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30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

January 20, 2012
30 contract meningitis bacterium in southern Vietnam 

  Thirty people in Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the bacterium that causes meningitis, which could be fatal if left untreated, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper quoted Tran Phu Manh Sieu, director of the HCMC Center for Preventive Health, as saying that the cases were detected among workers of the Japanese-owned [...]

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Vietnam legislature agrees on need for demonstration bill 

December 1, 2011
Vietnam legislature agrees on need for demonstration bill 

A National Assembly session in progress Vietnam’s parliament Saturday agreed to begin drafting a law on demonstration during its office term from now until 2016, the VnExpress newswire reported Saturday. According to the unicameral National Assembly’s Standing Committee, the law needs to be drafted to create a legal tool for Vietnamese people to enjoy their rights and for [...]

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Personal vendetta suspected as truck explodes in northern Vietnam 

November 28, 2011
Personal vendetta suspected as truck explodes in northern Vietnam 

The truck damaged in two explosions in the northern province of Bac Giang Local agencies in the northern province of Bac Giang are investigating two continuous explosions that went off on a truck Friday, the VnExpress newswire reported. The blasts happened early Friday morning after 29-year-old Tran Thanh Nghi had parked the truck in front of [...]

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Vietnam mulls major rubella vaccination plan 

June 26, 2011
Vietnam mulls major rubella vaccination plan 

  A plan to have all Vietnamese women aged 15 to 35 years vaccinated against German measles, or rubella, has been submitted to the Ministry of Health, the VnExpress newswire reported Thursday.   Under the plan prepared by the ministry’s National Institute of Hygiene Epidemiology with support from the World Health Organization, it will cost [...]

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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...