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HCM City opens new container port

Ho Chi Minh City on January 30 officially opened a new container port, the Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), after three years of construction.

Shoeshine boy awaiting operation

Nguyen Van Sao, also known as the shoeshine boy, his health is now very good and is ready for the coming operation.

A fairy god-mother

A chance encounter for Laura Lam becomes a life-long friendship.

Diseases on the rise, amputees long-term challenge for Haitian gov't

Infectious diseases are spreading in densely populated makeshift camps as thousands of amputees strain medical capacity in Haiti after the devastating earthquake.

Vietnam-Germany University to recruit 160 students in 2010

The Vietnam-Germany University will recruit 160 students for its under and post-graduate programmes in 2010.

PM spotlights five priorities for East Asian Community

PM Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized five priorities to secure the region’s dynamic and vigorous development.

A crime of passion

A woman in Thai Nguyen Province was placed in temporary detention for assaulting a woman and holding a boy hostage on January 28.

Indochina Airlines to hand out refunds

Indochina Airlines (ICA) handed over a report regarding the issue of its refunds for tickets that were already issued.

Mother to be reunited with long lost family

Thu, homeless for 31 years, has been found by her children.

Vietnamese workers overseas send home US$1.7 billion a year

Vietnam currently has about 500,000 experts and employees working overseas. This workforce sends back to Vietnam a total of US $1.7 billion annually.

Northern Vietnam lake heavily polluted by oil spill

Oil spill from a steel laminator has been contaminating a major lake in the northern province of Thai Nguyen for a week now, local reports say.

Bill Gates promises $10 billion for vaccines

Bill and Melinda Gates said they would spend $10 billion over the next decade to develop and deliver vaccines.

Toyota unable to hit the brakes on crisis

Toyota Motor Corp.'s problems continued to mount as the auto maker said it was recalling 1.8 million vehicles in Europe.

1,000-year-old ploughing festival to be restored

The Spring Ploughing Festival, initiated more than 1,000 years ago to promote agriculture, will take place this year in the northern province of Ha Nam.

U.S funding to support flu vaccine production in Vietnam

PATH has received an award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the enhancement of sustainable influenza vaccine production in Vietnam.

Vietnam plants will improve SCG unit's prospects

Thailand's SCG Paper expects its sales to rise to 45.5 billion this year, mainly driven by the additional output from its plants in Vietnam.

Swedish project trains nearly 3,000 journalists

A project funded by the Swedish Government has improved professional knowledge for close to 3,000 journalists in Vietnam after a five year implementation.