• First capital-rural youth festival to open
  First capital-rural youth festival to open
  

  The first capital-rural youth festival will be held in Hanoi on March 20-21 in commemoration of the 79th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi.
  17/03
• Labour exchanges open in Month of Youth
  Labour exchanges open in Month of Youth
  

  Nearly 40 enterprises have registered to create 2,500 jobs in a Ho Chi Minh City labour exchange, scheduled to hold on March 20-21.
  17/03
• First national ethnic minority congress to be held in Hanoi
  First national ethnic minority congress to be held in Hanoi
  

  The first national ethnic minority congress will be held at the My Dinh National Convention Centre on May 12 and 13 with the participation of 1,700 representatives from across the countries.
  17/03
• Israeli megamind donated VND10 million for Vietnam
  Israeli megamind donated VND10 million for Vietnam
  

  

  Eran Katz, an Israeli who holds the Guinness Book of World Record title in feats of memory, donated VND10 million for Starfish Fund, established by Miss Vietnam Ngo Phuong Lan, during his speech before an audience in Hanoi on March 16.
  17/03
• Vietnam, US veterans promote reconciliation
  Vietnam, US veterans promote reconciliation
  

  Vietnamese and US veterans held talks in Hanoi on March 16 as part of activities to promote mutual understanding and reconciliation between the two nations after the war.
  17/03

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• New water treatment plant in Dong Thap
  New water treatment plant in Dong Thap
  

  The Mekong delta province of Dong Thap on October 7 put into operation a surface water treatment plant at a total cost of over VND19 billion (over US$1 million ) funded by the Water Fund Holland.
  08/10
• WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle
  WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle
  

  The World Wildlife Fund for Nature Vietnam, in cooperation with central provinces, has launched a project to protect saola and other endemic hoofed mammals in the Truong Son Range.
  08/10
• Needy children receive free dental care
  Needy children receive free dental care
  

  More than 200 orphans and disadvantaged children in HCM City will receive free dental care under a five-day programme that began at the Maple Clinic in District 1 on October 6.
  08/10
• Health Ministry urges tighter supervision of A/H1N1 flu
  Health Ministry urges tighter supervision of A/H1N1 flu
  

  Vice Minister of Health, Trinh Quan Huan said on October 7 that the supervision and detection of cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection will not be deployed on a large scale but focus on the hardest-hit areas.
  08/10
• Foreign tourists allowed to use right-hand-drive cars
  Foreign tourists allowed to use right-hand-drive cars
  

  Foreign visitors will be allowed to use right-hand-drive cars in Vietnam following a Government decree on the issue to come into force on November 15.
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