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Vroom… Boom! 

December 19, 2011
Vroom… Boom! 

  Mysterious motorbike fires, explosion draw attention to the lack of qualified mechanics and potentially dangerous modifications Wreckage of a motorbike that caught fire on December 12 in Hanoi Five-year-old Nguyen Khanh Van died on Tuesday (December 13), becoming the latest victim of a series of unexplained motorbike accidents where the vehicles have caught fire, [...]

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Many Rubella-related abortions could have been avoided with better diagnosis: doctors 

August 8, 2011
Many Rubella-related abortions could have been avoided with better diagnosis: doctors 

A baby with cataract as a rubella syndrome at the Central Ob-Gyn Hospital in Hanoi. A woman in northern Vietnam spent three years undergoing treatment for infertility, and then had to have an abortion in the 12th week of her pregnancy after she caught the Rubella virus.   The woman is one of more than 1,000 [...]

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Hanoi food contaminated with lead 

May 4, 2011
Hanoi food contaminated with lead 

  Twelve kinds of common food in Hanoi are contaminated with lead, the National Institute of Nutrition said last week after a one-year study. The research conducted between March 2009 and March 2010 at four major districts in Hanoi showed that 12 tainted kinds of food include water morning glory, rice, pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, oranges, mandarins, [...]

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Doctor says Hanoi tries to hide dengue fever deaths

November 12, 2009
Doctor says Hanoi tries to hide dengue fever deaths

Dengue fever patients at the Vietnam National Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases. The Hanoi Health Department concealed five dengue fever deaths this year, hospital records reveal. A report by Hanoi Health Department to the Prime Minister on October 22 stated that “Hanoi had recorded 7,813 dengue fever infections, but no deaths, as of October [...]

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Hanoi hospitals overrun with dengue patients

October 31, 2009
Hanoi hospitals overrun with dengue patients

Among provinces with dengue fever outbreaks, Hanoi is fast becoming the worst affected area, with the number of recent infections skyrocketing. Dengue patients are currently treated at the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Photo: dantri)The National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases currently receives a daily average of 300 people with dengue fever, 15 [...]

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Vietnam health ministry wary of widespread Tamiflu use

October 29, 2009
Vietnam health ministry wary of widespread Tamiflu use

Doctors are suggesting that Tamiflu be sold widely so that people can treat themselves at home, but the health ministry is concerned about the flu virus developing resistance to the drug. Nguyen Van Kinh, head of the National Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, told a meeting on Wednesday that hospitals nationwide are overcrowded with [...]

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Swine flu fatality brings total to 24

October 19, 2009
Swine flu fatality brings total to 24

The Health Ministry yesterday, October 18, confirmed another death in central Binh Dinh province from the A/H1N1 influenza. “Fifteen flu surveillance sites in the nation-wide monitoring network have reported 100 per cent of flu infection were A/H1N1″. (Photo: VNN)According to a report from the Binh Dinh Provincial Health Department, the 29 year-old who lived in [...]

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Vietnam to re-check H1N1-related deaths: official

September 17, 2009
Vietnam to re-check H1N1-related deaths: official

Students wear face masks at a high school in Tan Binh District, HCMC Vietnam will double-check all deaths related to swine flu diagnosis and treatment, Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the health ministry’s Preventive Health and Environment Department has told Thanh Nien. Since the country’s first flu patient was detected in May, six H1N1-positive people [...]

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More medical workers catch influenza A

August 6, 2009
More medical workers catch influenza A

A doctor questions a student at the Ngo Thoi Nhiem High School after it was found infected with influenza A (H1N1), in Ho Chi Minh City. The Thong Nhat Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday added 10 more to the list of medical workers found with the H1N1 virus from just four a [...]

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Mask up or stay home: ministry

July 31, 2009
Mask up or stay home: ministry

LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Health has issued a description of the symptoms of A/H1N1 flu to white-collar workers in Ha Noi. Students at the Ha Noi FPT University wear face-masks as a precaution against catching super flu.In an effort to prevent an epidemic, it has advised those showing signs of the flu to wear [...]

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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...