• 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.
  19/03
• 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.
  19/03
• 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.
  19/03
• 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.
  19/03

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• School-related diseases on the rise
  School-related diseases on the rise
  

  

  The increasing number of children with school-related diseases has greatly affected their ability to learn as well as their health due to a lack of school healthcare centres and medical workers.
  22/11
• Int’l SOS helps Vietnam boost health development
  Int’l SOS helps Vietnam boost health development
  

  The successful operation of International SOS, a medical service provider, has contributed to the socio-economic and healthcare development in Vietnam, said Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc.
  22/11
• Free supply of crop seeds to storm-hit areas
  Free supply of crop seeds to storm-hit areas
  

  The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will freely supply over 2,100 tonnes of crop seeds to farmers in storm-hit provinces.
  22/11
• French university helps build plasma lab in Danang
  French university helps build plasma lab in Danang
  

  A plasma laboratory has been built at Danang University with the funding of France’s Joseph Fourier University.
  22/11
• Humanitarian blood donation launched in HCM City
  Humanitarian blood donation launched in HCM City
  

  

  A humanitarian blood donation programme was launched in HCM City on November 21 by Prudential Vietnam Life Insurance Company, the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, and the Vietnam Red Cross.
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