• 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
• Various activities launched nationwide to mark Youth Month
  Various activities launched nationwide to mark Youth Month
  

  

  Diverse activities have been launched in response to Youth Month in March, such as building charitable houses, providing free healthcare services and organising vocational training courses for young people.
  14/03
• Vietnam imports more vaccine
  Vietnam imports more vaccine
  

  Vietnam has imported several types of vaccine, including a five-in-one inoculation that fights five diseases (meningitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio).
  14/03
• Agents warned of outbound tours to casinos
  Agents warned of outbound tours to casinos
  

  International travel agents are not allowed to organize outbound tours for Vietnamese tourists that involve visits to casinos, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has said.
  14/03
• National week for OHS and fire prevention launched
  National week for OHS and fire prevention launched
  

  

  A national week on occupational health and safety (OHS), and fire and explosion prevention was launched in Hanoi on March 13.
  13/03

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• New foot-and-mouth virus found in Ha Tinh
  New foot-and-mouth virus found in Ha Tinh
  

  The central province of Ha Tinh has not met a 21-day deadline required to rid itself of the foot-and-mouth disease.
  02/01
• Natural disasters claim 550 lives in 2008
  Natural disasters claim 550 lives in 2008
  

  Natural disasters in 2008 caused 550 deaths or those presumed dead and left 440 injured, according to General Statistics Office (GSO).
  02/01
• Vietnam succeeds in spermatid culture
  Vietnam succeeds in spermatid culture
  

  Vietnam has succeeded in growing spermatids to be used in treatment of sterility in men, a doctor from Military Hospital 103 has said.
  02/01
• Abnormal downpours drench the South
  Abnormal downpours drench the South
  

  

  Unseasonal rains have hit HCM City and its neighbouring provinces over the last few days, creating abnormal weather patterns in the south, according to an expert.
  02/01
• New Year’s Day welcomes nearly 1,000 foreign tourists to Vietnam
  New Year’s Day welcomes nearly 1,000 foreign tourists to Vietnam
  

  

  Many foreign tourists, including those from Italy, Spain, the UK, Germany, and Thailand, have arrived in the central city of Danang and the southern hub - HCM City, to celebrate New Year’s Day.
  01/01