First kidney-pancreas transplant successful in Vietnam

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HANOI, 4 March (VNA) - Doctors at Hanoi-based Hospital 103 successfully conducted a kidney-pancreas transplant operation on March 3, marking a great breakthrough of the Vietnamese medical professio

Hanoi second top Asian city for backpackers

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HANOI, 3 March (VNA) - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An have been ranked second, sixth and 12th respectively in the top 30 Asian cities based on price in the backpacker index for 2014, a database

All taxis in Hanoi to be installed with GPS

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HANOI, 3 March (VNA) - Hanoi’s Department of Transport has decided to raise the rate of city taxis installed with global positioning system (GPS) devices to 100 percent by 2015 in a bid to more str

NA Vice Chairwoman receives UNICEF award

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HANOI, 3 March (VNA) - National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has been presented a humanitarian award from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in recognition of her efforts i

Local exporters eye French markets

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HANOI, 3 March (VNA) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set a target of 2.45 billion USD in export to France for this year in view of gloomy economic conditions, and encouraged businesses to

WB to support Vietnam in environment protection

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HANOI, 3 March (VNA) - The World Bank (WB) has pledged to support Vietnam’s policy-making process as it aims to attract investment to clean energy sources such as wind and solar power in order to r

Viet Nam, Thailand agree to boost education ties

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HANOI, 3 March (VNA) - Vietnam and Thailand on February 28 agreed to boost co-operation in the education sector as part of efforts to strengthen their strategic partnership as they integrate into t

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