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| Jan.30 |
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Bird flu deaths increase| A 10-year-old girl has died, the 12th confirmed victim in a month, officials say | |
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| Feb.23 |
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WHO warns of bird flu pandemic World Health Organisation has issued their strongest warning yet about the global threat
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| Apr.21 |
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Viet war veterans die in crash 31 veterans and a driver were killed in a bus crash en route to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the end of the war
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| Apr.30 |
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Vietnam remembers fall of Saigon| Celebrations have begun to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the war | |
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| May.18 |
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WHO to warn on changing avian flu The WHO is to announce that the pattern of the flu in Vietnam is consistent with human-to-human infection
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| Sep.27 |
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Powerful typhoon The typhoon has made landfall in northern Vietnam, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate inland
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| Sep.28 |
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Typhoon Damrey deaths reach 74| The regional death toll from flash floods has more than doubled, as Vietnam had recovered the bodies of 33 people | | |
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| Nov.3 |
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New bird flu outbreaks| The virus had killed 8,940 chickens in the north-eastern Liaoning province in China | |
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| Dec.21 |
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Bird flu shows resistance to Tamiflu| 2 patients died after developing resistance to Tamiflu, the key drug that governments are stockpiling | | |
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