Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea lifted after severe allergy cases

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SaiGon GP English 1 week(s) ago

Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea lifted after severe allergy cases

Quinvaxem vaccine from Korea has been lifted off the market after reports of several allergy reactions in children, said Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) and head of National Expanded Program on Immunization.

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Hai Duong reports two H1N1 cases

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VOV News English 2 week(s) ago

(VOV) -The Hai Duong Provincial General Hospital reported on May 4 that two of its patients, Do Thi Dinh and Tran Thi Tha, had tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus.

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H1N1 can combine with other viruses: experts

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

Influenza A (H1N1) has spread widely in Vietnam and worried health experts warn of the possibility that it can combine with other type of dangerous flu viruses and become a greater threat.

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Blood donation festival launched

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VOV News English 1 month(s) ago

Blood donation festival launched

(VOV) - Hanoi expects to collect 500 units of blood at a blood donation day on April 5.

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Vietnam to test disposable chopsticks

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Vietnam to test disposable chopsticks

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Institute for Food Safety Test has collected samples of disposable bamboo chopsticks and toothpicks on the market to test for mold resistant chemicals, said Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of the Food Safety Agency of the Ministry of Health.

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Malaria epidemic may recur this year

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VOV News English 5 month(s) ago

Malaria epidemic may recur this year

(VOV) - A malaria epidemic is likely to spread across many provinces and cities this year, according to Dr. Tran Thanh Duong, Head of the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE).

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Vietnam hospital says anemic 3-year-old boy has AIDS

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Vietnam hospital says anemic 3-year-old boy has AIDS

Doctors at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi say that an emaciated three-year-old boy hospitalized earlier this month has tested positive for HIV and is now suffering from full-blown AIDS.

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Vietnam hospital says anemic 3-year-old boy has AIDS

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Vietnam hospital says anemic 3-year-old boy has AIDS

Hua Van Dung, a three-year-old AIDS patient at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hanoi. Photo courtesy of the institute

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Hanoi to host 9th Asia-Pacific Burn Congress

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VietnamPlus English 2 month(s) ago 3 duplicate news

Hanoi to host 9th Asia-Pacific Burn Congress

The 9th Asia-Pacific Burn Congress will take place in Hanoi from April 3-5, said Major General Le Nam, Director of the Vietnam National Institute of Burns at a press briefing on March 27.

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Experts attribute mildewed rice for cause of bizarre disease

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Experts attribute mildewed rice for cause of bizarre disease

Nguyen Tran Hien, head of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said that medical experts attribute mildewed rice for the bizarre disease striking people in Ba Dien Commune in Ba To District in the central province of Quang Ngai.

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2013 Pink Spring festival launched

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Hanoi Times English 2 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan launched the 2013 Pink Spring festival at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, an annual event to promote blood donation and an opportunity for people to give blood to patients in need. The 6th annual event, co-organised by the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, the Hanoi municipal Steering Committee of Voluntary Blood Donation, and the Hanoi Youth Blood Donation Mobilisation Association.

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Vitamin deficiency poses risk to child development

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VietnamPlus English 2 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

The National Institute of Nutrition has found that more than 50 percent of Vietnamese children fail to get enough vitamins or iron in their daily meals.

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7,000 units of blood collected at Pink Spring Festival

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Nhân dân English 2 month(s) ago

7,000 units of blood collected at Pink Spring Festival

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan encourages blood donors. (Photo: Hanh Nguyen)

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Sunflower seeds free from dangerous additives

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Sunflower seeds free from dangerous additives

No aluminium and talcum additives were found in 10 samples of imported sunflower seeds tested by the National Institute of Food Safety Testing, the Viet Nam Food Administration under the Ministry of Health said.

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50% of Vietnamese children have vitamin deficiency

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

50% of Vietnamese children have vitamin deficiency

More than 50 per cent of Vietnamese children fail to get enough vitamins or iron in their daily meals, says the National Institute of Nutrition.

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