Local doctors and nurses and international experts on cancer have gathered in Hue city, central Thua Thien-Hue province, to share experience in diagnosis and treatment and care for patients. The August 29 workshop, held by Hue General Hospital in...
About 1.6 million children under 14 from the capital city of Hanoi will be vaccinated against measles and rubella as part of a 2014-2015 vaccination campaign launched by the municipal Health Department. According to Dr. Nguyen Nhat Cam, Director of...
Health officials of Ho Chi Minh City have failed to conduct health surveillance on travelers entering Vietnam from Ebola-infected nations, triggering concerns over the disease’s spreading to the country. The number of travelers from Ebola areas to...
The Ministry of Health has issued a circular which only health workers with practitioner’s certificates are eligible to take part in charitable medical examination and treatment in Vietnam. Circular 30/2014/TT-BYT, to be effective on Oct 15,...
People living in apartment buildings of the capital's new urban areas are expressing concern over poor-quality tap water. Tran Van Xuat, a resident of Spark Duong Noi new urban area in Ha Dong District said: "I often find tap water containing sludge...
More than 58,100 households with over 245,200 people in the central city of Danang will be evacuated in case of a super storm following the city's plan on natural disaster prevention and control. The scenario, which was approved by the city's People...
A rescue and conservation center was opened in Hoang Lien National Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. The Hoang Lien Center is part of the park's biodiversity conservation and rescue project. The center is entrusted with the tasks...
Vietnam should join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to minimize losses in exploiting and trading natural resources, international experts said at a workshop in Hanoi recently. Non-transparent management has caused...
More than 22 million students of all levels in Vietnam are starting the 2014-2015 academic year on Sept 5, state media reported. Of the total, there are 4.3 million preschool children; more than 15 million high school pupils; 400,000 students of...
Sappers on Aug 25 collected a Vietnam War 400 lb bomb and an artillery shell which were found last week in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City. The bomb was found last week when local people were dredging the Mon canal. It measured 1.5 meter in length and...
