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Among the 18 sectors that attracted foreign funds in the two months, power production took the lead with US$3.89 billion, followed by the processing and manufacturing industries (US41.76 billion), wholesale and retail sales (US$195 million) and technology and science (US$180 million). … [Read more...] about Foreign investment plunges in Jan-Feb

During an online meeting Thursday with Vietnamese Embassy to the U.S., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health, the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) lauded Vietnam for achieving positive results in tackling the Covid-19 epidemic by synchronously quarantining those suspected of contracting the virus and monitoring and treating infected patients. … [Read more...] about CDC scrapes Vietnam from list of areas suffering widespread coronavirus transmission

The Lab said: "'AIDS is the epitome of social evils’ campaigns worked well: the number of yearly new infections peaked in 2002 and has been steadily decreasing, falling to just 1/3 of that now. The side effect is that people with HIV are now seen by many as evil and dirty. That’s what we needed to change with this campaign." … [Read more...] about Awareness campaign says safe sex possible with HIV persons

“We wish to spend what is left of our lives to earn as much as possible and call for donations so that we can construct another school for disadvantaged kids to receive training in what they are strong, so they can earn their own livelihoods later,” Hornsby said. … [Read more...] about Australian man, wife build tuition-free nursery in central Vietnam