Up to 20% of Vietnamese population will suffer from cardiovascular diseases and hypertension by 2014, the Vietnamese Cardiovascular Association said at a press conference in the central city of Danang on Oct 9. The press conference was opened to...
Doctors at Vietnam’s Danang traditional medicine hospital have successfully treated three hardened drug users, fueling a hope on the development of a new homeopathic remedies for heroin addition and withdrawal. The patients said they had been...
The Ministry of Health, the Association of Young Physician and the Central Children Hospital provided free examination to local residents in the northern province of Dien Bien’s Muong Nhe District on October 16. On a tour to Muong Nhe District’s...
Local authorities are conducting laboratory appraisals to prepare for Ebola testing in Vietnam though no infections have been reported in the country, said the Ministry of Health (MoH). The ministry will run more communication campaigns, equip...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has warned residents in the mountainous areas of the spread of the Tsutsugamushi disease, which has already infected 78 people in the northern province of Yen Bai. The disease is caused by Trombicula bugs, which...
Nearly two million people or a quarter of the population in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City face shortage of drinking water, the state-owned Saigon Water Supply Corporation (SAWACO) said in a latest report. Hundreds of thousands of...
Vietnam’s solid waste is likely to increase 2.6-fold to 30 million tons per year by 2020, the Ministry of Science and Technology said at a meeting on Oct 14. The country is seeking advanced technologies to improve waste treatment capacity as only 26...
Vietnam will allocate as much as VND1.45 trillion ($69 million) from the state budget for environmental protection programs in 2014, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) said at a working session with the National Assembly’s...
As many as 50% of Vietnam’s teachers said they are regretful about their teaching career as they have to work harder than the required time amid low salary, a survey showed. A survey conducted by the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences showed...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to set up Tokyo-Vietnam Medical University that will operate as a foreign-invested non-profit tertiary institute, the Government Office said. With an investment of VND421 billion ($20...
