• Belgian Prof. receives insignia and certificate of merit from Hai Phong
  Belgian Prof. receives insignia and certificate of merit from Hai Phong
  

  Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee of Hai Phong Nguyen Van Thanh sent the city’s insignia and certificate of merit to Belgian Prof. Dr. Luc Hens, Head of the Human Ecology Department in Free University of Brussels on March18.
  19/03
• E-passport to be issued in Vietnam
  E-passport to be issued in Vietnam
  

  

  The Prime Minister has urged the Ministry of Public Security to go ahead with a national project on issuing E-passport in 2011, announced the Government Office.
  19/03
• Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  Danish NGO continues help northern ethnic minorities
  

  

  The Agricultural Development Denmark Asia (ADDA), a Danish non-governmental orgnaisation, has launched the second phase of the project on community development for ethnic minority groups in the northern region.
  19/03
• Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Japan
  

  

  The first flight from Kansai, Osaka province, Japan on March 18 landed in the central city of Da Nang, bringing 161 tourists and representatives of 17 travel agencies.
  19/03
• Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  Finnish organisation supports the disabled in Da Nang
  

  

  The Finnish non-governmental organisation Fida International will provide US$213,000 for a project on the disabled in the central city of Da Nang during the 2010-2014 period.
  19/03

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• 228,000 foreign tourists visit Vietnam in October
  228,000 foreign tourists visit Vietnam in October
  

  

  228,000 foreign tourists visited Vietnam last month, down 25.1 percent against the previous month, according to the National Administration of Tourism.
  02/11
• More 5-star hotel beds left vacant
  More 5-star hotel beds left vacant
  

  Luxury hotels nationwide are still struggling to shift their focus with a view to increasing their occupancy rates in the remaining months of the year.
  02/11
• Vietnamese nationals abroad support flood victims
  Vietnamese nationals abroad support flood victims
  

  The Vietnamese Association in Belgium held a charitable party on October 31 and collected €1,400 to help the victims of storm Ketsana in the Central and Central Highland regions of Vietnam.
  01/11
• 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