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HCM City’s authorities are planning to install 315 cameras at local kindergartens at the cost of VND3.2bn (USD137,000) to prevent child abuse. Mam Xanh Day Care Centre The plan was proposed during a recent meeting session of HCM City People's Council. It is a part of the new regulations regarding equipment and facilities for kindergarten children. The funding for the CCTV cameras will come from the city's budget. The pilot programme will be carried out in District 1, 12 and Hoc Mon. Cameras will be installed in classrooms, sleeping area, dining rooms, kitchens, playgrounds, hallways, parking lots and school gates. After one year, the authorities will review and expand the programme to the whole city. According to the new survey conducted by the Department of Education with teachers and parents in District 1, 12 and Hoc Mon, 48% of asked teachers and 88% of parents supported the proposal. However, many teachers said that many problems might occur when the camera feed and … [Read more...] about HCM City prevents child abuse at kindergartens with city CCTV cameras

This poses a greater threat than rising sea levels due to climate change. When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could walk to the local chapel. Today, reaching it requires a swim. The main culprit is catastrophic subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from below, often via unregulated wells for homes, factories, and farms catering to a booming population and growing economy. The steady sinking of coastal towns and islets like Pariahan in the northern Philippines has caused Manila Bay's brackish water to pour inland and displace thousands, posing a greater threat than rising sea levels due to climate change. "It was so beautiful here before... Children were playing in the streets," San Jose said, adding: "Now we always need to use a boat." Most of the former residents have scattered to other parts of the region. Just a handful of families remain in Pariahan, which had its own elementary school, a basketball court and a chapel before the … [Read more...] about Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing ‘slow-motion disaster’

HCMC residents can now search for information on housing projects before making a purchase, through a mobile app called SXD247, developed by the Department of Construction and FPT Information System Company (FPT IS). An individual uses the SXD247 app on a smartphone. The HCMC Construction Department has launched a housing app called SXD247 - PHOTO: VGP Besides this, the app will regularly be updated with the latest information on property projects managed by the municipal department. It only takes SXD247 users a few seconds to find information on housing projects, including the projects’ square footage, investment scale and images as well as investor information, legal status and construction progress. Apart from this, with the app, users can check other useful information related to the status of applications, licenses, certificates and administrative procedures. As such, SXD247, which users can download from the App Store or Google Play, helps residents and firms … [Read more...] about HCM City construction department launches housing app

 Flowers given to the ships' leader On the two Sigma-class vessels designed and built by the Dutch group of Damen and led by Commander Sunmarji Bimoaji are 181 crew-members. During their stay in Ho Chi Minh City, the vessels’ leaders will pay courtesy calls to the leadership of the Military Region 7 Command, the municipal People’s Committee, the Naval Command and the Vietnam People’s Army. Aside from these activities, the Indonesian officers and sailors will also play volleyball against the cadets of the Naval Technical College, exchange with the cadets of the Naval Academy and enjoy several tours of the city. The visit aims to reinforce the two countries’ friendship and cooperation, their bilateral defense ties and their naval relations. Translated by Mai Huong … [Read more...] about Indonesian naval ships visit Ho Chi Minh City

As scheduled, Former U.S President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama visit the Southeast Asian country from December 8 to 11 in the framework of visits to some Asian nations. They visited Vietnam to talk about the Girls Opportunity Alliance under the Obama Foundation which help to fight against illiteracy amongst juvenile girls and women from the grass root by creating chances for them to grasp and pursuit their dreams through education. In the reception, Chief Nhan welcomed the former US President’s visit affirming that the visit has shown former US President and his wife’s deep concern to the bilateral relation generally and Vietnam’s growth particularly. Since the two countries have normalized the diplomatic relations, leaders of Vietnam and the US have paid more visits especially General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong’s first visit to the US in 2015 and Barack Obama’s official visit to Vietnam as the President of the US in … [Read more...] about HCMC Party Chief Nhan receives former US President Barack Obama