Hanoi will support 50% of the current tuition fees for students who live in households near the poverty line beginning the 2011-2011 school year, said the city’s Department of Education and Training. The beneficiaries include those who learn at...
As many as 97 workers of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Showa Vietnam Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Showa Co of Japan, suffered from food poisoning on June 9, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said June 10. The victims were hospitalized with symptoms of...
More than 100 people in Vietnam’s central province of Binh Thuan were hospitalized on June 10 due to food poisoning. The victims reportedly suffered from symptoms of stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea after having a meal at a restaurant in the Suoi...
Acute diarrhea has killed six children in Vietnam’s northern province of Cao Bang, the online www.vietnamnet.vn newspaper reported June 5, citing a local health official. The epidemic has broken out in the province from May 19, affecting more than...
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang June 7 began the construction of an obstetric and pediatric hospital worth VND830 billion ($43.64 million) from g-bond in the presence of a member of the Vietnamese Politburo Truong Tan Sang. Covering...
The health department of Ho Chi Minh City has warned of the rising number of people contracting dengue fever due to rainy season, the www.toquoc.gov.vn online newspaper reported June 5. The municipal hospitals now provide medical treatment for...
The Italian University of Sassari and the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy are holding a five-day festival on healthcare in Vietnam’s central city of Hue beginning June 8, state media reported June 10. The event, the first of its kind in the...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has forecast that the country is still at risk of latent cholera infection if prevention measures are not strongly taken, the Voice of Vietnam said June 11. Cholera bacterium tests have shown results of poisonous...
Authorities of Mekong Delta region have been cautioned about increasing number of people contracting dengue fever two months prior to the virus' peak season, health experts were quoted by the Vietnam News Agency as saying June 12. Statistics from An...
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank of France will finance $50 million for the 750-MW Nhon Trach 2 power project Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai via Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank). A short-term credit agreement to...