• 1,500 primary students participate in English Olympiad
  1,500 primary students participate in English Olympiad
  

  Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam Language Link Centre launched the 2010 English Olympiad for primary school students in Hanoi on March 20.
  20/03
• HCM City hosts job transaction floor
  HCM City hosts job transaction floor
  

  The 8th annual job transaction floor opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20, attracting thousands of job seekers.
  20/03
• IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  

  

  Thirty-three information-communication technology (ICT) awards were presented to ICT businesses in Hanoi on March 20 in recognition of their efficient operations and contributions to national development.
  20/03
• US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  

  Prof. Edward J. Baker on March 19 became the first US professor to be presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training for his contributions to educational development in Vietnam.
  20/03
• JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  

  

  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical assistance to a project on human resource development for the urban water sector in the central region of Vietnam.
  20/03

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• Informatics Olympics for students gets underway
  Informatics Olympics for students gets underway
  

  The 18th Olympic Informatics for Vietnamese students kicked off in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province on October 7.
  08/10
• New water treatment plant in Dong Thap
  New water treatment plant in Dong Thap
  

  The Mekong delta province of Dong Thap on October 7 put into operation a surface water treatment plant at a total cost of over VND19 billion (over US$1 million ) funded by the Water Fund Holland.
  08/10
• WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle
  WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle
  

  The World Wildlife Fund for Nature Vietnam, in cooperation with central provinces, has launched a project to protect saola and other endemic hoofed mammals in the Truong Son Range.
  08/10
• Needy children receive free dental care
  Needy children receive free dental care
  

  More than 200 orphans and disadvantaged children in HCM City will receive free dental care under a five-day programme that began at the Maple Clinic in District 1 on October 6.
  08/10
• Health Ministry urges tighter supervision of A/H1N1 flu
  Health Ministry urges tighter supervision of A/H1N1 flu
  

  Vice Minister of Health, Trinh Quan Huan said on October 7 that the supervision and detection of cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection will not be deployed on a large scale but focus on the hardest-hit areas.
  08/10