• New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
  New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
  

  The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced a suspected case of bird flu virus on March 16.
  16/03
• Incense offered to My Lai massacre’s victims
  Incense offered to My Lai massacre’s victims
  

  

  An incense offering ceremony was held at the Son My reliquary in Tinh Khe commune, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai province, on March 16 in memory of the 504 innocent Vietnamese who were slaughtered by US soldiers 42 years ago.
  16/03
• Vietnam Airlines to open routes to Shanghai
  Vietnam Airlines to open routes to Shanghai
  

  

  The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines (VNA), has announced its plans to open two routes from Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi to Shanghai, China on March 28 and 29, respectively.
  16/03
• Gyalwang Drukpa’s delegation visits Vietnam
  Gyalwang Drukpa’s delegation visits Vietnam
  

  His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa 12th is paying an official visit to Vietnam from March 14- April 4 at the invitation of the Hanoi Buddhist Shangha.
  16/03
• Foreign journalists flock to Son My
  Foreign journalists flock to Son My
  

  

  Every March, the Son My site receives a number of international delegations, including many reporters who want to meet with victims of the massacre and record images of the revival of Son My.
  16/03

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• Consul General decries US police violence
  Consul General decries US police violence
  

  Violence against a Vietnamese student named Ho Phuong by the police in San Jose city was an unacceptable act, said Le Quoc Hung, Vietnamese Consul General in California.
  29/10
• WB funds road upgrading in southern provinces
  WB funds road upgrading in southern provinces
  

  The World Bank has promised US$150 million to an infrastructure project that will be carried out across five southern coastal provinces.
  29/10
• Int’l organisations support storm victims
  Int’l organisations support storm victims
  

  Two non-governmental organisations, the Save the Children of the UK and the US-based World Vision, on October 28 provided money and relief goods totaling over VND1 billion for the victims of storm Ketsana in Hai Lang district in the central province of Quang Tri.
  29/10
• Course teaches vocational trainers of int’l standards
  Course teaches vocational trainers of int’l standards
  

  A pilot course to train teachers in automobile repair at international standards has been launched in the Mechanical College of the northern province of Vinh Phuc.
  29/10
• Separated Siamese twin fathers twins
  Separated Siamese twin fathers twins
  

  Nguyen Duc, one of the Siamese twins affected by Agent Orange and separated by Japanese and Vietnamese doctors 21 years ago, is the new father of fraternal twins.
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