• German association helps Vietnamese dioxin victims
  German association helps Vietnamese dioxin victims
  

  For the past eight years, a society in the German city of Neuburg has been raising funds to help Vietnamese children affected by Agent Orange/dioxin which contaminated large areas of Vietnam during the war that raged in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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• Largest Khmer sanctum inaugurated in Bac Lieu
  Largest Khmer sanctum inaugurated in Bac Lieu
  

  Vietnam’s largest Khmer sanctum was inaugurated at Ghositaram Pagoda in the southern province of Bac Lieu on March 12.
  12/03
• First A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010
  First A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010
  

  The Department for Preventive health and the Environment on March 12 confirmed the first A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010.
  12/03
• Japan’s ODA projects to benefit southern provinces
  Japan’s ODA projects to benefit southern provinces
  

  The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has signed a sponsorship contract worth nearly US$500,000 for five projects to be conducted in several southern provinces.
  12/03
• Women scientists presented with Kovalevskaia prize
  Women scientists presented with Kovalevskaia prize
  

  

  The Vietnam Kovalevskaia Prize Committee held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 12 to present prizes to outstanding female scientists and to mark its 25th anniversary.
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• Thailand donates US$50,000 to help storm victims in Vietnam
  Thailand donates US$50,000 to help storm victims in Vietnam
  

  

  The government of Thailand on November 13 donated US$50,000 to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) to help victims of storms Ketsana and Mirinae in Vietnam’s central and central highland provinces.
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• Southern Agricultural – Rural Trade Promotion Fair 2009 opens
  Southern Agricultural – Rural Trade Promotion Fair 2009 opens
  

  

  The Agriculture and Rural Trade Promotion Fair 2009 for Vietnam’s Southern provinces entitled “Agriculture – Farmer – Rural areas” opened at Go Dau stadium in Binh Duong province on November 13.
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• Nanotechnology experts gather in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
  Nanotechnology experts gather in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
  

  

  More than 250 academic researchers and industrial experts from 20 countries are attending the second International Workshop on Nanotechnology Application 2009 which opened in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 12.
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• Open-source software summit opens in HCM City
  Open-source software summit opens in HCM City
  

  A leading Free and Open Source Software event, the GNOME Asia Summit, will be held in HCM City’s Quang Trung software Park from November 20-22.
  13/11
• Former Vietnamese teachers hold congress
  Former Vietnamese teachers hold congress
  

  Former Vietnamese teachers nationwide gathered in Hanoi on November 12 for a congress to review their activities and set forth new orientations for the operation of Vietnam’s Association of Former Teachers during the 2009-2014 term.
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