Praying for rain in a parched landscape

The annual ritual is held in early June in Rưng Ama Nin Village in Ayun Pa Town, in the southeast of the province, and is painstakingly prepared by a 'special council' and attended by almost everyone in the area.

VN fails to make MSCI watchlist for status upgrade Việt Nam has once again missed the chance to break into Morgan Stanley Capital International’s watchlist of potential reclassification for a status upgrade.

Việt Nam lose to South Korea at Asian Cup

Việt Nam lost to South Korea 0-4 in the third match of Group B at the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Cup in Amman, Jordan yesterday.

Doctor rotation project yields successful results

Some 6.6 million people have received better medical treatment as a result of a project which rotates doctors from high-level hospitals to lower-level hospitals, implemented in Việt Nam since 2008.

NCDs increase due to excess salt intake

The Vietnamese are eating a lot of salty food. However, many people refuse to accept that excess salt in one's daily diet is not healthy and may cause several non communicable diseases (NCDs)) such as high blood pressure or heart diseases, participants heard at a workshop on Monday.

Ethnic minority kids malnourished

The health of children in Việt Nam has by and large recorded considerable improvements in recent years. However, these improvements disproportionately tend to occur in delta regions with better economic condition, while children in remote areas with a high concentration of ethnic minority groups continue to lag behind.

E-learning courses on infant, young child feeding launched

The first e-learning courses on infant and young child feeding in Việt Nam were launched at a ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday on the occasion of the 2017 World Breastfeeding Week.

Maternal nutritional supplements improve birth outcome, breastfeeding rate

The intake of nutritional supplements by pregnant women and a breastfeeding support programme have together improved birth outcome and exclusive breastfeeding rates in Việt Nam, a clinical study has shown.

Malnutrition among ethnic minority children double that of Kinh

The malnutrition rate among children under five from ethnic minority communities is double that of Kinh children, experts said at a seminar in Hà Nội today.

Zinc deficiency rampant in VN women, children

Zinc deficiency in Vietnamese people is at an alarming rate, especially in young children and pregnant women.