• HCMC confirms seven more H1N1 cases; tally up to 97

    HCMC confirms seven more H1N1 cases; tally up to 97

    27/06/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City confirmed another seven cases of influenza A (H1N1) Saturday, with Hanoi and the central city of Hue city each confirming three additional cases, the Ministry of Health said....

  • Tuna lunch sends 30 more workers to hospital with food poisoning

    27/06/2009 05:00

    A group of 30 workers at Tan Duong Company in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh District were hospitalized for cooking poisoning Saturday evening after eating tuna. This comes after the municipal Department of Health confirmed last week that...

  • Moonshine kills 10 in Mekong Delta province

    Moonshine kills 10 in Mekong Delta province

    26/06/2009 05:00

    Spurious liquor caused the deaths of 10 people in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap Province from June 16-22, the province’s Department of Health said Friday. The 12 samples of...

  • National tally rises to 84 as eight more H1N1 cases found

    National tally rises to 84 as eight more H1N1 cases found

    26/06/2009 05:00

    The Ministry of Health Friday confirmed eight more cases of influenza A, one in Hanoi and the others in Ho Chi Minh City. Two of the cases were HCMC locals who’d come into physical...

  • Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis declines: UN

    Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis declines: UN

    25/06/2009 05:00

    A volunteer in the northern province of Ninh Binh displays a bucket of used syringes that he found on the street. Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis fell last year while production of stimulants rose,...

  • Unexplained cancer deaths in delta village spooks residents

    25/06/2009 05:00

    A very high incidence of cancer and resultant deaths in a Mekong Delta village in recent years has its residents living in fear and pain while health officials are clueless about cause. There are unconfirmed suspicions that presence of wartime...

  • Vietnam readies for pandemic as 15 more H1N1 cases found

    Vietnam readies for pandemic as 15 more H1N1 cases found

    25/06/2009 05:00

    Vietnam yesterday reported 15 more cases of influenza A sending health officials scrambling to get more hospitals ready in preparation for a possible national pandemic. Twelve of the...

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