• Horse racetrack to be built in Binh Phuoc
  Horse racetrack to be built in Binh Phuoc
  

  

  The Binh Phuoc provincial People’s Committee on February 8 granted an investment license to the Binh Phuoc Entertainment Company Limited to build an international standard racetrack.
  09/02
• Five Philippine fishermen rescued at sea
  Five Philippine fishermen rescued at sea
  

  Vietnamese fishermen have rescued five Philippine citizens from a sinking boat off the coast of Binh Dinh province, according to the provincial border guard force.
  09/02
• Around 5.4 million people participate in unemployment insurance
  Around 5.4 million people participate in unemployment insurance
  

  Although unemployment insurance was first implemented in 2009, many provinces still do not understand that workers are supposed to contribute 1 percent of their wages to the unemployment insurance fund.
  09/02
• Needy people receive Tet gifts
  Needy people receive Tet gifts
  

  

  Various charitable activities have been launched to help poor people and social policy beneficiaries enjoy a happy New Year (Tet).
  09/02
• Children with cleft palates sent to RoK for operation
  Children with cleft palates sent to RoK for operation
  

  

  Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam, part of the Doosan Group, collaborated with Chung Ang Medical University to send 4 Vietnamese children with cleft palates to the Republic of Korea from February 9-17 for corrective surgery.
  09/02

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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.
  21/11