Posts Tagged ‘ Year Old Boy ’

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 ‘cures’ first blister patient with marrow transplant 

November 2, 2011
Vietnam ‘cures’ first blister patient with marrow transplant 

  Nguyen Viet Anh with blisters on the skin before the treatment (L) and after 40 days of getting a bone marrow stem cell transplant (R). Vietnam has seen its first successful bone marrow stem cell transplant to cure lethal skin blisters, saving the life of a four- year-old boy, a Hanoi doctor said. Nguyen [...]

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Worker negligence probed in death of six-year-old boy in school yard construction site 

September 5, 2011

  Police in the central province of Binh Thuan are investigating a construction company’s workers for suspected negligence in the death of a six-year-old boy who drowned in a construction site pit three days earlier. On August 31, Nguyen Gia Huy, a first grader in the Bac Phan Thiet Primary School in Phan Thiet City, [...]

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12-year-old boy saves four children from drowning 

August 8, 2011
12-year-old boy saves four children from drowning 

Pham Quang Vinh at his home in Lam Dong Province A 12 year old boy in the Central Highlands has been honored with the “little warrior” title for saving four children aged between 4 and 11 from drowning last month, local newspapers reported Friday.   Pham Quang Vinh, a seventh grader from Lam Dong Province, [...]

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Russia says plane crash kills 44, eight injured 

June 21, 2011
Russia says plane crash kills 44, eight injured 

  A passenger plane slammed into the ground and caught fire while trying to land on a foggy night in northwestern Russia, killing at least 44 people on board, authorities said on Tuesday. The Tupolev-134, with 43 passengers and nine crew, crashed on a road 700 meters (2,300 feet) short of the runway at the [...]

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Police officer suspended for beating 11-year-old boy 

June 19, 2011
Police officer suspended for beating 11-year-old boy 

On Wednesday, Phat was admitted to a hospital in Hue City with serious bruises on his legs and buttocks. A police officer in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue was suspended Friday for beating an 11-year-old boy at a local police station while questioning him for thievery. Tran Nguyen Hong Quang of Thuy Xuan Ward Police [...]

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Wild elephant kills teen in Dong Nai 

November 9, 2010
Wild elephant kills teen in Dong Nai 

A file photo of the elephant which is believed to have gored a 14-year-old boy to death in the southern province of Dong Nai. A wild elephant reportedly killed a 14-year-old boy in the southern province of Dong Nai on Sunday.   Initial information is that Nguyen Tran Vu, together with Trinh Hoang Dong, 20, [...]

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Ten year old boy survives accident ‘miraculously’

December 12, 2009
Ten year old boy survives accident ‘miraculously’

Hoang Giang, the ten year old boy survived “miraculously” a traffic accident that killed his mother A ten year old boy survived a traffic accident in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday night that killed his mother and seriously injured his father. At around 7 p.m. Nguyen Thai Hoang Ngoc was driving his wife and [...]

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Death roams free

November 4, 2009
Death roams free

An accident site in Ho Chi Minh City after a 30-meter section of a tower crane fell and injured seven peopleLookAtVietnam – Building site accidents, power line mishaps and careless roadwork are killing more members of the public in Ho Chi Minh City than ever before.  Police and public prosecutors in Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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Death roams free

November 3, 2009
Death roams free

An accident site in Ho Chi Minh City after a 30-meter section of a tower crane fell and injured seven people Building site accidents, power line mishaps and careless roadwork are killing more members of the public in Ho Chi Minh City than ever before. Police and public prosecutors in Ho Chi Minh City are [...]

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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...