Professor Chris Dennis, a respiratory physician, who is chairing the seminar, says international cooperation is a vital ingredient in the fight to conquer swine flu.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

For weeks,President Obama has maintained that his record-breaking $3.6-trillion budget for the next fiscal year makes vital investments in energy,health care,and education that will pay dividends once the nation emerges from a deep economic recession.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

In nineteen ninety seven she helped launched the Vital Voices Democracy Initiative to promote the leadership of women as a foreign policy goal.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

Don Baxter from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations says in a vast and rugged nation the army's support is vital.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

He tells a group of visitors to Northern House that storytelling plays a vital role in the Dene culture.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

For Lieutenant Lilly Alexei, the military exercises today may be vital practice for real battles in the future.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

It provides vital assistance for hundreds of thousands of victims of conflict and natural disasters in remote,inaccessible areas.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Again we believe that the land grabbing business is in actual fact taking vital resources away from farmers."

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Cigarette taxes are a vital revenue source for New York State, which has the highest-priced cigarettes in the nation - almost $15 a pack.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

With bright eyes and an engaging smile, he says songs and stories were vital to survival when his family lived in igloos above the Arctic Circle.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Raduege says one of his biggest concerns in Houston is the computer-run electronic control system that is vital to energy sector operations the country depends on.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

The United States considers Pakistan a vital ally in the global fight against terrorism.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"Each species of turtle plays a very vital role in the whole ecosystem functioning."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

Colonel James Larsen, the chief of training exercises, says the simulated training is vital, even for medical personnel who have experience in treating soldiers with war injuries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Lutzi Matzig, chief operating officer of travel operator Asian Trails, says Thailand began recovering in late 2009, but he says political stability in Thailand is vital to keep the recovery going.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04