Fear of cervical cancer high among Vietnamese women

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At a seminar hosted by Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd in Phan Thiet City in the central province of Binh Thuan from May 17-19, the medical fraternity claimed that nine out of every 26 women infected with cervical cancer eventually succumb to the disease each day.

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Health workers attacked in 22 nations in 2012: Red Cross

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

Health care workers and institutions came under violent attack in 22 countries last year, including 150 killings, the Red Cross has said , lamenting that such violence deprives millions of people in need of care.

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Vietnam’s elephants succumb to overwork, poaching

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Elephants in a street parade held during this year’s annual coffee festival in the Central Highlands town of Buon Ma Thuot on March 9. Overworked, underfed and uncared for, domesticated elephants in Vietnam are dying in increasing numbers.

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Large trees succumb to drought in Dong Nai Province

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Large trees succumb to drought in Dong Nai Province

More than 32,000 large trees have died due to the prolonged drought and hot weather in the protected forest of Xuan Loc in southern Dong Nai Province, according to the Xuan Loc protective forest management board director Hoang Dinh Long.

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One-third Vietnamese children suffer malnutrition

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One-third Vietnamese children suffer malnutrition

Around 1,100 Vietnamese children under the age of five die of diarrhea every year and most of them suffer from parasitic infections which result in malnutrition leading to poor mental development, according to delegates at a meeting held to mark World Water Day (March 22).

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Tuberculosis poses serious threat in Vietnam

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Tuberculosis poses serious threat in Vietnam

Every year nearly 200,000 newly infected tuberculosis patients are recorded in Vietnam, and around 30,000 succumb to the disease, according to the National Tuberculosis Control Program.

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Tuberculosis a leading cause of death in HIV-infected people

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Tuberculosis a leading cause of death in HIV-infected people

Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death in HIV infected people across the globe, said Bui Duc Duong, deputy chief of the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) under the Ministry of Health at a meeting in Hanoi on November 19.

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Local digital communication firms succumb to competition

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SaigonTimes English 7 month(s) ago

HCMC – A report of IDC shows that Vietnamese enterprises in the digital communication industry are facing tough competition from foreign companies.

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Strokes increasing among younger generation

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Strokes increasing among younger generation

According to the Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City, 19 million people suffer from a stroke each year and more than 1,000 people succumb to the disease, with more and more young people adding to the number.

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Dengue fever widespread in Vietnam

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Dengue fever widespread in Vietnam

According to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, so far this year 26 people have succumbed to dengue fever and more than 40,000 infectious cases have been reported in the country.

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PM inaugurates new facility of cancer hospital

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PM inaugurates new facility of cancer hospital

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung inaugurated the new facility of the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital on August 19, in Tan Trieu Commune in the suburban district of Thanh Tri in Hanoi.

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A fuel price shock

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Bee Gee Robin Gibb came close to death: doctors

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Bee Gee Robin Gibb came close to death: doctors

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is conscious and able to speak to his wife and family after waking from a coma caused by a combination of illnesses that nearly cost him his life, his doctors said on Sunday.

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Drive-by robbers succumb to women students

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SaigonTimes English 15 month(s) ago

Drive-by robbers succumb to women students

Type “n sinh viên bt cp” (female students arrest robbers) and enter, and you’ll access hundreds of articles in Vietnamese on this topic.

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Another bird flu death reported in Mekong delta

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Another bird flu death reported in Mekong delta

According to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, a second case of a bird flu death this year was reported on February 2.

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