A shortage of tap water is making life difficult for 60 per cent of households in central Nghe An Province's Hung Nguyen District. The disruption in supplies has forced residents to buy water from other localities at high prices ranging from VND120,...
Farmers in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak's Ea H'Leo District face water shortages as many irrigation works, including reservoirs and dams in the area have been damaged or fallen into disrepair. Irrigation infrastructure has suffered from...
Nhan Tam General Hospital JSC started building a VND600 billion ($29.13 million) private general hospital in Vietnam’s central city of Quang Ngai June 19, the first of its kind in the locality. Covering an area of 1,500 sq.m in Quang Ngai city, the...
The Vietnam French Medical Association has been established with an aim to boost international integration and enable doctors to share experiences around the world, heard a meeting in Hanoi June 18, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said June 18. The...
Vietnam has been warned of the rising number of hepatitis sufferers with over 20% of its population or 18 million people suffering from hepatitis B and C, Prof. Pham Hoang Phiet, President of the Ho Chi Minh Liver and Gall Association said. He made...
Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai has reported additional three deaths of hand-foot-mouth disease, totaling 10 dead cases so far this year, the provincial Preventive Medicine Center said. The disease has attacked nearly 1,400 local people,...
Dengue fever has claimed six lives in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region so far this year, the Nguoi Lao Dong online newspaper reported, citing reports by preventive medicine centers. Among the region, Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Vinh Long provinces have...
North Hanoi branch of Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has decided to give a VND700 billion ($33.82 million) credit for building a new trauma and orthopedic hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. Covering on a site of 3.6 hectares in...
Victims of traffic accidents who have not broken traffic laws will be eligible for health insurance to pay their hospital fees, said Head of the Vietnamese Health Ministry’s Health Insurance Department Tong Thi Song Huong. Huong released the...
The Republic of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) June 23 inked an agreement to grant Vietnam $800,000 to help build and manage health insurance policies, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said. Under the deal, Vietnam is expected to boost...
