• New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
  New suspected case of A/H5N1 in Ho Chi Minh City
  

  The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced a suspected case of bird flu virus on March 16.
  16/03
• Incense offered to My Lai massacre’s victims
  Incense offered to My Lai massacre’s victims
  

  

  An incense offering ceremony was held at the Son My reliquary in Tinh Khe commune, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai province, on March 16 in memory of the 504 innocent Vietnamese who were slaughtered by US soldiers 42 years ago.
  16/03
• Vietnam Airlines to open routes to Shanghai
  Vietnam Airlines to open routes to Shanghai
  

  

  The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines (VNA), has announced its plans to open two routes from Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi to Shanghai, China on March 28 and 29, respectively.
  16/03
• Gyalwang Drukpa’s delegation visits Vietnam
  Gyalwang Drukpa’s delegation visits Vietnam
  

  His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa 12th is paying an official visit to Vietnam from March 14- April 4 at the invitation of the Hanoi Buddhist Shangha.
  16/03
• Foreign journalists flock to Son My
  Foreign journalists flock to Son My
  

  

  Every March, the Son My site receives a number of international delegations, including many reporters who want to meet with victims of the massacre and record images of the revival of Son My.
  16/03

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• Vietnam self-sufficient in measles vaccine
  Vietnam self-sufficient in measles vaccine
  

  

  Vietnam has sufficient measles vaccine in stock to serve its own expanded immunisation programme.
  14/11
• HCM City to be most impacted by climate change
  HCM City to be most impacted by climate change
  

  Ho Chi Minh City will be one of major cities in the world to suffer most from the impact of climate change, announced by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) at the 1st Mekong Delta Climate Change Forum held in Can Tho City on November 12-13.
  13/11
• Thailand donates US$50,000 to help storm victims in Vietnam
  Thailand donates US$50,000 to help storm victims in Vietnam
  

  

  The government of Thailand on November 13 donated US$50,000 to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) to help victims of storms Ketsana and Mirinae in Vietnam’s central and central highland provinces.
  13/11
• Southern Agricultural – Rural Trade Promotion Fair 2009 opens
  Southern Agricultural – Rural Trade Promotion Fair 2009 opens
  

  

  The Agriculture and Rural Trade Promotion Fair 2009 for Vietnam’s Southern provinces entitled “Agriculture – Farmer – Rural areas” opened at Go Dau stadium in Binh Duong province on November 13.
  13/11
• Nanotechnology experts gather in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
  Nanotechnology experts gather in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
  

  

  More than 250 academic researchers and industrial experts from 20 countries are attending the second International Workshop on Nanotechnology Application 2009 which opened in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 12.
  13/11