• 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.
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• 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.
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• Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  

  

  The Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA), a Danish non-governmental orgnaisation, has launched the second phase of the project on community development for ethnic minority groups in the northern region.
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• Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  

  

  The first flight from Kansai, Osaka province, Japan on March 18 landed in the central city of Da Nang, bringing 161 tourists and representatives of 17 travel agencies.
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• Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  

  

  The Finnish non-governmental organisation Fida International will provide US$213,000 for a project on the disabled in the central city of Da Nang during the 2010-2014 period.
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• Labour export website unveiled to public
  Labour export website unveiled to public
  

  

  The Overseas Labour Management Department, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs held a press conference on November 27 to unveil its new website at www.dolab.gov.vn.
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• Workshop on preservation and sustainable use of microorganism
  Workshop on preservation and sustainable use of microorganism
  

  A workshop on preservation and sustainable use of microorganism in Asia was held in Hanoi on November 27 by the Institute of Microorganism and Bio-technology and the Hanoi National University.
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• Seminar seeks ways to conserve elephants
  Seminar seeks ways to conserve elephants
  

  

  The Dong Nai provincial Forest Ranger Department in coordination with national parks in the southern region is seeking ways to raise public awareness of elephant conservation and expand the living environment for the animal.
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• 31 percent of Vietnamese children classed as poor
  31 percent of Vietnamese children classed as poor
  

  On November 26, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a report on new approach to poor Vietnamese children.
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• Seminar talks global warming and forestry in Vietnam
  Seminar talks global warming and forestry in Vietnam
  

  

  Scientists and environmental managers discussed measures to deploy the UN-REDD programme in Vietnam at a seminar in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on November 26.
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