• 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.
  09/02
• 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.
  09/02

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• Seminar helps raise media’s role in HIV/AIDS prevention
  Seminar helps raise media’s role in HIV/AIDS prevention
  

  A seminar was held in Hanoi on November 5 to gather opinions on a set of principles for best media coverage of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam.
  06/11
• Vietnam, Cambodia encourage border provinces to enhance cooperation
  Vietnam, Cambodia encourage border provinces to enhance cooperation
  

  Cambodian Consul General in HCM City Luon Kim Khuon has reaffirmed the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments’ pledge to create the most favourable conditions for bilateral cooperation in economics, culture, communications and tourism development.
  06/11
• IBM ready to help Vietnam’s telecoms sector grow
  IBM ready to help Vietnam’s telecoms sector grow
  

  

  The world’s leading information technology group - IBM - held its first ever seminar in Hanoi on November 5 to introduce its cutting-edge technologies to Vietnam’s telecommunications sector.
  06/11
• BVFS secretary demands justice for AO victims
  BVFS secretary demands justice for AO victims
  

  

  Len Aldis, Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society (BVFS), says he will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in their lawsuit against US chemical companies until justice is done.
  05/11
• Storm-hit provinces receive government aid
  Storm-hit provinces receive government aid
  

  

  Tropical storm Mirinae struck Vietnam’s coastal provinces on November 2, causing losses worth nearly VND76 billion.
  05/11