China, India boost anti-terrorism cooperation

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Chinese and Indian military forces are to hold joint anti-terror military training exercises from Dec. 6-14 in India, China’s Xinhua news agency reported on December 4. The two armies’ infantry companies will take part in the joint exercises, code-named “Hand in Hand 2008″, in southern India’s Belgaum district, the Chinese Defence [...]

Thailand: parliament session to choose PM cancelled

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand’s government cancelled a parliamentary session scheduled for next week to select a new prime minister, government spokesman said on December 4. The session was due to take place on December 8 and 9 following a constitutional court ruling this week that disbanded the ruling party and two coalition partners and ousted [...]

Surgery saves boy with massive liver tumour

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM City (VNA) – Doctors have conducted a surgery to remove a half-a-kilo growth from the liver of a 10-year-old child, said professor Tran Dong A, former deputy director of the National Pediatrics Hospital 2. The boy is now in stable health condition, the professor said. The growth is a tumour-like liver-derived parenchyma that grew [...]

Face-recognition software faulty, warns BKAV

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Internet security provider BKAV says it has found a serious fault in the face-recognition software used in Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba laptops. The fault allows unauthorised users to log on BKAV (Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre), advises users of the laptops to abandon the technology until it is fixed. Face-recognition software harnesses the laptop’s [...]

Taxi-fares start to fall

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – On Dec. 2, one day after the price of petrol was cut by 1,000 VND a litre to 12,000 VND, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City taxi companies promised to cut fares by between 500-1,000 VND a kilometer. About 80 members of the Hanoi Taxi Association have already cut fares. However, customers [...]

Minh soars to semis in HCMC

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM CITY — Viet Nam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh has sailed into the semi-finals of the Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Open Badminton Championship.
He beat Indian Ajay Jayaram 21-14, 21-12 in the men’s singles quarter-finals yesterday, and will meet Tedjono Andre Kurniawan of Indonesia in the semi-final today.
Earlier yesterday, Vietnamese Dang Duy Bao and Thai [...]

Forum calls for increase in student-friendly education

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Renovation of education to maximise the potential of each student was the dominant theme of a three-day international forum that ended in Ha Noi yesterday.
HCM City Education and Training Department director Huynh Cong Minh told the gathering, titled the “Viet Nam Education Leaders Forum,” that the quality of education should be measured [...]

Eco-systems the key to sustainable catfish farming

December 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
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CAN THO — Pangasius (basa, tra) farming, the fastest-growing field in global aquaculture, needs an integrated approach through an ecosystem to ensure sustainable development, said international experts at a seminar in Can Tho city yesterday.
More than 150 representatives from 18 nations have gathered in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho for an [...]