• Vietnam begins checking eggs for melamine

    Vietnam begins checking eggs for melamine

    28/10/2008 05:00

    Authorities are checking eggs for melamine contamination after media reports that traces of the industrial chemical was found inside chicken eggs sold in China’s Hong Kong. Tests...

  • New driving license conditions criticized

    27/10/2008 05:00

    The Ministry of Justice has called for a delay in the introduction of height and weight restrictions on driving licenses. Ministry of Justice spokesman Le Hong Son said the proposed new restrictions, announced by the Ministry of Health last...

  • Public apathy blamed as dengue fever changes trend

    Public apathy blamed as dengue fever changes trend

    27/10/2008 05:00

    The city plans to discuss fresh anti-dengue fever measures with all its districts today, with evidence emerging that a usual drop in cases at this time of the year is being reversed....

  • Conjoined twins born in central province

    26/10/2008 05:00

    Two girls were born at An Phuoc General Hospital in south-central Binh Thuan Province early Sunday joined at the torso. The 4.4-kilo babies have a shared circulatory system and a navel. One was in good health, while the other had to be put...

  • Blights in the eye of young beholders

    Blights in the eye of young beholders

    26/10/2008 05:00

    A young student wears glasses at the Nguyen Binh Khiem Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Doctors at the city’s major eye hospital are concerned about increasing vision problems among...

  • Dengue continues skyrocketing in HCMC

    Dengue continues skyrocketing in HCMC

    24/10/2008 05:00

    A seven-and-a-half-month-old baby in critical condition undergoes treatment for dengue fever at Ho Chi Minh City’s Children Hospital No. 2 Cases of dengue fever have surged over the last year and health...

  • French doctors complete traditional medicine course in Hue

    24/10/2008 05:00

    Hue city Central Hospital has issued certificates to 10 French doctors who completed a three-day course in traditional medicine, its director, Bui Duc Phu, said Friday. The doctors, who come from various hospitals in Reunion Island in...

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