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ANN joins roadshow for advert agencies Asia News Network

Asia News Network has set up an advertising office in Singapore to represent the 22 members from 19 Asian countries.

Four workers died while salvaging a Malaysian oil tanker wrecked off the coast of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Tuesday.

Health on the agenda

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius at Children's Hospital 1 in HCM City yesterday during her visit to Viet Nam to boost medical co-operation between the two countries.

700 tourists left stranded

A dispute over money between a Vietnamese travel firm and its Thai partner saw 700 Vietnamese package tourists being stranded in Bangkok and ending up paying their own bills and fending for themselves.

First Korean-language newspaper hits shelves

The Vietnam-Korea Times – Viet Nam's first Korean language newspaper made its debut in Ha Noi yesterday.

Kids with genital defects get surgery

A total of 15 poor Vietnamese children suffering from genital defects have been assigned free genital reconstruction surgery this month with the support of Italian surgeons.

Inspectors to flush out school toilet charges

Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh has ordered an inspection of a 29 sq.m toilet block at central Quang Ngai Province's Long Hiep secondary school which cost nearly VND600 million (US$28,570) to build.

Draft law tightens rules on abortions

Stricter regulations on abortion will be introduced to limit the number of procedures, protect women's health and maintain a balanced gender ratio at birth.

MOET reprimands university centre

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has ordered Ha Noi National University's Centre for Educational Technology and Career Development (ETC) to stop all of its joint training programmes with overseas partners.

Tragedy strikes as Toddler chokes to death on a lychee seed

A 6-month-old boy in the northern province of Thai Binh's Kien Xuong District died after choking on a lychee seed on Monday.

Badawi presents gifts

Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Ahmad Badawi (right) donates gifts to disabled children at the Thi Nghe Protection Centre for Orphans and the Disabled in HCM City yesterday.

Education

MOET reprimands university centre

Health

Draft law tightens rules on abortions

Stricter regulations on abortion will be introduced to limit the number of procedures, protect women's health and maintain a balanced gender ratio at birth.

Employment

Lack of awareness leads to job deaths

So far this year, 176 workers have died on the job, according to the Labour Safety Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Hightlight

First Korean-language newspaper hits shelves

The Vietnam-Korea Times – Viet Nam's first Korean language newspaper made its debut in Ha Noi yesterday.

New industrial zone to lure Japanese firms

Construction of the Phu My 3 Industrial Zone starts today in the south-eastern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau to predominantly house Japanese companies. Viet Nam News spoke to Nguyen Thi Thao Nhi, CEO of the Thanh Binh Phu My Joint Stock Company, the major investor in the zone, about its strengths and commitment to the province's development.

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