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Pathologists trained to detect pandemic diseases 

October 21, 2011
Pathologists trained to detect pandemic diseases 

Pathologists from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia attend a workshop on transmittable disease from animals to humans in Hanoi. Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian pathologists are being trained to identify and respond early to dangerous pathogens so that they can better cope with the risk of emergence and spread of new pandemic diseases . During the October [...]

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Bird flu mutation yet to increase risk to human health 

September 13, 2011
Bird flu mutation yet to increase risk to human health 

Ducklings at an incubation farm outside Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said a new strain of bird flu virus has yet to increase the risk to human health in Vietnam. A new bird flu virus strain is unlikely to increase the risk to human health in Vietnam despite a warning last week [...]

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New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

September 3, 2011
New bird flu virus mutation threatens Vietnam 

  Experts urge better detection and poultry production practices in response to a new mutant strain of H5N1 appearing in the northern and central parts of the country Cooked chicken are displayed for sale on a street in Hanoi. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned against a new strain of H5N1 virus in [...]

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Vietnam faces risk of bird flu outbreak in humans: health ministry 

December 16, 2010
Vietnam faces risk of bird flu outbreak in humans: health ministry 

  While no bird flu human case has been recorded over the past eight months in Vietnam, the country is still at high risk of the epidemic among humans, according to the Ministry of Health.   Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the ministry’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said recently that the H5N1 virus has [...]

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Dong Thap to step up bird flu fight after death of 3-year-old boy

March 23, 2009

Health officials have called for strengthened precautionary and preventive measures against the spread of bird flu in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. The call came after the death of a three-year-old boy from the province’s Chau Thanh District on Thursday.Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Health Department, Friday ordered the [...]

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Vietnam beefs up vigilance as second bird flu death confirmed

March 5, 2009
Vietnam beefs up vigilance as second bird flu death confirmed

A duck being inoculated in Can Tho City. The government has voiced concern over inflated reports about vaccination for poultry from several provinces, fearing it could derail the fight against bird flu. The Ministry of Health Wednesday ordered the mobilization of all materials and personnel required to combating the bird flu epidemic in 63 localities [...]

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Deputy PM lambasts lax bird flu control

March 2, 2009
Deputy PM lambasts lax bird flu control

A street vendor sells duck noodle on a Hanoi street last Friday. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung rebuked authorities for failing to control and prevent bird flu this week as the virus and other animal diseases spread to several new localities. Though local governments have improved disease control since bird flu first hit Vietnam [...]

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Vietnam to produce anti-virus, anti-bacteria cloth

February 23, 2009
Vietnam to produce anti-virus, anti-bacteria cloth

Japan’s Shikibo group has cooperated with the Vietnam Textile-garment Group (Vinatex) and CoMo Company to make anti-virus and anti-bacteria cloth in Vietnam. Flutect cloth is anti-bacterial and protects against such viruses and bacteria as tubeculosis, E.coli, Salmonella bacterium, and H5N1 virus.VietNamNet Bridge – Japan’s Shikibo group has cooperated with the Vietnam Textile-garment Group (Vinatex) and [...]

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Vietnam records first bird flu death in a year

February 22, 2009
Vietnam records first bird flu death in a year

Hundreds of free-range ducks at a pond in the central province of Binh Dinh. Health authorities have warned such practices render the area vulnerable to a bird flu epidemic. Vietnam Saturday registered its first bird flu fatality since March 2008 as 23-year-old Ly Tai Mui of Quang Ninh Province succumbed to the virus. Mui, a [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...