Thanh Hoa, Vietnam News

At a meeting on May 7, the Steering Committee for Avian Flu Prevention and Control and the Department of Animal Health, informed that Avian Flu infection had been successfully curbed in the northern provinces of Thanh Hoa, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Bac Ninh and the central province of Ha Tinh.

Richard L. Laws, 26, was on his second combat tour in Vietnam when his jet was shot down.

A view of the Nhon Hoi Economic Zone, where Thailand's top energy firm PTT Plc plans to build a US$27 million refinery Vietnam should consider the positive impacts of a US$27-billion mega oil refinery Thailand's top energy firm PTT Plc plans to build in the central region instead of focusing too much on its negative effects, analysts have said.

Vietnam attracted over US$8.2 billion from foreign direct investment in the first four months of this year, an increase of 17 percent over the same period last year, reported the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment on Friday.

The remains of 5,000-6,000-year-old graves discovered in the central province of Thanh Hoa PHOTO COURTESY OF VNEXPRESS Seventy graves believed to be 5,000-6,000 years old have been unearthed in the central province of Thanh Hoa, VnExpress reported on Tuesday.