Several policies targeting ethnic minorities are still not interconnected, troubling local authorities during implementation, some members of the National Assembly’s Ethnic Affairs Council said. At the council’s second plenary session that was...
Switzerland will push ahead the economic partnership with Vietnam to help the Southeast Asian country achieve sustainable economic growth, Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Beatrice Maser Mallor has affirmed. The ambassador made this affirmation at a...
Experts from ministries and the World Bank discussed the contents of a project on building a database serving climate change adaptation in the Mekong Delta region at a workshop in Hanoi on Oct 5. The database has an investment of nearly $14.5...
About 49 Vietnamese people died of rabies in 20 cities and provinces across the country, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health. People bitten by dogs or cats are recommended to seek medical attention...
Over 600 Vietnamese people have registered to donate their organs and tissue after they die during a recent event held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to call for the community to join the organ donation, state media reported. By initial statistics...
Doctors at the Children Hospital 2 in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City succeeded in the liver transplant for a kid suffering cirrhosis after ten hours on October 4, state media has reported. This is the tenth liver transplant carried out in the hospital....
The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has warned of outbreaks of influenza A/H1N1 when Vietnam enters winter season, state media reported. The influenza is acute respiratory infection caused by flu virus A/...
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has called on citizens to join state agencies to deal with unsafe food in a bid to protect consumers’ health. Not only the government is responsible for dealing with unsafe food but all citizens also have their...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has continued ranking Vietnam among the countries with the highest rate of cancer fatalities, said Nguyen Chan Hung, chairman of Vietnam Cancer Association. According to Hung, Vietnam along with Finland, Somalia...
Massive fish death has been reported for the past few days at the biggest natural lake in the downtown of Hanoi, triggering concerns about serious water pollution though local officials gave initial cause of weather shock. It is unusual to see...
