Doctors at HCM City ’s Children’s Hospital No 1 successfully separated 16-day-old conjoined twins in a 3-hour operation on Jan. 14.

The 5.7-kilo babies were found to have their livers and blood vessels attached when their mother had a prenatal check. Doctors were forced to operate to separate them because two days before, they were found to be suffering from heart complications, said Dr Tang Chi Thuong, director of the hospital./.