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Warming seas could push some fish species to limit: study 

April 19, 2011
Warming seas could push some fish species to limit: study 

Corals are seen at the Great Barrier Reef in this January 2002 handout photo. Rapidly warming ocean temperatures in some parts of the world could be pushing some fish species to the limit, stunting their growth, increasing stress and raising the risk of death, a study shows. An Australian study, published on Monday in the [...]

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Lacking medical workers, schools on guard against flu epidemic

August 20, 2009
Lacking medical workers, schools on guard against flu epidemic

LookAtVietnam – There are some 2,000-4,000 students in every school, while there are only one or two medical workers. This problem has become more serious in the flu epidemic. Checking student’s temperatureIn the morning on August 18, Saigon tiep thi reporters witnessed 10 students of Nguyen Khuyen Private High School going to see doctor Pham [...]

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Vietnam temperatures, rainfall, seas to rise: study

August 20, 2009
Vietnam temperatures, rainfall, seas to rise: study

Cows graze in a dry field in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. More rain will fall and surface air temperatures in Vietnam are predicted to rise by 2.3 degrees Celsius from the average temperature during the 1980-1999 period, according to a government study. Tran Thuc, director of the Ministry of Natural Resources and [...]

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Northerners seek refuge from scorching weather

June 22, 2009
Northerners seek refuge from scorching weather

Hanoi residents swim in a local pool in an effort to beat the heat Fivimart supermarket on Hanoi’s Tran Vu Street was still packed after 9 p.m. last Saturday, though few people were doing any real shopping. Most had simply come in off the street looking for a cool place to escape the unseasonably high [...]

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Six more quarantined in southern metro

June 3, 2009
Six more quarantined in southern metro

Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday quarantined six people arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport with high temperatures. This follows the announcement that three people have so far tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, also known as swine flu.The city’s International Quarantine Center said the six passengers had body temperatures [...]

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VN free from A/H1N1 flu, but acute diarrhea spreads to five provinces

May 13, 2009
VN free from A/H1N1 flu, but acute diarrhea spreads to five provinces

LookAtVietnam – Some international passengers who have arrived in Vietnam with high temperatures have been kept at hospitals here in the last several days but Vietnam is still free from A/H1N1 flu, the Health Ministry said on May 12. Passengers at the HCM City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport.LookAtVietnam – Some international passengers who have arrived [...]

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Vietnam remains clear of influenza A

May 5, 2009
Vietnam remains clear of influenza A

The temperature scanning device installed at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport has detected eight visitors arriving with high temperatures during the past two days. All border areas have been ordered to stay on round the clock alert for the infuenza A (H1 N1) virus as the flu continues to spread around the world; residents [...]

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Six arrive in HCMC with fever; 3 test negative for flu

May 4, 2009
Six arrive in HCMC with fever; 3 test negative for flu

The screening equipment installed at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Sunday detected travelers arriving with high temperatures for the first time. Six passengers who arrived with high fever Sunday at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport were quarantined on fears they have influenza A. Tests cleared three of them, two overseas [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 29/4

April 29, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 29/4

Hanoi reduces jail terms for 244 prisoners; Ebay comes to Vietnam; Rest area opens on HCMC-Da Lat highway; Second cholera case reported in capital; Donor blood saves pregnant woman; Coach accident kills three, injures six VND6bil donated for Bell Tower to commemorate war martyrs  Up to now, around VND6 billion (around US $350,000) have been [...]

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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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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...