• German association helps Vietnamese dioxin victims
  German association helps Vietnamese dioxin victims
  

  For the past eight years, a society in the German city of Neuburg has been raising funds to help Vietnamese children affected by Agent Orange/dioxin which contaminated large areas of Vietnam during the war that raged in the 1960s and early 1970s.
  12/03
• Largest Khmer sanctum inaugurated in Bac Lieu
  Largest Khmer sanctum inaugurated in Bac Lieu
  

  Vietnam’s largest Khmer sanctum was inaugurated at Ghositaram Pagoda in the southern province of Bac Lieu on March 12.
  12/03
• First A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010
  First A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010
  

  The Department for Preventive health and the Environment on March 12 confirmed the first A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010.
  12/03
• Japan’s ODA projects to benefit southern provinces
  Japan’s ODA projects to benefit southern provinces
  

  The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has signed a sponsorship contract worth nearly US$500,000 for five projects to be conducted in several southern provinces.
  12/03
• Women scientists presented with Kovalevskaia prize
  Women scientists presented with Kovalevskaia prize
  

  

  The Vietnam Kovalevskaia Prize Committee held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 12 to present prizes to outstanding female scientists and to mark its 25th anniversary.
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• A hard nut to crack in education sector
  A hard nut to crack in education sector
  

  

  How to ensure standards of output training for students and pupils and increase the level of self-control for educational establishments are matters of great concern to universities when planning for the 2009-2010 academic year.
  24/11
• First Protestant church in Dak Nong inaugurated
  First Protestant church in Dak Nong inaugurated
  

  Construction work on a Protestant church, the first of its kind in the Central Highland province of Dak Nong, was finished on November 23 to provide services for nearly 1,000 followers, said Pastor Y Dier, Head of the Dak Nong Protestant Representative Board.
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• Vietnam to host 46th Int’l Chemistry Olympiad
  Vietnam to host 46th Int’l Chemistry Olympiad
  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed that Vietnam will host the 46 International Chemistry Olympiad in 2014.
  23/11
• HCM City, Czech City to establish cooperation
  HCM City, Czech City to establish cooperation
  

  Ho Chi Minh City and the Czech Republic’s second biggest city of Brno need to establish ties of cooperation, said Jiří Liška, Vice-Chairman of Czech’s Senate in a meeting with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee’s chairman Pham Phuong Thao.
  23/11
• Religious followers help to fight HIV/AIDS
  Religious followers help to fight HIV/AIDS
  

  

  A national conference was held in the central city of Hue on Nov. 23 to increase the commitment of religious followers to fighting HIV/AIDS.
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