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Unsafe food has become a hot topic in Vietnam. But is it a media induced panic or should Vietnamese people be very concerned about what they are eating? Maized fried by used fat. Unsafe food has become a burning issue in Vietnam. Vietnamese people have never had to face so many public food scares. And the risks go way beyond simple stomach...

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30kg bullet unearthed next to residential area; 1000-tonne barge capsized under Saigon bridge; Giant sweet potato lures curious people; 60 workers hospitalized after lunch; New fire nears nature reserve 30kg bullet unearthed next to residential areaA bomb of over 30 kilograms was detected on March 7 along the Tra Khuc riverbank in Quang Ngai...

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In mid-February, retired Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen expressed concern over the long-term leasing of watershed forests to foreigners in certain provinces to a VietNamNet reporter.  On March 9, just a few weeks after retired Lieutenant General Dong Sy Nguyen talked with VietNamNet, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung declared a freeze...

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VnnNews – Many of the school reports were seen as a formality and 175 omitted financial issues. Director of the Planning and Finance Department under the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) Nguyen Van Ngu admitted on March 6 that while 100 percent of universities and junior colleges have submitted their official reports to the ministry,...

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will keep the country’s total coffee cultivation area of between 450,000 and 500,000 ha, . . . Department representatives said in the agency’s report that the ministry’s limitation of cultivation areas was aimed to ensure stable supplies of coffee products in both domestic...

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The General Department of Customs has issued a new reference table of imported car prices aimed at helping its officials to combat import tax evasion. Customers look at imported cars in a showroom in Ha Noi. The General Department of Customs has issued a new reference table of imported car prices to help its officials more accurately assess...

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After burning incense at the Temple of Literature, Thach left Hanoi at noon on the first day of the lunar year on a trans-Vietnam tour to publicize his “family bookcase” project. Nguyen Quang Thach (right) presents books to a family. Travelling alone in his auto, reports VnExpress,Thach missed a lot of festive family meals...

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Officials and business leaders spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about an ambitious plan to retrain displaced or redundant farm workers. The new vocational training project targets more than 43 million labourers in rural areas and is important in helping them adapt to modern agricultural practices and new technologies. Vocational training...

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Resources mobilized to fight droughts, insect pests; More than 4 million needy people get support for Tet; Vietnam’s bio-diversity project introduced at UN; VND400 billion given to poor people at Tet  Resources mobilized to fight droughts, insect pests  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a dispatch to a number of provinces,...

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VnnNews – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to develop the country’s rural areas until 2015, . . . Construction work on the new 18km road that will link La Pa District with Dak Doa District, in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. The project is part of a rural development plan approved by the Prime...

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