Ho Chi Minh City sent nearly 1,400 female health workers abroad for further training in the past five years, state media reported, citing the municipal health authorities. The figures were released at a conference to review the results of a program...
Vietnam has been warned of increasing numbers of hypertension patients aged more than 25, showed a survey by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Thai Binh and Nghe An. The information was released at a conference on reviewing a...
The Vietnamese government kicked off a reproductive healthcare project that costs $3.1 million funded by the European Council (EC) in Hue city on April 5. The project aims to improve reproductive health services for poor people in Vietnam and...
Ho Chi Minh City reported nearly 700 hand-foot-mouth patients in the first quarter, up 57% from a year earlier, state media reported on April 9, citing Nguyen Dac Tho, deputy head of the city’s Preventive Medicine Department. The disease killed one...
Between 1.5% and 3% of Vietnamese children suffers from hereditary birth defects, state media reported April 9, citing the Ministry of Health. The rate of birth defects will be much lower if pregnant women are diagnosed and pre-natal screened soon,...
Officials of the World Health Organization and the UNICEF said they are willing to share experience with Vietnam in treating and taking care of mental disorder people, women, children and disabled people, the sate-run Vietnam News Agency said. A...
The government of South Korea has provided a technical assistance to a project to help improve capabilities of Vietnamese officials in managing food safety and hygiene. The Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s Department of Food Safety and Hygiene and...
Mai Dong Water Company of Vietnam and Vientiane City Water Supply Company have signed a deal to construct a water supply plant that costs $5 million in Vientiane. The Vietnamese firm will contribute 80% of the total investment to the project, the...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have approved a plan to spend nearly VND80 billion ($4.18 million) to prevent landslides, the An Ninh Thu Do newspaper reported. The city plans to build an 4-kilometer embankment along Day River’s...
Mekong Delta provinces of Vietnam have called on the government to allocate VND22 billion ($12.2 million) to mitigate impacts of drought and salt water intrusion, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said April 5. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...
