• Vietnam among top labour exporters in the RoK
  Vietnam among top labour exporters in the RoK
  

  

  Vietnam continues to lead the 15 countries which export labour to the Republic of Korea, according to the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.
  10/02
• Ethnic minority people continue to receive more support
  Ethnic minority people continue to receive more support
  

  The Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) is finalizing projects and implementing incentive policies to improve the living conditions of the ethnic minorities.
  10/02
• AO victims receive Tet gifts
  AO victims receive Tet gifts
  

  

  The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) said its central, provincial and municipal associations have presented Tet gifts to Agent Orange (AO) victims.
  10/02
• Cruise ship Legend of the Sea brings 1,500 tourists to Ha Long
  Cruise ship Legend of the Sea brings 1,500 tourists to Ha Long
  

  

  The cruise ship Legend of the Sea, carrying 1,500 passengers and crew, docked in Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 9. The ship is owned by the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.
  10/02
• Local restaurants take wildlife off the menu
  Local restaurants take wildlife off the menu
  

  Over 150 restaurants in Nam Dinh province will join in the campaign initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to reduce consumption of wildlife products.
  10/02

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• Conference highlights exemplary role models in Russia
  Conference highlights exemplary role models in Russia
  

  A conference highlighting exemplary role models from the movement “Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example” was held in Russia on November 29 by the Vietnamese Embassy, with more than 120 delegates from Party organisations and Youth Union of the overseas Vietnamese associations in Russia taking part.
  30/11
• Cultural night to support Vietnamese charity work
  Cultural night to support Vietnamese charity work
  

  The annual cultural performance night was held on November 28 by Vietnamese students at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) under the University of London to collect money for charity events in Vietnam.
  30/11
• Vietnam to produce antibiotic against H1N1 virus
  Vietnam to produce antibiotic against H1N1 virus
  

  

  Vietnam plans to produce an antibiotic to protect people from the H1N1 virus by the beginning of 2010, at a price 4.5 times cheaper than Tamiflu.
  30/11
• Ninh Binh attracts 2 million visitors in eleven months
  Ninh Binh attracts 2 million visitors in eleven months
  

  

  Ninh Binh attracted over 2 million visitors, 27,000 from overseas, in the first 11 months of 2009, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
  30/11
• HCM City pioneers hospital wastewater treatment
  HCM City pioneers hospital wastewater treatment
  

  Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City became the first medical institution in Vietnam to install a wastewater treatment station using the AAO technology after a technology transfer on November 29.
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