May, 30 2012 11:46:07
As many as 80 Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange will be given free medical check-ups at South Korea's Yonsei Hospital next week.
May, 30 2012 10:12:48
Viet Nam has targeted an HIV infection rate of under
0.3 per cent by 2020, under a National Strategy for HIV/AIDS Prevention
and Control to 2020 with a vision to 2030 approved by the Prime
Minister.
May, 30 2012 09:51:34
Viet Nam is taking measures to prevent and control
cholera this summer, with only one case detected in the first quarter,
head of Preventive Medicine Department Nguyen Van Binh told a workshop
in Da Nang City yesterday.
May, 30 2012 09:44:23
The Friendship General Hospital of central Nghe An
Province has carried out its first open-heart surgeries for two
children. With the help from the Ha Noi Heart Hospital doctors, surgeons
successfully completed the surgeries after four hours.
May, 29 2012 16:40:00
A conference on HIV/AIDS today found that though local NGOs have played
an important role in combating disease-related issues in Viet Nam they
need to better co-operate with each other and the State.
May, 29 2012 12:19:33
More than 5 million of children under five-years-old
and 600,000 mothers who have given birth in the last month will be
provided with vitamin A capsules and iron capsules to prevent nutrient
deficiency on Micro-Nutrient Day on June 1 and 2.
May, 29 2012 10:05:56
Central Nghe An Province will build a modern
incinerator to treat toxic medical waste in Vinh City and adjacent
districts during 2012-20.
May, 29 2012 10:03:37
Thirty per cent of drugstores in HCM City may be
participating in the city's price stabilisation programme, but it
remains hard to find low-priced drugs in the city.
May, 29 2012 09:55:21
An unidentified skin disease has claimed one more
death in central Quang Ngai Province, bringing the total number of
fatalities to 22.
May, 26 2012 08:51:38
Viet Nam has seen a downward trend in the number of
HIV cases but at a slowing pace in recent years, according to the
Ministry of Health's Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control.