Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the National Committee for Traffic Safety along with the Ministries of Transport and Public Security to exert all efforts to reduce traffic accidents during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) which lasts from February 2-10 this year.
This year, the healthcare sector aims to reduce death rates caused by diseases and epidemics to increase life expectancy.
Vietnam Nutrition Food JSC (NutiFood) and Japanese beverage group Asahi, the owner of baby food brand Wakodo, on January 10 announced the establishment of their joint venture, aiming to bring nutritional products for children that fit Japanese standards into Vietnamese market.
US-based Pfizer Group, one of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies, has signed an agreement on the transfer of pharmaceutical production technology to Vietnamese enterprises, so first products are scheduled to be produced in 2020.
Police from the north-central province of Thanh Hoa have arrested two men attempting to traffick 17,133 synthetic drug pills and two kilograms of methamphetamine.
Several new-generation drugs for hepatitis C treatment will be covered by the health insurance fund as part of a recently-released circular by the Ministry of Health.
The police of the northwestern province of Son La, in coordination with Hanoi police and the Ministry of Public Security, have foiled a drug trafficking ring that stretched from Son La to Hanoi.
Tan Son Nhat Airport customs officers in Ho Chi Minh City have found 2.3kg of marijuana products hidden in a goods consignment sent from California, the US, to Vietnam.
The growing production, import and trade of dietary supplements should be managed to avoid potential threats to users, experts said.
The Ministry of Health has announced nine outstanding events of the health sector in 2018.
More than 16,600 cases of smuggling and trade fraud have been uncovered in 2018, up 10 percent from the previous year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported.
Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies are optimistic about the business prospects of the sector, with nearly 80 percent of firms anticipating an annual industry growth rate of more than 10 percent.
Forces of the Border Guard High Command and the Border Guard of the central province of Nghe An arrested a Lao citizen transporting 50,000 meth pills and 6kg of crystal meth into Vietnam on December 27.
Vietnam and Laos agreed to strengthen coordination to crack down on drug crime in their border areas at the 12th meeting of drug prevention and combat units in Hanoi on December 26.
With about 80 organisations, sects and groups under the State management and about one million followers, Protestantism has significantly contributed to national socio-economic development over the past 100 years.
The 77th Mekong River joint patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand began on December 18 from Guan Lei port, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan province.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US Robert Redfield signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in infection prevention and antibiotic resistance and infection surveillance related to medical care in Hanoi on December 12.
The first Australia-Vietnam Vice-Ministerial Security Dialogue was held in the Australian capital of Canberra on December 11-12.
