Posts Tagged ‘ Said The Ministry ’

Higher fees double patients’ concerns 

October 11, 2011
Higher fees double patients’ concerns 

  Higher hospital fees could prevent the poor from getting treatment and many question if increased fees will improve services Patients wait to pay hospital fees at Ho Chi Minh City’s Nguyen Trai Hospital. The Health Ministry is evaluating increasing hospital fees as they said current fees are too low to maintain services. Holding a [...]

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New $3.4 bln education project concerns experts 

June 12, 2011
New $3.4 bln education project concerns experts 

  A student browses at the Fahasa bookstore in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A new VND70 trillion (US$3.4 billion) project to renovate Vietnam’s academic programs and textbooks has drawn flak from experts and educators. Experts and educators have voiced concerns over a VND70 trillion (US$3.4 billion) project that will revamp Vietnam’s academic programs and [...]

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Vietnam telcoms propose floor rates for mobile services

January 21, 2010
Vietnam telcoms propose floor rates for mobile services

Vietnam’s big telecommunications companies have asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to establish minimum mobile phone service fees in fear of unhealthy competition this year. In the proposal, the state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications together with the military-run Viettel, have recommended that the ministry apply floor charges of some VND800 per minute.The companies also [...]

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Information Minister grilled on press oversight, Internet controls

November 18, 2009
Information Minister grilled on press oversight, Internet controls

The Minister of Information and Communications was questioned by NA deputies on November 17 about press management, control and supervision of websites with bad contents and others. Minister Le Doan Hop.Oversight of the pressHanoi deputy Tran Thi Quoc Khanh read a lengthy question about the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications’ discharge of its responsibility to [...]

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Rising juvenile abortion rate raises alarm

October 22, 2009
Rising juvenile abortion rate raises alarm

LookAtVietnam – The 19-year-old university student in the waiting room at Giai Phong street’s private abortion clinic said it was her third termination and “no big problem”. Health workers discuss reproductive issues with teenagers at Ha Noi Maternity Hospital. Viet Nam topped the list of countries with the largest number of abortions, many of which [...]

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Ministry to check egg origins

October 21, 2009
Ministry to check egg origins

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will start to regularly check imported eggs sold in the local market. Inspectors check imported eggs sold at markets in Ha Noi. Samples will be checked to determine whether they have been bleached.There have been reports that imported eggs with brown shell are soaked in a toxic bleach [...]

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Flu epidemic still under control in Vietnam, official says

September 28, 2009
Flu epidemic still under control in Vietnam, official says

A medical official checks the health of a student under quarantine at the Ngo Thoi Nhiem High School in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9. The spread of the swine flu epidemic is still under control, Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan told a local newspaper recently. As of Sunday, 8,419 had been infected [...]

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Hospitals can provide swine flu consultations

September 19, 2009
Hospitals can provide swine flu consultations

LookAtVietnam – Under guidelines of the Ministry of Health, medical facilities can set up consultations and take tests for those who don’t suffer flu-like symptoms but want a check-up.  LookAtVietnam – Under guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health on September 17, medical facilities around the country can set up consultations and take tests for [...]

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Ministry seeks to stop sand exports

September 18, 2009
Ministry seeks to stop sand exports

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Construction, which investigated the on-going sand mining and export in the Cuu Long Delta, has asked the Government to set a deadline The Ministry of Construction has asked the Government to set a deadline for completing export deals signed last year.The investigation, done by inspectors from the Ministries of Natural [...]

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Vietnam to build education e-library for teachers, students

September 4, 2009
Vietnam to build education e-library for teachers, students

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training is planning to launch an education e-library for teachers and students next year in an effort to improve The e-library will help teachers and students approach new educational material and update examinations and policies stipulated by the ministry.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...