• 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.
  20/03
• 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.
  20/03
• 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.
  20/03
• 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.
  20/03

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• Hanoi focuses on ethnic minority areas
  Hanoi focuses on ethnic minority areas
  

  Hanoi is striving to reduce the poverty rate amongst the ethnic minorities by 2-3 percent per year and double the per-capita income in these areas between now and 2020.
  27/11
• France helps improve water supplies in Mekong Delta
  France helps improve water supplies in Mekong Delta
  

  A EUR32 million urban water supply programme for the Mekong Delta region, financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), began in Vinh Long province on November 26.
  27/11
• Over VND5.7 billion raised for flood victims through SMS
  Over VND5.7 billion raised for flood victims through SMS
  

  The Ministry of Information and Communication will hand over more than VND5.7 billion to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee to aid flood victims in central and central highland provinces, which were recently battered by storm No 9.
  26/11
• Transport fares to increase during Lunar New Year
  Transport fares to increase during Lunar New Year
  

  

  Transport fares will rise by 15-20 percent during the Tet (Lunar New Year) to cover the rising cost of fuel, say transport companies.
  26/11
• Another cold snap to hit north, depression to change course
  Another cold snap to hit north, depression to change course
  

  Another cold snap is forecast to hit northern Vietnam this weekend which will cause temperatures to drop by 2-3oC, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre.
  26/11