Sleep and the importance of ritual routine Quality sleep in sufficient quantity supports a child's learning and is important for its growth. Even for school-aged children, the routine before bedtime is important to help them fall asleep.

Health ministry attempts to calm flu fears

The ministry has not recorded an abnormal number of infections so far, it said.

To-your-health: Sleep: effects on development and behavior

Quality sleep promotes child development and helps with learning.  Conversely, not getting enough sleep can affect your health, as well as affect your memory, logical reasoning, behavior and ability to control your emotions.

Obstetrics and pediatrics hospital receives JCI accreditation Hạnh Phúc International Hospital in Bình Dương Province has received the Joint Commission International’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation.

Three teachers suspended following toddler's death in Hà Nội Three teachers of a kindergarten in Hà Nội where a toddler died after being trapped inside a slide have been suspended from work, an education offcial said on Friday morning.

To-your-health: Understanding Dengue fever Dengue fever is a flu-like illness caused by one of the serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 or DEN-4) from the Flaviviridae family, and is transmitted by a female mosquito from the Aedes aegypti species. Persons who harbour the virus may or may not be symptomatic with most cases being mild and resolving on their own.

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.

Young doctors work in poorest provinces as part of Health Ministry project A group of 25 recent graduates from medical school will work in remote areas as part of the Ministry of Health's project to dispatch more doctors to the country’s poorest provinces.

Understanding pharyngitis among children

Adenovirus, Enterovirus, Herpes simplex and Epstein Barr virus cause 95 per cent of sore throats in children below 5 and 70 per cent of sore throats in children between 5 to 15 years old.

Dengue fever enters peak season in the south

The dengue fever season is peaking, with a sharp rise in incidence of the mosquito-borne disease in HCM City, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta and the south-east, according to preventive medicine centres.