Vietnam has quarantined a 27-year-old man after this person coming back from Africa to Tan Son Nhat Airport on February 11, local media reported. The man, who worked as a photographer in Sierra Leone, was diagnosed with pneumonia before getting on...
No cases of Zika fever have been reported in Vietnam so far, but the country is expanding surveillance as the world epidemic situation becomes more serious, a health official said. At an urgent Ministry of Health meeting on Feb 16, Deputy Minister...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health on Feb 16 said Vietnam has imported more than 9,000 kilograms of pyriproxyfen, a chemical used to kill mosquito larvae and recently linked to microcephaly, a condition wherein babies are born with abnormally small heads...
Vietnamese hospitals will raise fees by 30% minimum and up to 50% maximum effective on March 1st, according to the Financial Planning Department under the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, hospital fees will now include doctor’s salary, which will...
The northern border province of Lao Cai is taking various measures that focus on health monitoring at border entry points to prevent the Zika virus from entering Vietnam. The provincial international medical quarantine centre has arranged body...
Vietnam has high potential to ship its agricultural products to foreign markets, especially countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, however, the export revenues will depend on whether the Vietnam-sourced farm produce can meet...
Plans to evaluate mineral reserves and marine natural resources and to help residents better adapt to climate change nationwide - especially in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, the area predicted to suffer the most from climate change – are high...
Vietnam’s central region and Central Highlands will see even more severe droughts and water shortage this year compared to 2015, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has warned. Water volume in rivers in the central region and...
Workers at a bauxite factory in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong last weekend discovered a broken pipeline that contains corrosive chemical Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH), which has been leaking and could pose serious environmental threats...
As many as 21 animals and one plant in the southern province of Kien Giang have been classified as endangered species that need to be better protected, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The threatened...
