Nguyen Tan Dung elected Prime Minister Jun 28, 2006
November 1961 September 1981: Served in the Army and the Military Medical Company in the southern province of Rach Gia. Senior Lieutenant Chief Political Commissar of Infantry Battalion 207, Captain Political Chief of Infantry Regiment 152, defending the southwestern border, Major Head of the Personnel Board of Kien Giang Province's Military Command. (VietNamNet Bridge)
Many Scientists Fear Bird Flu Cases Exceed Data Mar 16, 2005
Two additional cases are being considered probable infections: a veterinarian from hard-hit Thai Binh province near Hanoi and a man who died Sunday at the provincial hospital in Rach Gia. Henry L. Niman, an infectious-disease expert whose Pittsburgh-based company, Recombinomics Inc., studies genetic changes in viruses, believes a pattern has emerged. (Los Angeles Times)
Bird flu kills Vietnam girl Jan 29, 2005
"Cambodian people often come over to our hospitals here to check health, but this case is the first suspect of bird flu so far," said the doctor in Kien Giang's capital, Rach Gia, 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. If confirmed, she would be the first person from Cambodia found to be infected by the H5N1 virus this year. (Swissinfo)
Vietnam Tests Sick Cambodian Woman for Bird Flu Jan 29, 2005
"Cambodian people often come over to our hospitals here to check health, but this case is the first suspect of bird flu so far," said the doctor in Kien Giang's capital, Rach Gia, 155 miles southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. If confirmed, she would be the first person from Cambodia found to be infected by the H5N1 virus this year. (Reuters)
Providential Holdings Launches Vietnam-Based Joint Venture Subsidiary Provimex-HTV Dec 12, 2004
HTV is also anticipating the commencement of work on the Saigon Pearl building project with 2,000 apartment units as well as other new sites in Can Tho and Rach Gia in the Mekong Delta as well as other regions of Vietnam in 2005. Vietnam economic indicators show that building construction will continue a rapid pace of growth in the foreseeable future. (Yahoo Finance -- Schools)
Vietnamese Newspaper Highlights - Sept 30, 2004 Sep 30, 2004
The first service, Ho Chi Minh City to Rach Gia Town in the southern province of Kien Giang will start on Oct. 4. The other, between Vung Tau and Con Dao, will begin on Oct. 11. (Asia Pulse)
Australia funds 9 projects in southern province May 28, 2004
Kien Giang, May 28 (VNA)-Residents in Kien Giang, especially poor Khmer ethnic minority people in Hon Dat and Rach Gia districts, are being helped by Australian donors ... Tu Ngoc An, General Director of the Kien Giang Composite Co. Ltd, also built a bridge at a cost of 200 million VND in Rach Gia town to enable people to easily travel in the region, divided by many ditches and canals. (Viet Nam News Agency, Vietnam)
Over 1.1 million foreigners visit Vietnam May 28, 2004
Tu Ngoc An, General Director of the Kien Giang Composite Co. Ltd, also built a bridge at a cost of VND200 million in Rach Gia town to enable people to easily travel in the region, divided by many ditches and canals. Vietnamese scientists recently discovered a group of flying civets, Cynocephalusvariegatus, an endangered species native to Vietnam. (Voice of Viet Nam, Vietnam)
How Kerry Earned His Decorations May 3, 2004
For participating in the Rach Gia interdiction, river patrols aimed at stopping Viet Cong infiltration from Cambodia. National Defense Service Medal What is it for. (TIME)
Visiting Vietnam Dec 15, 2003
Kien Giangs tourism potential promises economic development. The south-western province of Kien Giang has about 250 km from HCM city (Voice of Viet Nam, Vietnam)
