Ha Noi will start vaccinating its nearly 3 million poultry and water fowls against avian flu in September, a municipal veterinary official has said.

Ha Noi, July 28, 2005 (VNA) - By the end of this year, 62 percent of Viet Nams rural population will have access to clean water, said the Viet Nam Social Policy Bank in its report issued on July 27 on credits for the national safe water supply programme.