• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Mortality rate in traffic accidents drops 12.7 percent
  Mortality rate in traffic accidents drops 12.7 percent
  

  As many as 11,522 traffic accidents occurred in 2008, killing 10,400 people and injuring 7,400 others, said participants at a national seminar on traffic safety in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 27.
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• Travel agents to offer big discount in 2009
  Travel agents to offer big discount in 2009
  

  

  Visitors will have the opportunity to take part in domestic tours at cheap prices, following a large-scale promotion campaign by the tourism industry starting January, 2009, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism recently announced.
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• Red Cross raises VND557 billion for poor and AO victims
  Red Cross raises VND557 billion for poor and AO victims
  

  More than VND557 billion has been raised by the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) since it launched a fund-raising campaign themed “Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) for the Poor and Victims of Agent Orange (AO)” 10 years ago.
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• US$6.4 billion for Hanoi master plan
  US$6.4 billion for Hanoi master plan
  

  

  The Ministry of Construction on December 26 signed contracts worth US$6.4 billion in total with a group of three foreign consultants and local subcontractors for the Hanoi master plan till 2030 and with a vision for 2050.
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• Child patient improves after kidney allograft
  Child patient improves after kidney allograft
  

  

  A 28-month-old patient is recovering at the Central Paediatric Hospital after a kidney allograft.
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