• Eat to sleep well 

    26/03/2011 05:00

    Lotus seeds are particularly helpful in producing a good night’s rest, according to local herbalists Sleep is vital for recovering from a stressful day. Insomnia caused by stress, work, family conflict, disease or environmental...

  • Avian flu project to get $25 mil funding boost 

    25/03/2011 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved additional funding of US$25 million for a national project to tackle avian influenza epidemics among poultry and human.   According to the Vietnam...

  • No corruption detected in Health Ministry’s purchase of 9.7 million Tamiflu capsules

    No corruption detected in Health Ministry’s purchase of 9.7 million Tamiflu capsules

    23/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The government has concluded to not find down any evidence of corruption related to the Ministry of Health’s purchase of Tamiflu in late 2005. Earlier, the Government...

  • Seeking an end to tuberculosis

    Seeking an end to tuberculosis

    22/03/2011 05:00

    Health experts have called for greater political and financial support to improve the medical system and strengthen community awareness activities to prevent tuberculosis in Viet Nam. A doctor...

  • Potent medicine 

    17/03/2011 05:00

    The deer’s velvet antlers, said to be the second most precious ingredient in traditional Oriental medicine after ginseng, have been used for a wide range of purposes For thousands of years, the deer’s velvet antlers, said to be...

  • Ministry clamps down on high medicine prices

    Ministry clamps down on high medicine prices

    15/03/2011 05:00

    The Drugs Administration of Viet Nam has instructed health departments nationwide to increase inspections of wholesale medicine prices registered with agency as part of the Health Ministry’s measures to curb price rises....

  • Demand for Tamiflu increases as H1N1 cases rise

    Demand for Tamiflu increases as H1N1 cases rise

    14/03/2011 05:00

    With swine flu having made a comeback and already begun to take its casualty toll in Vietnam, demand for Tamiflu has increased greatly. The management board at the Tropical Disease Hospital in Ho Chi Minh...

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