• Vietnam confirms seven new H1N1 cases, WHO announces pandemic

    Vietnam confirms seven new H1N1 cases, WHO announces pandemic

    11/06/2009 05:00

    Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu (R) visits Hanoi’s first influenza A patient Thursday. Seven new influenza A (H1N1) cases in Vietnam have brought the national tally to 25 as the World Health Organization...

  • Food poisoning hits hundreds of workers

    11/06/2009 05:00

    Nearly 350 workers at two Ho Chi Minh City companies were hospitalized for cooking poisoning Thursday. Thu Duc District Hospital received more than 170 workers from Minh Nghe Co. around 7 p.m. while about 175 workers from Thuong Thang Co....

  • Food safety at ‘alarmingly’ low levels

    Food safety at ‘alarmingly’ low levels

    10/06/2009 05:00

    cooking -162-09.jpg" hspace="1" align="left" vspace="1" class=pix> A roadside bun rieu (crab paste noodle soup) eatery in Ho Chi Minh City. Calling for new laws and more money to enforce rules, National Assembly...

  • Hospitals crowded in northern heat wave

    Hospitals crowded in northern heat wave

    10/06/2009 05:00

    Hot weather has been blamed for more than 110 children being admitted to Lao Cai Province General Hospital No. 1 with pneumonia and viral fevers since early this month. There are three...

  • Hanoi reports first H1N1 case as HCMC finds two more

    Hanoi reports first H1N1 case as HCMC finds two more

    10/06/2009 05:00

    Hanoi on Wednesday reported its first human case of influenza A (H1N1) virus while Ho Chi Minh City increased its tally by two more to 19 so far. A 35-year-old Hanoi native male was...

  • Country lacks 60 percent of needed blood: WHO

    Country lacks 60 percent of needed blood: WHO

    09/06/2009 05:00

    The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday called for Vietnam to regulate blood donations and address its chronic shortage of blood supplies. Vietnam should set a realistic, timescale...

  • Local beverage samples tested for quality

    09/06/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City Health Department inspectors took samples of Tan Hiep Phat Company beverage products on Monday to check if they match hygiene standards claimed on their labels. The result of the examination will be released next week,...

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