• 1,500 primary students participate in English Olympiad
  1,500 primary students participate in English Olympiad
  

  Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam Language Link Centre launched the 2010 English Olympiad for primary school students in Hanoi on March 20.
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• HCM City hosts job transaction floor
  HCM City hosts job transaction floor
  

  The 8th annual job transaction floor opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20, attracting thousands of job seekers.
  20/03
• IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  

  

  Thirty-three information-communication technology (ICT) awards were presented to ICT businesses in Hanoi on March 20 in recognition of their efficient operations and contributions to national development.
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• US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  

  Prof. Edward J. Baker on March 19 became the first US professor to be presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training for his contributions to educational development in Vietnam.
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• JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  

  

  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical assistance to a project on human resource development for the urban water sector in the central region of Vietnam.
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• Vietnam urged to improve quality of gender statistics
  Vietnam urged to improve quality of gender statistics
  

  

  A senior financial expert from the World Bank (WB) has praised Vietnam for its progress in ensuring gender equality and said that the country should improve its statistics on gender to implement the Law on Gender Equality more effectively.
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• Vietnam helps build music school in Laos
  Vietnam helps build music school in Laos
  

  Construction of the Lao National Music and Arts School in Vientiane Works started on November 18, with non-refundable aid from the Vietnamese Government.
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• Former US President helps build houses for the poor in Hai Duong
  Former US President helps build houses for the poor in Hai Duong
  

  Former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn on November 18 visited Dong Xa vilage, Binh Giang district, in the northern province of Hai Duong to attend the launch of a project to build 32 houses for poor households.
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• Japan helps improve health for poor women in Ba Ria Vung Tau
  Japan helps improve health for poor women in Ba Ria Vung Tau
  

  

  The Consulate General of Japan in HCM City signed an agreement with the Vietnam Association of Midwives on November 18 to fund the US$97,000 project on improving health care for poor women in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
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• Foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread
  Foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread
  

  Both bird flu and blue ear pig disease are almost under control nationwide, however, foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread and develop new strains in northern mountainous areas and the central and central highland region, said Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of the National Steering Committee for Bird Flu Prevention and Control...
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