Thousands of businesses have organized many activities in response to the 2014 National Week on Labour Safety and Hygiene – Fire and Explosion Prevention (LSH – FEP) with the theme of “Think and act for the target of no labor accident, occupational disease, fire, or explosion in the workplace”.

Tan Uyen district’s Women’s Union has just launched the 2014 emulation movement. Accordingly, the local Women’s Union has set 2014’s targets, including getting 100% of cadres and at least 80% of members with registration for the implementation of the patriotic emulation movement of “Women study actively, work creatively and nurture happy families”; boosting the campaign of “Building families with five “no's” and three “clean's”, contributing to building new rural areas and urban civilization.

Burdens on environment and society are accompanied with rapid development of industry and urban areas. By responsibility and real vision, all level agencies and sectors have made the effort to grasp assistances from the Government, international organizations through ODA capital sources to build many works relating to environmental hygiene, community health's protection and sustainable development for the province. Ensuring clean water source Annually, on the dry season, especially in March and April fresh water source is inefficient seriously, owing to salt contamination. Realizing this status, leaders of Binh Duong Water Supply and Environment Company (Biwase) suggested the local administration to build 2 large water supply plants, meeting standard on A class clean water. Specifically, Thu Dau Mot city water plant has met demand of local residents and businesses in areas of Thu Dau Mot city, Ben Cat, Tan Uyen and Dau Tieng districts while Di An water plant has supplied clean water for people and companies in Thuan An and Di An towns and part of Thu Duc district of Ho Chi Minh City. To ensure clean water source, Biwase has invested in auto inspection system on 2 large rivers of Dong Nai and Sai Gon to inspect situation of salt contamination, aside from investing and building auto equipment and remote control. Thu Dau Mot city water plant director Pham Van Chien said that thanks to grasping rule of weather and cycle of salt contamination plus advanced technology, the plant has ensured an adequate supply of clean water for clients. Biwase general director Nguyen Van Thien added "the 2 large water plants have at present run out of their designed capacity, reaching 250,000 cubic meters per day and night. In addition, we had preparation in advance by developing water pipes covering urban and residential areas to assure clean water supply for people and businesses". Collecting and solving waste water well From ODA capital source of Japan and through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the provincial People's Committee asked Biwase to hold a role as the investor of Nam Binh Duong watse water treatment plant. The project's first phase has been completed with the capacity of 17,000 cubic meters per day and night. Master Nguyen Thanh Phong, director of the waste water treatment plant said that by advanced technology, wastes are extracted to produce compost fertilizer and the remaining process of waste treatment is sterilized by Chemical Scrubber technology and UV technology. All processes of waste treatment are closed and automatic, ensuring safety on smell, noise and other technical factors. Therefore, our plant is allowed to locate at residential area and near Sai Gon river. For a civilized and modern urban area Binh Duong's biggest success lies in turning wastes into useful products. Biwase collects more than 1,000 tons of wastes per day, ranking third in the country. After a categorization, wastes will be produced into compost fertilizer with a capacity of 420 tons per day. The fertilizer has met requirement of nutrition and been recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Biwase general director Nguyen Van Thien added "Binh Duong has made the effort to develop into a civilized and clean and beautiful urban area to improve quality of living of the community. Initial successes are a large motivation for us to invest in facilities for dredging canals in a bid to pay back their initial beauty. It is necessary to have a civilized lifestyle to build an advanced urban area.                                                                                                  Reported by D.Chi - Translated by A.C

On March 20, the provincial People's Committee held a summing up conference on basic construction investment in 2013 and set out task and orientation for 2014. The provincial People's Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung chaired the conference. In the past year, the entire province had 58 works put into use, 33 of which were school works under management of local authorities. The total value of these works were at VND3,855.6bil, reaching 96.39% of plan. At the conference, participants referred to some shortcomings, reasons and key missions of the work on basic construction investment in 2014. Concluding the conference, the provincial People's Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung stressed that budget sources were balanced, mobilized positively and timely compared with the previous period and allocation of capital for basic construction investment was implemented well. In order to well implement the work on basic construction investment for 2014, the provincial People's Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung steered sectors and localities to focus on compensation and site clearance, especially capital and land for resettlement.                                                                                                Reported by P.An - Translated by A.C

The provincial Labor Union just ratified an action plan to implement a program of improving quality and operation efficiency of trade union cadres for the period of 2013-2018. Accordingly, the union targets to reach 90% of trade union cadres getting university degrees, 70% of grassroot trade union cadres getting intermediate degrees. In addition, the union aims at building skilled trade union cadres as well as improving political capacity, morality and qualification of trade union cadres at all levels.                                                                                                Reported by T.Lien - Translated by A.C

Phuoc Hoa Rubber Joint Stock Company (PHR)’s profit last year was only equivalent to 58% of that of 2012. But, the company still paid more attention to taking care of laborers’ lives.

Attending the campaign were as many as 250 cadres and employees of rubber plantations such as Long Hoa, Long Tan, Long Nguyen, Doan Van Tien and Tran Van Luu. As a result, the campaign’s organizing board collected 202 units of blood, equivalent to 70,700ml of blood.

This project is to minimize usage of individual traffic means, contributing to build a safe traffic network and curb environmental pollution and simultaneously apply advanced techniques into bus management.

Early March 17, Tan Uyen district’s Youth Union held a get-together to mark the 83rd founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) (March 26, 1931-March 26, 2014).

Dau Tieng district’s Women’s Unions at all levels have offered help to the local women in economic development and poverty reduction, step by step improving the quality of their life and their role in family and society in recent years.

Vy Thi Tam Lai, vice chairwoman of Thu Dau Mot city Women’s Union said that this is a significant project that should be expanded. In the past year, Thu Dau Mot city Women’s Union was honored by the PM for its achievements on sustainable poverty reduction.