General News

  • The Drug Administration of Vietnam, under the Ministry of Health, has announced that Vietnam no longer uses the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, local media reported. The announcement came as British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • On May 7, the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital announced the successful first liver transplant for a critically ill patient with acute liver failure, kidney failure, and undergoing intensive care, local media reported. The patient, Ms. T.T.H.,...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The "Fourth 90" target marks a strategic change in Vietnam's approach to HIV care and treatment, with a focus on people living with HIV, said Assoc. Prof.-Dr. Phan Thi Thu Huong, head of the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC). Assoc...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health has requested the recall of a batch of Temozolomide Ribosepharm 100 mg used to treat certain types of brain cancer due to the lack of Vietnamese-language instructions, local media...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Over 20 doctors at Can Tho Central General Hospital have successfully performed the first kidney transplant in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region after four years of preparation, local media reported. The transplant took place on April 25 and the...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Nearly 2,600 fetuses with abnormalities were detected and intervened timely by doctors in southern hospitals in 2023, helping them avoid the risk of disabilities in 2023, an official said. Associate Professor Dr. Tran Ngoc Hai, director of Ho Chi...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a directive to request relevant authorities to bolster carbon credit supervision and management to effectively implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), local media reported....
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has supplemented regulations on the roadmap for allocating greenhouse gas emission quotas in the draft decree and draft circular related to greenhouse gas emission reduction and...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang requested relevant authorities and localities to implement more accurate and timely forecasts to minimize damage caused by natural disasters at a national conference on natural disaster prevention and...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024
  • Associate Professor Hoang Ngoc Vinh, former director of the Department of Vocational Training, under the Ministry of Education and Training, has pointed out three reasons leading to the loopholes in university accreditation in Vietnam, the local...
    Monday, 13th May, 2024