Quảng Nam Province praised for improved breastfeeding statistics

Half of all childbirths in Quảng Nam Province now take place in 'Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding', ensuring thousands of newborns and their mothers have access to quality newborn care and breastfeeding support.

Central region in dire need of tourism revival

After years of successful operations in Hội An, the beachfront Sea'lavie Boutique Resort & Spa on An Bàng beach now only employs 20 per cent of its normal workforce, while room rates have been slashed by 50 per cent.

Domestic tourism rebounds, but safety remains overriding theme

With the Government’s effective pandemic containment measures and initiatives to stimulate domestic tourism demand, sentiment towards travel is recovering.

Việt Nam ‘reinvents’ tourism sector, aims for expected recovery by 2024

While domestic travel has kept tourism buoyant amid the pandemic, the industry has barely survived without foreign tourists. Experts have recommended that it reinvent itself while waiting for global travel to resume. Bồ Xuân Hiệp reports.

HCM City tightens pandemic prevention measures at border with Cambodia The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has called for stricter implementation of anti-pandemic measures at the border with Cambodia as the number of COVID-19 cases there is surging, which could lead to the collapse of that country’s healthcare system as warned by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dead age 99

Health ministry warns over hand, foot and mouth disease The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a warning over the increase in hand, foot and mouth cases this year.

Việt Nam a role model in healthcare sector Associate Professor Phan Lê Thu Hằng, deputy director of the health ministry’s Department of Financial Planning and director of the health partnership programme with the WHO, talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the achievements of the Vietnamese healthcare sector

Việt Nam makes proposals at ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting

Việt Nam will take actions to speed up the narrowing of development gap in ASEAN, especially in enhancing sub-regional cooperation by holding an ASEAN Forum on narrowing development gaps between sub-regions for comprehensive recovery and sustainable development.

Hand, foot, mouth cases with severe complications on the rise

Hospitals in many localities have recorded a surge in hand, foot and mouth disease cases among children in the past month, with the number of patients in serious conditions increasing and at least one death linked to the disease.