Free blood-pressure checks for sufferers

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

Doctors and professors at the National Heart Institute in Ha Noi's Bach Mai Hospital will offer free medical check-ups and health-care advice to patients suffering from high blood pressure on Sunday.

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Minister urges active measures to prevent avian influenza H7N9

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Nhân dân English 1 month(s) ago

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien checks H7N9 prevention activities at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. (Image: toquoc.gov.vn)

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Four scenarios for A/H7N9 influenza prevention in Vietnam

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Nhân dân English 1 month(s) ago

Four scenarios for A/H7N9 influenza prevention in Vietnam

A working group of MoH checks A/H7N9 prevention activities in the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. (Image: MoH)

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Vietnam steps up temperature checks to fight new bird flu threat

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Vietnam steps up temperature checks to fight new bird flu threat

Visitors through Lao Cai border gate neighboring China are checked more carefully recently for fear they would carry a new bird flu virus strain. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre

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Extreme weather behind rise in number of sick children

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 month(s) ago

A lot of little toddlers and young children are being rushed to hospitals recently in Ho Chi Minh City due to extreme fluctuation in weather, with temperatures dropping at night and early mornings to scorching at noontime.

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Ba Kich wine labels seized for incorrect map of Vietnam

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SaiGon GP English 5 month(s) ago 1 related news

Ba Kich wine labels seized for incorrect map of Vietnam

Approximately 80,000 wine bottle labels were seized by authorities in Hung Yen Province as they had an incorrect map of Vietnam printed on them.

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MoH cracks down on street food

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

MoH cracks down on street food

To sell food on the street, vendors will soon have to undergo mandatory health checks and training courses on food hygiene and safety.

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Vietnamese doctors offer free medical care in Cambodia

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Nhân dân English 5 month(s) ago

Nhan Dan Online – A team of 16 doctors from Dak Nong province provided free medical checks, treatment and medicine, worth nearly VND100 million, to people in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province from December 9-13.

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HIV prevention targets pregnant women

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

HIV prevention targets pregnant women

Sitting alone on a bench outside the Obstetrics Department of Thot Not District General Hospital in southern Can Tho City, the round and sun-bronzed face of a young woman betrays a gnawing anxiety. Her eyes sometimes flit down to her soil-filled finger nails which cling tightly to the bench. Her threadbare hat tumbles to the floor but she does not care about picking it up.

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Health officials call for more sex education

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Hanoi Times English 6 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Nguyen Thi Lan, a worker in Hanoi's Bac Thang Long Industrial Zone, has had three abortions.

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Health officials call for more sex education

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

Health officials call for more sex education

Nguyen Thi Lan, a worker in Ha Noi's Bac Thang Long Industrial Zone, has had three abortions.

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Health officials call for more sex education

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

Health officials call for more sex education

Nguyen Thi Lan, a worker in Ha Noi's Bac Thang Long Industrial Zone, has had three abortions. The only birth-control measure that she uses is the rhythm method, where previous menstrual cycles are calculated to estimate the chances of fertility.

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Ministry orders strict quality control on food products

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Ministry orders strict quality control on food products

At a meeting on food safety and hygiene organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on October 19, a report was presented that stated that recently bamboo shoot, dried beef and sea fish in the market were found containing toxic chemical residues.

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US hospital donates equipment to Bach Mai

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago

The Saint Anthony Hospital in the US donated US$1 million worth of medical equipment to the Bach Mai General Hospital at a ceremony on Wednesday in Ha Noi.

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Vietnam acts after global alert over new SARS-like virus

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Báo Thanh Niên English 8 month(s) ago 1 related news

Vietnam’s Health Ministry has ordered heightened surveillance and checks at all border areas for a SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)-like virus, the VnExpress news website reported Thursday.

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