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Friday, November 1, 2013
Current population in Vietnam touches 90 million — TalkVietnam
According to the General Office of Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health, the population in Vietnam will touch 90 million on November 1, 2013.
Vietnam is the 14th most populous country in the world and the third in Southeast Asia. The General Office of Population and Family Planning says the projection takes into account factors such as the country’s birth and death rate and the figure is very important for family planning tasks across the country.
If the current birth rate that sees each woman having an average of two children remains static, the population will probably be on track and target and hit 110 million by 2050 with 18 percent of elderly people over the age of 65. This would be an ideal population structure.
This indicates that Vietnam is entering a period known as ‘golden population structure’, meaning that every two or more people are working, with only one dependent family member.
This is a good opportunity for boosting socio-economic development as the country has around 63 million people of labor age and every year there will be one million laborers.
The period of ‘golden population structure’ only takes place once in the demographic history of each nation and will continue for 30-35 years. This is a unique opportunity in which the most favorable demographic structure possible can promote the process of industrialization and modernization in Vietnam.
Accordingly, in order to take full advantage of the ‘golden population structure’ to boost the economy, it is necessary to have good policies to enhance benefits for the young labor force and increase the number of jobs requiring highly-qualified and highly productive labor.
Current population in Vietnam touches 90 million — TalkVietnam
The population in Vietnam will touch 90 million on November 1, 2013
If the current birth rate that sees each woman having an average of two children remains static, the population will probably be on track and target and hit 110 million by 2050 with 18 percent of elderly people over the age of 65. This would be an ideal population structure.
This indicates that Vietnam is entering a period known as ‘golden population structure’, meaning that every two or more people are working, with only one dependent family member.
This is a good opportunity for boosting socio-economic development as the country has around 63 million people of labor age and every year there will be one million laborers.
The period of ‘golden population structure’ only takes place once in the demographic history of each nation and will continue for 30-35 years. This is a unique opportunity in which the most favorable demographic structure possible can promote the process of industrialization and modernization in Vietnam.
Accordingly, in order to take full advantage of the ‘golden population structure’ to boost the economy, it is necessary to have good policies to enhance benefits for the young labor force and increase the number of jobs requiring highly-qualified and highly productive labor.
Current population in Vietnam touches 90 million — TalkVietnam
Friday, July 6, 2012
72 million violations in 5 months in HCMC
2012, National Year for traffic safety: Really?
 
A motorbike in Hanoi carrying a heavy load has the pillion rider perched precariously and without a helmet. 2012, designated as the year of traffic safety, has continued to see a large number of accidents and traffic laws flouted.
Early this year the Prime Minister encouraged all local and regional officials to improve traffic in their respective regions. Just recently the Prime Minister "ordered all municipalities and agencies to continue their effort."
According to recent statistics, with the exception of some African countries, South East Asia, particularly Vietnam, has the highest accident rates recorded worldwide.
Almost immediately after the first warning statement, a Ho Chi Minh City official claimed a 50 percent reduction in accidents (Vietnam News).
Last week (Vietnam News, June 5) it was reported there was a 26 percent drop in accidents in the first five months.
Later in the week (Vietnam News, June 8), it was said that the targeted 10 percent decrease would not be achieved this year since there was only a slight change thus far in 2012.
In addition, it was claimed that there were only two traffic jams lasting more than 30 minutes this year in HCMC, as compared to last year’s 21 in the first five months – a huge reduction. It all seems a bit confusing and misleading at best. If we can’t be clear about the extent of the problem how can we attempt to manage the problem?
Now a campaign to shame has been bolstered by the Prime Minister. Apparently, traffic violators will have their names announced or published in newspapers in an attempt to shame the offenders. Although this was done somewhat effectively in the USA to shame criminals and drunk drivers, I’m not sure we can expect the same result here. In order for an individual to experience shame they must (1) have the awareness that they have done something wrong, and (2) they would then need to have the capability of accepting responsibility – prerequisites not easy to find. Additionally, comments written in “Talk around town” (Vietnam News, June 6) are not encouraging. Some of the younger people surveyed had similar responses: “Nobody cares… I don’t care… I think I feel nothing.” Other suggestions were made that the policy may only work for older people who have more of a sense of shame than the youngsters; another thought it might work for people in high level positions in the government.
When the shame scheme began two years ago it turned out to be ineffective: names were to be published and, in addition, offenders were to show remorse for their crimes – “but this rarely happened.”
How effective is shame in changing behavior? For some young drivers, it may even be a badge of honor among their peers. I guess anything is worth a try, however, considering the situation.
Violating traffic rules is the norm for many drivers, so how do we change the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of these people? Well, we know a few things about what causes accident: speeding, drinking, reckless driving, running red lights, etc.. And we know who the violators are: Young drivers, aged 15-25, cause 80 percent of accidents; alcohol is involved in 93 percent of accidents.
I would put my money on these groups of people. Driver education needs to begin early in all schools and violators must be subject to mandatory driver education along with substantial penalties for all moving violations. It’s time to get tough and start confiscating motorbikes and give violators jail time for serious or repeated offences.
There are basically three areas that should be addressed: Protective equipment: such as helmets – this has been done successfully after much effort, but now a large number of drivers are unprotected because the helmets are not safety approved and children continue to ride without protection despite the law; Engineering: improvement in the design of roadways and elimination of existing problem areas by using barriers, etc.., which I have seen more of recently; and Administration: training, licensing, driver records, stiff penalties, increased enforcement, and accurate accounting of accidents, injuries, fatalities.
Last week Vietnam News said 268 accidents were reported in HCMC this year with 240 deaths. This number simply doesn’t compute anywhere near reality (unless perhaps we are only counting accidents which included a fatality).
Based on a very well-recognized safety tool, the Safety Pyramid (a tool used by all safety professionals), 240 deaths would indicate approximately 72,000 accidents (compare this with the 268 reported) that would have resulted in injuries, 7,200 disabling injuries would be expected, and 72 million at-risk behaviors (violating traffic rules) for each fatality – that would be in HCMC alone in the first five months of 2012!
Yes, seventy-two million violations in five months in HCMC. Would we have enough space to print the names in the newspaper?
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 06:45 AM PDT
A motorbike in Hanoi carrying a heavy load has the pillion rider perched precariously and without a helmet. 2012, designated as the year of traffic safety, has continued to see a large number of accidents and traffic laws flouted.
Early this year the Prime Minister encouraged all local and regional officials to improve traffic in their respective regions. Just recently the Prime Minister "ordered all municipalities and agencies to continue their effort."
According to recent statistics, with the exception of some African countries, South East Asia, particularly Vietnam, has the highest accident rates recorded worldwide.
Almost immediately after the first warning statement, a Ho Chi Minh City official claimed a 50 percent reduction in accidents (Vietnam News).
Last week (Vietnam News, June 5) it was reported there was a 26 percent drop in accidents in the first five months.
Later in the week (Vietnam News, June 8), it was said that the targeted 10 percent decrease would not be achieved this year since there was only a slight change thus far in 2012.
In addition, it was claimed that there were only two traffic jams lasting more than 30 minutes this year in HCMC, as compared to last year’s 21 in the first five months – a huge reduction. It all seems a bit confusing and misleading at best. If we can’t be clear about the extent of the problem how can we attempt to manage the problem?
Now a campaign to shame has been bolstered by the Prime Minister. Apparently, traffic violators will have their names announced or published in newspapers in an attempt to shame the offenders. Although this was done somewhat effectively in the USA to shame criminals and drunk drivers, I’m not sure we can expect the same result here. In order for an individual to experience shame they must (1) have the awareness that they have done something wrong, and (2) they would then need to have the capability of accepting responsibility – prerequisites not easy to find. Additionally, comments written in “Talk around town” (Vietnam News, June 6) are not encouraging. Some of the younger people surveyed had similar responses: “Nobody cares… I don’t care… I think I feel nothing.” Other suggestions were made that the policy may only work for older people who have more of a sense of shame than the youngsters; another thought it might work for people in high level positions in the government.
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When the shame scheme began two years ago it turned out to be ineffective: names were to be published and, in addition, offenders were to show remorse for their crimes – “but this rarely happened.”
How effective is shame in changing behavior? For some young drivers, it may even be a badge of honor among their peers. I guess anything is worth a try, however, considering the situation.
Violating traffic rules is the norm for many drivers, so how do we change the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of these people? Well, we know a few things about what causes accident: speeding, drinking, reckless driving, running red lights, etc.. And we know who the violators are: Young drivers, aged 15-25, cause 80 percent of accidents; alcohol is involved in 93 percent of accidents.
I would put my money on these groups of people. Driver education needs to begin early in all schools and violators must be subject to mandatory driver education along with substantial penalties for all moving violations. It’s time to get tough and start confiscating motorbikes and give violators jail time for serious or repeated offences.
There are basically three areas that should be addressed: Protective equipment: such as helmets – this has been done successfully after much effort, but now a large number of drivers are unprotected because the helmets are not safety approved and children continue to ride without protection despite the law; Engineering: improvement in the design of roadways and elimination of existing problem areas by using barriers, etc.., which I have seen more of recently; and Administration: training, licensing, driver records, stiff penalties, increased enforcement, and accurate accounting of accidents, injuries, fatalities.
Last week Vietnam News said 268 accidents were reported in HCMC this year with 240 deaths. This number simply doesn’t compute anywhere near reality (unless perhaps we are only counting accidents which included a fatality).
Based on a very well-recognized safety tool, the Safety Pyramid (a tool used by all safety professionals), 240 deaths would indicate approximately 72,000 accidents (compare this with the 268 reported) that would have resulted in injuries, 7,200 disabling injuries would be expected, and 72 million at-risk behaviors (violating traffic rules) for each fatality – that would be in HCMC alone in the first five months of 2012!
Yes, seventy-two million violations in five months in HCMC. Would we have enough space to print the names in the newspaper?
Saturday, September 11, 2010
“Hanoi nostalgia” through camera lens Vietnam news daily update
Contestants of a photo contest with the topic “Hanoi Nolstagia” have captured peaceful, but modern corners of Hanoi.
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Organised by the Vietnam Photographers’ Association and VNPhoto network, the competition takes place from August to September 15, opened for amateur and professional photographers at home and abroad.
After over a month, the organizing board has received thousands of entries featuring Hanoi’s landscapes, people, etc. The judging panel will work in the last two weeks of September to find out the winners.
The organizing board has also launched the competition to write about stories related to these photos and prose about love for Hanoi.
The best 1000 photos will be auctioned at the exhibition “1000 photos for 1000 years of Hanoi” in early October to raise fund for outstanding students of the Hanoi Culture University.
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Loads of sun on thin shoulders by Cao Duy Long. |
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Doing afternoon exercise by Cao Duy Long. |
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Sunset in the |
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Flowers on street by Vu Oanh. |
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Street and Market by Ntphongzodiac. |
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Time at school by Nguyen Quang Binh. |
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Ancient street by Nguyen Linh Giang. |
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Vietnam newspapers - Oct 16 | Industries | Technology, Media & Telecommunications
HANOI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories.
FINANCIAL NEWS:
THOI BAO KINH TE VIET NAM
-- The business confidence index conducted by World Vest Base Financial Information Service Co and PetroVietnam Finance PVF.HM Invest Co in the third quarter of 2009 was 136 points, up six points from Aug and 36 points from the same period last year.
-- Hanoi's exports in 2009 will be $6.5-6.58 billion, declining 6.5 percent from last year, said a Hanoi Industry and Trade Department official.
-- FPT Corp. FPT.HM has raised 1.8 trillion dong ($100.9 million) via three-year bonds at an annual coupon of 7 percent.
-- Kinh Bac City Development Co KBC.HN applied to transfer the listing of 199 million shares to the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
-- PetroVietnam Finance Co PVF.HM said its gross profit in the first nine months of 2009 reached 762 billion dong ($42.7 million), or 191 percent of the annual target.
THANH NIEN
-- Stock trading value on the two stock markets set a new record of 8.3 trillion dong ($465.2 million) on Thursday.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- The agriculture ministry has granted import quotas for 10,000 tonnes of sugar for deliveries between now and November 15 to help companies bridge a current shortfall.
NHAN DAN
-- The Ministry of Health has granted permission to three companies to produce Tamiflu locally to solve a shortage of the medicines in the face of fast-spreading H1N1 flu outbreak.
TUOI TRE Continued...
FINANCIAL NEWS:
THOI BAO KINH TE VIET NAM
-- The business confidence index conducted by World Vest Base Financial Information Service Co and PetroVietnam Finance PVF.HM Invest Co in the third quarter of 2009 was 136 points, up six points from Aug and 36 points from the same period last year.
-- Hanoi's exports in 2009 will be $6.5-6.58 billion, declining 6.5 percent from last year, said a Hanoi Industry and Trade Department official.
-- FPT Corp. FPT.HM has raised 1.8 trillion dong ($100.9 million) via three-year bonds at an annual coupon of 7 percent.
-- Kinh Bac City Development Co KBC.HN applied to transfer the listing of 199 million shares to the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
-- PetroVietnam Finance Co PVF.HM said its gross profit in the first nine months of 2009 reached 762 billion dong ($42.7 million), or 191 percent of the annual target.
THANH NIEN
-- Stock trading value on the two stock markets set a new record of 8.3 trillion dong ($465.2 million) on Thursday.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- The agriculture ministry has granted import quotas for 10,000 tonnes of sugar for deliveries between now and November 15 to help companies bridge a current shortfall.
NHAN DAN
-- The Ministry of Health has granted permission to three companies to produce Tamiflu locally to solve a shortage of the medicines in the face of fast-spreading H1N1 flu outbreak.
TUOI TRE Continued...
Friday, June 19, 2009
Vietnam newspapers - June 18 | Reuters
HANOI, June 18 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories.
FINANCIAL NEWS:
THANH NIEN
-- Ho Chi Minh City-based Southern Bank said it has projected that it will boost assets by 63.7 percent this year to 34 trillion dong ($1.9 billion) while gross profit would soar 156.5 percent to 350 billion dong.
THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- Military Bank said its two-year bonds to raise 1 trillion dong ($56 million) issued on June 17 carry an annual yield of 10 percent.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved the issue of 22 trillion dong worth of government bonds for the construction of new urban areas and to speed up Ho Chi Minh City's urban development programme.
-- Three sailors are missing after a ship carrying 1,783 litres of crude oil and 10,000 litres of diesel exploded and sank off the southern city of Vung Tau.
LAO DONG
-- Consumers are exposed to many diseases if they use low-quality paper tissues made by small manufacturers around Hanoi, health experts said.
TUOI TRE
-- A 62-year-old woman returning to Ho Chi Minh City from Canada on June 12 was detected as having the H1N1 flu virus, bringing the total infected cases in Vietnam to 28, the city's Health Department said.
-- Paper product consumption has so far fallen about 25 percent from the same period last year, forcing many producers to run at only 70 percent of their full capacity, the Vietnam Paper Association said. (Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
FINANCIAL NEWS:
THANH NIEN
-- Ho Chi Minh City-based Southern Bank said it has projected that it will boost assets by 63.7 percent this year to 34 trillion dong ($1.9 billion) while gross profit would soar 156.5 percent to 350 billion dong.
THOI BAO KINH TE VIETNAM
-- Military Bank said its two-year bonds to raise 1 trillion dong ($56 million) issued on June 17 carry an annual yield of 10 percent.
ECONOMIC AND GENERAL NEWS:
VIETNAM NEWS
-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved the issue of 22 trillion dong worth of government bonds for the construction of new urban areas and to speed up Ho Chi Minh City's urban development programme.
-- Three sailors are missing after a ship carrying 1,783 litres of crude oil and 10,000 litres of diesel exploded and sank off the southern city of Vung Tau.
LAO DONG
-- Consumers are exposed to many diseases if they use low-quality paper tissues made by small manufacturers around Hanoi, health experts said.
TUOI TRE
-- A 62-year-old woman returning to Ho Chi Minh City from Canada on June 12 was detected as having the H1N1 flu virus, bringing the total infected cases in Vietnam to 28, the city's Health Department said.
-- Paper product consumption has so far fallen about 25 percent from the same period last year, forcing many producers to run at only 70 percent of their full capacity, the Vietnam Paper Association said. (Reporting by Hanoi Newsroom)
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