US to limit visas for pregnant women to curb ‘birth tourism’

President Donald Trump opened a new front in his battle against immigration on Thursday, barring the issuing of visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the United States for so-called “birth tourism."

Việt Nam’s health sector in 2019: achievements and drawbacks Last year witnessed significant achievements in Việt Nam’s healthcare sector, bringing hope for more patients. However, severe medical incidents raised the alarm of poor management that needed to be improved to ensure every citizen can live a healthy and happy life.

Ethnic minority people vulnerable to illegal surrogacy trade

The trade of unborn babies to China and illegal surrogacy have become a serious problem in northern mountainous provinces.

Is Việt Nam ready for tougher booze laws?

Trần Thị Trang, deputy head of the Legal Affairs Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the Law on Alcohol Harm Prevention and Control which will take effect on January 1, 2020.

Causes behind deaths of two pregnant women in Đà Nẵng announced Last month, two pregnant women died, and one was left in a critical condition after receiving injections of anaesthetic for C-sections.

Domestic, global focus needed to address public health issues: conference

A combination of various public health and preventive medicine specialties should be paid attention to at the domestic and international levels to protect people’s health amid emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases globally, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn told a conference at the Pasteur Institute in HCM City last week.

Why not girls?

Why is it that fewer girls are born in Việt Nam than boys? Aren’t girls equally a treasure and a joy for Vietnamese families?

Pregnant women suffer deadly complications from anaesthetic Two pregnant women in Đà Nẵng have died and one is in critical condition after receiving injections of an anaesthetic for caesarean section at the city’s Women’s Hospital, but the three new-born babies were saved.

To-your-health: Time to Get Your Shots Most people have had the flu, but not everyone knows that the word “influenza” refers to a very specific group of viruses that are a dangerous subset of the various common colds and flus we’re familiar with. In Việt Nam, you can get it at any time of the year.

Poor diets damaging children’s health: report

In Việt Nam, one in three children under five is either undernourished or overweight, while worldwide, an alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them.