Deputy PM calls for natural disaster response scenarios amid COVID-19
Friday, 2021-06-04 21:16:06
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NDO/VNA - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh asked localities to outline scenarios for natural disaster responses amid the COVID-19 pandemic at an online national conference on national disaster prevention and control, and research and rescue on June 4.
Up to seven storms are forecast to hit mainland Vietnam this year, he explained, while calling for determination to minimise any losses.
Thanh, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and Chairman of the National Committee for Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, emphasised the need to improve forecasting capacity and invest more in natural disaster studies and the hydrometeorological monitoring system.
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More women in informal sector in Q1: GSO
The third COVID-19 resurgence has weakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020 and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to informal employment, according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).
A survey by the GSO reveals that though there was a fall in employment in the first quarter of 2021, the number of working females rose against the same period last year.
The increase, however, was largely due to a higher number of women working in the informal sector, the GSO said, adding that the growth of females in informal sector was higher than that of males.
Update: April, 19/2021 - 04:04 |
The water level of Nậm Liệp-Minh Lương Stream in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai rose due to heavy rain. VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Ninh
LÀO CAI At least three people were killed in a flash flood that swept through Văn Bàn District, in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai, over the weekend.
The bodies of two people were recovered on Saturday evening, while one remains missing.
The Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control of Văn Bàn District reported that the sudden floods affected 25 households, with furniture, motorbikes and construction materials damaged.
New curbs in Bahrain after new Covid strain found
MANAMA, January 27, 2021 Bahrain s National Team for Combating the Coronavirus has announced the discovery of the mutated virus in a number of cases in the kingdom. The team said due to the developments and data that are studied periodically, and based on the recommendations of the National Medical Team, it has been that starting from Sunday (January 31) for a period of three weeks to suspend attendance in public and private schools, governmental and private higher education institutions and kindergartens, a Bahrain News Agency report said. It has also been decided to stop providing indoor services in restaurants and cafes, starting from January 31 for a period of three weeks.
BRCS boosts volunteers’ skills in Disaster Management December 14, 2020
In the workshop Bahrain Red Crescent’s volunteers learned about the active and pivotal role of the National Committee in facing disasters.
Mubark Al Hadi.
MANAMA Members of the disaster response teams of the Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS), attended the 10th workshop on risks and crises to discuss updating the national matrix and establishing joint coordination mechanisms. The workshop was organized remotely by the National Committee for Disaster Response.
During the workshop, Bahrain Red Crescent’s volunteers learned about the active and pivotal role of the National Committee in facing disasters, the role of the media in crises and disasters, the national emergency plan to combat oil pollution, and how to analyze and evaluate the risks that lead to or resulting from disasters.