As many as 313 people were hospitalised due to incidents involving firecracker during the nine days of Tết (Lunar New Year), nearly doubling last year’s figure, according to health authorities.

The Ministry of Health yesterday ordered hospitals across the country to prepare for new patients and maintain good services for inpatients during the Lunar New Year holiday.

As the Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has urged the National Traffic Safety Committee along with the ministries of transport and public security to exert all efforts to reduce traffic accidents during the festive period.

Ethanol can be used to delay the effects of methanol, allowing more time for dialysis, but the process must be conducted by doctors.

Electromyogram (EMG) is a diagnostic procedure to evaluate the health and functioning of muscles and nerve cells that control them.

Guzman Rober, a 40-year-old American tourist on a recent visit to HCM City, began having an unremitting epileptic seizure at a hotel on Đề Thám Street in HCM City’s District 1 when a housekeeper luckily found him in time and called the reception desk for help.

Four persons have died, and one is in critical condition after drinking rice spirit in the central province of Quảng Nam.

During the week-long Tết holiday from February 14 to 20 traffic accidents claimed 168 lives across the country while 37,200 other people were injured, according to a report issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Ministry of Health.

The crackdown on counterfeit and smuggled wines and cigars has tightened as the Tết holiday approaches. However, it seems that the fight has not been effective, with many consumers still wary when shopping for goods at markets in Hà Nội.

As Tết (Lunar New Year) draws near, several Hà Nội citizens have been hospitalised with alcohol poisoning, which is often caused by home-made spirits.