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World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

January 18, 2012
World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

  Nguyen Viet Anh, 5, before (L) and 110 days after getting a bone marrow transplant to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB) at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi Vietnam has become only the second country in the world to successfully use stem cell transplant to treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an inherited connective tissue disease [...]

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Vietnam takes 17 golds after two days at SEA Games 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam takes 17 golds after two days at SEA Games 

21-year-old Nguyen Thanh Phuc (C) at the podium after finishing first in the women’s 20km walk; Photo by Kha Hoa. With 11 gold medals on Sunday, Vietnam has won a total of 17 gold medals after two days at the 26th South East Asian Games in Indonesia. Twenty-one-year-old Nguyen Thanh Phuc won the first gold [...]

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Vietnam ‘cures’ first blister patient with marrow transplant 

November 2, 2011
Vietnam ‘cures’ first blister patient with marrow transplant 

  Nguyen Viet Anh with blisters on the skin before the treatment (L) and after 40 days of getting a bone marrow stem cell transplant (R). Vietnam has seen its first successful bone marrow stem cell transplant to cure lethal skin blisters, saving the life of a four- year-old boy, a Hanoi doctor said. Nguyen [...]

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Going to the pagoda to learn ‘how to live’

June 18, 2009
Going to the pagoda to learn ‘how to live’

Not only elderly people, but young people are also going to pagodas nowadays. Elderly people go to learn zen, while young people go to learn dharma (Buddhist doctrine).  At home, Khanh hardly ever had to wash dishes, but here at the pagoda he has to do the wash-up himself.Nguyen Quoc Khanh, a 5th grade student [...]

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Heavy trades push Index past 500

June 15, 2009
Heavy trades push Index past 500

LookAtVietnam – During last week’s trading on the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index poked its nose above the 500-mark for the first time this year and managed a cumulative gain of 6.45 per cent over five sessions to close on Friday at 509.59. In Ha Noi last week, meanwhile, the HASTC-Index also picked up [...]

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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...