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Suspected fuel passes inspection, Vietnam vehicular fires remain unsolved 

December 31, 2011
Suspected fuel passes inspection, Vietnam vehicular fires remain unsolved 

A motorbike on fire in Hanoi on October 12 Tests on gasoline samples suspected of being related to recent vehicular fires in Vietnam revealed no excessive additives which might have caused the blazes, Tuoi Tre reported Saturday. The newspaper quoted Tran Van Vinh, deputy chief of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, as saying [...]

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Gangsters shot down police chopper in Rio, 12 killed

October 18, 2009
Gangsters shot down police chopper in Rio, 12 killed

Police inspect the remains of one of their crime-fighting helicopters lying in a soccer field after it was shot down when trying to intervene in a battle between two opposing drug gangs, in a Rio de Janeiro slum October 17, 2009. A police helicopter was shot down here on Saturday during a drug traffickers shoot-out, [...]

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Beijing reports confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu

May 17, 2009
Beijing reports confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu

LookAtVietnam – One confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu was reported in Beijing, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday evening. A staff member casts away the exposure suit after disinfection work at Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing, China, May 17, 2009. One confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu was reported in Beijing, China’s Ministry of Health said [...]

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China confirms second case of A/H1N1 influenza on mainland

May 13, 2009
China confirms second case of A/H1N1 influenza on mainland

China’s Ministry of Health confirmed Wednesday a man who returned from Canada last week has tested positive for the A/H1N1 influenza. Photo taken on May 12, 2009 shows the Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital where a man surnamed Lu involved in a suspected case of A/H1N1 influenza receives treatment, in Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong [...]

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Public worries mount as influenza A spreads

May 5, 2009
Public worries mount as influenza A spreads

International tourists arriving at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Saturday. Ho Chi Minh City’s hotline offering updates on influenza A has been overwhelmed with calls from residents worried about the new H1N1 flu virus which has caused 16 deaths in Mexico. Since April 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) has [...]

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Public worries mount as influenza A spreads

May 4, 2009
Public worries mount as influenza A spreads

International tourists arriving at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Saturday. Ho Chi Minh City’s hotline offering updates on influenza A has been overwhelmed with calls from residents worried about the new H1N1 flu virus which has caused 16 deaths in Mexico. Since April 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) has [...]

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Swine flu takes tighter grips worldwide

May 1, 2009
Swine flu takes tighter grips worldwide

The swine flu Wednesday tightened its grips as the first confirmed swine flu death outside Mexico was reported and the sickened number kept climbing across the world. Passengers wear protective masks at Mexico’s city subway April 29, 2009. A 23-month-old Mexican boy visiting Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain in the first confirmed [...]

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Vietnam raises swine flu alert level

April 29, 2009
Vietnam raises swine flu alert level

Health screening equipment at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday. Vietnam raised its swine flu alert to level 4 Tuesday, warning that the threat of “community level outbreaks” could rise at anytime. The move came after the World Health Organization upgraded its international warning to the same level and issued [...]

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World on higher alert for swine flu outbreaks

April 28, 2009
World on higher alert for swine flu outbreaks

As the H1N1 swine flu is reported to have claimed 152 lives in Mexico and is confirmed to have hit Europe, the whole world is on higher alert for the new deadly virus. A couple wearing surgical masks kiss each other goodbye as the woman is about to board a plane at the international airport [...]

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WHO hails Vietnam’s rapid swine flu response

April 28, 2009
WHO hails Vietnam’s rapid swine flu response

More personnel and health equipment arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Monday to screen the temperatures of arriving overseas passengers Vietnam is well fortified against the swine flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, amid rising fears of a global pandemic. In Mexico, 103 people are confirmed or suspected to [...]

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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...