The 78th annual conference of the International Commission of Large Dams (ICOLD) opened in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on May 25 with the participation of 600 officials and scientists from 90 countries. This is a good opportunity for...
The northern province of Thai Nguyen has started to build a water plant costing VND7 billion ($368,400) in Dai Tu district’s Cat Ne commune. Once operational in 2011, the plant is expected to supply clean water for 3,000 people in the commune.
As many as 60 people in the southern province of Tay Ninh suffered from food poisoning on May 24, the Thanh nien newspaper reported. The victims were sent to the Tay Ninh General Hospital with symptoms of stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea after...
Ho Chi Minh City heath officials have sealed 660 kilograms of Babysan-branded formula after finding the number of microorganisms in the milk exceeded the safe level fixed by the health ministry. Inspectors of the city’s Health Department said they...
Hoan My Medical Corp. operated a breast care center worth $2 million in Ho Chi Minh City last week, the first of its kind in Vietnam, the corporation said on its website. The center, which is equipped with modern equipment and technologies, will...
Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City spend VND1 trillion ($52.57 million) to upgrade infrastructure of hospitals each year, the Gia Dinh & Xa Hoi newspaper reported, citing the municipal Department of Health. The information was released at a...
More than 3% of Vietnamese children are disabled, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper cited experts at a recent conference held in the northern province of Phu Tho on May 24. The conference on early detection of deformities among children was jointly held by...
Up to 23,000 children in Vietnam are blind in both eyes and half of these cases could have been preventable if getting timely treatment, statistics from the Hanoi-based Central Eye Hospital showed. The hospital also warned of an increase of children...
The Vietnam National University plans to invest $200 million in a 1,000-bed hospital project and a school of medicine and pharmacy. The project is scheduled to cover 30 hectares in the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, 30 kilometers from the center of Hanoi,...
Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu has urged the private sector to invest into the healthcare field in a bid to improve the service quality and reduce the financial burden for the state. Trieu made the call at a conference on public -...