Vietnamese schools teach swimming on… paper

Schools in big cities complain that there are not enough swimming pools to teach swimming to students as requested by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). Vietnam is one of the countries which have the highest percentages of drowning in the world. Therefore, MOET in 2010 requested primary schools all over the country to teach swimming in a trial period of 2010-2015. Fourth graders would be the main learners, while the third and fifth graders are also welcome to swimming lessons. Children in waterways areas also die of drowning According to the Ministry of Health, drowning is the biggest reason behind the deaths of children and the second biggest reason behind the deaths of adults. Drowning is the cause of the death of 22.6 percent of the dead children, just after the traffic accidents (26.7 percent). On average, 7000 Vietnamese children die every year, 50 percent of whom die of drowning. According to Tran Thi Ngoc Lan, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, the highest percentage of the death of drowning can be seen in the group of children aged 0-4 (19/100,000 children per annum). Nguyen Trong An from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said that not only the children in big cities, but in the Mekong River Delta, also die of drowning, mostly because they cannot swim. Learning to swim on… paper The request by MOET in 2010 has not been fulfilled by schools over the last two years. Ngu Duy Anh, Director of the Students' Affairs Department under MOET, also admitted that Vietnam has not gone far in the implementation of the plan on teaching swimming. There are not enough swimming pools to teach swimming to students, especially the ones in big cities. There are also not enough swimming teachers: though there are physical training teachers at every school, but not all of them have been trained to train swimming. Headmaster of a primary school in Cau Giay district in Hanoi frankly said that her school cannot implement the plan on teaching swimming because it does not have necessary conditions. It takes hundreds of millions of dong to build a swimming pool, which is unaffordable to the school which still lacks classrooms and material facilities. Meanwhile, MOET cannot prop up the money for the schools to build swimming pools of their own, because this would require a huge sum of money. Bui Thi Van Anh, Head of the Cau Giay district's education sub-department, said that no school in the district has its own swimming pool. Meanwhile, there is only one public pool for the local residents. Therefore, it proves to be unfeasible to implement the swimming teaching plan. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak Headmasters of general schools all have said the plan on teaching swimming to students has been applauded by parents, who say they would pay additional money, so that the schools can organize swimming lessons. In Hanoi, many schools are planning to bring students to swimming pools to attend swimming lessons. However, they still have not found out any reasonable solution for vehicle, teacher and timetable arrangement. That explains why Hanoi, a big city, still has not released any document guiding the teaching of swimming at primary schools. Anh from MOET said though the ministry requests schools to push up the activities to prevent the drowning, it cannot punish the schools, if they cannot implement the plan, because the ministry well understands the difficulties the schools are facing. Forex News Travel to Vietnam | Festival Hue 2012 | Tour Festival Hue | Tour to Vietnam | Tour Ghep Mien Trung | Tour Trang Mat | Ebook | visit vietnam | Tour Du Lich 30 - 4 va 1 - 5 | How To Weight Loss | how to solve rubik | how to tie a tie | dac san hue | tourism vietnam
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Thai billionaire releases second book in Vietnam

Thai billionaire Vikrom Kromadit has unveiled his second book, titled "Nghiet Nga va Thanh Cong" (Be A Better Man), in Vietnamese. Unlike his first book, "Tay Khong Gay Dung Co Do" (Building A Career by Bare Hands), which was earlier released in Vietnam and told of Vikrom's desire to be a rich man, "Be A Better Man" is the story of the billionaire's normal life with many ups and downs. "People can make mistakes, but the point is they must live today better than yesterday," he shared. "Think about good things and then do good things." As many as 300,000 copies have been sold in Thailand since the book debuted in 2004. A Thai TV series adapted from the book is also being purchased to be broadcast in Vietnam. In 2008, Vikrom was voted as one of Thailand's 40 richest people by Forbes magazine. He has published 12 books in Thailand, and they are sold for just USD1 in the hope of sharing his experiences with younger generations Hue Tours Hue Tour Festival Hue Hue Da Nang Da Nang Hoi An Hoi An Hue Du Lich Hue Du Lich Hoi AnDu Lich Da Nang Du Lich Sapa Du Lich Da Lat Du Lich Phu Quoc Du Lich Lao Du Lich Cambodia Du Lich Thai Lan Du Lich Singapore Du Lich Malaysia Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Nation backs UN agency at summit

Vietnam wants to promote the central role of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure nuclear security and safety in the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (second row, third from right) poses with other world leaders yesterday at the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea. The PM was speaking at the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul in South Korea. He said Vietnam's view was to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes only and ensuring nuclear safety and security. Dung told participants that Vietnam had been building a legal framework and safe and secure infrastructure so that it could apply nuclear power and take part in related international treaties and initiatives. He said Vietnam was actively working with other ASEAN nations to build a peaceful and stable Southeast Asian region free from nuclear weapons. He said non-proliferation of nuclear weapons was an important factor for nuclear security and safety and that every nation had the right to use nuclear energy and technology for peaceful purposes. Any differences should be addressed in terms of the UN charter and international law through peaceful measures. The summit focused on reviewing the progress made since the 2010 Washington Summit, national measures and international co-operation to enhance nuclear security and future commitment, and the interface between nuclear security and safety. At the end of the summit, the leaders of 53 countries adopted a communique covering measures to ensure nuclear security and safety throughout the world. The third Nuclear Security Summit will be held in the Netherlands in 2014. PM meets other leaders Also yesterday, Prime Minister Dung held bilateral meetings with international politicians on the sideline of the second Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. In a meeting with New Zealand counterpart John Key, Dung proposed the early signing of an agreement on avoiding double taxation and a co-operative accord on education and training. The PM also proposed organising the fourth session of the Joint Committee for Economic and Trade Co-operation this year. Key said he hoped the two countries would increase co-operation in international and regional forums, boost visits of defence delegations and co-operate in logistics and the defence industry. He also urged speeding up the implementation of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement and trade and investment promotion. In another meeting with Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, PM Dung praised Britain's role in promoting nuclear security and safety and its initiatives at the Seoul summit. Dung suggested that both countries exchange information on issues of mutual concern and promote bilateral co-operation in trade, investment and education. He said he hoped Britain would continue to support Vietnam in developing the international Vietnam-UK University to help Vietnamese students study in Britain. Clegg said there was a need for the two countries to increase two-way trade value to US$4 billion by 2013. PM Dung also met his Pakistani counterpart Raza Gillani. The two were delighted at increasing two-way trade that hit $325 million last year. They also discussed signing agreements encouraging investment. Dung said the two countries should enhance ventures in investment, culture, education and training. In a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, PM Dung said he was delighted at the success both sides had enjoyed in celebrating 40 years of diplomatic relations in 2011. In addition to decades of successful relations, Vietnam and Denmark recently established strategic partnerships in the areas of climate change adaptation, environmental protection, green growth and energy. Schmidt asked Viet Nam to offer preferential policies for Danish investors to maintain long-term businesses in the country, especially in areas such as food processing, renewable energy, green and environmentally-friendly technology, among others. Meeting with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and President of the EU Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Dung asked the EU to make further efforts to allow negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement to begin and to soon recognise Viet Nam as a market economy. Later, Dung met with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. The Vietnamese leader said he hoped that Finland would continue to assist Vietnam in the areas of poverty reduction, climate change adaptation and forestry. In a discussion with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, both leaders agreed to work closely to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations in 2013. Though bilateral trade topped $5 billion in 2011, Dung said both countries had the potential to reach higher targets. Gillard said she hoped the two countries would further co-operate in economics, commerce, investment, high technology, education, security and national defence and other activities at regional and international forums. Forex News Travel to Vietnam | Festival Hue 2012 | Tour Festival Hue | Tour to Vietnam | Tour Ghep Mien Trung | Tour Trang Mat | Ebook | visit vietnam | Tour Du Lich 30 - 4 va 1 - 5 | How To Weight Loss | how to solve rubik | how to tie a tie | dac san hue | tourism vietnam
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Yamaha Pocketrak digital recorders

Yamaha has introduced two new convenient, reliable and unique portable recording devices, the POCKETRAK C24 and POCKETRAK W24. "A lot of thought has gone into the design of the new POCKETRAK models," said Athan Billias, marketing manager, Music Production. "People were surprised at how small, but useful, the original POCKETRAK 2G and POCKETRAK CX were, but there are so many features in these new models that they will bring out the 'wow factor' again." yen sao hitech review hue tourism vietnam how to weight loss cute girl dac san xu hue how to solve rubik how to tie a tie giấy dán tường ky nang ban hang tieu luan triet de thi dai hoc luan van ngan hang kinh doanh quoc te luan van thac sy luận văn thạc sỹ
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Visiting the land of the giant turtles

Turtles weighing up to 20 kg are common in northern Son La Province thanks to domestication over the last twenty years that has created animals of a size that cannot be found in the wild. A 20-kg turtle Dang Huu Duyen, chairman of the Soft shell Turtle Farmer Association, owns the biggest soft shell turtle (ba ba gai) in Vietnam, weighing 45 kg. The reptile species is kept domestically to lay eggs in ponds and farms. "The wattle-neck soft shell turtles are easier to keep and bring up than other kinds of soft shell turtles. They can eat various kinds of food and can adapt better to the living environment," said Duyen. After watching people hunt this species for over 20 years, especially during the breeding season, Duyen began to fear that the soft shell turtles may become extinct. In an effort to prevent this from happening, he started to move some sand from the Ma River to his garden and make nests for hatching eggs collected from the river. After a trial run in which 60 percent of the turtle eggs he collected hatched well, Duyen planned to build pools to keep soft shell turtles in. Now, he owns thousands of soft shell turtles and keeps them in a pond of almost 2,000 square meters. A 'ba ba gai' has gnarled skin on the head and legs showing its old age, and a row of barbs in front of the shell, which is a distinctive feature of wattle-neck soft shell turtles in the Ma River. The biggest turtle kept in his pond weighs over 45kg, and its shell measures 85 centimeters long and 50 centimeters wide. It was caught in the Ma River 20 years ago when it was 7-8kg. Each big turtle can offer its owner a profit of approximately VND80 million (USD3,800) a year thanks to its eggs and baby turtles. Making a fortune People in Song Ma District have escaped poverty thanks to breeding the giant species of turtle. Pointing to a 200 square meter pond with brick walls around it, Duyen said that he can make as much as VND500 million ($24,000) annually from the pond for the foreseeable future. Do Dai Thang, chairman of the ward's farmer association and also a turtle breeder, revealed that a kilogram of breeder turtle costs VND2 million ($96), and a newly hatched turtle sells at VND300,000. Last year merchants from cities and even from China actually came to buy them at VND800,000 each. Thanks to the favorable climate and good biological genes of soft shell turtles in the Ma River, people come to this mountainous area to buy baby soft shell turtles as breeders. Thang has built a good house with nice furniture thanks to the profits made from the giant turtles he keeps in his 150 square meter pond. According to Nguyen Thi Hoa, vice head of the Song Ma District Office of Agriculture, 300 families in Song Ma are raising wattle-neck soft shell turtles, including 10 large-scale farms who make yearly profits of approximately VND2 billion to VND5 billion. Soft shell turtle farms covering hundreds of thousands of square meters are currently being built by the side of the peaceful Ma River. It seems that this already-profitable trade will boom in the future. Forex News Travel to Vietnam | Festival Hue 2012 | Tour Festival Hue | Tour to Vietnam | Tour Ghep Mien Trung | Tour Trang Mat | Ebook | visit vietnam | Tour Du Lich 30 - 4 va 1 - 5 | How To Weight Loss | how to solve rubik | how to tie a tie | dac san hue | tourism vietnam
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Vietnam diplomats begin important discussions

Diplomats are gathering in Hanoi for the 27th diplomatic conference to discuss ways to assist the country's development. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and delegates attend the conference Speaking on the opening day of the conference on Dec. 12, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed the important role of the diplomatic sector and highlighted its past achievements, particularly in expanding relations, including with powerful countries. The sector has taken advantage of the international environment to serve national development, maintained independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and gradually negotiated solutions to many land and sea border issues with neighbouring countries, Trong said. The Party leader also said the country's international position has been improved thanks to active, responsible and constructive contributions, to the trend of peace and cooperation in the world. General Secretary Trong asked the conference to consider both the achievements and disappointments of diplomatic affairs, analyse shortcomings and weaknesses and provide solutions for the diplomatic sector to work more effectively. He said the sector should boost research and provide a comprehensive and in-depth strategy, realise international integration policies and submit strategies to develop the country's role as an active member of regional and global institutions. He also asked the diplomatic sector to carry out comprehensive diplomacy, closely coordinate with national defence and security sectors, directly contribute to implementing national socio-economic development tasks, actively implement the Party Political Bureau's resolution on Overseas Vietnamese affairs, protect Vietnamese nationals and pay attention to foreign news service. Also at the opening ceremony, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said the week-long conference will appraise national, regional and world affairs to work out ways to implement foreign policies from the 11th Party Congress. He said the diplomatic sector acknowledged its responsibility to contribute to maintaining peace and stability, serving socio-economic development and improving the national position on the international arena. The conference will continue until Dec. 19, with sessions and discussions on political, economic and cultural diplomacy, as well as foreign news service, assistance to Overseas Vietnamese and protection of Vietnamese nationals. Alongside the diplomatic conference, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will co-ordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to hold a joint meeting of diplomats and trade counsellors on international integration and new economic tasks. The 16th meeting of national foreign affairs officials will also be held. Hue Tours Hue Tour Festival Hue Hue Da Nang Da Nang Hoi An Hoi An Hue Du Lich Hue Du Lich Hoi AnDu Lich Da Nang Du Lich Sapa Du Lich Da Lat Du Lich Phu Quoc Du Lich Lao Du Lich Cambodia Du Lich Thai Lan Du Lich Singapore Du Lich Malaysia Du Lich Trung Quoc
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Hanoi launches Chau van folk art preservation club

A club aimed to preserve Chau van, a Vietnamese traditional folk art, was recently launched in Hanoi. Chau van singing The Research and Preservation of Vietnamese Cultural Beliefs Institution has co-operated with hundreds of artisans in the northern and central regions of Vietnam to found the club. The club includes Chau van singing artisans, researchers and officials in charge from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Vietnam National Committee of UNESCO. The club has also attracted the participation of some professional associations, including the Vietnam Folk Literature and Art Association and the National Council for Cultural Heritage. The artisans in the club will open courses to teach Chau van singing in the time to come. The Vietnam Folk Literature and Art Association used the occasion to award five artists with the title Folk Artist. Chau van is a folk art which combines trance singing and dancing, and has been a central feature of Vietnamese cultural practices for centuries. Forex News Travel to Vietnam | Festival Hue 2012 | Tour Festival Hue | Tour to Vietnam | Tour Ghep Mien Trung | Tour Trang Mat | Ebook | visit vietnam | Tour Du Lich 30 - 4 va 1 - 5 | How To Weight Loss | how to solve rubik | how to tie a tie | dac san hue | tourism vietnam
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