 HCMC to step up inspections of fire control and prevention
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(3/14/2010 5:31:37 PM)
The HCMC Fire Department plans to inspect the compliance of fire safety regulations across the city, especially at all city-based multistory buildings, Major General Tran Trieu Duong, director of the department told SGGP.
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Drought sends farmers rushing to rescue rice
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(3/14/2010 5:29:25 PM)
Unusually hot, dry weather has put thousands of hectares of rice in the country’s central and Mekong Delta regions at risk of a poor harvest. Residents and local leaders are now undertaking drastic measures to ensure the winter-spring crop does not go to waste.
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Long-awaited rain helps save rice
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(3/14/2010 5:28:39 PM)
Thanks to a northern cold front, Vietnam’s north-central region finally saw rain on March 9, helping anxious rice farmers save billions of dong after a two-week drought. The farmers had been forced to pour money into hiring laborers and purchasing petrol for machines to help irrigate their water-starved rice fields.
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Two die in Hanoi apartment building blaze
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(3/14/2010 5:28:02 PM)
A fire broke out March 10 in an 18-storey apartment building at Khuat Duy Tien-Le Van Luong intersection in Hanoi leaving two dead and several others injured.
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Phu Quoc forest fire flares up again
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(3/14/2010 5:27:22 PM)
A forest fire that broke out Monday in the Mekong Delta Province of Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc District began burning out of control again Wednesday after having previously been stamped out.
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Crew from boat collision mystery arrive home safely
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(3/14/2010 5:25:16 PM)
The 17-member crew of a fishing boat, which sunk after being hit by an unknown ship March 8 in the waters off Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands, have arrived home safely in Ly Son Island district in the central province of Quang Ngai.
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City holds charity walk for blood donation
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(3/14/2010 5:24:37 PM)
More than 5,000 students, Red Cross Society members and officials from FPT Company joined a fundraising walk to collect blood in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.
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ABB inaugurates new factory in Vietnam
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(3/14/2010 5:23:50 PM)
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, opened a new plant for manufacturing power products in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s Tien Son Industrial Zone on March 11.
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Imported fertilizer prices unstable
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(3/14/2010 5:23:03 PM)
Domestic and imported fertilizers are in ample supply for 2010 but price fluctuations should be expected, according to Vietnam Fertilizer Association.
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1,000 Vietnamese to undertake Ph.D.s abroad
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(3/14/2010 5:22:25 PM)
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) March 10 announced that around 1,000 master’s degree-holders would enroll in Ph.D. programs abroad this year with the help of domestic and foreign financial assistance.
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Conference reports new swine flu strains
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(3/14/2010 5:21:07 PM)
The swine flu A/H5N1 virus has mutated into seven antigen groups since it appeared in the country, according to a conference on the virus in Hanoi to discuss last year’s results and plans for 2010.
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DAV orders imports of vaccines
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(3/14/2010 5:20:29 PM)
Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) has instructed importers and distributors to make large orders for foreign-made vaccines to cover an urgent shortage in HCMC and Hanoi.
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