• 1,500 primary students participate in English Olympiad
  1,500 primary students participate in English Olympiad
  

  Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam Language Link Centre launched the 2010 English Olympiad for primary school students in Hanoi on March 20.
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• HCM City hosts job transaction floor
  HCM City hosts job transaction floor
  

  The 8th annual job transaction floor opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20, attracting thousands of job seekers.
  20/03
• IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  

  

  Thirty-three information-communication technology (ICT) awards were presented to ICT businesses in Hanoi on March 20 in recognition of their efficient operations and contributions to national development.
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• US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  

  Prof. Edward J. Baker on March 19 became the first US professor to be presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training for his contributions to educational development in Vietnam.
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• JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  

  

  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical assistance to a project on human resource development for the urban water sector in the central region of Vietnam.
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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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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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