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South Africa’s ruling party African National Congress (ANC) is almost certain to win the April 22 election, but it still faces the biggest challenge since coming to power at the end of apartheid in 1994, according to latest surveys. People pass by posters of presidential candidates in Johannesburg, April 21, 2009. South Africa will …
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to continue pursuing Iran diplomacy while criticizing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his latest anti-Israel speech. Iran’s President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the High Level segment of the Durban Review Conference on racism at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva April 20, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Speaking to [...]
Swords, knives, electric rods, gas and iron-ball guns and slings are sold like food at Go Market, in Takeo province, Cambodia. Notably, this market mainly serves Vietnamese customers. A Cambodian border check-point in Bray Chusa, Ta Keo province, Cambodia. Go Market can be reached in around 30 minutes by boat from Chau Doc town, southern [...]
14 students of the sole women’s technical high school in the United Arab Emirates have travelled thousands of kilometres to My Tho city in the southern province of Tien Giang, Vietnam, to build two houses for the poor. They came to Vietnam at the invitation of the Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [...]
The Ministry of Health signed a pledge with the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 20 to take part in the First Global Patient Safety Challenge titled “Save lives: Clean Your Hands.” Vietnam became the 118th country to pledge support to the campaign to reduce the global health burden imposed by health care-associated-infection. This is [...]
Hanoi’s Preventive Medicine Center said on April 21 that the cause of death of a four-month-old baby in Hanoi soon after getting a vaccine is unclear. Initial investigations reveal that the child from the capital’s Thanh Xuan District was taken to the Thanh Xuan Bac Ward medical center on April 18 for a routine vaccine — known [...]
Following the first case of cholera this year in Hanoi, in Tu Liem District, suspected to be caused by eating dog meat or shrimp paste, authorities have inspected eateries selling the meat and isolated the victim’s neighborhood (Photo: SGGP) After the Ministry of Health reported April 20 the first case of cholera this year in [...]
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the Georgian parliament on Thursday, urging President Mikhail Saakashvili to resign over the strained ties with Russia as well as the sluggish economy at home. Thousands of Georgians hold a rally against Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, calling on his resignation, in front of Parliament Building in [...]
The Ministry of Finance has imposed a pay cap for top executives at state-owned financial institutions as the financial crisis eroded earnings of such companies in 2008, the ministry said Thursday in a circular on its website. The undated photo shows the gate of headquaters of the Ministry of Finance in Beijing. Total executive pay [...]
By the end of 2009, the VND may depreciate by 5% or more against the dollar, according to Bui Kien Thanh, Senior Advisor to KHM Inc, General Director of IAMC (International Asset Management Company). Thanh said that the factor that has direct impacts on the exchange rate is the result of the Government’s second demand [...]