Laos to speed up express railway construction

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Vientiane (VNA) – Laos has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Malaysian group to accelerate the construction of a 3 billion USD express railway running from Savannakhet province to a border gate with Vietnam.Under the MoU inked on November 10, Malaysia ’s Giant Group will conduct surveys prior to carrying out a feasibility [...]

Viet Nam meet Malaysia in Grand Royal Cup

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hard challenge: U22 team captain Mai Xuan Hop (right) vies with a Hai Phong Cement player in a friendly match last week. Hop will lead his team to compete in the Grand Royal Challenge in Myanmar. — VNS Photo Quang Thang
HA NOI — The Viet Nam Olympic team are set to meet Malaysia in their [...]

Karate squad kicks off world champs

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Viet Nam’s eight-member karate squad has arrived in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo for the World Karate Championships, which kicks off tomorrow.
The team, led by coach Le Cong, will compete in the men’s and women’s five weight categories kumite (combat) and kata (performance) events.
Vietnamese artists will face tough rivals at the week-long tournament, which [...]

Plush resorts push villagers into poverty

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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QUANG NAM — Many villagers in the central province of Quang Nam who ceded their farms on the coast to a resort in the hope of being employed there have neither jobs nor a livelihood.
This is a fate shared by many farmers who have lost their sole means of earning a living to projects that [...]

Nation must plan to care for ageing populace

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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The elderly participate in a performance in Ha Noi. The country is facing an ageing population and the pressures it will place on families, health services, social welfare policy, lifestyle and transportation. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Tran
HA NOI — Viet Nam must prepare to care for an ever increasing number of elderly, advises Viet Nam [...]

City calls for funds for poor

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM CITY — Authorities of HCM City have urged all sectors, branches and people of all walks of life to continue contributing to its poverty reduction fund for the 2009-2013 period.
The fund, formerly known as the Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Fund, is part of the city’s poverty reduction programme to collect donations from individuals, [...]

ADB to fund health project

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Ethnic children of Tak Po Village in Quang Nam Province’s Tra My District receive medical check-ups. An ADB project will improve healthcare in seven provinces. –VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Quang
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank is financing a project to improve healthcare services in Viet Nam’s south and central coast regions, home to 9 million people, [...]