• 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.
  20/03
• 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

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• WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle
  WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle
  

  The World Wildlife Fund for Nature Vietnam, in cooperation with central provinces, has launched a project to protect saola and other endemic hoofed mammals in the Truong Son Range.
  08/10
• Needy children receive free dental care
  Needy children receive free dental care
  

  More than 200 orphans and disadvantaged children in HCM City will receive free dental care under a five-day programme that began at the Maple Clinic in District 1 on October 6.
  08/10
• Health Ministry urges tighter supervision of A/H1N1 flu
  Health Ministry urges tighter supervision of A/H1N1 flu
  

  Vice Minister of Health, Trinh Quan Huan said on October 7 that the supervision and detection of cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection will not be deployed on a large scale but focus on the hardest-hit areas.
  08/10
• Foreign tourists allowed to use right-hand-drive cars
  Foreign tourists allowed to use right-hand-drive cars
  

  Foreign visitors will be allowed to use right-hand-drive cars in Vietnam following a Government decree on the issue to come into force on November 15.
  08/10
• Storm victims receive foreign aid
  Storm victims receive foreign aid
  

  

  Foreign organisations have continuously poured relief aid into Vietnam’s central region which was devastated by powerful storm Ketsana a week ago.
  07/10