Vietnam's health care system needs a national co-ordination network to
ensure the safety of medications at all levels, Deputy Minister of
Health Cao Minh Quang has said.
The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on
January 18 elected 175 official members and 25 alternate members to CPV
Central Committee (CPVCC) for the 11th tenure.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced a fund worth 49 million
USD to the second project of infectious disease surveillance in the
Greater Mekong Subregion.
An agreement was signed by the Cuban and French governments on November
30 to re-establish official ties between the two nations, which have
been on hold since 2003.
The deadly disease HIV/AIDS has been viewed through the prism of museum
and culture for the first time in an exhibition that opened at the
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) in Hanoi on Nov. 22.
The 4 th East Asian Ministerial Forum on Families (EAMFF) took place in
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia from Nov. 8-10 with the participation of
over 100 delegates from 14 regional countries.
Vietnam is not a certified meat-exporting nation to the US , but
an exception may apply to products with small amounts of meat and
poultry produced in the country, says Mark Oakley, an attorney with the
US-based law firm Duane Morris.
Each locality should prioritise its investment in ethnic inhabited and
poorer regions to protect the lives of children, said an official of the
Ministry of Public Health.
Vietnam's great potential in exporting herbs for medicinal uses
remains largely untapped, as mass imports of cheap products have left
the industry stagnant.
The medical sector has diversified its international cooperation to
attract various foreign aid sources and receive advanced science and
technology, said Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu.
The Ministry of Public Health on August 30 presented its minister’s
certificate of merit and an insignia for the cause of population health
to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) deputy representative
Urmila Singh.
The 10th International Medicine and Pharmaceutical Exhibition opened
in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 with 220 companies from 20 countries
and territories all over the world taking part.
WHO medical experts and delegates from 10 regional countries are
gathering in Hanoi for a three-day workshop on building a fund for
tobacco harm prevention and control, and health improvement.
A hearing on Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam will be held in Washington
D.C. on July 15 by the US House of Representatives to examine how to
meet the needs of Vietnam’s AO victims who have been exposed to the
toxic dioxin contained in the Agent Orange used by the US during the
Vietnam War.
China and the US have discussed
measures to step up cooperation when dealing with major regional and
global issues during the second day of their economic talks on May 25.
The 2010 Hue Festival has stepped into its fifth day with a range of
diverse and unique activities, including a science festival, street
performances, a “Royal Palace by Night” event and a fashion show of “Ao
dai”, Vietnam’s traditional long dress.
The second round of the China-US
Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) opened in Beijing on May
24, with 50 senior officials from both countries attending.
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
