The number of A/H1N1 patients in Vietnam has hit 10,156, including 23 fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Prime Minister has decided to grant VND220 billion in aid from the State budget and 7,000 tonnes of rice to the victims of natural disasters in 15 provinces nationwide.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to expand the categories for social welfare that grant aid to US veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam war.

A meeting was held in the central city of Hue on October 14 to mark 2009 International Day on Natural Disaster Reduction on the theme of “Hospitals safe from Disasters”.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Justice on October 14 granted Vietnamese citizenship to 15 foreign residents in the city following the State President’s decision.  

The fifth International Dental Collaboration of the Mekong River Region Congress entitled “New Horizons in Esthetic Dentistry” opened in Hanoi on October 14.

Storm Parma weakened into a tropical depression on October 14 after churning up the coast from Ninh Binh province to Hai Phong City, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

On October 13, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent an urgent message directing preventive measures to be put in place to limit the damage caused by Storm Parma to every province between Quang Ninh and Nghe An.

Demand for low-cost housing has skyrocketed in major cities but supply is insufficient, according to a recent survey conducted by the Vietnam Report Joint-Stock Company.

Vietnam will send a 29-member delegation to attend the 2009 Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP), slated for October 28-December 18.

An exhibition on the country’s defence of its borders and territories has opened at the Museum of Vietnam Revolution in Hanoi.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked relevant ministries, agencies and coastal provinces to complete preparations for tropical storm Parma by 10pm before it makes landfall around midnight.

The Run for Children 2009 will take place at Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi on November 22.

Heads and deputy heads of schools affiliated to the Ho Chi Minh City National University and other universities in the south are gathering in HCM City for a training course on tertiary school management.

Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) aired its first programme in the Co Tu ethnic minority language on October 12.

Can Tho bridge’s missing link was officially connected on October 12. This is a historical landmark, opening a bright prospect for Can Tho City and the Mekong Delta region.

Natural disasters are one of the factors behind socio-economic slowdown, which resist efforts to reduce poverty in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health on October 11 confirmed the 23rd death of A/H1N1 flu and 65 more cases of infection and bringing the total number of flu patients in the country to more than 10,000.

Japanese universities are ready to receive more Vietnamese students, who want to study and do research in Japan, says Motoo Furuta, president of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association.

Even though tropical storm Parma is forecast to weaken into a tropical depression in the next 24 hours, it will still cause rough seas and dump heavy rains on central coastal provinces.

Born and raised in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District, Colonel Nguyen Dang Doanh (also known as Viet Chien) devoted most of his life to revolutionary activities in the capital city.

Born and raised in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District, Colonel Nguyen Dang Doanh (also known as Viet Chien) devoted most of his life to revolutionary activities in the capital city.

The Hanoi People’s Committee held a ground-breaking ceremony on October 10 for a pedestrian flyover at the Giang Vo-La Thanh crossroads, the first of 18 flyovers planned for the city.

Tran Quoc Thinh, an overseas Vietnamese living in New York, has been awarded a certificate of merit from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for his contributions to the homeland and Vietnamese diplomatic agencies in the US.

A job fair was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10 for university graduates and trained workers by the City’s Employment Centre and Ton Duc Thang University.

The People’s Court of the northern port city of Hai Phong has handed down 22 years of imprisonment to six people convicted of spreading propaganda against the Vietnamese State.

The Health Ministry on October 9 confirmed two new deaths from the A/H1N1 flu, bringing the total fatalities from the disease in the country to 22.

Asia’s biggest budget carrier AirAsia opened a direct air route from Ho Chi Minh City to Jarkata on October 9.

Vietnamese-American astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan is one of the two winners of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science 2009. 

A seminar to gather the opinions of experts for Vietnam’s draft social security strategy for the 2011-2020 period was held in Hai Phong city on October 8.