• World Bank cooperates with VOV
  World Bank cooperates with VOV
  

  

  The World Bank is seeking long-term cooperation with Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) in broadcasting news and information regarding such issues as environmental protection and fighting corruption.
  18/03
• Seminar on educational technology held in Hue
  Seminar on educational technology held in Hue
  

  An international seminar on “educational technology and occupational environment in Vietnam” was held in Hue city on March 18 under the auspicies of Hue University and Toulouse University, France.
  18/03
• Vietnamese-funded highway open to traffic in Cambodia
  Vietnamese-funded highway open to traffic in Cambodia
  

  Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attended an inauguration ceremony of National Highway 78 in Banlung city, Rattanakirri province on March 18.
  18/03
• Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases
  Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases
  

  The number of children contracting hand, foot mouth disease (HFMD) is on the rise even though the peak season is still one month away, Children Hospitals Nos 1 and 2 in HCM City have announced.
  18/03
• Viral lab put into operation
  Viral lab put into operation
  

  A Hanoi-based blood-borne viral testing laboratory, part of a cooperation project between Vietnam and Ireland, was officially put into operation on March 17.
  18/03

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• Teachers in disadvantaged areas need more support
  Teachers in disadvantaged areas need more support
  

  

  Priority policies targeting teachers in mountainous areas will be put into action in 2010 with a focus on Project 61, to support 62 poor districts throughout the country, thus improving teachers’ living standards.
  20/11
• Vietnam creates healthy competitive environment for ICT
  Vietnam creates healthy competitive environment for ICT
  

  

  The Vietnamese Government has created a fair, healthy competitive environment for businesses involved in information and communications technology (ICT), affirmed Le Nam Thang, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications.
  20/11
• Cold front to hit northern, central regions during weekend
  Cold front to hit northern, central regions during weekend
  

  

  A cold front will sweep through the northern region on November 19-20 and will then affect the central region, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
  19/11
• Vietnam Airlines launches Hanoi quiz in Australia
  Vietnam Airlines launches Hanoi quiz in Australia
  

  

  Vietnam Airlines (VA) on November 19 launched a online quiz on the 1,000-year-history of Hanoi, in Australia at www.hanoi1000years.com.au.
  19/11
• Construction of SOS Children’s Village gets underway
  Construction of SOS Children’s Village gets underway
  

  Construction of the SOS Children’s Village began in Quy Nhon city, central province of Binh Dinh on November 18.
  19/11