Health

Vietnam health ministry wary of widespread Tamiflu use
28/10/2009 05:00
Doctors are suggesting that Tamiflu be sold widely so that people can treat themselves at home, but the health ministry is concerned about the flu virus developing resistance to the drug....
Dairy firm halts production of suspect milk
26/10/2009 05:00
FrieslandCampina Vietnam has stopped the production of its Vivinal GOS milk suspected of sending 12 local children to hospital with allergies. The closure was announced Monday by the...
Animal health officials develop cold feet over frozen meat
26/10/2009 05:00
Chicken legs were found with pus in a cold store in Ho Chi Minh City. Imported meat is being tested loosely in Ho Chi Minh City with officials not following due process on account of it being too cold....
Nationâs first cyclotron center opens in Hanoi
26/10/2009 05:00
Vietnamâs first center applying participle accelerators, or cyclotrons, in medicine opened in Hanoi on Monday. Set up at the Ministry of National Defenseâs Army Central...
H1N1 death toll climbs to 35
26/10/2009 05:00
Three more swine-flu deaths reported on Monday has raised the national death toll to 35. One of the latest victims, a nine-month-old baby from the central highlands province of Dak Lak, was...
Swine flu claims four more lives
25/10/2009 05:00
The health ministry on Friday confirmed another four influenza A (H1N1) deaths, bringing the countryâs death toll to 31 since the disease was first detected here in May. All the...
Packaged milk allergies sends three kids to hospital
25/10/2009 05:00
Three more children have been hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City with allergies developed after having milk produced by FrieslandCampina Vietnam. This has happened even as a related...