December 19, 2011
A photo on AsianScientist showing a mother and her baby. A new mass media campaign in Vietnam asks mothers to feed their babies early and exclusively with breast milk for at least the first six months. A mass media campaign launched in Vietnam December 14 asks parents to ensure exclusive and continued breastfeeding during the early part of [...]
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August 30, 2011
Workers at a company in Ho Chi Minh City being treated for food poisoning on June 30. Many factory workers have joined in recent strikes to fight low quality meals. The lack of regulations governing factory meals and high food prices have led to increasing rates of food poisoning among workers, many of whom are [...]
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December 24, 2009
WB approves US$500 million to support Vietnam’s public investment reforms; Bank officers forge documents to steal money; Opening doors for PPP investment model; Increasing female members in political system Noi Bai-Lao Cai expressway project gets underway The Phu Tho provincial People’s Committee in coordination with the Ministry of Transport organised a groundbreaking ceremony on December [...]
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November 30, 2009
A teacher and students at Sung Pa School in Ha Giang Province. A multi-dimensional approach for measuring child poverty reveals that children who don’t come from poor families can be considered as living in poverty if they are deprived of basic needs in health, education, or nutrition. â VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Ha VietNamNet Bridge – [...]
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November 24, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam has successfully used aeroponics in growing and propagating natural disease-free potatoes for the first time. Potato plants in Professor Thach’s aeroponics experiment. – File PhotoThis national project was carried out by Professor Nguyen Quang Thach, head of the Science Council, Institute of Biotechnology at Ha Noi University of Agriculture. The potatoes [...]
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September 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – HCM City health officials are becoming alarmed by the increasing number of overweight and obese children, especially pupils in elementary schools. LookAtVietnam – HCM City health officials are becoming alarmed by the increasing number of overweight and obese children, especially pupils in elementary schools. The number of such children is expected to continue [...]
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June 21, 2009
Children being examined at Ha Noi Pediatrics Hospital. A national nutrition survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the health plans implemented since 2001 will start next month.LookAtVietnam – A nationwide survey will evaluate the implementation of nutritional strategy targets from 2001 until this year.Survey results will be used for a database to predict and develop [...]
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June 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Patient nutrition has not been given adequate attention despite its important role in treating diseases, according to deputy director of the National Institute of Nutrition Nguyen Thi Lam. Patients at Xin Man district hospital. Health experts are urging hospitals to pay greater attention to the importance of nutrition in speeding patient recoveries.Lam said [...]
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June 4, 2009
A customer examine beverages at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. Red Bull made in Vietnam contains no cocaine, producers said after officials from Hong Kong and Taiwan claimed to have found traces of the drug in cans of the energy drink imported from Austria and Germany. Red Bull produced in Vietnam does not [...]
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June 4, 2009
A customer examine beverages at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. VietNamNet Bridge – Red Bull made in Vietnam contains no cocaine, producers said after officials from Hong Kong and Taiwan claimed to have found traces of the drug in cans of the energy drink imported from Austria and Germany.Red Bull produced in Vietnam [...]
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