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File - A chicken vendor sit beside empty baskets at a market in Calcutta, India, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2008. Health workers have killed 2.2 million at-risk birds so far to keep the outbreak of bird flu in check.
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 BBC News 
Bird flu fear as mutant strain hits China and Vietnam
Mon 29 Aug 2011
Avian flu shows signs of a resurgence, while a mutant strain - able to sidestep vaccines - could be spreading in Asia, the United Nations has warned. The variant appeared in Vietnam and China and its... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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 The Independent 
UN warns of bird flu resurgence
Mon 29 Aug 2011
The United Nations today warned of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that a mutant strain was... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
KENYA: Demo Hassan, "For 40 years, food aid has been routine"  IRINnews  Fri 26 Aug 2011
KENYA: Demo Hassan, "For 40 years, food aid has been routine"
GARBATULLA, 26 August 2011 (IRIN) - The humanitarian response to Kenya's current food crisis may be unusual in its scale and media attention but there is nothing new about food aid in northern Kenya,... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
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 Nestle (rt1)   The Saigon Times  Wed 10 Aug 2011
Nestlé builds coffee plant in Dong Nai
HCMC – Nestlé Vietnam Company on Tuesday announced its project of building a big plant producing coffee in the southern province of Dong Nai with the total investment capital of US$270 million. Vu... (photo: WN)
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Bombardier CRJ 900 của Air Mekong The Saigon Times Mon 8 Aug 2011
Air Mekong to fly to Vinh City in October
Passengers queue for check-in procedure at Air Mekong’s counters at Tan Son Nhat Airport. The carrier will fly to Vinh City in October - Photo: Mong Binh HCMC - Air... (photo: Creative Commons / Nguyễn Đông Sơn)
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A young man riding a motorbike, The Saigon Times Fri 5 Aug 2011
Motorbike market rolls into foreign hands
Two workers give the final touch to a Honda Airblade scooter at the company’s factory in northern Vietnam - Photo: Le Hoang Vietnam has a huge potential motorbike market... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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Sugar The Saigon Times Thu 4 Aug 2011
Sugar Prices May Be Higher
Refind sugar for sale at a supermarket in HCM CityVietnam will probably have to import sugar to meet domestic demand in the rest of the year and this will affect its... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Maize hung up to dry in Madagascar IRINnews Fri 29 Jul 2011
KENYA: Farmers reap rewards of switching to maize
AHERO, 29 July 2011 (IRIN) - The Kano plains, in Kenya's western Nyanza Province, are well known for rice production, but after years of poor prices and competition from... (photo: Irin news)
Africa   Agriculture   Kenya   Photos   Wikipedia: Maize
Hand, foot and mouth disease Yahoo Daily News Fri 29 Jul 2011
Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 70 in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A surging outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 70 people so far this year in Vietnam and infected more than 23,000, mostly children... (photo: Creative Commons / kayaker41)
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Rambutan Fruits The Saigon Times Fri 29 Jul 2011
Vietnam’s rambutan set to enter U.S. market
HCMC – Vietnam’s fruit trader Red Dragon expects to send the first shipment of rambutan to the U.S. market this August, making it the second fruit to enter this choosy... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
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