• Drug cartel has stranglehold on Vietnam market: report

    Drug cartel has stranglehold on Vietnam market: report

    22/03/2009 05:00

    A pharmacist dispenses medicine at a drug store in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1. Vietnam’s drug market is heavily dependent on foreign suppliers, and there are a few firms that are apparently...

  • Hanoi’s water not so capital?

    Hanoi’s water not so capital?

    22/03/2009 05:00

    The Hanoi Health Department has taken samples from two major water plants for testing after a group of scientists claimed early this week that the water supplied by several plants was unsafe for use by humans....

  • Dong Thap to step up bird flu fight after death of 3-year-old boy

    22/03/2009 05:00

    Health officials have called for strengthened precautionary and preventive measures against the spread of bird flu in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. The call came after the death of a three-year-old boy from the province’s Chau...

  • Woman suspected of dying of bird flu

    22/03/2009 05:00

    Doctors at Bac Lieu General Hospital suspect a patient from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang died of avian flu on Friday. Hospital Director Tran Van Khanh said Saturday doctors suspected the H5N1 avian influenza virus because 26-year-old...

  • Coal toxins pose fatal risk to third of Hanoians: conference

    Coal toxins pose fatal risk to third of Hanoians: conference

    19/03/2009 05:00

    A man makes honeycomb coal from a mixture of mud and coal powder for use in coal stoves Nearly a third of the households in Hanoi use coal for heating and cooking but risk poisoning from inhaling the toxic...

  • Dirty water bottler ignores suspension

    Dirty water bottler ignores suspension

    19/03/2009 05:00

    A Ho Chi Minh City water bottling company suspended by city health authorities for violating hygiene regulations is still operating illegally. Health inspectors halted production at...

  • Three-year-old dies from bird flu

    Three-year-old dies from bird flu

    19/03/2009 05:00

    A poster warns people about bird flu in Ho Chi Minh City in late February. A three-year-old boy from the Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap died Thursday after testing positive for bird flu on Wednesday....

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