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Saturday, January 23 2021

‘Say No to rhino horn consumption in Việt Nam

‘Say No’ to rhino horn consumption in Việt Nam

The animal protection organisation Humane Society International and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines began a campaign against the consumption of rhino horn consumption by screening a short film, titled ‘When I Grow Up’, on all Vietnam Airlines flights as well as in premium airline lounges across Việt Nam.

Looking back on one year fighting COVID-19 in Việt Nam

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in Việt Nam. On January 23, 2020, a man visiting from China tested positive for coronavirus.
Seven jailed over Vietnamese lorry deaths

Seven men have been jailed for a total of more than 92 years in connection with the 39 Vietnamese citizens found dead at the back of a lorry in the United Kingdom in October 2019.
Two new imported COVID-19 cases confirmed on Friday
Flood-affected people receive support from donors
More than 1,500 poor people, of which 1,000 were children, in flood-affected Nam Trà My district of Quảng Nam Province received free examinations and medicine in a joint-health care charity programme by the Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital and VinaCapital Foundation.
American veterans deliver flood relief for Việt Nam
More than 110 Americans have donated more than US$28,000 so far in a charity campaign organised by Ronald L. Haeberle, whose photographs of the My Lai Massacre turned American public opinion against the war. He was assisted by Chuck Searcy who co-founded Project RENEW with Hoàng Nam in 2001.
Việt Nam, the US celebrate progress on partnership addressing war legacies
Over the past year, 1,134 cubic metres of dioxin-contaminated sediment were removed from a lake in a Biên Hoà City public park, according to officials speaking at an event held to celebrate initial dioxin-remediation results in the Biên Hòa Airbase area, highlighting the US and Việt Nam’s commitment toward resolving war legacies.
Human trials of second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine begin
Việt Nam has started human trials of COVIVAC, the second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, at the Hà Nội Medical University in Hà Nội on January 21.
Canna vermicelli producers busy as Tết nears
With the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays fast approaching, households that produce miến dong (canna vermicelli) in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu are hustling to finish orders from their customers.
The man who brings back green to barren hill in Kỳ Sơn District
While many locals destroy the forest for timber and clear land for farming, a Vietnamese man has worked tirelessly to bring back green to the barren hill.

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