Vietnam confirms 40th death from A/H1N1 flu

November 11, 2009 in Uncategorized
Tags: 40th, A/H1N1, confirms, death, flu, from, vietnam

Health authorities on Nov. 10 confirmed one more death from A/H1N1 flu, bringing the total number of fatalities to 40.
The victim was a 17-year-old girl from Dong Anh district, Hanoi. She showed signs of fever, cough and pain in the chest and was sent to the district hospital on Nov. 5 and then transferred to [...]

UN to pull non-essential staff from Afghanistan

November 5, 2009 in Uncategorized
Tags: from, UN, pull, staff, to, Afghanistan, non-essential

KABUL, Nov 5, 2009 (AFP) – The United Nations is to evacuate its non-essential foreign staff from Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said Thursday.
Around 600 non-Afghan staff will be temporarily relocated, Dan McNorton told AFP.
“The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staff. This [...]

Islanders receive great support from community

October 18, 2009 in Politics-Society
Tags: community, from, great, Islanders, receive, support

Islanders receive great support from community

QĐND – Sunday, October 18, 2009, 20:41 (GMT+7)

Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee and the Navy High Command organised a conference on October 17th to review the implementation of the programme “Ho Chi Minh City with islanders” at the city’s opera house.
As reported, the programme, launched in 2003, has [...]

Vietnam to attract more visitors from Britain

October 5, 2009 in Vietnam Travel
Tags: attract, Britain, from, More, to, vietnam, visitors

Vietnam to attract more visitors from Britain

QĐND – Monday, October 05, 2009, 20:27 (GMT+7)

The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has launched a campaign called “Charming Vietnam” in London to promote foreigners to visit the country.
Cabs, carrying images of Vietnam’s world heritage site Ha Long Bay, Vietnamese girls in white Ao Dai [...]

Farmers demand $31 mln compensation from polluter Vedan

September 27, 2009 in Vietnam Environment
Tags: $31, compensation, demand, farmers, from, mln, polluter, Vedan

The farmers associations of Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces have finally announced the amount of damages they would demand from Vedan Vietnam for the loss it caused to farmers by polluting the Thi Vai River: VND569.5 billion (US$31.6 million).

This file photo shows Vedan uses concealed pipes to illegally dump [...]

Farmers seek US$31.5 mil compensation from Vedan for river pollution

September 18, 2009 in Vietnam Environment
Tags: compensation, farmers, for, from, mil., Pollution, River, seek, US$31.5, Vedan

Thi Vai river is less polluted after Vedan stopped discharging wastewater
Farmers in Ho Chi Minh City’s Can Gio District have demanded VND567 billion (US$31.5 million) from Vedan Vietnam, a Taiwanese producer of monosodium glutamate based in Dong Nai Province, as compensation for damaging aquaculture farms and crops by discharging untreated waste into a local [...]

Warhol’s sports superstars stolen from LA home

September 13, 2009 in World
Tags: from, home, La, sports, stolen, superstars, Warhol's

A multimillion dollar collection of Andy Warhol portraits of Muhammad Ali and other sports superstars was stolen from a Los Angeles home, police said Friday.
The 11 color screenprints were taken from businessman Richard Weisman’s home sometime between Sept. 2 and 3, said Detective Mark Sommer of the Los Angeles Police Department’s art theft detail.
Ten of [...]

Taliban could benefit from Afghan vote delay: US

September 11, 2009 in World
Tags: Afghan, benefit, could, delay, from, Taliban, US, vote

A top US envoy warned in an interview broadcast Friday that a long delay in resolving controversies surrounding Afghan elections will only play into the hands of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
Richard Holbrooke, who is President Barack Obama’s pointman for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was asked by the BBC whether it could create an unstable environment if [...]

Empty planes evacuated from besieged Thai airport

December 1, 2008 in Uncategorized
Tags: Add new tag, airport, besieged, Empty, evacuated, from, planes, Thai

Bangkok (VNA) – The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) let some planes leave the main Suvarnabhumi airport on November 30 to pick up stranded tourists from other airports after agreeing to a request by Thai authorities, according to news agencies.A total of 88 aircraft have been stranded at Suvarnabhumi international airport since demonstrators stormed the [...]

Thailand to seek loans from ADB, WB

November 19, 2008 in Uncategorized
Tags: ADB, Add new tag, from, Loans, seek, Thailand, WB

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Finance Ministry plans to seek loans worth one billion USD from the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance the country’s basic infrastructure projects. The application for the loans is part of an international borrowing plan to support implementation of 13 state-supported projects initiated to help boost [...]