The southern province of Dong Nai has reported the second death from dengue fever, Director of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre Bach Thai Binh said on September 8.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh recorded its second death from A/H1N1 this year when an 82-year-old woman died of the swine flu virus on August 9.
Vietnam is facing a significant shortage of skilled birth attendants in hard-to-reach areas and a significant difference in the competency of birth attendants in regions, according to midwifery, maternal, family planning reports.