• 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.
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• 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.
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• Former US President helps build houses for the poor in Hai Duong
  Former US President helps build houses for the poor in Hai Duong
  

  Former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn on November 18 visited Dong Xa vilage, Binh Giang district, in the northern province of Hai Duong to attend the launch of a project to build 32 houses for poor households.
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• Japan helps improve health for poor women in Ba Ria Vung Tau
  Japan helps improve health for poor women in Ba Ria Vung Tau
  

  

  The Consulate General of Japan in HCM City signed an agreement with the Vietnam Association of Midwives on November 18 to fund the US$97,000 project on improving health care for poor women in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
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• Foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread
  Foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread
  

  Both bird flu and blue ear pig disease are almost under control nationwide, however, foot-and-mouth disease continues to spread and develop new strains in northern mountainous areas and the central and central highland region, said Hoang Van Nam, deputy head of the National Steering Committee for Bird Flu Prevention and Control...
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• WB to finance educational quality project
  WB to finance educational quality project
  

  The Ministry of Education and Training is awaiting approval from the State President on a World Bank preferential loan of 85.4 million SDR (IMF’s monetary unit), roughly US$127 million, for a project to improve education quality.
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• Run for Children to be held on November 22
  Run for Children to be held on November 22
  

  The Run for Children 2009, formerly known as the “Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research”, will take place around Hanoi’s Thien Quang Lake, starting at 7.45am on November 22.
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