Health

Vietnam’s highland province reports first H1N1 case
28/07/2009 05:00
Influenza A (H1N1) patients quarantined in Ho Chi Minh City. The virus has infected people in 23 cities and provinces nationwide. The effectiveness of implementing foreign investment projects is much more...
HCMC Tumor Hospital admits doctors âmoonlightâ
28/07/2009 05:00
A common scene at the HCMC Tumor Hospital with patients crowding in waiting areas. The board of directors of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tumor Hospital has admitted to Thanh Nien that some of their doctors were...
Health staff moonlight at public hospital
27/07/2009 05:00
M. (R), one of the ring members who helps fast-track the ultrasound process at the Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, speaking with a Thanh Nien correspondent masquerading as a patient Over 100 people were...
H1N1 virus closes another city school, Viettel office infected
27/07/2009 05:00
The Ho Chi Minh Cityâs Construction Technical Vocational School was quarantined and shut down Monday after a student was found with influenza A (H1N1) Another school in Ho Chi Minh City was shut down Monday...
Southern children to receive free facial surgery
27/07/2009 05:00
More than 300 children with cleft lips and palates will receive free surgery over the next month thanks to a campaign launched Monday in Ho Chi Minh City. Operation Smile Vietnam (OSV),...
Reproductive health project offers specialists new methods
26/07/2009 05:00
A nine-year reproductive health training project funded by foreign donors has provided nearly 700 clinicians and teachers with new skills and methods, reported organizers at a workshop last week. Begun in 2001, the project has trained 235...
More students, provinces hit by H1N1
26/07/2009 05:00
Ho Chi Minh City Sunday confirmed 12 more H1N1 infections in students at three schools while 45 new cases were confirmed nationwide, raising the countryâs tally to 612. Ngo Thoi...