• Will there be blood?

    Will there be blood?

    15/01/2009 05:00

    Students – Vietnam’s largest blood suppliers – join a voluntary blood donation day in Hanoi last November. Hundreds of children need blood donations before they can spend the Tet holiday with...

  • Sweden supports childhood cancer treatment in Vietnam

    14/01/2009 05:00

    The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University and Lund University Hospital of Sweden are cooperating with the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics to improve cancer care for children. According to a press release from the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi...

  • Avian flu found in smuggled Chinese chicken

    13/01/2009 05:00

    Animal health officials in the northern province of Lang Son have detected bird flu in chickens smuggled from China. Do Van Duoc, head of the provincial Animal Health Department, said Tuesday that eight of 16 samples taken from the chicken...

  • Ministry rejects foreign firms’ price fixing protocol

    Ministry rejects foreign firms’ price fixing protocol

    13/01/2009 05:00

    The Health Ministry’s Drug Administration Tuesday rejected proposals by several foreign pharmaceutical companies on procedures to approve requests to increase medicine prices. The...

  • Respiratory diseases rife as mercury plunges

    Respiratory diseases rife as mercury plunges

    13/01/2009 05:00

    A child is treated at Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital No. 1. The recent cold snap has sent many children and elderly patients to hospitals suffering from respiratory-related diseases. Ho Chi Minh City...

  • Asians among the world’s most underweight citizens

    Asians among the world’s most underweight citizens

    12/01/2009 05:00

    People walking at the Le Van Tam Park in HCMC’s District 1 Monday. Walking is the most popular form of exercise for Vietnamese wanting to lose weight, according to a Nielsen survey. The Asia Pacific region...

  • Health Ministry to assign more doctors to rural hospitals

    Health Ministry to assign more doctors to rural hospitals

    11/01/2009 05:00

    Patients filing paperwork at Ho Chi Minh City Tumor Hospital. Encouraging results from a pilot project that deputed medical personnel from big cities and provinces to work in rural and remote areas have...

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