Saturday, May 22, 2010

Vietnam: Horrible Heat Wave Is Taking It's Toll

5/23/10
This article pretty much summarizes the heat wave that Vietnam has been experiencing, driving the people into the water...which is very contaminated. I just clicked out of an article that said, it will continue.


Nghe An - Ha Tinh: Living in a pan fire

ROTATING OUTAGE, HUNDREDS OF MISERABLE APPEARANCE
Prolonged intense heat occurs everywhere, especially in Central makes the lives of people, production and business activities of enterprises increasingly upset. Meanwhile, power has been predicted to be out, reducing in many places.

Temperatures this week have a place in Nghe An up to 40 degrees C. Prolonged heat, frequent power outage, the lives of a large proportion of the population were turned upside down. Hundreds of chairs bearing the red curb because wind power failure, electronic stores, refrigeration nuom nuop guests. Fans charged, the fan, fan battery powered toad battery size and power sellers.

Ben Thuy Anh Thang, Vinh city after the first season of sunshine, bought two fans charged with static electricity but limited duration, his friends tell fans buy 12 volts used by toads battery is very convenient.

As observed by Pioneer Electronics in the market in Vinh, have been found three people choose to buy a fan charged, toad fans and lamps used in batteries charged. "Fans from the price charged to a 350 million per aircraft. Separate battery-powered fan toads each price from 150 to 220 thousand VND per piece, sold nearly 50 units per day, "Lan said the store owner.

According to the understanding of PV Pioneer, with fans charged with nearly 1 million may charged within 4 hours, the lights charged the price from 150 to 550 thousand VND / unit.

Some electronics stores in Nghe An recent days found in the state charged milk cows. "Many visitors to order this week but still no supermarket on imported goods," a supermarket employee in Vinh said.

Crossroads Market Vinh, gathering places many shops selling electric fans, fans of guests to purchase anti-double with hot weekday. "On the peak, I sold nearly 50 kinds of fans, more crowded today, burning in", Nguyen Thi Hoai, an agent after all. In May 4-2010, electric fans DaVi retail price of 170,000 VND / unit, this increase 220,000 per aircraft.

In Vinh, many students bring materials to pair Square, Ho Chi Minh (Truong Thi) to review construction at night, under high pressure lamp. Vinh University campus was packed the day to review student test.

In the cramped room, lost power, in a number of hostels, students contributed money to study light charged. In the city of Ha Tinh, people rushing to buy these items as anti-fan hot water, refrigerator, air conditioning temperature.

Vung Tau Energy Center power outage: Living people, businesses upset

Ba Ria - Vung Tau (BR - VT) is one of the biggest centers of power (capacity 4.2 trieuKWh) accounts for nearly one third of total electricity production from the country earlier this month but so far 4-2010 , this province without power constant.

According to the report of the Electricity BR-VT, May 4-2010, BR-VT is allocated 6.384 million kWh of electricity per day, in which demand for electricity in the province was estimated at 7.8 million kWh of electricity per day.

Due to lack of electricity so far from the beginning of the month 4-2010, BR-VT method rotating power cuts in residential areas. Electricity for BR-VT, reducing the total amount of electricity a day at about 550-600 thousand kWh, still short compared with that plan 2 Power Company Affairs.

In rural areas such as Chau Duc, Xuyen Moc, the situation is worse, electricity cut from 7 am to 21 pm, causing many difficulties for production activities as well as the people's business.

Due to hot weather, tourists flock to Vung Tau more crowded. Density power cut in urban areas and quite thick and Vung Tau power cut last time 12 hours / day has great influence on business operations of tourism businesses on the BR-VT province.

Joint Stock Company Nursing Travel Vung Tau (Medicoast) for a day without power, the company must spend more than 800 liters of oil to run generators. Oil prices are now at 14,600 dong per liter, so businesses have more than 12 million per day, whereas if access to electricity, one day this company pay nearly 4 million. With today's outage schedule, to give companies an estimated 180 million more per month to run generators.

3-star hotel for Sammy, electricity will cost the team nearly 140 million VND per month. 4 star hotel Cap Saint Jacques calculations also have to spend extra 150 million per month. Many tourist facilities for immigration or rent multiple rooms when not afford to offset diesel fuel to run generators. BR-VT tourism industry damaged.

Seasonal ingredients fishery began in April to September last year. This year, just in season are also the main raw materials at constant power outages as a result of fishery enterprises heavy damage due to lack of electricity.

Fisheries Corporation and Export-Import island had to equip the factory have two large-capacity generators 1000 KVA and 500 KVA, used to run alternate power failure to prevent incidents. Calculated if running, Company must spend 46 million of oil money to produce a container (20 tons), instead of 7.8 million if the cost of electricity use.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Hien, deputy director of Industry and Trade Department of BR-VT. that is the industrial zone (IZ) of BR-VT uses electricity to 4.5 million kWh per day, accounting for more than 2 / 3 total power consumption all BR-VT. In the steel mills that account for 80% of power of IP. Some power plants use large as 3-2010 in May: Vietnam steel plant uses 27 million kWh of electricity; PFS plant 18 million kWh of electricity use ...

Being in time to eat convenient, high steel prices, steel mills to reduce capacity is a difficult job. Department of Trade and electricity BR-VT set a goal to mobilize the enterprise around 30% lower power consumption.

Quang Nam - Da Nang: mad for power

Consecutive days, the outdoor temperature in Quang Nam on at up to 400 C, along with the Quang Nam Power outage notices rotating schedule from 7-5 to 20-5 for security reasons maintenance and repair of transmission lines has made life and business activities in many residential areas, manufacturing, hospitals difficult.

Calendar outage caused many people clam short time, frequency and area power outage cut more thicker. In the province of Quang Nam these days goes through many areas of frequent power cut from 4.30 - 14h and 11h30 - 20h30 2 alternate days.

Particularly in 9-5 days, many area residents in Tam Ky City, such as Changchun, Ngoc Tam, Residential No. 8 and No. 2, An Son ward, Tran Cao Van road, and Hung Vuong ... residential areas in Nui Thanh district, Phu Ninh, Duy Xuyen, Hoi An offers a power outage in the peak hours of sun.

Because power is so hot at the time hundreds of people flocked to the sea, Tam Ky Tam Thanh over 15km city to avoid the sun. I'm not making a lot of irrigation water, people's wells dried up, along with the power outage caused many water pumping system to stop functioning, much of the crop area in Quang Nam has no irrigation water.

To ensure that produce, over time, Mr. Phan Hai - Director BQ Shoe Company (Danang) and dozens of his staff must always keep track of calendar information to arrange power production. "Compared to the time a few months ago, this electrical power walking with more frequency that our businesses are heavily influenced by working with production to offer customers" - he complains Sea.

Ha Noi - HCM City Children hospitalized increase

Recognition of reporters Pioneer 9-5 pm at the Central Pediatrics Hospital showed that the number of children from birth to 12 months of age to visit and hospitalization increased. Common illnesses such as high fever, cough, pneumonia, bronchitis, digestive disorders ...

Front of the Emergency and Digestive Sciences, many young couples are impatient waiting their turn to take me to the examination. I always look at tape pasted on the forehead of fever, with fever grandchildren to 39.40 degrees. Because some people take their children on a winter visit, the department will strengthen the doctor, nurse on duty.

Party chairs in the hallway waiting, he and his wife land in Ha Khau ward, Ha Long city (Quang Ninh) are wondering I do not know what to buy drugs on hospitalization or drink.

Dat He said: "I last six months, of pneumonia, was treated in hospital 16 days Bai Chay, but does not progress, while the hospital is too loaded, with eight small children beds Should rental car this morning to take him to the Central Hospital for treatment. A young mother in Trau Quy, Gia Lam (Hanoi) must also take their children to visit complained: "Many families lose sleep at night, all night to look her way. The weather is too hot, adult children are also tired anymore ...".

Along the corridor-Emergency Department (8-storey buildings), the grandmother, and she was sitting in multiple locations is paralyzed, because everyone blowzy fatigue, heat stress. Some even win back reclining in a chair waiting in the hospital ...

She lacked capacity in Thinh, Thieu Hoa district, Thanh Hoa corona penetrating eye by insomnia, said: "Look at her leanness, high fever, I am very sorry. Hospital over a week, losing more than 4 million children still out then that ...".

* I'm not extend continuously over time led to bronchitis virus-induced, febrile seizures, viral fever, rash and acute diarrhea in children increased rapidly. Pioneer Record of 9-5 days at Children's Hospital City 1-2 shows the number of children hospitalized patients related to the warm weather increases causing serious overloading hospital.

Faculty Children's Hospital Infectious 1 day 9-5 with 120 patients being treated inpatient, mainly hand, foot and mouth disease, meningitis and dengue fever during the weekdays this place just under 80 receiving ca. Diarrhea in science also has more than 150 children admitted to hospital treatment.

Similarly at the Children's Hospital 2, day 9-5 in science, respiratory infections and diarrhea in the hospital, the number of patients hospitalized treatment of diseases related to respiratory, hemorrhagic fever, meningitis, diarrhea also increases.

Dr. Vu Quang Vinh - Deputy General Plan 2 Children's Hospital said the hospital every day to receive more than 5,000 patients to visit related diseases, an increase of nearly 1,000 cases compared to the previous period.

Dr. Anh Tuan - Science Children's Hospital Respiratory two consecutive severe heat that adults and children at risk pharyngitis.

No comments: