January 8, 2012
A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees draws mostly negative reaction Traffic congestion on Ho Chi Minh City’s Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street. A Transport Ministry’s proposal to impose personal vehicle fees has drawn skepticism about its feasibility to reduce traffic congestion in major cities. Experts have expressed doubts over the feasibility [...]
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January 6, 2012
To ward off degenerative joint disease, adopt correct postures and avoid strong, sudden movements when working or exercising, especially when carrying, pushing, or lifting heavy loads. As humans advance into old age, wear and tear causes the joints to deteriorate even more than other parts of the body. When they become inflamed and swollen, the [...]
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January 2, 2012
Vietnam will find it difficult to sustain into the new year the trade deficit reduction that it managed in 2011, given that it plans to reduce import tariffs on many products and that the ongoing global recession could hurt its exports, experts say. Vietnam’s trade deficit narrowed to US$9.5 billion from $12.4 billion in [...]
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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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December 19, 2011
Soy, green, black, and red beans on display at a shop selling home-made bá»t ngÅ© cá»c – a mixture powder of black sesame and four different types of beans – on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City My husband has always been thin. But a few months ago it [...]
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November 14, 2011
Up to 1,000 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications globally, and 5,500 newborns die in the first week of life because of a lack of adequate medical care A midwife examines a pregnant woman in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan. The United Nations has called on Vietnam to invest [...]
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November 12, 2011
As many as 65 percent of around 4.5 million diabetes patients in Vietnam are unaware they have the chronic disease, the Vietnam Nutrition Association (Vinutas) said at a recent workshop. Vinutas said that those who do not detect the disease early for proper treatment can suffer dangerous complications, including kidney failure, high blood pressure, [...]
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October 23, 2011
A traffic jam in Hanoi. The capital city now has nearly 400,000 cars and some four million motorbikes. Cars with five to seven seats are the main instigators of traffic jams and accidents in Vietnam, according to Khuat Viet Hung, head of the Department of Transport Planning and Management at the University of Transport, who [...]
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October 15, 2011
Vietnam’s new cabinet makes a strong start with several “smart technocrats”, but economic woes and lack of transparency pose hurdles, according to analysts Residents fishing next to Han River bridge in central coastal city of Da Nang. New Transport Minister Dinh La Thang last week took the unusual step of firing the manager of [...]
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October 8, 2011
Drinking one glass of a juice mixture of orange, lemon, honey and carrots every day can help smokers reduce and quit the habit of smoking, herbalist Bang Cam says. It’s not easy for smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes. Herbalists say, however, that certain fruits and foods can help decrease the craving for tobacco. When [...]
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