• 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.
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• 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 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.
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• 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.
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• 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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• First resort to be built for the elderly
  First resort to be built for the elderly
  

  Construction work began on November 28 on a project for the elderly in Minh Phu commune in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son.
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• Nation responds to World AIDS Day
  Nation responds to World AIDS Day
  

  1,000 young people and workers in the central highland province of Dak Lak attended a meeting on November 29 to support the National HIV/AIDS Action Month and World AIDS Day (December 1).
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