Health

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai saw the highest number of rabies-caused fatalities with nine, followed by Nghe An and Dien Bien provinces with six cases each, Binh Phuoc…

Vietnamese people are among the groups with highest risk of stroke, but the nation’s healthcare system is ill-equipped to handle the problem, an expert says. Doctor Nguyen Huy Thang, deputy…

An average Vietnamese consumes roughly 74% of the recommended daily vegetables intake and around 134 grams of meat per day, almost twice the recommended amount. The figures were announced by…

Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi could become a hotspot for dengue fever soon, local media has reported, citing the country’s National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology. Dengue fever has shown…

Vietnam has increased measures to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease after the country recorded about 9,000 cases and three fatalities in what could turn into an outbreak of the…

HCM CITY — VinaCapital Foundation’s Heartbeat Vietnam programme has reached a remarkable milestone with the 10,000th successful heart operation for a 13-year-old boy with congenital heart disease from the Ba Na ethnic group in Bình Định Province.…

Vaccines against African swine fever being tested in Vietnam are close to approval, global and US veterinary officials said, in what would be a major breakthrough to tackle the deadly…

Hot temperatures start to build this week for much of Vietnam with levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation forecast to reach “dangerous” levels, Xinhua has quoted a Vietnam News report. Levels…

This announcement was made during a pandemic prevention and combat conference held on Monday in Hà Nội. Professor Phan Trọng Lân, the Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under…

Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according…