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.
Infectious Diseases
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.
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.
Non-infectious disease control to get priority
Viet Nam will continue to prioritise the prevention of non-infectious diseases during 2011-15.
US backs programme to curb spread of disease from animals in the wild
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed an agreement yesterday to deal with infectious diseases in humans which originate from wild animals.
Most new infectious diseases originate in wild animals
About 75 per cent of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans originated from wild animals, warned the United States Agency for Internat-ional Development (USAID) at a two-day workshop that ended yesterday in Ha Noi.
Capital city sees rise in infectious diseases
Medical experts said there had been a surge in pathogen-borne illnesses such as flu, rubella, chicken pox and mumps since the start of the lunar new year.
Japan to help curb diseases
The Government of Japan will help Vietnam strengthen its laboratory capacity to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
Japan to help curb diseases
The Government of Japan will help Viet Nam strengthen its laboratory capacity to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
Experts talk infectious disease prevention
Over 100 experts from the US, Japan, Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines convened in Hanoi on September 9 to discuss experiences in combating infectious diseases spread by virus from insects and animals in the Southeast Asian region.
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Paris spotlights traditional festivals
A place of culture: A customer sights photos in an exhibition that explores traditional Vietnamese culture and festivals. The exhibition has been held in the Vietnamese Culture Center in Paris. Photo PARIS — An exhibit of 80 photos of traditional Vietnamese traditional is happening at theVietnamese Culture Center in Paris, organised through the Vietnamese community in France to celebrate the 122nd birthday from the late Leader Ho Chi Minh.The
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Art auction to aid cleft palate surgery for kids
With higher cause: Wild Dream, an oil on canvas painting by Ha Hung Dung, is going to be offered in a charitable organisation auction held by Operation Smile Viet Nam in HCM City now. HCM CITY — Functions by several popular artists goes underneath the hammer in an annual charitable organisation dinner in HCM City on Saturday to boost funds for carrying out cleft palate procedures for Vietnamese children, this time around in Nghe An Province.To
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