VNA Party leader calls for further co-operation on procuracy with China Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has called for more co-operation in the fight against crime and corruption between the two supreme people's procuracies of Vietnam and China, emphasising the important role of the two procuracies in national construction and defence of their respective countries. The Party leader was speaking during a reception, in Hanoi on January 4, given to a visiting delegation from the Chinese Supreme People's Procuracy, led by the chief prosecutor and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee member Han Zhubin. General Secretary Manh welcomed the visit, saying it would help strengthen ties between the two procuracies and also deliver a boost to the two countries' traditional friendship and comprehensive co-operation between the two Parties, States and peoples. He also asked the delegation to convey his best wishes to the CCP General Secretary and President Jiang Zemin and al the other Chinese leaders. The Chinese chief prosecutor briefed his host on the outcome of the delegation's working visit in Vietnam and co-operative relations between the two procuracies. After conveying the best wishes to the Vietnamese Party leader from President Jiang Zemin and other Chinese senior officials, he said he hoped the Vietnamese people would gain more successes in the national renovation, industrialisation and modernisation in the new year. Attending the reception were the chief of the Supreme People's Procuracy Ha Manh Tri and the head of the Party's Commission for External Relations Nguyen Van Son. The Chinese delegation was received the same day by the head of the Party's Commission for Home Affairs Truong Vinh Trong, who is also secretary of the Party Central Committee. The delegation paid a visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and other cultural and historical relics in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The guests also held talks with a counterpart delegation led by chief procurator Ha Manh Tri, leaders of the Vietnam's Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Good journalism works on drug control awarded The Radio Voice of Vietnam, in co-ordination with the National Committee for Drug Prevention and Control held a ceremony to present prizes to journalists' articles on drug control, which were broadcast in 2001 in Hanoi on January 4. Among those who attended the ceremony were Le The Tiem, deputy minister of public security and Tran Mai Hanh, general director of the Radio Voice of Vietnam. The organising board presented 32 prizes, including two A prizes, five B prizes and seven C prizes to the best journalistic works selected from 50 articles entered by radio stations nationwide. The articles dealt with the various complicated areas of drug prevention and control. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vietnam renovates national blood bank A 10-year national programme approved by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai will help ensure the safety of the nation�s blood supply, according to health officials. The programme, managed by the Ministry of Health, aims to supply adequate, high-quality blood and blood products for emergencies, treatment, disasters and national security. The programme, signed into affect late last week, plans to collect 180,000 litres of blood annually to meet 50% of the demand by 2005 followed by a 380,000-litre annual rate to meet over 90% of the demand by 2010. Officials hope that by 2005, volunteers will make up 50% of all blood donors; the percentage will rise to 70% by 2010. The programme also seeks to bring the nation�s three major blood centres in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City up to international standards by 2005. A decision signed by the prime minister last Friday outlined the main aspects of a national blood bank system, concentrating on blood donor promotion, blood banks and blood usage. Blood donation is set to become part of public works, with more skilled workers and technicians as well as management officials. Financial sources include the State budget, official development assistance and preferential credit loans. The prime minister has also assigned the Ministries of Culture and Information, Education and Training, the Committee for the National Fatherland Front, the Red Cross Association and the Youth Union to co-ordinate with the Ministry of Health in implementing the programme. (VNS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VND 600 billion to improve IT training The Minister of Education and Training has approved a VND 600 billion project entitled 'Improving quality in Information Technology (IT) at college and post-college levels in Vietnam in the 2001-2005 period'. The project will assist the implementation of IT human resource development in the next five years. Six key projects will be carried out including expanding scales and models in IT training, improving the training programmes and documentation, improving the qualification of teachers, teaching English and teaching IT in English, enhancing the material establishments, building a criteria system to ensure the training quality and organising the assessment of training quality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Affects of Agent Orange to last until 50th decade Agent Orange will continue to have an effect on Vietnamese people until the 50th decade of the 21st century. This is noted in a research paper on the effects of Agent Orange left over from the American war carried out by Professor Hoang Dinh Cau, doctor Nguyen Tuan Anh and doctor Phung Tri Dung. The research also reveals that Vietnam currently has about one million victims of toxic chemicals, of these 80,000 are deformed children from the result of their parents' infection. The victims suffer serious deformities which include mental illness, epilepsy, bad memory, skin rash, premature birth, death in the womb, and miscarriage. It is estimated in recent times the innate defects decreased in number but not in the degree of seriousness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ �January Star� prizes presented to outstanding students One hundred and forty five students in the whole country gathered in Hanoi on January 4 to receive their �January Star� prizes. The prizes are in recognition of the outstanding achievements in study made by these excellent students in the 2001-2002 school year. Their average study marks were recorded from 8.0 to 10. Of the recipients, 64 are female and 34 are Party members. They were not only excellent students but also pas took in social activities. This year, Vietnamese students studying abroad are also eligible to �January Star� prizes. Each recipient received a certificate of commendation plus VND 500,000. Organisers of the event are the Vietnam Students� Association, the Sinh Vien (Student) newspaper, the Hoa Hoc Tro (Pupils� Flower) newspaper and the Vietnam Television Station. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
