Hanoi- A senior government official on Tuesday blamed illegal cattle imports and mistakes by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that has so far spread to five provinces.
Deputy Agriculture Minister Diep Kinh Tan said the outbreak had been caused in part by farmers who illegally imported cattle and buffalo infected with the highly contagious virus from Cambodia and Laos.
Hanoi - A man suspected of being infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus is in critical condition at a hospital in northern Vietnam, health officials said Saturday.
Ly Tai Mui, 23, has been hospitalized since February 3 at Quang Ninh general hospital, 150 kilometres west of Hanoi. Mui, a member of the Dao ethnic minority, had eaten the meat of a sick chicken in his village in rural Quang Ninh province some days before falling ill.
Hanoi- Vietnam's stock market Thursday fell to its lowest level since December 2005, after state media reported that ongoing losses had driven several securities firms to the verge of bankruptcy.
The VN-Index ended the day down 2.9 per cent, or 8.3 points, to close at 277.8, the lowest level since December 29, 2005.
Market volume was just 6.8 million shares, valued at 146 billion dong (8.3 million dollars). It was the fourth consecutive drop since trading resumed after Vietnam's lunar New Year.
Hanoi - Vietnam's rice exports in January and February will be almost double the same period last year, thanks to ample supplies and rising global demand, government officials said Tuesday.
Truong Thanh Phong, chairman of the Vietnam Food Association, said Vietnam would export 900,000 tons in the first two months of this year, compared to 459,000 tons in the same period in 2008.
Hanoi - Vietnam's stock market fell more than 5 per cent Monday on concerns about both international and domestic economic weakness.
The VN-Index closed down 5.69 points, or 1.87 percent, at 297.5, the lowest level since January 1.
"Traders are very reluctant to buy at this time, as global markets have not shown clear recovery signals," said Phan Hong Quan, director of Eurocapital Securities in Hanoi.
Hanoi - Workers on a construction project in downtown Hanoi have uncovered a mass grave dating from the country's war for independence from France, a local historian said Thursday.
"As of noon Thursday, 200 remains have been found," said noted historian and National Assembly member Duong Trung Quoc.
Quoc believes the remains belong to Vietnamese independence fighters killed by French troops in 1946-47.
Hanoi- A senior government official on Tuesday blamed illegal cattle imports and mistakes by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that has so far spread to five provinces.
Hanoi - A man suspected of being infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus is in critical condition at a hospital in northern Vietnam, health officials said Saturday.
Hanoi - Workers on a construction project in downtown Hanoi have uncovered a mass grave dating from the country's war for independence from France, a local historian said Thursday.
