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The waste-to-energy factory in Thoi Lai district of Can Tho is able to burn 400 tonnes of solid waste to produce some 150,000 kWh of power each day (Photo: VNA) The plant, which has investment of VND1.05 trillion (USD47 million), covers 5.3ha of land in Truong Xuan commune. It applies waste-to-energy technology that enables it to burn 400 tonnes of solid waste to produce some 150,000 kWh of power each day, equivalent to 60 million kWh per year. The factory began trial operations on October 15, and its treatment capacity can reach 500 tonnes of waste per day, according to the Can Tho EB Environmental Energy Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of the investor – China Everbright International Ltd. Vice Chairman of the Can Tho municipal People’s Committee Dao Anh Dung said the plant is the first of its kind that has applied advanced technology to treat solid waste and create a new environmentally friendly source of energy. The project will also help the city access efficient waste treatment … [Read more...] about Waste-to-energy factory inaugurated in Can Tho city

At the congress (Photo: PANO)The figure was announced during the 4th national congress of AO victims, term 2018-2023, held in Hanoi on December 5th. According to Nguyen Van Rinh, VAVA President, the money has been used to build 26 rehabilitation centers and 1,972 charitable houses; allocate nearly 4,000 scholarships; and assist tens of thousands of victims with employment, production loans, medical treatment, free medicine, health insurance cards, and presents during festivals. The results have been achieved thanks to the development of VAVA across 63 provinces and cities, with branches available at over 6,500 communes and wards, involving nearly 396,000 members. In the next 5 years, the Association will strive to mobilize VND1 trillion to build and repair over 1,000 houses, present 3,000 scholarships, assist 1,000 victims’ families with production loans, provide wheelchairs to some 80% of victims in need, and give presents to 100% of victims living in special circumstances … [Read more...] about Over VND1 trillion in support of AO victims

This year’s theme is “Volunteers Build Resilient Communities” and celebrates volunteers who contribute to making their communities more resilient against natural disasters, economic stresses and political shocks. “I am proud of Australian volunteers, not only because they have contributed to the success of Vietnamese organisations, but also more broadly to Vietnamese development in general and because they are great ambassadors who create strong people to people links between Australia and Vietnam” said Mr Craig Chittick.Photo: Australian Embassy in VietnamSince 1973, more than 1,000 Australian volunteers have worked in Vietnam in diverse fields including education and training, community development, private sector, agriculture, gender equality and health. Their contributions have assisted partner organisations in Vietnam build capacity to effectively deliver their development objectives. The Executive Director of REACH, an Australian Volunteers program … [Read more...] about Australian volunteers contribute to community development in Vietnam

Planned to be implemented from March 2019 to March 2021, the technical cooperation project aims at improving VWU’s capacity in promoting development and delivery of financial and non-financial services responding to the needs of local women. The two parties will work side by side to provide training to financial service providers (microfinance organizations and institutes, commercial banks…) on the basis of gender-responsive financial inclusion and good practices from other countries. At the same time, it will support some selected financial service providers to develop new products which respond to the diversified needs at women’s different stages of life. Lessons learnt and hands-on experiences will be shared with Vietnamese policy makers as references for advocacy in financial inclusion promotion.Mr. KONAKA Tetsuo, Chief Representative of JICA Vietnam Office and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, 12th PCC member, President of the VWU at the signing ceremony. (Photo: Quynh … [Read more...] about Better responding to women’s diversified financial inclusion needs

Photo for illustration (Source: nhandan.com.vn)At the meeting, VAAC said that the rate of HIV patients being treating with ARV and having health insurance card is 89%. It is expected that the rate will increase to over 90% by the end of 2018. Four provinces of Ca Mau, Ninh Thuan, Lai Chau and Cao Bang have health insurance coverage rates of 100%, 42 localities have coverage rates of over 90% and the remaining localities have coverage rates of 80-90%. Mr. Nguyen Hoang Long, Head of VAAC, said that to achieve the above positive results, the Ministry of Health has strongly deployed communication work by direct and public communication channels to provide information on the benefits of ARV treatment and early ARV treatment, and the benefits and rights of patients when participating in health insurance for continuous treatment to HIV infected people in order to encourage and mobilize them to voluntarily participate in health insurance. He also said that the Ministry of Health has issued a … [Read more...] about HIV/AIDS patient management information system to be carried out in…