Four die after eating mouldy cakes

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VietnamNet English 3 week(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge – An infant and three teenagers have died and seven others are receiving medical treatment after eating corn cakes suspected of being mouldy in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang's Quan Ba District.

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Four die after eating mouldy cakes

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago

An infant and three teenagers have died and seven others are receiving medical treatment after eating corn cakes suspected of being mouldy in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang's Quan Ba District.

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Gov't gives rice to aid Quang Ngai epidemic

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Finance to provide 450 tonnes of rice to support residents in central Quang Ngai Province's Ba To and Son Ha districts suffering from a mysterious skin disease.

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Eating cicadas, four people hospitalized for poisoning

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Eating cicadas, four people hospitalized for poisoning

VietNamNet Bridge - On April 24, the Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, received four cases of poisoning due to eating cicadas, said doctor Pham Tri Dung, Head of the Emergency Ward.

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Fungus blights lobster production in Cam Ranh

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Since January, a mysterious disease has killed nearly 90 per cent of the lobsters in Cam Binh Commune, Cam Ranh City in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

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Fatal SKIN disease caused by Aflatoxin

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Fatal SKIN disease caused by Aflatoxin

The Ministry of Health has concluded that the mysterious disease which has affected 215 people in central Quang Ngai Province's Ba To District was caused by Aflatoxin, a toxin produced by fungus in mouldy rice.

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Fatal disease blamed on contaminated rice

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Fatal disease blamed on contaminated rice

The Ministry of Health has concluded that the mysterious disease which has affected 215 people in central Quang Ngai Province's Ba To District was caused by Aflatoxin, a toxin produced by fungus in mouldy rice.

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Scientists continue to investigate skin mystery disease

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

WHO scientists have joined investigations into a rare skin disease in central Quang Ngai province's Ba Dien commune.

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Peppers perish across Central province as plant disease spreads

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VietNam News English 3 month(s) ago

Many farmers in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Nong, a major pepper cultivation area in the country, have suffered big losses over the last few months because of disease outbreaks.

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Wine making takes root in long-isolated Myanmar

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 4 month(s) ago

Wine making takes root in long-isolated Myanmar

Myanmar may be best known for its decades of junta rule, but behind the bamboo curtain maverick entrepreneurs have toiled for years to put the nation on the map for the quality of its wine.

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Medical experts fret about over-publicity of nutritional supplements

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Hanoi Times English 7 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Professor Le Van Truyen, a medical expert, said he really is concerned about manufacturers over-publicizing some products like nutritional supplements that o­nly provide nutrients and vitamins and are not food substitutes or cures for diseases.

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Medical experts fret about over-publicity of nutritional supplements

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SaiGon GP English 7 month(s) ago

Medical experts fret about over-publicity of nutritional supplements

Professor Le Van Truyen, a medical expert, said he really is concerned about manufacturers over-publicizing some products like nutritional supplements that only provide nutrients and vitamins and are not food substitutes or cures for diseases.

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Vietnam skin disease remains a mystery despite int’l help

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Báo Thanh Niên English 11 month(s) ago

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been unable to solve the mystery of the fatal skin disease plaguing the central province of Quang Ngai.

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Nepal 'Himalayan Viagra' harvest droops to record low

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 12 month(s) ago

Nepal 'Himalayan Viagra' harvest droops to record low

Every summer, Himalayan villages empty as locals rush to the mountains of northern Nepal to harvest yarchagumba, a high-altitude wild fungus that is prized for its aphrodisiac qualities.

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Medics add nutritious food supplements to tackle mysterious skin disease

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SaiGon GP English 12 month(s) ago

Medics add nutritious food supplements to tackle mysterious skin disease

Medical workers in Ba To District in Quang Ngai Province have come to the conclusion that most of the indigenous ethnic minority groups suffering from the mysterious and as yet unidentified skin disease also suffer from acute malnutrition, hence are supplementing their diet with more nutritious foods.

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