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COVID-19: Vietnam presents medical equipment to Laos, Cambodia

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung on April 3 handed over medical equipment worth $304,000 as gifts from the Vietnamese Government and people to their Lao and Cambodian counterparts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teachers seek assistance for flooded school

 VietNamNet Bridge – Damrey, the twelfth typhoon that hit Vietnam this year, struck Ha Thuan Village more than a month ago, but the roads to it in Duy Vinh Commune are still deep in mud.

Overseas Vietnamese bring expertise back to homeland

By the tens of thousands they immigrated to the United States, which had more than 1.5 million citizens of Vietnamese origin in a 2010 census. Others resettled in Australia, Canada, Britain and France. 

Foreign NGOs pledge 200 mln USD in aid for ethnic minority regions

  Foreign NGOs pledged to carry out 261 charity programmes and development projects with a total budget of over 200 million USD in the next three years in mountainous and ethnic minority areas at a conference on December 8.

Social Headlines December 15

 Man burned when motorbikes collide; Province allocates VND15.5 billion to relocate residents; Boats seized for stealing sand in southern province; Illegal loggers caught in Ha Giang; HCM City hospital offers free health checks

Children hospitalised for quinvaxem reactions

More than 300 children in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are recovering from reactions to a combined Quinvaxem vaccination, reported the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.

Vaccine not to blame for infant death in Quang Tri

Central Quang Tri Province on Monday announced that the death of a three-year-old kid, who died on Sunday after receiving a Quinvaxem vaccine, was not caused by the vaccination.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/11

 Huge potential for cooperation with Middle East, North Africa; Garment and textile exports to reach US$19 billion; 11 export items surpass US$2 billion; Gazprom considers liquefied gas provision to Vietnam

Russia approves agreement on migrant workers with Vietnam

Russia's Federation Council (Upper House) on October 30 approved an agreement on temporary migrant workers between the Vietnamese and Russian Governments.

Australia doctor awarded for environment works in VN

 Doctor Michael Parsons has been awarded the insignia “For the Cause of Environment” in recognition of his great contributions to Vietnam’s green sector.

Experts warn rabies outbreak possible

 The risk of a possible rabies outbreak will remain high if measures are not taken to control the disease, said experts from the Ministry of Health.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 24/5

 UK volunteers cycle for Vietnamese babies; HCM City presents office building to Laos; Training 150,000 rural labourers in 2013; Wall Street English opens first Vietnam centre

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/3

Germany, Australia support climate change; Public administrative reform impact to be gauged; Demographic challenges to Vietnam; Vietnam strengthens int’l cooperation in demining

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/12

Road planning revised down due to capital shortage; Tough to convert commercial condos into low-cost homes; Increased credit targets not easy to obtain; Technology transaction floors quiet; New challenges for Long Xuyen Quadrangle