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World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

January 18, 2012
World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

  Nguyen Viet Anh, 5, before (L) and 110 days after getting a bone marrow transplant to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB) at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi Vietnam has become only the second country in the world to successfully use stem cell transplant to treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an inherited connective tissue disease [...]

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Vietnam halts physicist’s treatment for HFMD 

November 17, 2011
Vietnam halts physicist’s treatment for HFMD 

Nguyen Van Khai, who has used a chemical substance to treat hand-foot-mouth disease in the central province of Ninh Thuan. Vietnam health ministry has asked a hospital in Ninh Thuan Province to stop using a treatment for hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) initiated by a physicist until scientific assessments can be made, VnExpress reported Tuesday. The ministry made [...]

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Always tasty, always healthy 

October 8, 2011
Always tasty, always healthy 

Pickled mung bean sprouts helps cool the body, and its sourness helps the body digest fat more efficiently, according to herbalist Hoang Duy Tan. One of the dishes that is good for you, tasty, goes well with every other dish and is always available is the humble mung bean sprout. It can be found in [...]

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Yummy, healthy summer treat 

September 20, 2011
Yummy, healthy summer treat 

   Longan and lotus seed sweet soup is a summer favorite and it is believed to help release stress and promote deep sleep. Everyone knows that the best time to eat fruit is when it is in season. Blessed with tropical abundance, Vietnam has several fruits in season throughout the year. And whether you have [...]

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Water chestnuts 

July 2, 2011
Water chestnuts 

In Oriental medicine, water chestnuts are used to cool the body, clear up sputum, and treat fever, dehydration, sore throat, bronchitis, and red eyes. True to its name, c ủ năn (water chestnut) grows in water. A water chestnut is nearly 70 percent water, 19 percent starch, 2.25 percent protein, 0.19 percent fat, and 1.58 [...]

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Fix it with red beans 

May 17, 2011
Fix it with red beans 

Red beans are used in Oriental medicine to cool and detoxify the body, lower cholesterol, stop dysentery and treat pimples. Red beans are used in Oriental medicine to cool and detoxify the body, lower cholesterol, stop dysentery and treat pimples. A hundred grams of dry red beans contains 61g of various sugars and almost 5g [...]

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Potent medicine 

March 18, 2011
Potent medicine 

The deer’s velvet antlers, said to be the second most precious ingredient in traditional Oriental medicine after ginseng, have been used for a wide range of purposes For thousands of years, the deer’s velvet antlers, said to be the second most precious ingredient in traditional Oriental medicine after ginseng, have been used for a wide [...]

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Eat veggies to clear acne and slim down 

March 12, 2011
Eat veggies to clear acne and slim down 

Bitter melon can be used to prepare soup that helps lower internal body temperature and treat acne A body full of greasy substances can cause the face to get hot and erupt in acne, warns herbalist Hoai Vu. He recommends eating certain vegetables to lower facial temperature and degrease the skin and thereby cure acne, [...]

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Smoothie does it 

February 28, 2011
Smoothie does it 

Watermelons can be used to reduce depression and high blood pressure, to help diabetics and to detoxify the body and treat hangovers, according to herbalist Hoang Khanh Toan. Watermelons, bananas, lemons, bitter gourds, waky pumpkin and sugarcane are not just commonly grown fruits and vegetables in Vietnam, they seem to have no season. They are [...]

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Hoan Kiem Turtle to take its status to the grave 

February 20, 2011
Hoan Kiem Turtle to take its status to the grave 

  Experts still divided on ways to treat turtle too old and special for conservation efforts The badly injured giant soft-shell turtle living in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake, pictured here on February 8, is said to be one of four remaining Rafetus swinhoei specimens in the world. The photograph has initiated a new round of [...]

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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...