• Japanese doctor to hold charity party next week in HCMC

    30/05/2009 05:00

    Japanese ophthalmologist and philantropist Dr. Hattori Tadashi and Royal Trans Co. Ltd. will organize the second annual charity party in Ho Chi Minh City next Friday to raise funds for his volunteer work in Vietnam. The event will take place on...

  • US doubles dioxin clean-up aid

    29/05/2009 05:00

    The US government has doubled its funding for environmental health and remediation in Vietnam with an additional US$3 million, the American embassy said in a press release issued Friday. The extra funding, which will come on top of $3 million...

  • WHO urges more effective health warnings on tobacco products

    WHO urges more effective health warnings on tobacco products

    29/05/2009 05:00

    The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called on governments to put graphic pictures on tobacco products to show the frightening physical results of smoking. In Vietnam, tobacco use...

  • Vietnam population growing on lower mortality, higher expectancy

    Vietnam population growing on lower mortality, higher expectancy

    29/05/2009 05:00

    Vietnam’s population will continue rising over the next 20 years, even as birth rates drop, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a recently-published booklet. The...

  • Amphetamine use on the rise in Vietnam: conference

    Amphetamine use on the rise in Vietnam: conference

    29/05/2009 05:00

    The use of amphetamines by young people is on the rise in Vietnam while the country has no rehabilitation centers catering to addicts of the stimulant, experts warn. Simon Baldwin of...

  • US gives Vietnam protective bird flu equipment

    27/05/2009 05:00

    The US will provide Vietnam with 4,000 sets of personal protective equipment and 100 boxes of biodegradable disinfectant powder to help cope with future bird flu threats, the US embassy said in a press release Wednesday. The provision is enough...

  • Poor girl struggles against 10-kg tumor

    Poor girl struggles against 10-kg tumor

    26/05/2009 05:00

    Pham Thi Xinh of Da Nang City suffers from a malignant tumor in her left thigh that weighs over 10 kilograms A 10-kilogram tumor on seventeen-year-old Pham Thi Xinh’s leg keeps her in bed all day, her...

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