• Health insurance transition leaves Hanoi masses without coverage

    Health insurance transition leaves Hanoi masses without coverage

    08/01/2010 05:00

    The botched transition to new health insurance cards following a new law effective last October has left many Hanoian health insurance holders without access to benefits. New health...

  • Unidentified tea allegedly kills three, poison 12

    07/01/2010 05:00

    Three people have died and other twelve have been critically poisoned after drinking tea made from unidentified leaves and roots in a northern village. Hoang Van Van, head of Tan Phong No.1 Village, said the incident happened at Sunday night...

  • Melon seeds found soaked in carcinogenic dye

    Melon seeds found soaked in carcinogenic dye

    07/01/2010 05:00

    Large batches of melon seeds, a popular snack and mouth freshener in Vietnam, were found containing carcinogenic dye in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday. Inspectors from the city Health...

  • Eat chè for beauty

    Eat chè for beauty

    07/01/2010 05:00

    Chè with scarcely ripe papaya and fresh cow’s milk will help lighten and smooth skin and blacken hair Chè, the humble stewed fruit and sweet soup, is a favorite cooking for everyone, especially...

  • Eggs help slip the yoke of sickness

    Eggs help slip the yoke of sickness

    01/01/2010 05:00

    Chicken eggs are used to make a handful of remedies and traditional medicines Herbalist Hoai Vu says chicken egg yolks are more nutritious than the whites. In Vietnam, yolks are used to...

  • East Timor’s ticking AIDS timebomb

    East Timor’s ticking AIDS timebomb

    31/12/2009 05:00

    A Timorese man is seen standing next to brochures about HIV/AIDS at a clinic in Dili. The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general...

  • At home spa gift voucher

    At home spa gift voucher

    28/12/2009 05:00

    Rose, jasmine, lotus are the best flowers for a flower bath. Valentine’s Day, Birthday, Women’s Day, several other special days and then… Xmas and the New Year. Run out of gift ideas already?...

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