• 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.
  12/03
• 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.
  12/03
• 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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• Vietnam-Finland IPP Office inaugurated
  Vietnam-Finland IPP Office inaugurated
  

  The Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology inaugurated the Vietnam-Finland IPP Office in Hanoi on November 24, four months after signing a bilateral agreement on the Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP) with the Finnish Foreign Ministry.
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• 2010 Episcopalian Church Year gets underway
  2010 Episcopalian Church Year gets underway
  

  The Vietnam Catholic Church launched 2010 Episcopalian Church Year in Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province on November 23, in the presence of Cardinal Rorge Etchegaray, Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals of the Vatican and Archbishop Pham Minh Man, President of the 2010 Episcopal Church Year Committee.
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• All urban areas to have clean water by 2025
  All urban areas to have clean water by 2025
  

  Vietnam has set a target of supplying clean water to all urban areas across the country by 2025, providing an average volume of 120 litres of clean water/person/day.
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• Agricultural sector needs US$40 billion to cope with climate change
  Agricultural sector needs US$40 billion to cope with climate change
  

  The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on November 23 held a forum to call on international support to cope with climate change in the agricultural sector.
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• A hard nut to crack in education sector
  A hard nut to crack in education sector
  

  

  How to ensure standards of output training for students and pupils and increase the level of self-control for educational establishments are matters of great concern to universities when planning for the 2009-2010 academic year.
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