• 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
• Girl dies of A/H5N1 in HCM City
  Girl dies of A/H5N1 in HCM City
  

  Another patient has died of the A/H5N1 virus on March 17 in Ho Chi Minh City, confirmed a city health official.
  18/03

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• Vietnam’s efforts in tobacco control praised
  Vietnam’s efforts in tobacco control praised
  

  Co-President of the Global Smoke-free Partnership, E. Ulysses Dorotheo, praised Vietnam’s efforts in tobacco control at a seminar held in Hanoi on September 15- 16.
  16/09
• Mobifone pledges to help children with birth defects
  Mobifone pledges to help children with birth defects
  

  Mobifone has pledged initial support of US$50,000 to Operation Smile Vietnam for surgeries on 200 children born with facial deformities.
  16/09
• New caves discovered in Quang Binh
  New caves discovered in Quang Binh
  

  

  Four new caves have been found at Tu Lan and To Mo in Minh Hoa district in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the local Culture and Information Department.
  15/09
• 1.64 million to get vocational training in 2009-2010
  1.64 million to get vocational training in 2009-2010
  

  

  The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has issued an instruction to promote vocational training during the new academic year (2009-2010).
  15/09
• Preventing flash floods and landslides a priority
  Preventing flash floods and landslides a priority
  

  

  Although the storm has not directly hit Vietnam, it will cause heavy rains in the northern border provinces. Local people need to brace themselves for flash floods and landslides.
  15/09