The South Korean government will fund $4.5 million for a project to build a clean water supply system in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Lak from now up to 2013. The project, funded through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will spend over VND16 billion ($842,100) on four improvement projects of food safety and hygiene this year, the An Ninh Thu Do newspaper reported. The projects are aimed to raise the public awareness of food safety,...
Ho Chi Minh City’s health department detected 3,840 cases violating regulations on food safety and hygiene last year, the Dai Bieu Nhan Dan newspaper reported. The local authorities inspected 17,980 food establishments and imposed more than VND8.6...
Vietnam imported $320.19 million worth of pharmaceutical products between January and mid-April, the Thoi bao Kinh te newspaper reported, citing the General Department of Customs. The country’s major import markets were France, India, South Korea...
Vietnam is at high risks of rising epidemic outbreaks, especially digestive-related diseases such as cholera, state media quoted Professor Doctor Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology as cautioning. Hien made...
Vietnam’s Kien Giang Provincial General Hospital piloted the hi-tech linear accelerator system that is used in radiation therapy for cancer treatment costing $1.6 million on April 26. This is the first hi-tech radiation system in the Mekong Delta...
The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) hailed Vietnam’s efforts in gender equality at the 26th meeting which took place in Vientiane April 25-26. Addressing the meeting, Laotian Parliamentary Chairman Thongsinh Thammavong said that Vietnam is...
Ho Chi Minh City reported 700 children catching the hand-foot-mouth disease in the first quarter of this year, up 57% from a year ago, state media reported, citing the city’s Preventive Medicine Center. The Children Hospital No. 2 is treating nearly...
The Ministry of Health has urged 20 provinces and cities in southern Vietnam to take strict measures to prevent and combat cholera amid fears of the disease spread from Cambodian border provinces. The MoH made its request at a conference on cholera...
Garmex Saigon JSC (GMC) will cooperate with Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy to build a high-tech health center with a capital of VND300 billion ($15.79 million) in the city in April 2011. The firm will contribute a 51% stake to...
