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New Zealand firm lends helping hand in wood treatment

New Zealand firm lends helping hand in wood treatment

HCMC - New Zealand-based Timbalink looks set to inaugurate a wood treatment plant in Bien Hoa Industrial Park 1 in Dong Nai Province next month to help process wood products for Vietnamese manufacturers.

New Zealand rabbit shows potential

New Zealand rabbit shows potential

Vietnam has potential for raising New Zealand rabbit since the breed is suited to various geographical regions in the country, said Head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Husbandry Department Hoang Kim Giao.

Australia's ANZ bank to slash 1,000 jobs

Australia's ANZ bank to slash 1,000 jobs

ANZ Bank Monday announced it will slash about 1,000 jobs in response to a tougher global environment as profits are squeezed by higher funding costs and lower demand for financial services

Antarctic ship blaze survivors return home

Antarctic ship blaze survivors return home

Sixteen of the 18 Vietnamese survivors from the fatal ship fire in the Antarctica on January 11 returned to Hanoi this noon

Antarctic ship blaze survivor to return home

Antarctic ship blaze survivor to return home

Boatman Nguyen Chi Cong, one of the few lucky survivors from the fatal ship fire in the Antarctica, is expected to arrive in Vietnam today

Vietnam strives to access New Zealand market

Vietnamese businesses should take advantage of the ASEAN- Australia -New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) to better exploit the New Zealand market, economists have said.

Vietnamese crewmen recover from injuries in accident

Vietnamese crewmen recover from injuries in accident

Four Vietnamese crewmen who suffered from burns after their fishing vessel Jeong Woo 2 caught fire offshore in New Zealand on Jan. 1, have underwent surgeries and are now in stable health conditions.

Three Vietnamese missing after RoK ship fire

Three Vietnamese missing after RoK ship fire

Three Vietnamese sailors were reported missing from a ship of the Republic of Korea (RoK) that suffered a fire in waters southeast of New Zealand on the night of Jan. 10.

Foreign-funded project modernizes VN’s land management

Foreign-funded project modernizes VN’s land management

A project sponsored by the World Bank and the Embassy of New Zealand has been developing the most complete and modern land management system for Vietnam

New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead

New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead

If you are reading this on Friday you cannot be in Samoa

From Health

ASEAN task pressure talks about mental health

The very first meeting from the ASEAN task pressure on mental health has been heldin Hanoi from May 23-25, with associates from regional and globalorganisations participating. Addressing the openingceremony, Deputy Minister of Public Health, Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated theevent offers nations an opportunity to share good practices in protectingmental health, adding to strengthening cooperation within the regionand fulfilling the aim of “Healthy people, healthy ASEAN”. Xuyen known as on nations to

Desperate people get free facial, eye surgery

Forty-two kids with harelips and cleft palates within the two CentralHighlands provinces of Dak Nong and Dak Lak have obtained free check-upsand procedures. The programme for poor children inremote and ethnic minority areas, worth about 500 million VND, wascarried out and based on the Center for Research and Aid forOperation Smile (OSCA) at Dak Nong province’s general hospital from May19-21. OSCA Director Bui Tu Anh stated this isthe very first time the center provides free check-ups and surgical