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Vietnam to import alternative antiviral drug for swine flu

September 4, 2009
Vietnam to import alternative antiviral drug for swine flu

  Vietnam will import a second antiviral medicine, Zanamivir, for treating swine flu in people whose bodies have become resistant to Tamiflu.  LookAtVietnam -  Vietnam will import a second antiviral medicine, Zanamivir, for treating swine flu in people whose bodies have become resistant to Tamiflu, Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quang Huan said.  The more [...]

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Vietnam to import alternative antiviral drug for swine flu

September 2, 2009
Vietnam to import alternative antiviral drug for swine flu

Vietnam will import a second antiviral medicine, Zanamivir, for treating swine flu in people whose bodies have become resistant to Tamiflu, Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quang Huan said. The more Tamiflu is used, the more likely resistance is built up, he said.Huan stressed that resistance to any drug is a possibility, so having an [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 31/7

July 31, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 31/7

President visits National University in HCM City; Vietnam to attend 30th AIPA General Assembly; Vietnam calls for int’l support to Somalia’s government; President calls for a boost to fruit exports; Int’l outreach elevates Vietnam’s prestige President Nguyen Minh Triet and students of the National University – HCM City.President visits National University in HCM City  President [...]

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Japanese rice changes farmers’ lives in An Giang

July 6, 2009
Japanese rice changes farmers’ lives in An Giang

Farmers havest rice in the Mekong Delta’s An Giang Province, where the grain imported from Japan is becoming popular.LookAtVietnam – One of the most popular strains of rice cultivated in certain parts of the Mekong Delta, where the grain reigns supreme, is not indigenous to Viet Nam but is imported from Japan.For his last harvest, [...]

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IMF:global economy in "severe recession"

April 23, 2009
IMF:global economy in "severe recession"

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday warned that the global economy was in “a severe recession” and the world output is projected to decline 1.3 percent this year, the deepest global recession since the Great Depression in 1930s. “The global economy is in a severe recession inflicted by a massive financial crisis and acute loss [...]

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"Natural" nitrogen-fixing bacteria protect soybeans from aphids

April 16, 2009
"Natural" nitrogen-fixing bacteria protect soybeans from aphids

An invasion of soybean aphids poses a problem for soybean farmers requiring application of pesticides, but a team of Pennsylvania State University entomologists thinks a careful choice of nitrogen-fixing bacteria may provide protection against the sucking insects. Soybeans are legumes, plants that can have a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria — rhizobia — and therefore [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...