Việt Nam News

The Poison Control Centre under the Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital has reported an increase in cases of methanol poisoning before and after the Tết holiday, warning that the use of fake alcoholic drinks and medical methanol could lead to fatalities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed big challenges for almost all industries and fields, with tourism suffering the most.

Doctors have again warned against the use of coal fires in enclosed rooms due to the risk of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, as the northern region plunged into a deep chill in recent days.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has demanded provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide press on with anti-COVID-19 measures amid a surge in new infections, stressing that minimising deaths is currently the top priority.

A national plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and mental health disorders for 2022–2025 has been approved by Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.

Takeda Vietnam’s staff planted more than 500 trees in Cần Giờ Biosphere Reserve, one of nine biosphere reserves in Việt Nam, located about 50km away from downtown HCM City.

The National Assembly (NA) committees for culture-education, justice, and social affairs on February 22 convened a session to discuss solutions for violence against children, after several cases shocked the public recently.

A record total of 55,879 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections to 2,890,252.

A special wedding for 20 couples who are medical staff at Military Hospital 175 (Ministry of Defense) has been held after their plans were postponed for months due to the pandemic.

As schools up and down the country return to in-person learning for the first time in months, guidelines are being updated on how to deal with the inevitable situation of positive cases being found in the classroom. 

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is implementing the first-year technical cooperation project for aquaculture productivity enhancement in Vietnam’s northern provinces.

Health officials and doctors agree that Việt Nam is ready to implement a safe vaccination campaign for children aged 5-11, aiming to have vaccination rate in this age group of 90-95 per cent.

A foundation was launched in HCM City last week to promote training of people in applied mathematics.

The Transport Ministry has asked HCM City to deal strictly with taxi drivers who aggressively solicit and charge exorbitant fares from passengers at the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

Specialists abound but there is a dearth of general practitioners that undermines primary healthcare in the city, experts said on Monday.

Border guards in the northeastern province of Quảng Ninh have been growing bamboo along the Ka Long river, which runs roughly along the border of the China-Việt Nam. Now, residents are taking up the initiative in upkeeping the bamboo, and turning a tidy profit. 

Raising mussels for pearls could become a promising industry in Việt Nam with advantages of favourable weather conditions, long coast and warm sea.