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Northern region to face widespread hot spell

Vietnam's northern region will struggle with a widespread heat wave, with high temperatures of around 40 degrees centigrade in some areas.

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A meeting took place in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on April 25 to introduce the project “Smart Agro-ecological Transformation of Farming Systems towards Resilience and Sustainability in Middle and Coastal Zones of the Vietnam Mekong Delta (STAR-FARM)”.

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Vietnam has eliminated malaria in 46 provinces and centrally-run cities as of the end of last year, and is determined to eradicate the disease by 2030, according to official data.

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Vietnam expresses regrets over US human rights report

Vietnam on Thursday said it has ‘regrets’ over the recent annual human rights reports released by the US Department of State.

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US and Vietnam launch programme supporting persons with disabilities

The US Agency for International Development has joined the Ca Mau Provincial People’s Committee to launch USAID’s persons with disabilities programme in the southernmost province of Vietnam.

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HCM City launches electronic business street

HCM City has opened a street which specialises in electronic products.

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National Australia Bank (NAB), one of Australia’s largest private foreign investors in Vietnam, opened a new office in HCM City on Thursday to support its expanded technology workforce in Vietnam.

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At least six people were killed in a fire that ripped through a hotel in eastern India on Thursday, police said, with rescue teams still searching the wreckage for survivors.

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Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday to salvage property from the muddy waters, as authorities warned of more heavy rains to come.

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More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday.

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One died and seven people were missing Sunday after an accident overnight in which two Japanese military helicopters apparently collided before crashing into the sea, officials said.

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Ongoing downpours have killed another 29 people in Afghanistan over the past four days, the government disaster management department said Saturday.

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Enhancing regional food security and tackling the pressing challenges of climate change will be key agendas defining Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (lower house) Johari Abdul told the press on April 19.

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