Health

Health Ministry reports 118 new swine flu cases
12/09/2009 05:00
The Health Ministry on Friday reported another 118 people found with the influenza A (H1N1) virus, increasing the countryâs tally to 4,383 since the flu broke out in May. Five...
Vietnam reports 5th swine flu-related death
09/09/2009 05:00
A nine-year-old boy from Dong Nai Province died of influenza A on Wednesday, becoming the fifth H1N1 related death in the country, the Health Ministry said. Tho Luc developed a fever on...
Fresh foot-and-mouth outbreak hits central Vietnam
09/09/2009 05:00
The second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Quang Binh has affected nearly 40 cows and buffalos. The central provinceâs agriculture department said on Tuesday that authorities in Truong Xuan Commune and related agencies have taken...
Vietnam tightens safety standards for fabric, toys
09/09/2009 05:00
A boy ponders some Chinese-made toys at a shop in Binh Tay Province, HCMC Vietnam has issued new safety requirements for fabric and toys that will take effect next April following the discovery of hazardous...
Ministries should divvy up food control duties: conference
08/09/2009 05:00
cooking 1-072-09.jpg" hspace="1" align="left" vspace="1" class=pix> A chicken pho restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. The responsibility of managing food safety should be divided among three concerned ministries, an...
Health facilities facing shortage of H1N1 testing agents
08/09/2009 05:00
Vietnamese laboratories are about to run out of supplies needed to test for the H1N1 influeza A virus. It is the second time that the country faced the exhaustion of the reagents since...
Blue ear returns to kill again
07/09/2009 05:00
In the third outbreak this year, hundreds of pigs have died of blue ear in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu in recent days. The disease has spread quickly and might have infected the...