More than 3,500 children in central Thua Thien-Hue province on March 23 received free dental check-ups by a delegation of 18 nurses and doctors from American NGO Operation Smile.

Nearly 400 foreign and local paediatricians gathered in Hanoi on March 27 for the first national conference on paediatric emergencies and intensive care.

Humanitarian organisation Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) has funded the construction and equipping of 62 communal medical stations in central Khanh Hoa province.

An online seminar on human resources training for the healthcare sector in 2009 was jointly held by the Health Ministry and the military telecoms corporation, Viettel, on April 23.

Representatives of Stockholm University and the Swedish group Bactiguard said they are eager to work with Vietnam on healthcare issues.

About 500 doctors nationwide are attending an international conference on intensive care and poison control in central Da Nang City from Apr. 16-17.

Central Thua Thien-Hue province has licensed the Kim Nguyen Ltd. Co. to build an international surgical hospital in the former imperial city of Hue.

Vietnam is stockpiling 880,000 doses of anti-flu vaccines and is capable of producing an additional 20 million doses if necessary, said a health official.

Doosan Vina company and Chung Ang University’s Hospital, an affiliate of the Republic of Korean group, Doosan, have pledged their help to improve health care in central province of Quang Ngai.

Vietnam has approximately four million asthma sufferers, accounting for five percent of the country’s population, of whom, 8-12 percent are children.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stepped up the fight against A(H1N1) flu and acute diarrhea epidemics by asking the whole country to take immediate and rigorous measures against these deadly diseases.

Vietnam has so far not recorded any cases of the flu virus A(H1N1), stated Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan during an on-line conference that focused on disease prevention on May 4.

More than 200 leading Vietnamese and overseas companies will showcase their products at VIETNAM MEDIPHARM 2009, the country’s 16th international exhibition of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, hospital facilities and rehabilitation programmes, scheduled for May 13-16 in Hanoi.

Vietnam has detected no cases of the virus H1N1 as of May 5, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam.