Ho Chi Minh City has recorded 13,763 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of this year, an increase of 27 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Health.
Buddhists from the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau and Ho Chi Minh City visited families affected by the recent drought in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan on June 5.
The Ministry of Health on April 6 issued a temporary manual guiding pregnant women on how to take care of themselves amid the circulation of the Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly.