• Belgian Prof. receives insignia and certificate of merit from Hai Phong
  Belgian Prof. receives insignia and certificate of merit from Hai Phong
  

  Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee of Hai Phong Nguyen Van Thanh sent the city’s insignia and certificate of merit to Belgian Prof. Dr. Luc Hens, Head of the Human Ecology Department in Free University of Brussels on March18.
  19/03
• E-passport to be issued in Vietnam
  E-passport to be issued in Vietnam
  

  

  The Prime Minister has urged the Ministry of Public Security to go ahead with a national project on issuing E-passport in 2011, announced the Government Office.
  19/03
• Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  

  

  The Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA), a Danish non-governmental orgnaisation, has launched the second phase of the project on community development for ethnic minority groups in the northern region.
  19/03
• Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  

  

  The first flight from Kansai, Osaka province, Japan on March 18 landed in the central city of Da Nang, bringing 161 tourists and representatives of 17 travel agencies.
  19/03
• Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  

  

  The Finnish non-governmental organisation Fida International will provide US$213,000 for a project on the disabled in the central city of Da Nang during the 2010-2014 period.
  19/03

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• Vietnam Airlines offers an airfare discount of 60-70 percent
  Vietnam Airlines offers an airfare discount of 60-70 percent
  

  

  Vietnam Airlines has offered an airfare discount of 60-70 percent on all flights from October 1, 2009 to January 3, 2010, said Nguyen Thi Minh Yen, director of the Vietnam Airlines (VNA) office in the Southern region on September 16.
  16/09
• VND340 billion raised for the Fund for the Poor
  VND340 billion raised for the Fund for the Poor
  

  The organising committee for the “Day for the Poor” programme has received donations worth VND340 billion from various organisations and individuals nationwide and overseas.
  16/09
• Vietnam celebrates Int’l Ozone Layer Protection Day
  Vietnam celebrates Int’l Ozone Layer Protection Day
  

  A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 16 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to celebrate International Ozone Layer Protection Day.
  16/09
• 2009 Vietnam Personnel Day to be held in Hanoi
  2009 Vietnam Personnel Day to be held in Hanoi
  

  The Vietnam Educational Consultants Organisation, the Vietnam Personnel Forum and the Chief Human Resource Officer Club on September 16 held a press conference about 2009 Vietnam Personnel Day.
  16/09
• Vietnam’s beer consumption second in Southeast Asia
  Vietnam’s beer consumption second in Southeast Asia
  

  An average Vietnamese consumed 22 litres of beer in 2008, standing just behind the Thais in Southeast Asia , according to the Vietnam Association of Beer, Alcohol and Beverages.
  16/09