A project of Japan International Co-operation Agency has helped primary students in Hải Phòng City changing eating habits to prevent overweight and obesity.

Mondelez Kinh Do Vietnam, part of the global snacking powerhouse Mondelēz International, launched the company’s flagship social responsibility programme and its first “Joy School” in the southern province of Binh Duong in December

In the early hours of an April morning students at Nguyễn Khuyến High School were performing a morning exercise routine when teachers spotted a pupil standing on the roof of a four-story building on campus. The teachers asked the pupil to get back inside and asked two classmates to assist in the effort.

An unhealthy diet is one of the major risk factors for a range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes, a workshop heard in Hà Nội on Monday.

Every two weeks, a box full of frozen food and some vegetable is delivered to my doorstep.  Inside the box, I always can find of small note with my mom’s handwriting: “Do not dine out, try to cook as much as possible!”

Vietnamese people need to change their eating habits, experts warn after it was revealed locals consume almost double the daily dose of salt they should.

In the alarming situation of iodine insufficiency in Vietnam, UNIBEN Company actively collaborated with experts from the Nutrition Centre of HCM City to research and develop a new food product, iodised bouillon, which is nowadays highly recognised by nutritional practitioners. In order to facilitate healthy eating habits among the population, UNIBEN also distributed a significant amount of the iodised bouillon to millions of Vietnamese families.

Việt Nam lacks long-term nutrition research that could provide a scientific foundation for nutrition consultancy, doctors and nutritionist have said.

Raising healthy children is never an easy task. Add the extra challenge of moving to a new country with strange and exotic foods and vastly different cultural practices, and it’s easy to understand why many parents are left puzzled over how and what to feed their children.