Posts Tagged ‘ The Workshop ’

Late diagnosis to blame for diabetes complications in Vietnam 

November 12, 2011
Late diagnosis to blame for diabetes complications in Vietnam 

  As many as 65 percent of around 4.5 million diabetes patients in Vietnam are unaware they have the chronic disease, the Vietnam Nutrition Association (Vinutas) said at a recent workshop. Vinutas said that those who do not detect the disease early for proper treatment can suffer dangerous complications, including kidney failure, high blood pressure, [...]

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Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

October 31, 2011
Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

  If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 25. A critically endangered species [...]

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Pathologists trained to detect pandemic diseases 

October 21, 2011
Pathologists trained to detect pandemic diseases 

Pathologists from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia attend a workshop on transmittable disease from animals to humans in Hanoi. Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian pathologists are being trained to identify and respond early to dangerous pathogens so that they can better cope with the risk of emergence and spread of new pandemic diseases . During the October [...]

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Vietnam plans to train 10,000 doctors overseas

January 15, 2010
Vietnam plans to train 10,000 doctors overseas

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is putting in place plans to train over 10,000 doctors overseas. Participants at the workshopTo this end the Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a cooperative education program with a number of foreign countries according to Deputy Minister Pham Vu Luan. Luan stressed at a two-day workshop on building partnership [...]

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Productivity growth core of strategy

December 17, 2009
Productivity growth core of strategy

Late industrialisation is a process of learning rather than frontier innovation that the Government should encourage, said Manchester University’s Professor Frederick Nixson. Workers installing a turbine at Quang Ninh Thermal Electric Plant in coastal Ha Long City.Speaking at the workshop on Government Role and Industrial Policy in the East Asia Region, Nixson said that private [...]

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Teachers need merit-based support: experts

December 11, 2009
Teachers need merit-based support: experts

Vietnam’s efforts to renovate and globalize its education system must go together with better policies that make teaching a more rewarding job, experts say. Teachers need better remuneration and training opportunities so that the profession is more attractive and carries better prospects, they said at a two-day international workshop in Hanoi earlier this week.Titled “Policies [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 5/12

December 5, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 5/12

Remains of 33 fallen combatants found; Vietnam, Cambodia tighten anti-human trafficking ties; Solutions sought for sustainable craft village; Germany helps Vietnam reduce electric energy loss; PM orders general inspection of websites Remains of 33 fallen combatants found  Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have unearthed a mass grave, recovering the remains of 33 soldiers [...]

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Vietnam to raise ceiling on foreign ownership ratio in local businesses

December 1, 2009
Vietnam to raise ceiling on foreign ownership ratio in local businesses

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam is set to release a decision to lift the ceiling on foreign ownership ratio in local businesses to 49 percent. The good news for foreign investors was released by deputy chairman of the State Securities Commission (SSC) Nguyen Doan Hung on November 30 at the workshop on the capital and finance market [...]

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Waiters – the most important investment for hotels and resorts

November 27, 2009
Waiters – the most important investment for hotels and resorts

VietNamNet Bridge – Investors spending big on hotel and resorts are still spending small on staff training. Receptionists themselves are the people who most meet and communicate with guestsHa Kim Vong, headmaster of the Khoi Viet Tourism and Foreign Language School in HCM City, said at the workshop on training staff for the tourism industry on [...]

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Employers “cry” at skill and teamwork deficiencies

November 2, 2009
Employers “cry” at skill and teamwork deficiencies

LookAtVietnam – Clearly, Vietnamese businesses seriously lack enough qualified employees. Young people are looking for  jobsThese figures were heard at a workshop on human resource governance late last week held by Edu Viet and a club of human resource managers. Vietnam Economics Institute Head Tran Dinh Thien revealed at the workshop that most businesses in Vietnam [...]

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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...