Since its inception 72 years ago (1946-2018), the Vietnamese sport sector has done more than provide games for the nation to play by enhancing the country’s international integration efforts.
One more club “Reading with Children” has recently opened in Hanoi, creating an additional playground for young book lovers in the capital city.
An event aiming to raise public awareness about lifestyle-related disease prevention was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on September 8.
The northern province of Bac Giang has made tremendous efforts to attract investment to urban development and the building of residential areas in the province, Deputy Director of the provincial Construction Department Vi Thanh Quyen has said.
A football tournament for Vietnamese youths was held in Macau Special Administrative Region of China on July 22 to commemorate the Day of Martyrs and Invalids (July 27).
The second ASEAN Sports Student Festival has kicked off in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with more than 100 Vietnamese and ASEAN students taking part.
Each Vietnamese currently consumes about 46.5 grammes of free sugar every day, which is close to the maximum daily intake of 50 grammes and almost doubles the recommended daily intake of under 25 grammes.
In 2017, more than two million children in Vietnam were stunted and 1.2 million were underweight. In particular, the report said one in every six children under five years old was below normal height.
More than 10,000 students in 12 primary schools in the south-eastern province of Binh Duong attended a programme on nutrition education and physical development which ended on October 2.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong held a forum on July 14 to discuss measures to prevent violence and abuses against children.
ietnam has responded to World Diabetes Day (November 14) with a ceremony focusing on the importance of the early detection and timely treatment to prevent dangerous complications.
The proportion of malnourished children is reducing remarkably but the ratio of childhood obesity is on the rise, according to the Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine.
Vietnam has recorded an increasing number of young people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, which kill 200,000 people per year, heard a workshop in Hanoi on July 20.
The obesity rate among Vietnamese school-aged children has increased, particularly in big cities like Hanoi, HCM City, Da Nang and Hai Phong.
An increasing number of young adults in their thirties and forties are suffering from heart attacks, which typically occur in older age, according to the Vietnam Medical Association.
One in three children aged between 10 and 15 in Ho Chi Minh City has belly fat, which according to scientists is more significant than body fat percentage unlike hitherto believed, a survey has found.
Mui Ne in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan ranks second among the world's best sand-boarding destinations, according to infotainment blog wonderslist.com.
