her two nieces, aged 11 and 12. They went to a river at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. When the three children entered the river to swim, they were swept away. The woman tried to jump in to save them, only to be swept away as well. Storm Mulan weakened into a tropical depression on Thursday morning. It then made landfall onto Quang Ninh and Hai Phong. It caused heavy rains in northern Vietnam regions, along with two central Vietnam provinces Thanh Hoa and Nghe An from Thursday to Friday. From 7 p.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday, several northern Vietnam localities … [Read more...] about Three dead, eight missing in northern Vietnam flooding
Heavy downpour turns Hanoi streets into ‘rivers’
Many streets in Hanoi were turned into 'rivers' as a heavy downpour battered the Vietnamese capital city on Friday morning. The torrential rain started at around 5:20 am on Friday, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. Thuy Khe Street in Hanoi is turned into a 'river,' August 12, 2022. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre The downpour resulted in serious flooding on Thang Long Avenue, Le Trong Tan Street, and Thuy Khe Street, among others. Knee-high rainwater was also recorded on such roads as Pham Hung, Nguyen Hoang, and Ton That Thuyet. The situation posed a lot of challenges for local residents during the morning commute as multiple vehicles broke down. Serious flooding on Thang Long Avenue in Hanoi, August 12, 2022. Photo: Thanh Chung / Tuoi Tre According to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, rainfall of 20-60 millimeters dampened northern localities as well as north-central Thanh Hoa … [Read more...] about Heavy downpour turns Hanoi streets into ‘rivers’
Power shortage worries increase hunger for coal
Cao Son Coal, the company with the largest mining output in Vietnam, on July 19 announced to improve and expand the capacity of the Cao Son coal mine in Cam Pha in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, to meet high production requirements. Coal mining companies are increasing output to deal with power generation shortages, Le Toan The mine has total reserves of almost 52 million tonnes, with a designed capacity of about 4.5 million tonnes per year. By upgrading the reserves, Cao Son’s coal mine is expected to complete a record high mining output of 6.78 million tonnes in 2022. Phan Quoc Viet, director of Cao Son Coal, said, “We have mobilised equipment to maximise the exploitation of raw coal at the Cao Son mine. In 2021, we achieved a mining output of over 6.4 million tonnes.” Many miners feel that Cao Son Coal’s plan to increase output faces many challenges, especially considering the increasingly difficult and complex open-pit mining conditions. Similar to … [Read more...] about Power shortage worries increase hunger for coal
Downpour leaves at least 7 dead and went missing in Northern region
Flood is seen in Hoa Mat District of Hoa Binh Province The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said that at least 7 people were dead and missing after torrential rain knocked out power, caused landslides, and left roads and subways submerged. Currently, the rain has not stopped, and the number of victims may still increase because the localities have not yet reported, still continuing to update. In the mountainous Northern Province of Lao Cai, 15-year-old boy Vu Duc Duy in Pom Han Ward went missing when he went through the spillway and was swept away by the flood. Elsewhere, Hoa Binh Province reported that three people were dead and two went missing. The two victims who are still missing are 17-year-old Bui Duc Thanh in Kim Boi District and 38-year-old Dinh Ngoc Huong in Lac Thuy District. According to Mr. Quach Dinh Van, Chairman of the People's Committee in Kim Boi Commune of Hoa Binh Province, at about 3pm on August 11 at Boi River, victim Bui Duc Thanh and two … [Read more...] about Downpour leaves at least 7 dead and went missing in Northern region
[Uniqueness of Hanoi’s craft villages] Trach Xa villagers: Born to be skillful ‘ao dai’ tailors
Knowhow of a perfect Vietnamese traditional ‘ao dai’ comes to the tailors in Hanoi's suburb village almost naturally, contributing to enhancing the beauty of the Vietnamese women. For hundreds years, many generations of tailors in Trach Xa village have contributed to preserving and promoting the charm of the traditional Vietnamese costume. Hundreds-years-old craft village Charming Vietnamese girls in ao dai dress. Photo: Thanh Hai Legend has it that Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang fell in love with a beautiful girl of Trach Xa during his visit to the village. She became his wife and used her creativity to make outfits for the royal court. Trach Xa Village in Ung Hoa District, 60km away from Hanoi’s center, has been well known for hundreds of years for specializing in traditional ao dai making. But artisan Nghiem Van Dat says that the mother of this trade is Nguyen Thi Sen, who was very young when her sewing skills were put at the service of the royal family … [Read more...] about [Uniqueness of Hanoi’s craft villages] Trach Xa villagers: Born to be skillful ‘ao dai’ tailors