[originaltext] A student from Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi has just been hospi

A student from Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi has just been hospitalized after showing bird flu symptoms, and his specimens are being tested for bird flu virus strain H5N1, local media reported Monday.
    The 28-year-old student from Dong Da district, who had eaten chicken eggs, was admitted to the city-based Tropical Disease Institute on November 11 with symptoms of higher fever and breathing difficulty, newspaper Pioneer reported.
    The results of the bird flu virus testing are expected to come out on Monday.
    Since early this year, the institute has received over 130 cases of acute pneumonia with symptoms of fever, breathing difficulty and chest pain, of whom about 20 percent have been confirmed to contract HiN1.
    Vietnam has detected 65 human cases of bird flu infections, including 22 fatalities, in 25 cities and provinces since December 2004, the Vietnamese Health Ministry announced on November 11, noting that the accumulated numbers of bird flu infections and fatalities since December 2003 are 92 and 42, respectively.
    Since October 1, bird flu has been spotted in 10 localities in northern, central and southern localities, namely, Bac Lieu, Dong Thap, Quang Nam, Bac Giang, Thanh Hoa, Hanoi, Hai Duong, Ninh Binh, Hung Yen and Hai Phong, killing and leading to the forced of nearly 33,000 fowls.
    Previous outbreaks starting in December 2003 have killed and led to the forced culling of some 46.6million fowls in Vietnam, causing losses of 221.5 million US dollars.

China has come up with a first nationwide regulations on managing alcohol sales, including a ban on selling alcohol to minors, China Youth Daily reports.
    The "Alcohol Circulation Management Regulations" enacted Thursday by the nation’s Ministry of Commerce are set to get into effect January 1, 2006.
    The regulations set up systems to supervise alcohol sellers, and include a registration and tracing system.
    The new rules also demand that trade administration departments at all government levels cannot block or undermine the legal circulation of alcohol products. This is being widely viewed as an effort by the central government to restrain protectionism in regional trade.
    The report did not say how those who don’t obey the new regulations would be punished.
    The action follows a recent trend in some major urban areas. In March of this year, the Shanghai local government carried out a rule banning the sale of alcohol to minors, the Xinhua news agency said.
    According to that regulation, selling cigarettes and alcohol to minors is banned.
    Adults cannot help minors buy such products, nor are they permitted to smoke in school classrooms, libraries or any location where children are frequently present. All stores selling cigarettes and alcohol are required to post "No Cigarette and Alcohol Sales to Minor" warning signs.