State utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group has plugged into the national grid the 500kV Quang Ninh-Hiep Hoa line project using financial support from the World Bank, aiming to improve power transmission in the northern region. With an investment...
Japanese encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that preys on young and malnourished children, has claimed ten lives out of to 84 reported cases in Son La province since the beginning of this year. Lau Say Chu, Director of the Son La provincial...
Around 20% of children under six month old in the country are breastfed. The news was released at the launching ceremony of a campaign in response to the World Breastfeeding Week 2014 with the theme " Breast milk - Natural precious gift" held by the...
While as many as 2.2 million children nationwide suffer from stunted growth due to malnutrition, the childhood obesity rate in Ho Chi Minh City has risen by three times since 2000. These striking figures were announced at a conference on children’s...
The number of breast cancer patients has been increasing in Vietnam in recent years, with around 14,000 new patients contracting the disease every year on average, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thuan, deputy director of Hanoi-based K Hospital. The...
A campaign was launched in Hanoi on August 3 to call for joint efforts in caring old people’s health. The event was co-organized by the Central Committees of the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Vietnamese Young Doctors’ Association in collaboration...
The Preventive Medicine Department under the Health Ministry has warned of the danger of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) which is spreading in a number of African countries. The department advised people to ensure personal hygiene and avoid direct or...
By the end of June, 84% of the rural population was using water from water plants, but only half of them had access to clean water that satisfied Ministry of Health criteria, Deputy Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development Hoang Van Thang said...
To counter the growing threat of climate change, the Mekong Delta is expected to refine policies and plans in response to its severe consequences, especially rising sea level and salinity intrusion. It is a must to come up with mechanisms to attract...
Five people were injured and hundreds of houses were blown down by a tornado that blew through the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 30, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported. The tornado developed in Co Do District at around 7a.m. during a light...
