• City groundwater goes from bad to worse

    17/02/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City’s groundwater is becoming ever more contaminated because of the excessive amounts of chemicals that keep getting dumped into sewers, canals and old wells, local authorities said. Of the four main groundwater levels, the...

  • Mosquito breeding no walk in the park

    Mosquito breeding no walk in the park

    17/02/2009 05:00

    Pham Thi Hoan, a member of the mosquito-raising team at the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, helps mosquitoes mate under a microscope Raising mosquitoes for vaccine research may...

  • Third human bird flu case recorded in two months

    Third human bird flu case recorded in two months

    16/02/2009 05:00

    Health authorities in bird flu-hit Bac Ninh Province sterilize an epidemic zone. Vietnam has recorded three bird flu cases over the last two months. A 32-year-old northern man has tested positive for bird flu,...

  • First Champa doctor says medicine his ‘destiny’

    First Champa doctor says medicine his ‘destiny’

    16/02/2009 05:00

    Dr. Mieu Tieu Chong checks on a patient on the night of the Lunar New Year’s Eve. It wasn’t an easy path, but for Mieu Tieu Chong, becoming the first doctor in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces was...

  • Dangerous chemicals infest Hanoi’s groundwater

    16/02/2009 05:00

    Hanoi’s groundwater contains excessive levels of arsenic, ammonia and other dangerous chemicals, the Center for Water Resources Zoning and Inspection has found. The greatest concentrations are found in and around dumpsites, industrial...

  • Record numbers of donors attend blood drive

    Record numbers of donors attend blood drive

    14/02/2009 05:00

    Around 6,500 people, a record number of donors in a single day, donated about 4,000 blood units at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium in a blood donation festival Saturday, according to the Voice of Vietnam....

  • Tropical diseases swarm Hanoi, HCMC

    Tropical diseases swarm Hanoi, HCMC

    13/02/2009 05:00

    A patient is being treated for chicken-pox, a common illness among kids, at the HCMC’s Children Hospital No. 1 Unusual weather has caused dengue fever, measles and chicken-pox cases to rise sharply in...

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