Red Cross lifts ties in Laos, Cambodia

HCM CITY — The Viet Nam Red Cross will help its Lao and Cambodian counterparts train their staff, increase medical services and conduct free eye surgery for people in their border provinces.

Tran Ngoc Tang, President of the Viet Nam Red Cross, made the commitment at a Viet Nam-Laos-Cambodia Red Cross Leaders' Meeting in HCM City last Saturday.

Tang said co-operation between the three countries' associations had contributed to improving the living conditions of people in border provinces.

During the past four years of work in the field, the Viet Nam Red Cross has helped provide health care and services worth more than VND8 billion (US$410,000), he said.

The meeting reviewed the implementation of co-operation agreements between the three Red Cross organisations during the 2006-10 period. Participants also discussed co-operation programmes for the next five years.

The three associations would encourage all border provinces to better share information on natural disasters and diseases while increasing discussions on preventive measures, mutual assistance and improvement of health care during emergency situations, Tang said.

He noted that the three groups would also share information on their activities, international Red Cross movements and humanitarian co-operation programmes. — VNS

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Tay Ninh gives vaccine to Cambodian neighbor

The southern province of Tay Ninh is considering the provision of 10,000 doses of vaccine and 200 liters of antiseptic worth over VND200 million (US$10,264) for neighboring Kom Pong Cham, to help the Cambodian province stamp out its ongoing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock.

To avoid the spread of disease to bordering areas, Tay Ninh province has urged Kom Pong Cham authorities to strictly control the ill livestock and not allow the transport of cattle from the epidemic areas across the border into Vietnam, said Nguyen Thai Son, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The province has also asked police, customs, border guard and market management forces as well as the people’s committees of border districts to strengthen coordination in preventing illegal cross-border cattle transport.

From September 15 to October 20, the province will conduct an inoculation against blood infections and FMD on its livestock.

According to the Cambodian side, by Tuesday, Kom Pong Cham province had around 14,000 cattle affected by FMD, including nearly 400 deaths.

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Tay Ninh gives vaccine to Cambodian neighbour

The southern province of Tay Ninh is considering the provision of 10,000 doses of vaccine and 200 litres of antiseptic worth over 200 million VND for neighbouring Kom Pong Cham, to help the Cambodian province stamp out its ongoing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in livestock.

To avoid the spread of disease to bordering areas, Tay Ninh province has urged Kom Pong Cham authorities to strictly control the ill livestock and not allow the transport of cattle from the epidemic areas across the border into Vietnam, said Nguyen Thai Son, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The province has also asked police, customs, border guard and market management forces as well as the people’s committees of border districts to strengthen coordination in preventing illegal cross-border cattle transport.

From September 15 to October 20, the province will conduct an inoculation against blood infections and FMD on its livestock.

According to the Cambodian side, by September 14, Kom Pong Cham province had around 14,000 cattle affected by FMD, including nearly 400 deaths./.

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