Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, non-resident pontifical representative to Vietnam, paid a courtesy visit to leaders of the Foreign Ministry in Hanoi on April 21.
During the meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed the consistent policy of the Party and ...
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Over half of road accidents in Viet Nam occurred on national roads, a recently released report by the Transport Strategy Institute has shown.
Illustration photo. Photo: internet
Accidents on provincial roads account for 26 per cent and city ...
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According to a high-ranking official in the health sector, an average of 25,000 - 76,000 people contract dengue and hundreds of patients die of the disease each year in Vietnam.
A medical worker takes care of a kid contracted dengue fever at Children ...
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When they have flu symptoms like cough, sore throat, sneezing, or headache, many Vietnamese turn doctors and decide they know what drugs to take.
And then there are those like Nguyen Thi Thu, 63, of Hanoi who say a visit to a nearby pharmacist will take care of things.
A pharmacist can prescribe a medicine, she says, and if that does not work, one can always try ...
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An agreement on
visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders from Vietnam and El Salvador was signed in Hanoi on March 31 as the outcome of talks between the two foreign ministers.
During the talks, Pham Gia Khiem, who doubles as Deputy Prime Minister, and his El Salvador guest, Hugo Martinez Bonilla, ...
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A senior Vietnamese military officer affirmed that the Vietnamese army and people have always placed importance on promoting its solidarity and friendship with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and the Cambodian people.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Song Phi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the ...
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Central Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long City police are hunting for those who left cakes and sweets under a tree on a street that allegedly poisoned five students some days ago.
* 20 kg of cakes and candy were left under the tree
* The students ate them, ...
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Hanoi invested hundreds of thousands of USD to build travel information kiosks for tourists four years ago. Now all of them are left fallow or deteriorating.
In 2006, the first 70 kiosks were installed, with touch-screen computers, providing information about Hanoi ...
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