Archive for December 13th, 2005
Clean poultry meat for sale
The Steering Committee for the Bird and Human Flu Prevention in HMC City said that there has been a slight increase in the clean poultry meat transported into the city with [...]
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High rate of HIV/Aids infection among Can Tho youngsters
Nearly 4,000 people in Can Tho southern city have been infected with HIV/Aids of whom 590 have passed away and 1,090 are in Aids stage since 1992, according to the survey of [...]
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11 year-old contracts diabetes subtype 2
A 11-year-old boy seen as the youngest patient in Vietnam has been found to be infected with diabetes subtype 2 by the Central Endocrine Hospital. The hospital said that the [...]
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Increased confidence for clean poultry consumption
During a meeting with local authorities of southern Dong Nai on December 8, minister of Agriculture Cao Duc Phat emphasised that no more reports of bird flu outbreaks has [...]
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Incentives for slaughter houses
All clean bird meat slaughtering and processing companies are encouraged to borrow floating capital and don’t have to pay interest as well as business PAYE in accordance to [...]
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Bird flu pandemic may never happen: scientist
A bird flu specialist has said fears of a world pandemic may be exaggerated. “It may never happen,” said Jeremy Farrar, director of Oxford University’s [...]
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US health care clinic opens
US-backed Victoria Healthcare Vietnam has opened an American-standard health care clinic in HCM City to cash in on the growing demand for health care services. The Victoria [...]
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Japan tipped to pledge US$135m to curb bird flu in Southeast Asia
Japan will today December 12 probably pledge US$135 million to help Thailand, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic, the [...]
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Vietnam National University in HIV/Aids campaign
The campaign on disseminating about the prevention and fight against HIV/Aids epidemic among students and youngsters was held on December 11 in Vietnam National University [...]
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Petechial fever kills 39 in south
Two more deaths due to petechial fever have been reported in two southern provinces of An Giang and Tay Ninh increasing a toll of 39 cases in the south since the beginning of [...]
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Asean faults lobbies as trade talks bog down
KUALA LUMPUR Progress on free trade talks between Southeast Asian nations and their regional partners has been unsatisfactory as negotiators grapple with complex rules and [...]
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Gold fever continues to spread
GOLD’S advance to 24-year highs — it has cracked the magical $700 an ounce level in Aussie dollars — has yet to rub off on the junior exploration sector in any [...]
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Hmong refugees express outrage over exhumed graves
Hmong refugees in St. Paul have heard plenty of rumors about what will be done with the remains of relatives that are being exhumed from graves at a refugee camp in Thailand. [...]
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Hmong kick off New Year with party in Manila
Traditionalists may find something sacrilegious with playing college football’s biggest game four days into the New Year. But no one’s complaining that the [...]
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Local Hmong seek answers to Thai grave excavations
Copies of the chilling video have been passed from one St. Paul living room to the next. On Thursday, it surfaced in Nancy Meyer’s English-language class, where more [...]
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