Food safety inspections increase for Tet holiday; Green building gets EDGE certification; Informal workers lack protection; Quang Ngai destroys 12,000 A/H5N6 infected quails; HCM City takes lead in applying multi-dimensional poverty measures

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed relevant agencies to improve food safety and hygiene across the board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Food safety and quality were necessary for achieving sustainable agriculture growth, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh

VietNamNet Bridge – Ensuring food safety and security as well as higher-quality products would enhance the sustainable development of Viet Nam's agricultural sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – Public feedbacks seem to have been listened to, experiences have been gained, and lessons have been learned after the first draft circular regulating conditions for food safety in beer production

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Chinese pear bought by the director of the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene Testing in Hanoi began to rot after an unusually long five month period.

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A South Korean company specialising in assembling electronic components in the northern province of Hai Duong has been fined more than VND490 million (US$23,300) for 14 administrative violations.

Transport Minister Dinh La Thang complained about the slow progress of several transport projects contracted to Chinese and South Korean firms.

Insurance companies on June 22 made advance payment of compensation worth VND39.65 billion in total to 35 enterprises affected by the recent incident in the southern province of Dong Nai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though Nguyen Thi Hoa – owner of a shop – selling creme caramel, yogurt and sponge cakes in Ha Noi's Cau Giay District-has not received training in food hygiene, she was given a food hygiene certificate three years ago.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Street vendors near schools and school canteens will see more food safety and hygiene inspections following an order by the Ha Noi Health Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – Officials raised the alarm over violations in the management of food safety, including the producing and processing of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products.  

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung directed ministries, agencies and localities to do all they can to ensure a warm, happy and safe New Year holiday for the people, at the regular Cabinet’s meeting in Hanoi on January 25.

 Tough measures against violators of food safety rules; Phu Quoc island to connect to national power grid this Tet; Many claim for unemployment allowances; Unlicensed coaches hope to benefit from Tet travel

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent survey of 200 street food vendors chosen at random in HCMC found that 6.5% of respondents are college and university degree holders and high-school graduates account for 20.5%.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam yesterday, Jan 2, said the nation must increase efforts to improve food safety, especially as the Tet holiday draws near.