Related news from: October

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  APEC repelling wildlife trafficking activities

  (11:02:10 AM 28/10/2014)

  From October 21 to October 23, in Hanoi, Vietnam Administration of Forestry (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) in collaboration with the US CITES management agency (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) held a workshop under the APEC framework (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) on minimizing illegal wildlife consumption demand.

  Tags: APEC, repelling, wildlife, trafficking, activities
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  VN target improved showing

  (14:55:14 PM 11/10/2014)

  Vietnamese athletes with disabilities are expected to perform better at the Asian Para-Games which kicks off in Incheon, South Korea beginning October 18.
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  The “X-Factor” comes to Vietnam

  (13:30:25 PM 22/11/2013)

  The qualifier round of the X-Factor, Vietnamese version, will take place in the central city of Da Nang on October 29-30, in Hanoi on November 2-3 and HCM City on November 29-30.

  Tags: X-Factor, vietnamese version, singing
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  ASOCIO ICT Summit to focus on agriculture restructuring

  (20:23:35 PM 19/10/2014)

  Agriculture restructuring will come to the fore at the 2014 Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) ICT Summit, which is slated for October 28-31 in Hanoi and central Da Nang City.

  Tags: ASOCIO, ICT, Summit, focus on, agriculture, restructuring
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  Vietnam, RoK boost environmental partnership

  (11:25:57 AM 29/10/2014)

  The 11th conference of the environment ministers of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea took place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27, focusing on the progress of cooperative projects in the field.

  Tags: Vietnam, RoK, boost, environmental, partnership
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  Fair to promote northwestern provinces’ tourism

  (15:11:20 PM 11/10/2014)

  The Northwest Tourism Fair 2014 will be held in Ha Giang Province from October 17 to 19 in an effort to foster tourism cooperation between eight regional provinces.

  Tags: Fair, promote, northwestern, provinces, tourism, foster
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  Int’l experience in climate change adaptation shared

  (15:45:44 PM 17/10/2014)

  International experience in implementing policies on climate change adaptation was shared at a conference held in Nha Trang city in the central province of Khanh Hoa on October 16.

  Tags: Int’l, experience, climate change, adaptation, shared
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  Meeting marks International Day for Disaster Reduction

  (10:25:02 AM 15/10/2014)

  More than 800 people, mostly older people, took part in a meeting to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) in southern My Tho City, Tien Giang province on October 13.

  Tags: Meeting, marks, International Day, Disaster, Reduction, My Tho City
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  PM meets with Minister-President of Baden Wuerttemberg

  (10:57:16 AM 15/10/2014)

  PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage on October 14 (local time) arrived in Stuttgart city, beginning his official tour to Germany at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

  Tags: PM Nguyen Tan Dung, meets, Minister-President, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany
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  International music festival to be held in Viet Nam

  (14:28:32 PM 09/08/2014)

  A music festival that began in Russia in 1993 will be held in Ha Noi and northern coastal city of Quang Ninh between October 8 and 12.

  Tags: International music festival, held, Viet Nam, Anniversary concert
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  PM Nguyen Tan Dung begins official visit to Belgium

  (14:34:06 PM 13/10/2014)

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Brussels on October 12, beginning his official visit to Belgium at the invitation of his Belgian counterpart Elio Di Rupo.

  Tags: PM Nguyen Tan Dung, official, visit, Belgium
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  Workshop highlights dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa Airport

  (08:45:41 AM 23/10/2014)

  Around 250,000 cu.m of soil in Bien Hoa City, the southern province of Dong Nai, are contaminated with dioxin at levels ranging from 1,000 ppt to as high as more than 1 million ppt, it was reported at a workshop in Dong Nai on October 21.

  Tags: Workshop, highlights, dioxin, contamination, Bien Hoa Airport
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  VN, Iran step up bilateral links

  (07:00:00 AM 01/01/1970)

  Viet Nam and Iran signed a number of cooperation agreements on October 14, including a double taxation avoidance agreement; an agreement on the coordination of administrative affairs in customs; a memorandum of understanding on technology, research and education cooperation; and the minutes of the first meeting of the joint working groups on trade.

  Tags: VN, Iran, step up, bilateral, links
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  Vietnam announces green growth strategy

  (14:01:08 PM 01/11/2012)

  Restructuring and completing economic institutions for green growth is the major component of the national green growth strategy announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) on October 29.

  Tags: Vietnam , announces , green, growth , strategy
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  Model for green housing promoted in Vietnam

  (15:32:09 PM 30/10/2012)

  A conference entitled “Green Housing in Vietnam: between Tradition and Modernity” opened at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on October 16.

  Tags: Model , green , housing , promoted , Vietnam
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  China”s Hoang Sa airstrip ‘illegal”

  (14:47:27 PM 11/10/2014)

  China’s efforts to construct a 2,000m airstrip on Phu Lam island in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago are unfounded and do not alter the fact that Vietnam holds indisputable sovereign rights over the archipelago, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh said on October 9 in a regular press conference.

  Tags: China's Hoang Sa, airstrip, ‘illegal'