• World Bank cooperates with VOV
  World Bank cooperates with VOV
  

  

  The World Bank is seeking long-term cooperation with Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) in broadcasting news and information regarding such issues as environmental protection and fighting corruption.
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• Seminar on educational technology held in Hue
  Seminar on educational technology held in Hue
  

  An international seminar on “educational technology and occupational environment in Vietnam” was held in Hue city on March 18 under the auspicies of Hue University and Toulouse University, France.
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• Vietnamese-funded highway open to traffic in Cambodia
  Vietnamese-funded highway open to traffic in Cambodia
  

  Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attended an inauguration ceremony of National Highway 78 in Banlung city, Rattanakirri province on March 18.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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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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