Health

More schools close as H1N1 spreads in southern Vietnam
24/08/2009 05:00
A medical worker disinfects a classroom in Long An Province Authorities in southern Vietnam closed four more schools on Monday after another 16 students tested positive for influenza A (H1N1)....
Animal health authorities lax in HCMC, Dong Nai: conference
24/08/2009 05:00
Pork which fails to pass animal health agency inspections is found at a slaughterhouse in Tan Binh Distric, HCMC Government officials have blamed animal health authorities for the mismanagement of the slaughter...
Vietnam sets new record for H1N1 infections
23/08/2009 05:00
Another 118 cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus were recorded on Sunday, raising the countryâs tally to 2,014 cases since the epidemic first hit in May, according to the Ministry of Health....
Foot-and-mouth outbreaks revisit Quang Ngai
23/08/2009 05:00
File photo of a digger placing cows and sheep on a pile during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak in Britain Quang Ngai Province in the central region could be facing a serious foot-and-mouth outbreak following...
Mental health records of 2007 US school shooter released
21/08/2009 05:00
Undated photo released April 2007 by the Virginia State Police shows Cho Seung-Hui, the 23-year-old student from South Korea who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history at Virginia Tech University...
Vietnam records highest daily H1N1 tally to date
21/08/2009 05:00
Vietnam recorded 104 new cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus Friday, the highest number of infections on a single day to date, the Ministry of Health reported. The northern region...
Smile if youâre lucky
20/08/2009 05:00
Bui Van Nguyen, 6, from Tay Ninh Province, at My Thien Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7 after free surgery to fix a cleft palate. Thousands of poor Vietnamese children born with cleft lips and palates...