An Giang Hospital of Obstetrics Gynecology and Pediatrics has launched a project to help obstetrics facilities detect congenital heart diseases in newborns.

About 30,000 infants born in 2018 and 2019 in the southern province of An Giang will be screened for congenital heart disease.

 Urban air pollution, mostly from vehicles, is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to research published on Wednesday.

The number of hand, foot and mouth infections has surged at schools in HCM City, especially at kindergartens, according to the city’s Preventive Health Centre.

Free surgeries for children with facial deformities are being provided at the HCM City Medical University Hospital starting on Monday under Operation Smile. The project is funded by sponsors, including Lotte Mart, which has donated VNĐ200 million (US$8,594) to the programme.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have bred giant river prawns on 74ha so far this year, up 40.6 per cent against the same period last year, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Đặng Quang Tấn, Deputy Director of the Preventive Medicine Department, speaks to Kinh Tế & Đô Thị (Economic & Urban Affairs) newspaper on efforts to prevent infectious diseases in Việt Nam.

A UTI happens when bacteria get into the urinary tract, multiplies there, and causes inflammation. The germs most often come from the gut and feces which can get into the urethra.

Hà Nội urges its citizens to stop eating dog meat1

An international animal welfare charity has welcomed the news Hà Nội  is considering banning the consumption of dog meat in certain areas.

Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor to the Japan-Việt Nam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, talks to Việt Nam News about the potentials for agriculture co-operation between the two countries