• Over 70 percent raw vegetables at restaurants infected with parasite

    06/05/2010 05:00

    A survey at 100 restaurants in HCM City has revealed that up to 70 percent of them serve customers with parasite-infected raw vegetables, announced the HCM City-based Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University. ‘ Wild’ vegetables turn gourmet specials Vietnam...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/5

    06/05/2010 05:00

    First solar-power station to be built in Quang Binh; BOEING helps build school in Dien Bien; OpenCourseWare global meeting opens in Vietnam; Former Caracas guerrilla presented friendship insignia International seminar on casual labour opens in Hanoi Economists,...

  • Vietnam’s sperm banks lack “capital”

    Vietnam’s sperm banks lack “capital”

    05/05/2010 05:00

    In Vietnam, around 5-10% of infertility cases are caused by problems with men’s sperm count. The need for donors at sperm banks is high, but men are not eager to donate their semen. In Vietnam, around 5-10 percent of infertility cases are caused by problems with...

  • Vietnam urgently recalls Made-in-US influenza syrup

    Vietnam urgently recalls Made-in-US influenza syrup

    05/05/2010 05:00

    The Vietnam Drug Administration on May 4 announced of an urgent recall of child and infant liquid formulations of Tylenol, Motrin, Zytrec, and Benadryl by McNeil sold in Vietnam. VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Drug Administration on May 4 announced of an urgent...

  • Bell rings untrue, farmers attack government office

    Bell rings untrue, farmers attack government office

    05/05/2010 05:00

    Believing that their commune’s over-100-year-old bell was exchanged fraudulently, thousands of people in Bac Ninh surrounded the office of local commune government and assaulted an official. VietNamNet Bridge – Believing that their commune’s over-100-year-old...

  • Customs captures two tones of illegal ivory

    Customs captures two tones of illegal ivory

    05/05/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officers at the port of Hai Phong on May 4-5 unveiled nearly two tones of elephant tusks imported into Vietnam from Africa. Cooperation leads to Tanzanian arrests in VN’s biggest ivory seizure case...

  • Over 100 die each day of smoking related illnesses

    05/05/2010 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 44,000 Vietnamese die of cigarettes each year. The percentage of young smokers is on the rise, according to a seminar held in Hanoi on May 5. VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 44,000 Vietnamese die of cigarettes...

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