If the domestic labour market is fully exploited people can get a suitable job.

The US cruise ship Nautica docked at Cai Lan port on March 9 bringing over 1,000 foreign tourists to Ha Long Bay.

Radio the Voice of Vietnam’s Online Newspaper (VOVNews) has awarded prizes to winners of a Radio Blog contest in Hanoi.

The Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) marks World Glaucoma Day (March 12) through a wide range of activities, such as opening a workshop on the treatment of the disease, providing free eye examinations and eye drops to patients with glaucoma or organsing a meeting.  

“It is crucial to comprehensively implement all 8 solution packages to develop tourism in Da Lat city,” concluded more than 150 representatives at a workshop held in the central highland province Lam Dong on March 10.

Over 1 million children under the age of one will be provided with a vaccine to protect them against five diseases (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B), under the National Expanded Programme for Immunisation.

As many as 18 provinces and cities across Vietnam have registered to take part in Earth Hour 2010, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

This dry season, a flock of around 300 red-headed cranes (Grus antigone sharpii) returned to the Long Xuyen quadrangle to find food one month later than the previous dry season.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has announced that they are starting to receive applications for 1,130 scholarships to follow postgraduate studies overseas.

In 2010, Vietnam will mobilise domestic and foreign sources to promote advocacy relating to the implementation of child rights.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced a five-year plan to promote international cooperation in biotechnology application.

The Hanoi Employment Centre, under the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, will organise a job transaction floor for the first time to solve the problem of unemployment among the capital’s young people.

The Overseas Vietnamese Association in Poland has raised £1,700 for orphans in Vietnam at a concert to celebrate the Lunar New Year and to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Nearly 30,000 high school students in four localities will receive free eye check-up, consulting services and medicines under a programme launched on March 9.

Forty-four solid waste treatment plants will be built in the country in the period of 2010-2020 to reduce the use of landfills, the Ministry of Construction has said.  

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh has presented a friendship medal to Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute Kubota Teruyoshi for his active contributions to promoting friendly cooperation between the two countries.

The Party Committee, administration and people of Buon Ma Thuot City are poised to make the city more modern and civilized to catch up with other localities in the country. 

Despite having donated much money to building bridges in Vietnam, many members of the VK, a group of golden-hearted overseas Vietnamese, have never been present at any honouring or bridge-opening ceremonies.

Construction of the 220km Vietnamese segment of a transnational highway linking the greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will begin in the second quarter of the year, says Duong Tuan Minh, general director of the My Thuan Project Management Unit.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked relevant agencies to speed up the implementation of the Payment for Forest Environment Services (PES) Policy after it has shown initial good results.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong attended the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris on March 8-9.

Japan’s ambassador to Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba on March 8 signed with provincial authorities of Thanh Hoa and Quang Nam agreements on two grant projects with a combined value topping US$187,000.

United Nations Resident coordinator in Vietnam, John Hendra declared Vietnam a leader in gender equity at a meeting in Hanoi on March 9 to announce a 2010 human development report (HDR).

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has proposed the government to spend VND1,500 billion from the central budget building houses for 180,000 poor households across the country.

During an Asian visit from March 8-14, the German Minister of Economic Co-operation and Development Dirk Niebel has invited representatives of the Vietnamese Government and international organizations to attend a seminar on climate change.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked provinces and cities to speed up the disbursement of capital for a programme to upgrade schools and build houses for teachers.

The National Odontology Hospital and the US organization CAMA-GHO are joining hands to provide free surgery for 40 children with hare lips or cleft palates from nom until March 14.

The National Odontology Hospital and the US organization CAMA-GHO are joining hands to provide free surgery for 40 children with hare lips or cleft palates from nom until March 14.

A portal for Vietnamese students who used to study in Germany was launched in Hanoi on March 8 by German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Dirk Niebel.

Germany and Australia signed a joint declaration on providing assistance to Vietnam’s environment and energy in Hanoi on March 8.