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Students to receive free eye treatment

Students to receive free eye treatment

Vietnam Health -

Nearly 30,000 high school students in four localities will receive free eye check-up, consulting services and medicines under a programme launched today.

Rat poison curry hospitalizes 25 in Vietnam

Rat poison curry hospitalizes 25 in Vietnam

Vietnam Health -

Twenty five people, including seven children, were hospitalized with food poisoning in Tay Ninh last week after an illiterate woman unwittingly used rat poison instead of curry powder to flavor her poultry.

3,000 donate blood to curb critical shortage

3,000 donate blood to curb critical shortage

Vietnam Health -

Three thousand people donated their blood in a campaign held yesterday in Ha Noi's My Dinh National Stadium as part of a national drive.

Toxic spices raise alarm again the found out

Toxic spices raise alarm again the found out

Vietnam Health -

Public concerns about food safety in HCMC have returned following the discovery that additives used for cooking curry and stewed beef dishes were contaminated with Rhodamine B. 

Bar lowered to allow toxic foreign liquor into Vietnam

Bar lowered to allow toxic foreign liquor into Vietnam

Vietnam Health -

Vietnam food safety authorities have loosed ingredient requirements to allow select foreign wine products into the country since 2006, according to a new investigation by Tuoi Tre.

Food-related risks are unavoidable, says health official

Food-related risks are unavoidable, says health official

Vietnam Health -

In Vietnam, many people lack food in between-crop period so food hygiene can be seen as less important than food quantity, said an official from the Health Ministry.

Vietnam’s medical website makes debut

Vietnam’s medical website makes debut

Vietnam Health - The Vietnam E-health Network aiming to support patients via digitized statistics has been launched

US provides $400 mln for Vietnam HIV/AIDS fight

US provides $400 mln for Vietnam HIV/AIDS fight

Vietnam Health - The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief provides Vietnam comprehensive support to combat HIV

HCM City public hospitals run out of recognised vaccines

HCM City public hospitals run out of recognised vaccines

Vietnam Health -

Many brand-name vaccines not covered by the national immunisation programme have run out at public hospitals in HCM City despite warnings . . .