• German association helps Vietnamese dioxin victims
  German association helps Vietnamese dioxin victims
  

  For the past eight years, a society in the German city of Neuburg has been raising funds to help Vietnamese children affected by Agent Orange/dioxin which contaminated large areas of Vietnam during the war that raged in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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• Largest Khmer sanctum inaugurated in Bac Lieu
  Largest Khmer sanctum inaugurated in Bac Lieu
  

  Vietnam’s largest Khmer sanctum was inaugurated at Ghositaram Pagoda in the southern province of Bac Lieu on March 12.
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• First A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010
  First A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010
  

  The Department for Preventive health and the Environment on March 12 confirmed the first A/H5N1 patient in Hanoi in 2010.
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• Japan’s ODA projects to benefit southern provinces
  Japan’s ODA projects to benefit southern provinces
  

  The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has signed a sponsorship contract worth nearly US$500,000 for five projects to be conducted in several southern provinces.
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• Women scientists presented with Kovalevskaia prize
  Women scientists presented with Kovalevskaia prize
  

  

  The Vietnam Kovalevskaia Prize Committee held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 12 to present prizes to outstanding female scientists and to mark its 25th anniversary.
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• Family reunion programme launched in Cambodia
  Family reunion programme launched in Cambodia
  

  A humanitarian programme called “It’s not a dream”, to help people find their long lost relatives, was officially inaugurated by the Metfone Viettel Telecoms company and Cambodia’s Bayon TV on January 13.
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• Vietnamese Days to be held in China, Russia
  Vietnamese Days to be held in China, Russia
  

  The Prime Minister has agreed to organise the Vietnamese Days in China and Russia in 2010 to promote trade, investment and tourism as well as the image of Vietnam abroad.
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• Australia, ADB help Vietnam adapt to climate change
  Australia, ADB help Vietnam adapt to climate change
  

  

  Australia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have decided to grant US$1.3 million to help Vietnam cope with the potentially devastating impact of climate change in the Mekong Delta.
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• Reported swine flu cases decline
  Reported swine flu cases decline
  

  The A/H1N1 flu pandemic is easing with the number of suspected and positive cases declining drastically in recent weeks, said National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemilogy director Nguyen Tran Hien.
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• Committee for Religious Affairs declares success in 2009
  Committee for Religious Affairs declares success in 2009
  

  A national conference to sum up 2009’s religious activities and the prime minister’s directive on housing and land for religious practice was held in Danang on January 13.
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