To-your-health: Healthy summer snacks suggestion for kids

Instead of loading the pantry and refrigerator with premade snacks that have questionable nutrition, a little planning and advance adult preparation can make healthier choices easy for kids to assemble with minimal oversight.

Dogs pose threat to kids since injuries are in face, head: doctors The Children's Hospital No.1 in HCM City has treated three children aged two or below with facial and head injuries from dog bites in the last one month, sparking serious concern, doctors said.

Two people register to donate lungs to British pilot in critical condition

A 40-year-old woman and a 70-year-old veteran registered to donate parts of their lungs to the British pilot, Việt Nam’s 91st COVID-19 patient who is suffering from lung damage.

British COVID-19 patient has severe lung damage, transplant necessary A British pilot – Việt Nam’s 91st COVID-19 patient – is suffering 90% damage to his lungs, according to HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases where he is being treated, on Wednesday. 

How to mitigate the health disaster of air pollution - can the successful Vietnamese Covid response teach us some lessons?

Việt Nam has with the Covid-19 response shown an impressive determination to proactively protect community health through early detection and testing, contact tracing, quarantine, closure of schools and social distancing. What if this determination could also be applied for other public health challenges in Việt Nam?

Algae research promotes nature-based growth

A group of bio-researchers at Đà Nẵng's Teacher Training College under Đà Nẵng University have been raising 40 species of algae to support four key industries – aquaculture, pharmaceutical production, environmental protection and bio-fuel – for decades.

A deadly mix of Covid-19 and superbugs may be the cause of high death rates in Italy – could this also happen in Việt Nam and can it be prevented? What can be done to prevent this deadly mix of Covid-19 and superbugs? The most important is what is currently done – to proactively prevent community spread of Covid-19 with promotion of good hand hygiene, early detection of cases, isolation, and contact tracing as well as social distancing. 

Can virus offer lessons for superbugs?

Việt Nam has made extraordinary efforts to contain the COVID-19 disease. While the epicentres have spread from China to South Korea, Iran, Italy and now the rest of Europe, with other Southeast Asian countries reporting new cases. This success of infection control has been accomplished through the mobilsation of the whole healthcare system and civil society with an ambitious programme for early detection, contact tracing and implementing early isolation and quarantine of suspected and confirmed cases.

Pharmaceutical stocks benefit from disease spread Pharmaceutical stocks are experiencing an upsurge as fears of coronavirus have boosted demand for healthcare products and services, lifting demand for shares.

Standard set helps lift hospital quality

Dr Lương Ngọc Khuê, director general of the Administration of Medical Service, Ministry of Health, talks to Vietnam News Agency about how hospital quality standards improved healthcare after being introduced in 2012.