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  • Vietnam-France relations edge closer

    Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday hailed Vietnam's valued relationship with France and declared that the two nations are making efforts to develop their ties to the strategic partnership level in 2013. The PM made the comments at a meeting with the former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is on an official working visit to the country. Dung declared ...

  • Quang Binh fishermen free trapped whale

    Quang Binh fishermen free trapped whale QUANG BINH (VNS)-- Authorities and fishermen in central Quang Binh Province's Le Thuy District yesterday rescued a whale caught in a fishing net. The whale, which is 5m long and weighs one tonne, was discovered by two fishermen off the coast of Ngu Thuy Trung Commune. They brought it into the harbor and notified the local authorities later. The ...

  • Fake concrete found in support pillars

    Fake concrete found in support pillars HA NOI (VNS)-- Authorities in Ha Noi on Tuesday found a local company illegally producing fake additives to make concrete piles to support buildings. At Ha Noi Trade and Technology Application Limited Company, the city's market watch confiscated 15.3 tonnes of fake additives packed in 530 packages - plus details about the company's production ...

  • Viet Nam wins medals at informatics event

    Viet Nam wins medals at informatics event HA NOI (VNS)-- Viet Nam has won a gold, a silver and three bronze medals at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiads, the Ministry of Education and Training has announced. Viet Nam sent five students to the competition in Singapore, contesting against 500 other rivals from 21 countries and territories in the region. Viet Nam ranked fourth among ...

  • WHO warns that world not ready for flu outbreak

    WHO warns that world not ready for flu outbreak GENEVA (VNS)-- The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organisation has warned, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people. Keiji Fukuda told delegates at a WHO meeting that despite efforts since an outbreak of another form of avian ...

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Deep Impact

Last year it was the battle of the dueling volcano movies, "Dante's Peak" and "Volcano." This year, history repeats itself, except volcanoes have been replaced with giant meteors on collision courses for Earth. Michael Bay's "Armageddon" isn't due until July, but for those who just can't wait to see Earth destroyed by fire from the heavens, the Steven Spielberg-produced "Deep Impact" has arrived. ... ...

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  • Spread of hand-foot-mouth disease concerns hospitals

    A doctor examines a child infected with Hand-Foot-Mouth disease in Paediatrics Hospital 2 in HCM City. HFMD is now at its peak, having infected a total of 796 children in HCM City in April, an increase of 127 per cent against the same period last year. -- VNA/VNS Photo Phuong ...

  • Japan fund grants $2.5m to help poor vendors

    Japan fund grants $2.5m to help poor vendors HA NOI (VNS)-- About 600 poor street vendors in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia are set to benefit from financial loans from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, announced the Asian Development Bank yesterday. The total funds for the micro-finance loans offered to household businesses by 2017 amount to US$2.5 million, and beneficiaries will also ...

  • Crane accident leads to major power cut

    Crane accident leads to major power cut HCM CITY (VNS)-- A two-hour power failure caused by an incident on the 500kV north-south transmission line hindered road traffic in many southern provinces and HCM City yesterday afternoon. Power supply failed when an operating crane hit the Di Linh-Tan Dinh transmission line at 2.20pm in the new urban area in southern Binh Duong Province, the ...

  • MARD allocates funds to shore up crumbling dykes

    MARD allocates funds to shore up crumbling dykes HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a plan to reinforce the inter-provincial dyke system at a cost of VND420 billion (US$20 million) to prepare for floods. Tran Thi Lan Phuong, an expert at the ministry's Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control, said the dykes include the Duong River dyke ...

  • City plans five waste treatment plants

    City plans five waste treatment plants HCM CITY (VNS)-- The HCM City People's Committee is now preparing for the implementation of five waste treatment projects. Of these, two plants each with a daily capacity to process 2,000-2,500cu.m of mud will be located in the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex in Binh Chanh District. They will cover 40ha in total. Another project, which will be ...

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