• National week for OHS and fire prevention launched
  National week for OHS and fire prevention launched
  

  

  A national week on occupational health and safety (OHS), and fire and explosion prevention was launched in Hanoi on March 13.
  13/03
• Charity walk to collect blood in Ho Chi Minh City
  Charity walk to collect blood in Ho Chi Minh City
  

  A charity walk for blood donations was organized in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13 with the participation of 5,000 students, Red Cross Society members and officials from FPT Company.
  13/03
• Consumer Rights Day observed in Hanoi
  Consumer Rights Day observed in Hanoi
  

  

  The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee held a “Consumer Rights Day” on March 13 to raise people’s awareness on the issue.
  13/03
• Cyclo race raises funds for poor children
  Cyclo race raises funds for poor children
  

  

  More than 3,000 people came to the tenth Saigon charity cyclo race held by the Saigon Children Charity at Dai Bac school in District 7, HCM City on March 13.
  13/03
• Vietnam among top ten countries sending students to the US
  Vietnam among top ten countries sending students to the US
  

  For the first time Vietnam is among the top ten nations worldwide sending students to the US with 12,823, marking a year-on-year increase of 46.2 percent in 2009, according to the Open Door 2009 annual report by Institute of International Education (IIE).
  13/03

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• Storm Mirinae to lash south-central region with rain
  Storm Mirinae to lash south-central region with rain
  

  

  Although the tropical storm is forecast to be downgraded into a depression, it is moving very fast towards the south-central coast and will dump heavy rains on the region, starting on November 2.
  01/11
• Dengue fever death toll rises to 58 in Vietnam
  Dengue fever death toll rises to 58 in Vietnam
  

  

  So far this year nearly 74,500 people have been infected with dengue fever, up 16.8 percent against the same period last year.
  31/10
• Storm Mirinae enters East Sea
  Storm Mirinae enters East Sea
  

  

  After pounding the Philippines on October 31, typhoon Mirinae weakened into a tropical storm and entered the East Sea, becoming the 11th storm in the region.
  31/10
• State provides more support for flood-hit provinces
  State provides more support for flood-hit provinces
  

  The Prime Minister has decided to allocate an additional VND98 billion and 3,500 tonnes of rice to the central and Central Highland provinces that were seriously affected by storm Ketsana in late September and early October.
  31/10
• Storm Mirinae to head towards south-central region
  Storm Mirinae to head towards south-central region
  

  

  The south-central coast is bracing itself for tropical storm Mirinae which is moving towards the East Sea and is forecast to hit south-central provinces in a couple of days.
  30/10