A series of topics relating to the copyrighting of information technology and communications are attracting the attention of delegates from the Asia-Pacific region.

Thirty teachers and volunteers from social organisations nationwide took part in camp festival held in Hon Rom- Phan Thiet tourist resort in the southern part of Binh Thuan on July 28-29 to help both street and disadvantaged children.   

Vietnam on July 28 confirmed 31 new cases of A/H1N1 flu, including 22 in southern provinces, three in the north, one in the central region, and five in the Central Highlands, according to the Ministry of Health.

Seven people will be charged with causing public disorder at a war vestige site in the central province of Quang Binh, said Major General Hoang Cong Tu, Deputy General Director of the General Security Department under the Ministry of Public Security

Two Vietnamese workers surviving from a steel frame collapse in the Republic of Korea ’s Uijeongbu city are in stable condition after receiving medical treatment at a local hospital.

Vietnam wants to receive continued support from international trade unions, contributing to the development and effective operation of its own trade union.

Vietnam has a solid foundation for building a regional-level higher education system and it is time for the country to take action, said a world-renowned development strategist from the UK.

The Health Ministry on July 28 sent an urgent telegram to central municipal and provincial health directors asking them to reinforce the dissemination of information on A/H1N1 amid complicated developments of the disease in Vietnam and around the world.

An experimental version of Vietnam’s online education games will be published in September, targeting primary school students in the first phase. 

Leaders of the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France held a working session with the Vietnamese Overseas branch in Lyon on July 27 to plan events to introduce Vietnamese culture in this Rhone region city.

More than VND346 billion will be invested in developing a solid waste treatment plant in Phu Lang village, Que Vo district in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

More than 300 children with facial deformities are undergoing free operations during a month-long campaign that began in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27.

Sixty more cases of A/H1N1 flu - a record number for a single day - have been confirmed as of 17:00 local time of July 27, bringing the total number of the super flu victims in Vietnam to 672. 

Five workers, including two Vietnamese, were killed on the evening of July 25 when a heavy steel frame collapsed at a light rail transit construction site in Uijeongbu city in the Republic of Korea. 

A five-day training course for senior managers from 52 hospitals across the country opened in Hanoi on July 27 with the participation of lecturers from the Singapore National University.

Vietnam and Belgium will jointly launch a funding programme for collaborative scientific projects of the two countries’ scientists.

The US has pledged to provide US$150 million to improve healthcare education and the environment in Mekong sub-region countries including Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos later this year.

The defenders of workers rights from 18 countries around the world got together in Hanoi on July 27 to share their experiences in how to improve their professional practices in the context of the global financial and economic crisis.

Vietnam won one gold, two silvers and one bronze medal at the 41st International Chemistry Olympiad in the UK.

Vietnam had 45 more new cases of A/H1N1 on July 26, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 612, local officials said.

A series of activities have been held to commemorate heroes and revolutionary martyrs, including a grand requiem at the National Martyrs Cemetery on Road No 9 in the central province of Quang Tri.

More than 150 representatives of women’s union chapters from 63 provinces and cities nationwide gathered at a seminar in central Hue city on July 26 to discuss solutions to prevent trafficking of women and children.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the entire political system to take part in the fight against A/H1N1 flu as the disease is beginning to spread into some communities.

The Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on July 24 expelled Vo Kevin Huan from Vietnam for spreading information against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and its chapters in the central provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue held a grand requiem for fallen soldiers at the Road 9 National Cemetery, Quang Tri province on July 25.

About 1.8 million foreigners visited Vietnam in the first half of the year, down over 19 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

The Australian government has provided an additional AUD950,000 to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to help implement its flood control project in the Bac Vam Nao region through November 2010.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on July 24 proposed raising the official poverty line to twice its former level.

Hanoi will build 26 private hospitals with a total area of 61.2 ha, an investment capital of VND9,000 billion, and 6,150 beds between now and until 2015, according to the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee.

The Binh Phuoc provincial People’s Committee on July 24 held a ceremony at the province’s military cemetery to rebury the remains of 172 soldiers killed in Cambodia.