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  • Ministry to get tougher on immunisation malpractice

    A child in southern Binh Duong Province is vaccinated. Health departments in localities have been asked to tighten immunisation services management after several violations were discovered. -- VNA/VNS Photo Duong ...

  • Appeal trial held for eight defendants

    Appeal trial held for eight defendants NGHE AN (VNS)-- The Supreme People's Court's Court of Appeal yesterday heard the cases of eight people previously convicted of "carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's Government" pursuant to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 79 of the Penal Code. The trial, in the central province of Nghe An, was opened as the accused ...

  • Newspaper receives award for contribution to journalism

    Newspaper receives award for contribution to journalism HA NOI (VNS)-- The Tin Tuc (News) daily under the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) received the Labour Order, Second Class, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary at a ceremony yesterday. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan also sent flowers of ...

  • Govt flags national crackdown on drugs

    Gov't flags national crackdown on drugs HA NOI (VNS)-- The Government has launched a crackdown on illegal drugs which will take place throughout June. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested all ministries and state agencies to launch the one-month campaign in order to promote public awareness of the dangers of drugs. The campaign will target vulnerable groups such as adolescents in ...

  • Phu Tho drug traffickers jailed

    Phu Tho drug traffickers jailed PHU THO (VNS)-- Twenty-five drug traffickers have received sentences as a three-day trial ended yesterday in the northern province of Phu Tho. Life sentences were handed down to the group's ringleaders, Pham Huu Nghi, 47, from Thanh Son District and Mua A Sang, 30, from Son La Province. According to the indictment, Nghi used to accompany drug users to ...

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This Is It [Blu-Ray]

This Is It [Blu-Ray]

When Michael Jackson died unexpectedly on June 25th of last year, he was mere weeks away from launching a 50-date concert series in London that would hopefully reconfirm his status as the King of Pop by marking his return to the stage after a nearly decade-long absence. When Jackson and his ... ...

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  • Ministry to crackdown on dated diplomatic licences

    Ministry to crackdown on dated diplomatic licences HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Public Security will inspect cars with diplomatic licence plates, handing out fines to those that are out of date. The move, starting from June 10, reflects the fact that more than 1,000 tax-free cars for foreign diplomats and staff had been misused or illegally transferred without tax payments. The State is ...

  • Bank lends on clean water project

    Bank lends on clean water project HA NOI (VNS)-- Over 3 million people living in six cities and provinces in Viet Nam are expected to gain access to clean water after loan and grant agreements worth a total of US$249 million were signed yesterday. Signatories were the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The first loan agreement, worth $212 million, will be ...

  • Indian investors in search of Vietnam opportunities

    Vietnam is a "top priority" investment destination in Asia for Indian companies, especially for those from Haryana state.This was revealed at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday by Pankaj Kapoor, chairman of the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Kapoor said companies from Haryana, a state that borders the Indian capital of New Delhi, were looking for co-operation ...

  • Job market tough for new graduates

    Final-year students learn to create online applications for jobs in HCM City Youth Culture House. Many graduates will be unemployed this year, the HCM City's Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information said. -- VNA/VNS Photo Phuong ...

  • Weasel coffee other delicacies lure visitors to Da Lats farms

    by Minh Thu Da Lat City's wonderful landscape and pure air at 1,500m above sea level attracts tourists to the Lam Vien plateau in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. "You can't travel to Da Lat and not discover the local culture," said Tran Anh Tu, owner of my little hotel, in an effort to convince my husband and I to stay longer. So we followed his suggestion and ...

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