Vietnam recorded over 1,200 hospital admissions related to the use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products, with many of the cases involving adolescents, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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Non-communicable diseases account for the highest burden of disease in Vietnam, representing 73.66% of cases and 78.6% of deaths, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
Starting September 28, the Vietnam Medical Association, in...
Increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates have positioned Vietnam as one of the countries expected to experience the fastest aging population in the world, potentially becoming an aged nation by 2038, said Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan...
Vietnam aims to reduce the number of adolescents and young people experiencing unintended pregnancies by two-thirds by 2030, Director of the Health Ministry’s Population Department Mr. Le Thanh Dung cited Resolution 21 on population work in the...
Vietnam, the 47th country to join the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), has enforced the treaty since March 17, 2005, said Associate Professor Dr. Dinh Thi Thu Thuy, deputy director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Legal...
The Ha Long Bay Management Board launched a campaign to promptly collect waste in the bay following the impact of Typhoon Yagi and floods.
Due to the impact of the typhoon and heavy rains, a large amount of waste was washed from coastal areas of Ha...
A waste classification at source program was launched in the ASEAN clean tourist city of Quy Nhon, in Vietnam’s south central coastal province of Binh Dinh on September 23 by the provincial People’s Committee and the United Nations Development...
The Sovia Vietnam carbon credit exchange is scheduled to begin operations by the end of September, providing a platform for carbon credit trading between Vietnam and South Korea, state media reported.
This information was unveiled at the workshop...
The Centre for Rescue, Conservation and Creature Development under the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board in the central province of Quang Binh released 15 wild animals into the park on September 25.
They are eight northern pig-tailed...
The Department of Education and Training of Hanoi City has planned to build 16 new schools by 2025 with a total investment of VND8.9 trillion ($370.8 million) to ease overcrowding in public schools.
The initiative aims to increase the proportion of...
