• Vietnam, US to conduct a seminar on the environment
  Vietnam, US to conduct a seminar on the environment
  

  Some agencies and companies from the US will coordinate with Vietnamese authorities to organise a seminar on environmental solutions for Vietnam, said the American Telecommunications Certification Body (ATCB) on March 18.
  19/03
• Saigontourist arranges tours for US war veterans
  Saigontourist arranges tours for US war veterans
  

  

  Saigontourist Travel Service Company will launch a Meeting-Incentive-Conference-Event (MICE) programme for 18 members of the US Dove charity organisation from March 19-April 5.
  19/03
• Cruise ship C.COLUMBUS visits Nha Trang
  Cruise ship C.COLUMBUS visits Nha Trang
  

  Bahamas cruise ship C.COLUMBUS docked at Nha Trang Port on March 18, bringing 254 foreign tourists to the city.
  19/03
• 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.
  19/03
• 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

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• Foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread
  Foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread
  

  Both bird flu and blue ear pig disease are almost under control nationwide, however, foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread and develop new strains in northern mountainous areas and the central and central highland region, said Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of the National Steering Committee for Bird Flu Prevention and Control...
  18/11
• WB to finance educational quality project
  WB to finance educational quality project
  

  The Ministry of Education and Training is awaiting approval from the State President on a World Bank preferential loan of 85.4 million SDR (IMF’s monetary unit), roughly US$127 million, for a project to improve education quality.
  18/11
• Run for Children to be held on November 22
  Run for Children to be held on November 22
  

  The Run for Children 2009, formerly known as the “Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research”, will take place around Hanoi’s Thien Quang Lake, starting at 7.45am on November 22.
  17/11
• Vietnam needs more support from GAVI
  Vietnam needs more support from GAVI
  

  

  Vietnamese Vice Minister of Health, Dr. Trinh Quan Huan on November 17 attended a meeting of the Management Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation (GAVI).
  17/11
• Bac Giang patients received cataract surgery by Chinese doctors
  Bac Giang patients received cataract surgery by Chinese doctors
  

  Chinese doctors from Tongren hospital in Beijing have successfully operated on nearly 100 cataract patients in northern Bac Giang province from November 14-16.
  17/11