• Operation Smile to visit Hanoi, Hue

    15/03/2009 05:00

    The US-based Operation Smile organization will send a dental mission to Vietnam from March 19-28 to give dental education and treatment to locals in Hanoi and central Hue city Town. The group, which includes three working teams, will provide...

  • External liver baby survives operation

    External liver baby survives operation

    15/03/2009 05:00

    The new-born baby with her external liver and intestines before the operation A hospital in southern Dong Nai Province Sunday performed a successful operation on a baby born Friday with her liver and intestines...

  • School near fast-food joint? Expect fatter kids

    14/03/2009 05:00

    A fast- cooking restaurant within about 500 feet of a school may lead to at least a 5 percent increase in the obesity rate at that school, according to a study released on Friday. The study, conducted by economists at Columbia University and the...

  • US to sponsor bird flu training in Vietnam

    US to sponsor bird flu training in Vietnam

    13/03/2009 05:00

    Animal health officials in Bac Lieu Province cull a flock of ducks with bird flu in Phuoc G Long District’s Vinh Phu Dong Commune The US government will support a training program to provide Vietnamese...

  • Illegal wild meat mostly served decayed: experts

    Illegal wild meat mostly served decayed: experts

    12/03/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City park rangers seize more than a hundred kilograms of wild boar and mouse-deer meat at a restaurant in Thu Duc District The hundreds of restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City that illegally serve wild...

  • Piglets caught, culled in Quang Nam

    12/03/2009 05:00

    Inspectors in the central province of Quang Nam Tuesday discovered more than 260 live piglets and parts of 850 others being transported out of a blue ear epidemic zone in a truck. Truck driver Nguyen Van Tuan, 30, said he was hired by people of...

  • Tiny Ly

    Tiny Ly

    12/03/2009 05:00

    Ly weighed only 1.5 pounds at birth. Her parents gave her the name, which means “cup,” because she was as small as a cup. Doctors who helped give birth to Ly at the Vung Liem District hospital in Vinh Long Province said they’d...

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