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Education center in northern Vietnam closed after 2 staffers force-feed boy

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A special education center in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam has been temporarily shut down following the circulation of a video on social media showing two staffers at the center physically restraining a boy and pinching his nose to force him to eat.

The video, which has gone viral on social media since Monday afternoon, has sparked public concerns.

The video shows a person holding the boy’s hands and pinching his nose, while the remainder sat on his legs to spoon-feed him, ignoring the boy crying.

The case occurred at Tam An Special Education Center in Dinh Bang Ward, Tu Son City, Bac Ninh Province.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dinh Bang Ward led an inspection team to the center to clarify the case but the owner of the center was absent. 

At the center, Nguyen Thi N., who sat on the legs of the boy, named V.H.D., declared that the case happened in November last year.

N. added that G., the manager of the special education center, assigned her and C., a former staffer at the center, to take care of D. and feed him.

Through a phone call, the inspection team asked Duong Thi S., the center owner, to work with it on Tuesday morning. Vi Van B., the father of D., also attended the meeting.

Vi Van B. affirmed that the boy in the video is his son, V.H.D., born in 2019. The boy, who is autistic and suffers from speech delay and loss of appetite, has been taken to Tam An Special Education Center since June last year.

B. added that D. has not been frightened when being picked up from the center. After studying at the center, he has shown positive improvement, especially showing affection to his parents. 

B. was angry that his son’s image was uploaded to social media but he did not require holding Nguyen Thi N. responsible for her act. 

At the meeting, the People’s Committee of Dinh Bang Ward requested S. to suspend the education of special children at two campuses of her center in Dinh Bang Ward, send a report on the case to the ward and relevant agencies prior to 4:00 pm on Tuesday, and coordinate with the relevant agencies to deal with the incident.

The People’s Committee of Dinh Bang Ward also suggested the Tu Son City People’s Committee impose heavy sanctions on those involved in the case in line with the law.

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A special education center in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam has been temporarily shut down following the circulation of a video on social media showing two staffers at the center physically restraining a boy and pinching his nose to force him to eat.

The video, which has gone viral on social media since Monday afternoon, has sparked public concerns.

The video shows a person holding the boy’s hands and pinching his nose, while the remainder sat on his legs to spoon-feed him, ignoring the boy crying.

The case occurred at Tam An Special Education Center in Dinh Bang Ward, Tu Son City, Bac Ninh Province.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Dinh Bang Ward led an inspection team to the center to clarify the case but the owner of the center was absent. 

At the center, Nguyen Thi N., who sat on the legs of the boy, named V.H.D., declared that the case happened in November last year.

N. added that G., the manager of the special education center, assigned her and C., a former staffer at the center, to take care of D. and feed him.

Through a phone call, the inspection team asked Duong Thi S., the center owner, to work with it on Tuesday morning. Vi Van B., the father of D., also attended the meeting.

Vi Van B. affirmed that the boy in the video is his son, V.H.D., born in 2019. The boy, who is autistic and suffers from speech delay and loss of appetite, has been taken to Tam An Special Education Center since June last year.

B. added that D. has not been frightened when being picked up from the center. After studying at the center, he has shown positive improvement, especially showing affection to his parents. 

B. was angry that his son’s image was uploaded to social media but he did not require holding Nguyen Thi N. responsible for her act. 

At the meeting, the People’s Committee of Dinh Bang Ward requested S. to suspend the education of special children at two campuses of her center in Dinh Bang Ward, send a report on the case to the ward and relevant agencies prior to 4:00 pm on Tuesday, and coordinate with the relevant agencies to deal with the incident.

The People’s Committee of Dinh Bang Ward also suggested the Tu Son City People’s Committee impose heavy sanctions on those involved in the case in line with the law.

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Belgian parliamentarian André Flahaut presents gifts to AO victims in Vietnam

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Belgian parliamentarian André Flahaut on November 30 handed over to the Vietnamese Embassy in Brussels four wheelchairs and four walkers as gifts to Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims in the central province of Quang Tri.

Belgian parliamentarian Andre Flahaut presents gifts to AO victims in Vietnam hinh anh 1Belgian parliamentarian André Flahaut (middle), Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao (R) and Tran To Nga, an oversea Vietnamese in France and an AO victim at the ceremony to hand over the gifts (Photo: VNA)

Brussels – Belgian parliamentarian André
Flahaut on November 30 handed over to the Vietnamese Embassy in Brussels four
wheelchairs and four walkers as gifts to Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims in
the central province of Quang Tri.

Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao thanked Flahaut for the warm
sentiments that he and the group of Belgian parliamentarians sponsoring a resolution on support for Vietnamese AO victims approved by the Belgian parliament in October, have shown towards
Vietnamese AO victims.

The diplomat highly appreciated the efforts and
contributions that Flahaut has made, together with other parliamentarians,
organisations and individuals in Belgium as well as international friends, to
assist AO victims in Vietnam.

For his part, Flahaut affirmed that he will exert
every effort to bring good things to AO victims in Vietnam with the hope that they
will have a better life.

The Belgian lawmaker showed his delight at the growing ties
between Belgium and Vietnam over the years with many high-ranking visits, most
recently the Belgium visit by Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran
Thanh Man.

Flahaut used to be President of the Belgian Chamber
of Representatives. In December 2021, he submitted to the Belgian parliament a
resolution on supporting AO victims in Vietnam, which was approved by the Belgian
Chamber of Representatives on October 5 with 100% approval votes. The Belgian parliament is the first parliament in the world to adopt a resolution supporting AO victims./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/belgian-parliamentarian-andre-flahaut-presents-gifts-to-ao-victims-in-vietnam/272144.vnp

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In Vietnam, restaurant returns mistakenly transferred money

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A restaurant in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam has found a customer who mistakenly transferred VND270 million (US$11,140) for a VND270,000 ($11.1) meal to return the spare amount, the restaurateur said on Thursday.

Hoang Hiep, the owner of Lan Ngan Restaurant in Thanh Hoa City under the namesake province, had earlier asked for netizens’ and media agencies’ help to find the customer who made the error.

On Thursday afternoon, the customer, named H.T.T.T., 40, residing in Nghi Son Town, Thanh Hoa Province, contacted the restaurant after reading its notification on social media and in newspapers.

T. had returned to Vietnam after working in Taiwan and had lunch at Lan Ngan Restaurant on Friday last week.

When making the payment, she was not aware that she had transferred VND270 million to the restaurant’s account.

Her personal information and the money transfer time coincided with those of the customer transferring the money to the restaurant.

The restaurant also checked its CCTV footage to confirm that T. was the customer that it was seeking.

The restaurateur asked her to come to a local police station to receive the money on Friday morning.

Hiep said that many imposters had contacted his restaurant attempting to take the money.

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Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20231201/in-vietnam-restaurant-returns-mistakenly-transferred-money/77037.html

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Vietnam, France share experience in modernising public services

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Representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs and the French Ministry of Public Transformation and Service exchanged experience in modernising public services, reforming administrative procedures, and raising digital transformation capacity, at a symposium in Hanoi on November 30.

Vietnam, France share experience in modernising public services hinh anh 1A view of the symposium. (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi –
Representatives from the
Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs and the French Ministry of Public
Transformation and Service exchanged experience in modernising public services,
reforming administrative procedures, and raising digital transformation capacity, at a symposium in Hanoi on November 30.

The event formed part of the cooperation activities
between the two ministries to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-France
diplomatic relations and the 10 years of the bilateral strategic partnership.

In her opening remarks, Minister of Home Affairs Pham
Thi Thanh Tra stressed that Vietnam always advocates accelerating administrative
reform and the modernisation of public services, considering this a
breakthrough for national development.

Administrative reform must serve the interests of
people and businesses, placing their legal and legitimate rights and interests at
the centre, and promoting innovation, for rapid, sustainable national
development, the official stressed.

Tra expressed her belief that the symposium will
contribute to tightening the friendship and cooperation between the two
countries, saying the two ministries will carry forward their cooperation
outcomes and enhance experience sharing in the time ahead.

French Minister of Public Transformation and Service
Stanislas Guérini pointed to challenges regarding demography, digital transformation
and ecology, noting that both France and Vietnam face demography-related issues
given their declining birth rates and aging populations, which requires the
sector to take suitable changes.

For digital transformation, the minister said that it
has brought about great opportunities to French administrative agencies in
particular and others around the world.

Participating experts, scientists, and managers
from Vietnam and France evaluated achievements, as well as challenges in public
service modernisation, administrative reform, and digital transformation
capacity improvement in both nations.

They shared experiences, new models and policy
orientations to work towards building a professional, modern, streamlined,
effective, and efficient administrative sector./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-france-share-experience-in-modernising-public-services/272141.vnp

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