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VN Youtuber – Xuất bản 22 thg 8, 2017
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Swimming to become compulsory at school? Education Ministry says yes, parents no
Last update 07:50 | 29/06/2017
VietNamNet Bridge – While the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has said that adding swimming to the official curricula is necessary, parents are protesting the plan, saying that this would burden students.
MOET has shown its strong determination to teach swimming to all general school students.
Nguyen Duc Huu, deputy director of MOET’s primary education department, citing figures to show that the number of drowning deaths is on the rise, said it is necessary to teach swimming as an official subject not only at primary schools but at secondary schools, high schools, junior colleges and universities.
| While the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has said that adding swimming to the official curricula is necessary, parents are protesting the plan, saying that this would burden students. |
Ngu Duy Anh, another senior official of MOET, said the teaching would also help them develop both physically and mentally.
“MOET is encouraging and instructing training establishments to teach swimming at school through ways suitable to local conditions,” Anh said. Tiếp tục đọc “Swimming to become compulsory at school? Education Ministry says yes, parents no”
US government funds training center for Vietnamese peacekeeping forces
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| The dedication ceremony for the peacekeeping training center is organized in Hanoi on August 28, 2017. Photo: Vietnam People’s Army |
The facility, along with relevant equipment, is designed to facilitate the training of peacekeeping forces. Tiếp tục đọc “US government funds training center for Vietnamese peacekeeping forces”
These award-winning drone photos of Vietnam will take your breath away
- By Tuoi Tre News August 30,2017, 13:56 GMT+7
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| ‘Alluvial colors’ by Nguyen Hoang Nam – second prize |
Vietnam’s iconic landscapes mesmerize in these photos captured from above
A shortlist of the most breathtaking photos of Vietnam as seen from above has been produced from thousands of submissions to a photography contest.
The contest, themed ‘Vietnam from Above’, called on local photographers to submit their best drone photos of Vietnam for an upcoming calendar collection.
Organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Photography Association in coordination with Phuong Nam Calendar Company, the contest received nearly 3,400 submissions by 358 photographers after launching in the middle of 2017. Tiếp tục đọc “These award-winning drone photos of Vietnam will take your breath away”
Company caught burying untreated waste without permit in Ho Chi Minh City – Mùn trồng cây’ của Tâm Sinh Nghĩa lổn nhổn nilông, dép nhựa
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| The solid waste treatment plant operated by Tam Sinh Nghia Investment Development JSC in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
UN Chief asks all nations to sign new pact protecting women
A member of the all-female Bangladeshi police unit, preparing to leave the UN mission in Haiti as it closes. A new UN compact with countries connected to a peacekeeping mission is being circulated for signature to help prevent sex abuse and exploitation. LOGAN ABASSI/MINUSTAH
Haunted by accumulating reports of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls by United Nations peacekeepers and others attached to UN missions around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres is taking the bold, unprecedented step of asking all governments to sign a compact pledging to prevent and stop these violations. Tiếp tục đọc “UN Chief asks all nations to sign new pact protecting women”
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Minimum wage increase ineffective in raising living standards in Vietnam
VIR_Increasing the regional minimum wage has raised concerns over a potential trade-off with social allowances that would block the new wages from increasing employees’ real income.
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| Hugaco expressed concerns that the minimum wage increase might actually decrease employees’ real income |
Cutting allowances to increase wages Tiếp tục đọc “Minimum wage increase ineffective in raising living standards in Vietnam”
UN council unanimously condemns N Korea missile tests
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Security Council condemns North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile over Japan as an ‘outrageous’ threat.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday as an “outrageous” threat and demanded that Pyongyang not launch any more missiles and abandon all nuclear weapons and programmes.
In a statement the 15-member Security Council said it was of “vital importance” that North Korea take immediate, concrete actions to reduce tensions and called on all states to implement United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang. Tiếp tục đọc “UN council unanimously condemns N Korea missile tests”
China: Korean tensions at ‘tipping point’
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Beijing urges US, South Korea to halt military exercises, as White House considers ‘all options’ after missile launch.
China has warned that tensions on the Korean peninsula have reached a “tipping point” after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan, a move Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described as “unprecedented” and a “grave threat” to his country’s security.
Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, urged all sides on Tuesday to avoid provocations, repeating Beijing’s call for Pyongyang to suspend missile tests, while proposing that the United States and South Korea China halt ongoing joint military exercises. Tiếp tục đọc “China: Korean tensions at ‘tipping point’”
7 Reasons We’re Facing a Global Water Crisis
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Droughts in Somalia. Water rationing in Rome. Flooding in Jakarta and Harvey-battered Houston. It doesn’t take a hydrologist to realize that there is a growing global water crisis. Each August, water experts, industry innovators, and researchers gather in Stockholm for World Water Week to tackle the planet’s most pressing water issues. Tiếp tục đọc “7 Reasons We’re Facing a Global Water Crisis”
Thirsty world must wake up to looming water crisis, expert says
We are really facing a global crisis… More than one-third of humanity is water-stressed every year or season, while drought crises are on the rise from California to EthiopiaBy Megan Rowling
STOCKHOLM, Aug 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world needs to use water more efficiently rather than exhausting invisible underground supplies and blindly exporting “virtual water” to avert a global crisis that would undermine food and energy systems, a leading expert warned.
More than one-third of humanity is water-stressed every year or season, while drought crises are on the rise from California to Ethiopia as the planet warms, said Fred Boltz, who leads The Rockefeller Foundation’s work on science and environment. Tiếp tục đọc “Thirsty world must wake up to looming water crisis, expert says”
Can technology help Bangladesh end mass arsenic poisoning?
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An estimated 5 percent of deaths in Bangladesh are attributable to drinking water with high levels of arsenic, researchers sayBy Thin Lei Win
BANGKOK, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Almost a quarter of a century after public health experts discovered mass public poisoning in Bangladesh caused by water contaminated with arsenic, the government is planning a new push to end the scourge, while researchers are designing an app to find safe sites for new wells.
About 20 million Bangladeshis, or one in eight, have been drinking water with arsenic levels higher than the government’s limit of 50 microgrammes (μg) per litre, said Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, geology department chair at the University of Dhaka. Tiếp tục đọc “Can technology help Bangladesh end mass arsenic poisoning?”
The cost of clean water: $150 billion a year, says World Bank
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TEPIC, Mexico, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries need to quadruple spending to $150 billion a year to deliver universal safe water and sanitation, helping to reduce childhood disease and deaths while boosting economic growth, said the World Bank. Tiếp tục đọc “The cost of clean water: $150 billion a year, says World Bank”
