• Vietnam’s first heart transplant to be conducted
  Vietnam’s first heart transplant to be conducted
  

  

  Surgeons at Military Hospital No.103 are preparing to take Vietnam’s first heart transplant.
  15/03
• VND14 billion mobilised for natural disaster mitigation
  VND14 billion mobilised for natural disaster mitigation
  

  

  In the first quarter this year, a fund established to help central provinces minimise the negative impact of natural disasters, has received donations and pledges of support reaching VND14 billion.
  15/03
• Bird flu appears in Bac Ninh
  Bird flu appears in Bac Ninh
  

  The Bac Ninh provincial People’s Committee on March 14 announced the occurrence of bird flu in Nam Son commune, Bac Ninh city. Previously, the poultry of a farmer family in Da Cau hamlet of this commune died in mass numbers.
  15/03
• Chickenpox outbreak sees hospital cases skyrocket
  Chickenpox outbreak sees hospital cases skyrocket
  

  An outbreak of chickenpox is hitting HCM City and Hanoi as the number of infected children admitted to hospitals in big cities has increased significantly.
  15/03
• Handicapped children show their artistic creativity
  Handicapped children show their artistic creativity
  

  An art festival for children with disabilities was held in HCM City on March 14 by the municipal Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association and the Volunteers Group Coupii Vietnam, a community-based group with about 80 members established in 2008.
  14/03

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• Donors examine aid projects for VGCL
  Donors examine aid projects for VGCL
  

  The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) met with international donors in Hanoi on May 25 to inform them of its major objectives and targets for 2008-13 to help them make accurate assessments for future aid.
  26/05
• World No Tobacco Day highlights importance of health warnings
  World No Tobacco Day highlights importance of health warnings
  

  

  The theme “Tobacco Health Warnings” is launched on World No Tobacco Day 2009 on May 31 and also a slogan for national “no smoking” week May 24-31 in Vietnam, announced by the Ministry of Health.
  25/05
• Vietnam wins silver prize in global architecture contest
  Vietnam wins silver prize in global architecture contest
  

  Vietnam has won a silver prize worth US$200,000 for a project to build a university, which will have little impact on the environment in the Mekong Delta.
  25/05
• Dutch artists teach disabled children in Quang Tri
  Dutch artists teach disabled children in Quang Tri
  

  The Dutch Health Committee in the central region and artists from the Sophia Foundation on May 24 paid a visit to a school for children with disabilities in central Quang Tri province.
  25/05
• Hot spell bakes northern Vietnam
  Hot spell bakes northern Vietnam
  

  A heat wave hit the north-western region on May 24 and is moving towards the north-eastern and north-central regions, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.
  25/05