• Vietnam takes emergency measures against swine flu

    Vietnam takes emergency measures against swine flu

    26/04/2009 05:00

    Passengers walk past a device installed to check body temperature at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC. Health authorities are scrambling to implement precautionary measures against a new type of H1N1...

  • Acute diarrhea outbreak in Dong Nai under control

    26/04/2009 05:00

    An acute diarrhea outbreak, which occurred in southern Dong Nai Province’s Xuan Loc District and affected more than 500 locals, is now under control officials say. Cao Trong Nguong, director of the southeastern province’s Preventive...

  • Men should hold onto dongs, due to recent slashes

    25/04/2009 05:00

    Doctors are reporting an increase in the number of men being rushed to hospital after their sexual organs have been cut off by jealous wives or girlfriends. The good news for the castrated men is that the amputated organ can be successfully...

  • Fit of jealousy costs An Giang youth his manhood

    25/04/2009 05:00

    Cho Ray Hospital Saturday admitted a twenty-nine-year-old man from An Giang Province whose jealous girlfriend had severed his genitals. His relative said N.D.L’s girlfriend had cut the victim’s penis off during a manic fit of...

  • Vietnam on alert as new killer flu stalks Mexico, US

    25/04/2009 05:00

    The Health Ministry Saturday urged agencies concerned to take precautionary measures against a deadly new multi-strain swine flu which has exacted a stiff toll on Mexico and the US. The ministry issued the emergency dispatch after the World...

  • Singaporean has Asia’s first combined heart, liver transplant

    Singaporean has Asia’s first combined heart, liver transplant

    24/04/2009 05:00

    Lau Chin Kwee (R), a 58-year-old Singaporean pastor, is seen Friday with his son after a successful heart and liver transplant at a hospital in Singapore. A 58-year-old Singaporean pastor has undergone a...

  • ‘Pure,’ healthy water can be a misnomer: conference

    ‘Pure,’ healthy water can be a misnomer: conference

    24/04/2009 05:00

    Experts at a Hanoi conference Friday called for more caution in using bottled water, as the production process has been simplified and minerals contained are not always good for people Consumers should not see...

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