• Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases
  Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases
  

  The number of children contracting hand, foot mouth disease (HFMD) is on the rise even though the peak season is still one month away, Children Hospitals Nos 1 and 2 in HCM City have announced.
  18/03
• Viral lab put into operation
  Viral lab put into operation
  

  A Hanoi-based blood-borne viral testing laboratory, part of a cooperation project between Vietnam and Ireland, was officially put into operation on March 17.
  18/03
• Girl dies of A/H5N1 in HCM City
  Girl dies of A/H5N1 in HCM City
  

  Another patient has died of the A/H5N1 virus on March 17 in Ho Chi Minh City, confirmed a city health official.
  18/03
• Seminar discusses natural resource co-management
  Seminar discusses natural resource co-management
  

  German environmental experts and representatives of local nature reserves and environment organisations gathered in the southern province of Soc Trang on March 17 for a three-day workshop to find out the best ways of managing natural resources in Vietnam.
  18/03
• Seoul to help Hanoi upgrade polluted river
  Seoul to help Hanoi upgrade polluted river
  

  Seoul will cooperate with Hanoi to upgrade the polluted To Lich River, ensuring the Vietnamese capital city’s urban scenery for its 1,000th founding anniversary.
  18/03

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• Operation Smile gives surgeries to 2,000 children
  Operation Smile gives surgeries to 2,000 children
  

  About 2,000 children with facial deformities across the country will receive free-of-charge surgeries during a week-long campaign from November 6-13 held by Operation Smile Vietnam (OSV).
  29/10
• Get-together marks the 60th anniversary of Vietnam’s military assistance to Laos
  Get-together marks the 60th anniversary of Vietnam’s military assistance to Laos
  

  Nearly 200 former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military specialists have met with members of the Lao General Consulate and Lao pupils and students studying in Central Da Nang city to mark the 60th anniversary of Vietnam’s military assistance to Laos (October 30).
  28/10
• Labour exports need a more flexible policy
  Labour exports need a more flexible policy
  

  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has emphasised that the labour export promotion programme for poor districts should be implemented in a rapid and sustainable manner. However, despite efforts by businesses and management agencies, the programme is still far behind schedule.
  28/10
• Hanoi tightens food hygiene control
  Hanoi tightens food hygiene control
  

  

  Hanoi authorities are working on a zoning plan for safe vegetable production.
  28/10
• Three more A/H1N1 flu victims confirmed
  Three more A/H1N1 flu victims confirmed
  

  

  The Department for Preventive Medicine and Environment on October 27 confirmed three more A/H1N1 flu-related fatalities, bringing the death toll to 35 so far.
  28/10