• New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
  New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
  

  The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced a suspected case of bird flu virus on March 16.
  16/03
• Incense offered to My Lai massacre’s victims
  Incense offered to My Lai massacre’s victims
  

  

  An incense offering ceremony was held at the Son My reliquary in Tinh Khe commune, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai province, on March 16 in memory of the 504 innocent Vietnamese who were slaughtered by US soldiers 42 years ago.
  16/03
• Vietnam Airlines to open routes to Shanghai
  Vietnam Airlines to open routes to Shanghai
  

  

  The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines (VNA), has announced its plans to open two routes from Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi to Shanghai, China on March 28 and 29, respectively.
  16/03
• Gyalwang Drukpa’s delegation visits Vietnam
  Gyalwang Drukpa’s delegation visits Vietnam
  

  His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa 12th is paying an official visit to Vietnam from March 14- April 4 at the invitation of the Hanoi Buddhist Shangha.
  16/03
• Foreign journalists flock to Son My
  Foreign journalists flock to Son My
  

  

  Every March, the Son My site receives a number of international delegations, including many reporters who want to meet with victims of the massacre and record images of the revival of Son My.
  16/03

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• Vietnam needs to build brand name in ICT
  Vietnam needs to build brand name in ICT
  

  

  Vietnam needs to build strong brand names in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order to make it a strong ICT nation, according to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Policies (NCSTP).
  25/11
• Australian MP supports natural disaster victims in Vietnam
  Australian MP supports natural disaster victims in Vietnam
  

  The New South Wales Parliament Asia-Pacific Friendship Group has organised a fund-raiser for natural disaster victims in Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Samoa and Tonga.
  25/11
• Saigontourist receives large number of MICE visitors
  Saigontourist receives large number of MICE visitors
  

  The Saigontourist Travel Service Company received as many as 10,000 visitors registered for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) in November alone, equivalent to 25 percent of the total number of MICE visitors to Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2009.
  25/11
• Int’l Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Conference and Expo opens in Hanoi
  Int’l Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Conference and Expo opens in Hanoi
  

  The 5th International Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Conference and Expo was held in Hanoi on November 25 with the participation of more than 1,000 Vietnamese and foreign professors and doctors.
  25/11
• Nobel laureate calls on students to combat HIV/AIDS
  Nobel laureate calls on students to combat HIV/AIDS
  

  

  French virologist and 2008 Nobel laureate Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on November 24 called on students in Ho Chi Minh City to actively combat HIV/AIDS.
  25/11