For a Vietnam free of Tuberculosis!

On March 24th, 2012,MIC (Ministry of Information and Communications) special issues the stampset:

For a Vietnam free of Tuberculosis! (VN Code: 1016)

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by an infection Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which mostly has affected the lungs but sometimes the other parts of the body. Today, TB is mostly common, having bad effect over one third of the world’s population, with 9 million new cases each year, causing 2 million deaths, mostly in developing countries. On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, when Dr. Robert Koch detected the cause of tuberculosis and made propaganda against TB in Vietnam, on the 24th of March 2012, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) special issues stampset: “ For a Vietnam free of Tuberculosis! ”.

Date of issue: March 24th, 2012 Stamp size: 43x32 (mm) Perforation: 13 Sheet composition: 25 FDC: 01 covers FDC size: 180 x 110 (mm) Maxicard: 01 Maxicard size: 150 x 100 (mm) Designers: Ms. Tran Ngoc Uyen & Mr. Do Lenh Tuan Printing process: Offset Colour: Multicoloured Paper: Gummed Printer: Postal Stamps Printing Company (in Ho Chi Minh City)

FIRST DAY COVER (FDC)