Ministry of Public Security abolishes 6 general departments, reduces more than 60 departments; Vietnam compiles White Paper on National Defense
(Baonghean.vn) - The President meets with the Commanders of the National Teams; Vietnam compiles the 2018 National Defense White Paper; the Ministry of Public Security abolishes 6 general departments and more than 60 functional departments; Quang Nam will buy forests for langurs to live in; Da Nang spends thousands of billions of VND to "redeem" Chi Lang Stadium... are the outstanding news in the country last week.
President meets with national excellent team leaders
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President Tran Dai Quang meets with excellent national team leaders. |
On the morning of August 10, at the Presidential Palace, President Tran Dai Quang met with 200 children and excellent Team Leaders from all over the country attending the 3rd National Excellent Team Leaders Festival 2018.
Speaking to the students, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, President Tran Dai Quang commended and praised the outstanding results and achievements of the Young Pioneers and children nationwide in recent times; congratulated 200 young Pioneers who were Team Leaders and were honored to participate in the 3rd National Excellent Young Pioneers Festival in 2018.
The President hopes that the young leaders of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers participating in this National Festival of Excellent Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers should promote the results and achievements they have achieved, continue to study and practice well, actively participate in the activities of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers and social activities, help friends and children to progress together, and be worthy of being leaders of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers.
Merging 637 commune-level units that have not met two criteria
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| Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh: The arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels is not mechanical or mechanical. |
The national conference to provide comments on the draft master plan to rearrange administrative units at district and commune levels by 2021 took place on the morning of August 9.
Attending and delivering a concluding speech at the conference, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh emphasized that any locality that expands the number of districts and communes that must be merged will also be encouraged.
Based on the two criteria of natural area and population, there will be 16 district-level administrative units and 637 commune-level units that have not met 50% of both criteria above will have to be considered for rearrangement from now until 2021.
Administrative units are formed from many factors, so other factors need to be considered to avoid affecting economic development, security and order, and solidarity. The consideration depends on the conditions and characteristics of the locality, not mechanically or mechanically.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the form of collecting opinions will be considered, but must ensure substance and reflect the true thoughts and aspirations of the people, not in the style of a "grand electorate".
Vietnam compiles 2018 Defense White Paper
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Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh announced the 2009 White Book. Photo: Archive. |
On August 8, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh - Deputy Minister of National Defense chaired the Steering Committee Conference on compiling the 2018 Vietnam Defense White Paper.
The Ministry of National Defense's information portal said that this White Paper is updated and supplemented with the world, regional and domestic situation; new developments in the building of the Vietnam People's Army and the militia and self-defense force.
The book will publicize Vietnam's military and defense policies; at the same time, it is an official document used to serve defense diplomacy; defense education, the Party's military policies, and the State's defense policies for all levels, sectors and the entire population, especially the young generation.
Vietnam has published three defense white papers in 1998, 2004 and 2009.
Ministry of Public Security abolishes 6 general departments and more than 60 professional departments
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The Ministry of Public Security will eliminate six general departments, reducing the number of department-level units from 125 to 60. |
On the afternoon of August 7, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference to inform about the implementation of the Government's Decree regulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organization of the public security apparatus.
According to the new organizational model, the Ministry of Public Security will reduce the number of department-level units under the Ministry and provincial police; reduce the number of team-level units under the department and district police; and at the same time build regular commune and town police.
In the immediate future, the Ministry will pilot regular commune police in some areas with complex security and order issues, then deploy it nationwide.
Compared to the old apparatus, the Ministry of Public Security's apparatus model will reduce 6 general departments, streamline nearly 60 department-level units and nearly 300 department-level units. The local police level after streamlining the apparatus and merging the fire police will reduce more than 500 department-level units and nearly 1,000 team-level units.
Da Nang spends thousands of billions of dong to "redeem" Chi Lang Stadium
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Chi Lang Stadium. Photo: Doan Nguyen |
On August 10, Mr. Huynh Duc Tho - Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City said that he had sent a document to the Departments of Justice, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment regarding the proposal to reclaim Chi Lang Stadium.
Accordingly, the People's Committee of Da Nang City reported to the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee for the policy so that the Party Committee of the City People's Committee can complete the dossier, report and recommend to the Prime Minister and Central agencies to allow the city to retain the entire land area at Chi Lang Stadium.
In return, Da Nang city will return the entire land use fee that the units actually paid into the budget when handing over the land, with interest calculated according to the State Bank's interest rate at the time of actual payment.
Elevated railway train rolls through the streets of Hanoi
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The official train of the Cat Linh - Ha Dong route (Hanoi) is being tested on the track before being put into commercial operation. |
A train in the first elevated railway project in Vietnam ran on a test run from Cat Linh station (Dong Da district) to Yen Nghia (Ha Dong, Hanoi) on August 9.
The test train of the route numbered HN00304 departed from Cat Linh station, ran continuously on the railway line with a length of more than 13 km and stopped at the end point at Yen Nghia station.
According to Mr. Vu Hong Phuong - Deputy Director in charge of the Railway Project Management Board (Ministry of Transport), during the train's test run, only those on duty are allowed to board the train for inspection and operation, and the public is not allowed to board.
The test train has 4 cars, one of 13 trains of the project. It is expected that when put into use, the operating time will be from 3-5 minutes per trip, the maximum design speed is 80 km/h, the average operating speed is 35 km/h.
Quang Nam will buy forests for langurs to live in.
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A red-shanked douc langur looking for food on Hon Do mountain. Photo: Dac Thanh. |
On August 9, Mr. Le Tri Thanh - Vice Chairman of Quang Nam, along with forest rangers and representatives of the Center for Biodiversity Conservation of Green Viet (GreenViet) went to Hon Do Mountain (Tam My Tay Commune, Nui Thanh District) - where the red-shanked douc langurs live for inspection. Here, the group encountered three individuals of langurs eating.
Mr. Le Tri Thanh said: “The province will plan to buy production forests from local people surrounding Hon Do mountain area to ensure a larger living population for the langurs. From there, replanting forests will help with movement and ensure food for the langurs.”
Hai Phong seized more than 2,000 bags of oriental medicine of unknown origin
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Plastic bags containing pills of unknown origin. Photo: Contributor |
On August 10, the Hai Phong Department of Health Inspectorate coordinated with relevant agencies to inspect the "Ba Dai" drug business establishment at 11 Ky Dong, Quang Trung Ward (Hong Bang District), discovering 10 cardboard boxes containing more than 2,000 plastic bags of oriental medicine pills of unknown origin.
At the time of inspection, the owner of the facility, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nga (85 years old), could not present documents proving her practice of trading in oriental medicine or documents proving the origin of the above batch of medicine.
After making a record and taking samples for testing, the authorities sealed 10 boxes of medicine and transferred them to headquarters to verify the ingredients, quality and origin.
