• Dengue fever soars in Phu Yen

    Dengue fever soars in Phu Yen

    21/06/2009 05:00

    As many as 920 people in the central province of Phu Yen have contracted dengue fever so far this year, a whopping 550 percent increase year-on-year, and two have died. A meeting on...

  • Health ministry reports six more H1N1 cases

    Health ministry reports six more H1N1 cases

    19/06/2009 05:00

    Officials from the Tan Binh District Preventive Health Agency in HCMC instruct a local resident (C) on preventive measures to guard against influenza A (H1N1) The Ministry of Health Friday confirmed six new...

  • Herbal capsules to treat womb ulcers

    18/06/2009 05:00

    A factory producing herbal medicine capsules from the crinium latifolium plant to treat prostatomegaly (benign inflammation of the prostate gland) and ulcers in the womb opened in southern Vietnam Thursday. The medicine is produced from an...

  • Tackling H1N1 flu a daunting task, say health officials

    Tackling H1N1 flu a daunting task, say health officials

    18/06/2009 05:00

    Officials from the Tan Binh District Preventive Health Agency in HCMC instruct a local resident (C) on preventive measures to guard against influenza A (H1N1) Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are reporting...

  • Five dead after suspected wine poisoning

    18/06/2009 05:00

    Five men in Dong Thap Province’s Sa Dec Town died earlier this week after consuming locally made medicinal wine, Vo Cong Doan, chief of the provincial Bureau for Food Safety and Hygiene, said Thursday. The men, residents of the town’s...

  • Health ministry confirms two more H1N1 cases

    Health ministry confirms two more H1N1 cases

    17/06/2009 05:00

    Two people returning from the US and Canada have tested positive for influenza A, raising the country’s total number of H1N1 cases to 28, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday....

  • Vietnam carving a niche in health food industry

    Vietnam carving a niche in health food industry

    17/06/2009 05:00

    Local entrepreneurs are taking advantage of growing health-consciousness at home and abroad by producing health cooking s with Vietnamese materials. Through research he undertook as an...

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