Up to 872 cases of dengue fever, including one death, have been reported in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre in the last six months, tripling those in the same period last year.
The Global Fund to Fight Malaria coordinated with the Phuoc Long town
medical centre in southern Binh Phuoc province to provide locals with
mosquito nets between March 10 and 11.
Ten outstanding young
individuals with scientific research studies in information technology
& communications, pharmacy & medicine, and biological &
environmental technology received golden globe awards in 2014.
With a wide range of models, good quality and reasonable prices,
locally made construction materials like tiles and ashlar bricks are
increasingly capturing the domestic market, according to traders.
The Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region on January 12
presented gifts to the poor, people who rendered services during
wartime, and some nursery schools in Dien Bien province’s Muong Cha and
Nam Po districts.
The Ministry of Health is urging all parents to get their children
properly vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis in time, stressing
that the vaccine is being supplied free in all districts across the
country.
A delegation of doctors from Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital and young
people from northern cities and provinces have visited poor ethnic
households in Than Uyen district in the northern mountainous province of
Lai Chau.
Five hundred gifts were given to poor students in Sung Tra commune, Meo
Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 6
to help them enjoy a happier Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Five hundred gifts were given to poor students in Sung Tra commune, Meo
Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 6
to help them enjoy a happier Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Phan Hoang Thu Anh, a third-grade student at the Vietnam-Australia
International School, began crying when she saw the children holding up
signs reading "We need food", "We need water" and "We need help".
The municipal Preventive Medicine Centre in Ho Chi Minh City has called
on residents and concerned agencies to pay more attention to preventive
measures as dengue fever enters its peak season.
President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on
November 10 sent condolences to Philippine President Benigno S.Aquino
III over the great human and property losses caused by super-typhoon
Haiyan.
Cambodia recorded 2,541 cases of dengue fever in the first four months
of this year, a year-on-year fall of 31 percent, according to the
country’s Ministry of Health.
The northern border province of Lao Cai and Hekou district of
China on April 24 launched a joint communication campaign to prevent
malaria in the areas along the border.
The health care sectors of Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Dak
Lak and Cambodia s Mondulkiri province are coordinating to prevent
malaria in the 2012-2013 dry season.
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