Health

New program to tackle gender imbalance at birth
08/07/2009 05:00
Newborn babies at a hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. The General Office for Population and Family Planning announced Wednesday a pilot program to prevent gender imbalance in favor of males at birth....
Hau Giang enters H1N1 books as Vietnam records 13 new cases
07/07/2009 05:00
Vietnam detected 13 new influenza A (H1N1) cases Tuesday including the first one in Mekong Deltaâs Hau Giang Province, raising the countryâs tally to 248 with no deaths. Four...
Nine more H1N1 cases reported in Vietnam
06/07/2009 05:00
Empty chairs are pictured in a classroom of Alexander-von-Humboldt high school in Berlin Monday. Three of the nine new influenza A (H1N1) cases confirmed Monday were locally transmitted, raising the...
Eleven H1N1 cases reported; tally up to 226
05/07/2009 05:00
The Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed 11 more cases of influenza A (H1N1), nine in Ho Chi Minh City and two in Hanoi, raising the countryâs tally to 226. The report made at 5...
H1N1 tally rises to 215 in Vietnam as seven more cases recorded
04/07/2009 05:00
Bakery employees wear surgical masks in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on Thursday The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed seven more cases of influenza A, also known as the H1N1 virus, with five...
Over 178,000 living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
04/07/2009 05:00
Some 178,000 people are living with HIV and AIDS in Vietnam while more than 42,700 have died from the disease since it was first recorded here in late 1990, said experts Saturday. The...
Rainy season could trigger dengue outbreak: ministry
03/07/2009 05:00
Children under treatment for dengue fever at Childrenâs Hospital No. 1 in Ho Chi Minh City Friday The Ministry of Health has warned that the coming rains could bring about a resurgence in dengue fever as 26...