• Lao Cai contains flu outbreak in group of travelers

    Lao Cai contains flu outbreak in group of travelers

    27/08/2009 05:00

    The northern highlands province of Lao Cai has contained an H1N1 outbreak in a group of college students and teachers that arrived in the northwestern mountains from Ho Chi Minh City just over two weeks ago....

  • WB HIV toolkit set for Mekong Delta infrastructure project

    27/08/2009 05:00

    A national HIV awareness raising program for migrant workers on infrastructure projects is poised to start in the Mekong Delta, awaiting approval from the Transport Ministry. The World Bank, which is funding the program, and other stakeholders...

  • Unsalable meat on sale in Vietnam; food inspectors unequipped

    Unsalable meat on sale in Vietnam; food inspectors unequipped

    27/08/2009 05:00

    Containers of imported meat at a southern Vietnamese port Food regulators don’t have the resources needed to inspect imports thoroughly, said experts as a local official proclaimed that other countries were...

  • Home-grown H1N1 testing reagents on the way

    Home-grown H1N1 testing reagents on the way

    26/08/2009 05:00

    Vietnam is researching the production of biological reagents to diagnose the H1N1 influenza A virus and has gained good results from the initial experiments, a health official said on Wednesday....

  • Vietnam’s diabetic numbers growing unnoticed: project

    26/08/2009 05:00

    The number of diabetes patients in Vietnam is increasing at one of the highest rates in the world with around 65 percent of people with diabetes unaware they are affected, health experts said Thursday. The number of diabetics increases 8-10...

  • Dengue fever blitzes Hanoi

    Dengue fever blitzes Hanoi

    25/08/2009 05:00

    Between 200 and 300 new cases of dengue fever are being diagnosed every week in Hanoi, the city’s health department announced on Tuesday. Since the beginning of this year, 2,500...

  • Hanoi yet to find polymer in milk tea pearls, but toxins abundant

    Hanoi yet to find polymer in milk tea pearls, but toxins abundant

    25/08/2009 05:00

    Tapioca balls in Hanoi are laden with toxins, health agencies said Wednesday after a Chinese newspaper reported earlier this month that supposed tapioca balls made in that country were actually made of polymer....

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