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The long end for national flower selection
02/04/2013 02:52
� Of more than 20,000 comments it collected, more than 60 percent chose peach flower, 16 percent voted lotus flower, 5 percent with bauhinia flower, 2 percent with bamboo flowers other opinions. Dr. Le Quy Duc, from the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Development and Prof. Ngo Duc Thinh,...
Vietnam to test disposable chopsticks
02/04/2013 02:44
The competent authorities will also examine the conditions, production procedure and raw materials of disposable bamboo chopsticks and toothpick producing enterprises in Vietnam. The move is made after the Chinese media said that disposable bamboo chopsticks may be very harmful to the health...
Ministry tightens food advertising laws
02/04/2013 02:40
According to Circular 08, cooking that must be registered includes functional food; micronutrient-fortified food; mineral water; bottled water; food additives, food processing aids; food packaging materials during food preparation, production, and trade. Along with the prohibited acts...
Hanoi destroys tons of smuggled chickens
01/04/2013 03:11
� All of the smuggled chicken and chicken organs were transported from China, via the land border. The competent agencies say that a large proportion of samples of smuggled chicken and chicken organs contain antibiotics and toxic substances. In late February, over 1,000 dead chickens were...
Severe drought in the Central Highlands
01/04/2013 03:08
� The Ea H'Rar 1 Lake in Ea Tul commune, the district of Cu M'Gar, Dak Lak province, is dried to the bottom. Local people do not know where to get water to irrigate coffee. � � According to a report by the Dak Lak Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, because of severe...
Lao Cai hit by hail again
29/03/2013 04:17
� From 1h40 to 2 am on March 29, the people in Pho Giang Town and the three communes of Long Phuc, Luong Son and Xuan Thuong in Bao Yen district were awakened by the constant bangs on the roofs. Detecting hail, they immediately hid themselves under the bed or shielded themselves with...
Inauguration of world's largest dragon-shaped steel in Da Nang
29/03/2013 04:13
� The Dragon Bridge. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, head of the Central Committee for Internal Affairs – former Chair and Party Secretary of Da Nang Nguyen Ba Thanh and Da Nang’s officials cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Dragon...