• Ministry reports 27 more H1N1 cases

    03/07/2009 05:00

    The Health Ministry on Friday reported 27 more cases of influenza A (H1N1), raising Vietnam’s total to 208. Twenty-five of the cases were found in the south with the two others in the north. Three of the 25 patients detected with the...

  • Vietnam destroys books on gender selection to fight sex imbalance

    Vietnam destroys books on gender selection to fight sex imbalance

    03/07/2009 05:00

    Boys outnumber girls at a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese government, concerned that too many boys are being born, will destroy more than 30,000 copies of books instructing couples on how to...

  • Vietnam’s research team in forefront of H1N1 fight

    Vietnam’s research team in forefront of H1N1 fight

    02/07/2009 05:00

    A researcher works at the examination center at Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital A seven-member team has been working around the clock at the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Hospital ever since the...

  • Vegetarian diet weakens bones: study

    02/07/2009 05:00

    People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday. A joint Australian-Vietnamese study of links between the bones and diet of more than 2,700 people found...

  • Vietnam finds 15 more H1N1 cases

    Vietnam finds 15 more H1N1 cases

    02/07/2009 05:00

    Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu (R) visits Hanoi’s first influenza A patient early June. The Health Ministry on Thursday reported 15 more cases of influenza A virus raising the country’s total to...

  • Vietnam seizes gender books to fight sex imbalance

    Vietnam seizes gender books to fight sex imbalance

    02/07/2009 05:00

    Vietnam’s government has seized scores of locally published books on how to choose a baby’s gender as it faces a problem of boys outnumbering girls. Local newspapers said on Friday some...

  • Hospitals still slow, overcrowded as revamp project begins

    Hospitals still slow, overcrowded as revamp project begins

    01/07/2009 05:00

    Paperwork piles up at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du Hosptial. Hospitals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are crowded and service is slow after a Health Ministry program to improve patient care began last week....

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