Diseases

Run raises 1 bln VND for children with heart diseases

A charitable run which took place in Hanoi on Dec. 4 has raised 1 billion VND for children with cancer and heart diseases.

Waste removal workers face multiple serious health risks

Waste pickers and recyclers in the informal sector are at risk of contracting and transmitting several diseases that can be deemed occupational hazards, according to initial results of a survey released yesterday.

Non-infectious disease deaths soar

Up to 350,000 people died from non-infectious diseases each year, a sharp increase over previous years, according to the HCM City Institute of Hygiene and Public Health.

Smoking causes 40,000 deaths, costs $1 bln

Vietnamese smokers spend US$1 billion on cigarettes and some 40,000 people die from smoking-related diseases each year

VN gives top priority to fighting non-infectious diseases

Vietnam is intensifying efforts to prevent non-infectious diseases and considers it the top priority in the country’s health care policies and strategies, said Ambassador Le Hoai Trung.

Donors helps Vietnam eliminate tropical diseases

A two-day stakeholders meeting for a project on elimination of elephantiasis, trachoma and intestinal worm in Vietnam for the 2011-2015 period has been held in Hanoi by the Health Ministry and the US Agency for International Development (USAIDS).

Center ordered to stop using ‘detect-all’ scanner

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health yesterday ordered a medical center to stop using a scanner that it claims to be able to detect many diseases

Doctors discover new virus causing hand-foot-mouth

The current outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease among children in HCM City is being caused by the coxsackie B2 virus and not EV71, doctors at Children's Hospital No 1 said on Sunday.

Epidemics continue to threaten provinces

Swine flu, hand-foot-mouth disease, and respiratory diseases have been either spreading to or worsening in many provinces, health officials warned.

Non-infectious disease control to get priority

Viet Nam will continue to prioritise the prevention of non-infectious diseases during 2011-15.

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New luxury bus to service City- Phnom Penh

HCM City — An extravagance bus service between HCM City and Phnom Penh has began in HCM City like a private-public co-operation effort to possess more Vietnamese vacationers visit Cambodia.The service was released on Friday through the Cambodian Tourism Ministry and NagaWorld Group."This really is yet another effort to bolster the great relationship between Viet Nam and Cambodia in tourism sector," stated Thong Khon, Cambodia's Tourism Minister.By opening an agent office in HCM City along with a number of

Beaches, wildlife draw vacationers to central coast

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