(VOV) - The northern port city of Hai Phong wants Japan to help it develop a contingent of high-skilled human resources and an efficient support industry through its leading experts.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 14 sent a dispatch to ministries, top-level agencies and localities, asking them to make every effort in the fight against avian influenza.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau on February 14 held a ceremony to commemorate the nation’s two most well-known physicians, Tue Tinh and Hai Thuong Lan Ong. 

(VOV) -Vietnam joined 26 other countries and international organisations in Washington D.C on February 13 to review the Global Health Security Agenda.

(VOV) - Doctors at Khanh Hoa’s General Hospital confirmed on February 13 the first patient infected with the A/H1N1 influenza died on the same day.

(VOV) - Leading Vietnamese and Japanese scientists gathered at a February 14 seminar in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss the development of low-carbon cities.

(VOV) - Batschka Stiftung, the German Children's Future Fund, has donated more than VND8 billion to fund the construction of a school in Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province.

The Ministry of Construction has issued a draft circular to provide guidance on management, saving and efficient use of energy in buildings.

(VOV) -Vietnamese lovers, especially the younger generation, are flocking to department stores to buy Valentine’s Day confectionery and other special gifts for the valentine in their lives.

(VOV) - Counsellor of the Republic of Korea’s Embassy in Vietnam Woo Jun Sohn, was awarded the insignia “For the Cause of Natural Resources and Environment” at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 13.

Vietnam on February 13 banned smuggled poultry from entering four northern provinces following the H7N9 bird flu situation in southern China.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has underscored the need to improve the quality of exams and education management at a February 13 conference in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Chief UNICEF Representative in Vietnam Lotta Sylwander has promised Ninh Thuan leaders the UN Children’s Fund will dedicate greater attention to helping the southern province’s disadvantaged children.

(VOV) -Danang Publishing House has released a book of travel reportage by Thanh Nien (Youth) newspaper journalist Truong Dien Thang.

(VOV) -A recent study has revealed the economic benefits of wastewater collection and treatment systems far surpass their investment costs.

(VOV) - The Director of the Khanh Hoa provincial Department of Health Bui Xuan Minh on February 12 confirmed the first case of A/H1N1 in the locality.

(VOV) - Vietnam has shown its interest in purchasing Austria’s Camcopter S-100 rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the ongoing 2014 Singapore Airshow.

More than 240 people have tested positive for measles in 24 provinces since the beginning of the year, including three child fatalities, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Officers of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department on February 11 seized 4.22 kg of heroin, worth some VND15 billion (US$714,300), being smuggled to Australia via express delivery.

Poverty reduction efforts during the 2005-2012 period produced positive outcomes across Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Provinces and cities are on high alert and taking all possible precautions as bird flu epidemic has broken out in neighbouring China.

(VOV) - UNESCO’s General Conference, at its 36th session, proclaimed World Radio Day on 13 February.

The Prime Minister has passed the National Action Programme on the prevention of domestic violence through 2020, according to the Government Portal.

(VOV) - An annual blood donation festival in Hanoi on February 16 is expected to attract around 10,000 volunteer donors and bank a minimum of 7,000 units of blood. 

To prepare for business expansion, many foreign direct-invested enterprises in the southern provinces launched recruitment campaigns immediately after the Lunar New Year holiday.

(VOV) -A gala awards presentation dinner was held at Porchester Hall in London to announce the winners of a Vietnamese student’s photo contest.

(VOV) -Industrial zones (IZs) in central Thua Thien-Hue province employed 15,920 local workers in 2013, reported Nguyen Huu Tan, Head of the provincial IZ management board.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai visited the Tan Rai Bauxite Complex in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong on February 11, where he applauded the quality of the plant's first products.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the 2012 results of the public administration reform index (PAR INDEX 2012), on which Danang ranked first with 87.14% while Hanoi received 82.79%.

Transport Minister Dinh La Thang and his Singaporean counterpart Lui Tuck Yew have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the transport sector.