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Doctor recommends vaccine as measles breaks out in Hanoi

February 5, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Doctor recommends vaccine as measles breaks out in Hanoi

Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha.VietNamNet Bridge - With Hanoi reeling from a measles outbreak, Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, deputy director of the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, has advised residents to get themselves vaccinated against the highly infectious disease.With the onset of measles, both adults and infants have symptoms like fever, cough, runny... Read more

Expat players hold out promise for exciting V-League games

February 5, 2009  . Filed under News, Sports

Expat players hold out promise for exciting V-League games

Vietnamese American Lee Nguyen looks set to attract big crowds to stadiums nationwide in the 2009 V-League season Players from arguably the world’s greatest footballing nation to date, Brazil, dominate the sizeable foreign contingent that will be in action as the premier football tournament – the V-League - kicks... Read more

Northern region: Measles breaking out among adults

February 4, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Northern region: Measles breaking out among adults

Measles often hits kids but there is a measles epidemic among adults in Hanoi.LookAtVietnam - The number of measles patients has been rising in recent months. Most of them are adults. The Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical and Infectious Diseases is overloaded with measles patients. The hospital reported having 340 patients with scarlet fever from... Read more

Government hands out 2.5 trillion VND for the poor during Tet

February 3, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Government hands out 2.5 trillion VND for the poor during Tet

Lookatvietnam – The Government has doled out as many as 2.5 trillion VND to aid 2.4 million poor households with over 10 million people across 63 provinces and cities in the Tet (traditional New Year) festival, the Government office reported. LookAtVietnam - The Government has doled out as many as 2.5 trillion VND to aid 2.4 million poor households with... Read more

Peach and kumquat thrown out after Tet

February 2, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Peach and kumquat thrown out after Tet

Peach and kumquat trees put out on the streets since the lunar New Year (Tet) festival have become a big problem for street cleaners.           Do Minh – Le Ha  Read More →

Hotels run out of rooms during Tet

February 1, 2009  . Filed under News, Travel

Hotels run out of rooms during Tet

Tourism hotspots like Da Lat, Nha Trang, and Lao Cai witnessed a crippling hotel-room shortage during Tet as holiday-makers took advantage of the long holiday season to travel.  Foreign tourists enjoy a walk on a street in Nha Trang City in Tet 2009.Lookatvietnam - Tourism hotspots like Da Lat, Nha Trang, and Lao Cai witnessed a crippling hotel-room shortage... Read more

Hanoi works to get the kinks out of UPCoM

February 1, 2009  . Filed under Business, News

Hanoi works to get the kinks out of UPCoM

The development of the Unlisted Public Company Market is a necessary step to further development of the nation’s over-the-counter market, but there’s still much to be done before UPCoM is rollled out, Lookatvietnam - The development of the Unlisted Public Company Market, or UPCoM, is a necessary step to further development of the nation’s over-the-counter... Read more

Making sure no one misses out

January 23, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Making sure no one misses out

Lookatvietnam – The Tet atmosphere descended upon the hamlet of the Thai minority people in Muong Cang Commune in northern mountainous Lai Chau Province early this year. The poor there were very happy with generous gifts and money from the movement Citizens in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Tay Tra District get free rice from officers of the... Read more

Gov’t continues to reach out to overseas Vietnamese

January 22, 2009  . Filed under News, Politics

Gov’t continues to reach out to overseas Vietnamese

Mr. Nguyen Thanh SonLookatvietnam - Vietnam continued to record remarkable achievements in its affairs regarding overseas Vietnamese in terms of information, communication, policy-making and community activities during 2008, said a senior diplomat.Nguyen Thanh Son, Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, said the National... Read more

Foot-and-mouth breaks out in Long An and Kon Tum

January 20, 2009  . Filed under Health, News

Bovine foot-and-mouth disease has broken out in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and southern Long An Province. The deadly cattle disease, which had been eradicated nationwide, has recurred, the Animal Health Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said Monday.Seventy-three cows in Nhut Ninh Hamlet, Tan Tru District, and... Read more

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