Health

Ho Chi Minh City chokes on traffic pollution
26/03/2009 05:00
Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street in Binh Thanh District is typical of the packed streets in Ho Chi Minh City these days. A face mask is not enough to protect residents of a city tormented by ever-worsening air...
Disease expert says measles could break out again
26/03/2009 05:00
Measles is likely to break out again because only 85 percent of vaccinated people are protected, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Director Nguyen Tran Hien said Thursday. According to health agency reports, the recent outbreak...
HCMC health center halts vaccination agreements
26/03/2009 05:00
The Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Diseases Institute has stopped asking patients to sign agreements before vaccinations in line with a recently issued Health Ministry order. Deputy Minister...
Poor TB control puts everyone at risk: conference
25/03/2009 05:00
A nurse tends to a TB patient at a tuberculosis and lung diseases hospital in Vietnam. Tuberculosis will continue to spread if the public and private health sectors in Ho Chi Minh City do not lift their game....
Unnecessary side effects, medicine abuse rampant in hospitals
25/03/2009 05:00
People buy medicines from a pharmacy on Hai Ba Trung Street in Hanoi. Hospitals in Vietnam tend to overuse injections and prescribe too many vitamins, experts said at a conference in Hanoi. More than 2,000 cases...
Hanoiâs tap water reeks of ammonia
25/03/2009 05:00
While samples taken from two of Hanoiâs water plants contain high levels of ammonia, the concentrations of other potentially harmful substances are within the safety zone, the cityâs health department...
HCMC suspends nearly 30 bottled water producers in a month
24/03/2009 05:00
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have temporarily shut down 27 unhygienic bottled water companies since mid-February, the municipal Health Department said Tuesday. Health inspectors have...