The World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam said that the Southeast Asian country has seen an increasing number of tuberculosis (TB) patients, calling for sustained commitments to the fight against TB and drug resistant TB. The call was made on...
Cervical cancer is killing nine Vietnamese women every day, according to reports of a conference which was co-organized by the Institute for Reproductive and Family Health and the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation in Hanoi on Mar 18. Twenty out...
Tran Dac Phu, director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to VietnamPlus about the scarcity of some vaccines under the national immunization program. Will you please explain the supply mechanism for privately...
Vietnam ranks 12 over 22 countries which have the high rate of tuberculosis patients in the world and 14 over 27 nations which has the burden of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, said Vietnamese Ministry of Health on the occasion of ...
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Global Fund to continue assisting Vietnam in researching methadone detoxification methods as well as dealing with difficulties in rehabilitation and preventing the spread of HIV. Meeting the Head of the...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health gave 19.4 million children across the country a combined measles and rubella vaccine in a campaign launched in September. The six-month campaign provided the combined vaccine free of charge to children between 9 months...
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on Mar 20 called for greater public awareness of the need for efficient water use, saying it was crucial for sustainable development. Many areas in the country were suffering water shortages, affecting...
About 10 storms and tropical depressions may hit Vietnam this year, causing damage to the country’s coastal parts and leaving millions of people in misery, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The number is less...
Chairman Nguyen The Thao of Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to set up a inter-sector team to inspect a project which aims to massively cut down thousands of aged trees in city’s streets, Vietnam’s state-run media reported. Along investigating...
Environmental protection fees paid to the Government by miners is supposed to be used by local authorities to offset environmental damage through revegetation and landscaping. However, the fees have often been used incorrectly, former vice chairman...
