Vietnam has more than 16,000 people currently waiting for organ transplant operations, according to data released by health experts at a seminar on “Calling the public for humanitarian organ transplants” held at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City...
The Hanoi Department of Health reported that the city had recorded 102 cases of dengue fever in the first five months this year, state media reported on June 4. The number represents an increase of 62 cases or a 2.55 times increase over the same...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has started to provide free rubella vaccinations for children from 18 months old, state media reported on June 5. All children from 18 months to 14 years old who have not been vaccinated for rubella will be able to...
Vietnam is requiring visitors arriving at all airports and border gates across the country to fill out a health declaration starting on June 5, the Emergency Operations Center under the Ministry of Health (MoH) said Thursday after a meeting aimed at...
Vietnam registered 42 serious food poisoning cases which affected 1,898 people, of whom 10 died, from January to May, while the respective figures were 36, 1,064 and 10 in the same period last year, the country's General Statistics Office announced...
Vietnam needs to do more for reducing natural disasters, according to experts at a conference held in Hanoi on June 2. The conference, which was organized to introduce Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Global Assessment Report on...
All regions in Vietnam are likely to experience higher temperatures and less rain falls between June and August this year compared to the yearly average level, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting (NCHMF). The average...
Campaigns to mark World Environment Day, which falls on June 5 every year, are being held in the central Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue provinces. The campaigns raised awareness about responsible consumption and conservation of clean water. The...
Vietnam has prepared measures to tighten management of water resources in an effort to join hands with the international community to cope with worse developments of the climate change, Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at...
The Hanoi National University (HNU), one of leading universities in Vietnam, has applied a new university entrance exam on computers amid public concerns over the subjective and fairness, state media reported on June 2. The first round of the...
