• Deafness tops list as workplace accidents rise

    Deafness tops list as workplace accidents rise

    30/04/2009 05:00

    A worker at Dong Nai Province-based Tin Nghia granite factory. The increasingly dangerous working environments in Ho Chi Minh City saw a sharp spike in the number of workplace accidents and injuries, according...

  • Vietnam on full alert for swine flu

    Vietnam on full alert for swine flu

    29/04/2009 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered local leaders and agencies to stand vigilant against swine flu as travel increases for the Liberation Day holiday weekend. Dung directed the...

  • More than 100 new diarrhea cases reported in Dong Nai

    29/04/2009 05:00

    It began Monday with four officials and 12 jail detainees suffering from diarrhea in the southern province of Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa Town. The next day, 78 new cases cropped up, and the numbers jumped to 12 and 82 respectively, the town...

  • Vietnam raises swine flu alert level

    Vietnam raises swine flu alert level

    28/04/2009 05:00

    Health screening equipment at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday. Vietnam raised its swine flu alert to level 4 Tuesday, warning that the threat of “community level...

  • New project to benefit women and children with HIV

    28/04/2009 05:00

    An AusAID-funded Zect to provide crucial prevention care services for HIV positive women and children was launched in Hanoi Tuesday. AusAID, the Australian government’s aid agency, will provide A$250,000 (US$176,000) for the Compassion...

  • WHO hails Vietnam’s rapid swine flu response

    WHO hails Vietnam’s rapid swine flu response

    27/04/2009 05:00

    More personnel and health equipment arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Monday to screen the temperatures of arriving overseas passengers Vietnam is well fortified against the...

  • Australian official visits Vietnam to strengthen aid

    27/04/2009 05:00

    Australia’s Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, will visit the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) in Hanoi today. His visit aims to facilitate cataract operations supported by the...

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