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One diver drowned and two others are missing at the site of a shipwreck salvage project in Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying Can Gio District. A group of divers were salvaging shipping containers from the sunken Vietsun Integrity cargo ship in Can Gio’s Long Tau River on Wednesday morning, according to the Maritime Administration of Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietsun Integrity was carrying 17 crew members and 285 containers from Ho Chi Minh City to the northern city of Hai Phong when it sank on October 19. Authorities search for the victims on December 11, 2019. Photo: Minh Hoa / Tuoi Tre At around 9:00 am on Wednesday, two of the divers began showing signs of asphyxiation and had to be rescued by three other team members.  Both victims had become unconscious by the time they were brought back aboard their boat. During the rescue, however, the three rescuers were hit by a shipping container and went missing. The body of Cao Van Ly was brought ashore on December 11, … [Read more...] about One diver killed, two others missing at shipwreck salvage site in Ho Chi Minh City outskirts

Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee will organise 15-minute firework displays to welcome the upcoming New Year 2020. The firework performances will take place at venues in District 2, Binh Thanh district and District 11. The displays will start as the clock hits midnight on January 1, 2020, marking the beginning of the New Year. Artistic lighting will also adorn the streets of Nguyen Van Troi, Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Le Duan – Le Duan roundabout, Nguyen Hue, Dong Khoi, Cach Mang Thang Tam – Dan Chu roundabout, from December 20 to March 20 to celebrate the Calendar and Lunar New Year festivals./. VNA … [Read more...] about HCM City to set off fireworks to welcome New Year

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s average male-to-female sex ratio at birth in the first six months of 2019 remained at a high level, with 109.9 boys per 100 girls, but the difference is smaller compared to the same period last year. The information was released by Tran Van Tri, head of the municipal Population – Family Planning Department, at a meeting on July 10 to respond to the World Population Day (July 11). According to Tri, since the beginning of 2018, the city’s population sector has gained positive achievements, with the infant mortality rate at 0.77 percent, and over 87 percent of pregnant women and 82 percent of new-borns taking screening tests. At present, the city is home to 8.8 million people, and the working age population structure has risen from 64.5 percent to nearly 71 percent over the past decade. However, the city is facing a lot of challenges, including growing population size, high population density … [Read more...] about HCM City: sex difference at birth narrowed

The Ministry of Education and Training has recommended that degree certificates should no longer show students' ranks. Universities now have five ranks: excellent, very good, good, average, and acceptable. Truong Nguyen Thanh, vice principal of Ho Chi Minh City's private Van Lang University, said not indicating the level of distinction is now a global trend. Most schools in the U.S. do not include them in the degree certificate but attach the school records along with it. A few years after graduation, not many students would worry about the rank they had got, only the value they bring to their current employer, he said. "Academic ranks can only reflect one aspect of the student: the ability to grasp knowledge. What businesses really need are the skills to solve problems and application of their knowledge in different contexts." Ho Thanh Phong, principal of Hong Bang International University, said he endorsed the new proposal. But it also worried him since it could make things difficult … [Read more...] about Proposal to scrap ranks in university degrees receives mixed response

Magician Nguyen Tuan Minh of HCM City will introduce his art at the first International Magic Festival 2019, which will open in HCM City on April 26. (VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The first International Magic Festival 2019 will open in Ho Chi Minh City next week to celebrate the 44th anniversary of Reunification Day on April 30 and Labour Day on May 1.   The event is organised by the HCM City Youth Cultural House and MTV Magic Company, in co-operation with the USA-based International Brotherhood Magicians (IBM) and International Magicians Society (IMS). It is expected to attract dozens of veteran and young magicians from many countries, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, China, Japan, the Philippines and the US. Featured artists will be Tony Hassini of the US, Shoot Ogawa of Japan, Wilson Lai of China, Lee Jei Min of the Republic of Korea and Cassidy Lee of Singapore.  Ten young artists from state-owned and private art troupes from Vietnam will also be … [Read more...] about International Magic Festival 2019 opens in HCM City