People's negligent attitude towards Covid would fail in prevention mission
People's negligent attitude towards the disease would fail in prevention tasks.
WHO recommends Vietnam to raise polio immunization coverage
Because wild poliovirus from endemic-hit countries spread to countries that have eliminated polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended Vietnam to raise polio immunization coverage.
Hospitals overloaded with surge in dengue fever patients
Vietnam has seen a year-on-year increase in the number of dengue patients resulting in overloaded hospitals.
Health watchdog urges to quarantine monkeypox suspected case in Dak Lak
Health watchdog urged the health sector in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak to quarantine the monkeypox suspected case to curb the spread to local medical workers while waiting for test results.
Ministry rejects declaration on end of coronavirus pandemic
After the Covid-19 epidemic is gradually controlled, residents and producers have already returned to normal pre-Covid-19 life, many health experts have therefore proposed declaring an end to the epidemic, bringing the pandemic out of the group A infectious disease group. However, the Ministry of Health rejected the proposal.
Vietnam Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Identification Book re-released
The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), in collaboration with the Asian Turtle Program, has re-released the Vietnam Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Identification Book.
Green agriculture: Vietnam’s efforts to reduce carbon footprint
Businesses, especially start-ups, are focusing more on green agriculture, and the model has produced positive results and feedback from the community.
UNESCO experts re-verify Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark title
A group of experts from the UNESCO led by Artur Sá, UNESCO senior expert and Chairman of the European Global Geopark Network, had a meeting with leaders of the northern province of Cao Bang on August 17 on the re-verification of the title of the Non Nuoc Cao Bang Global Geopark.
Ministry proposes keeping Covid-19 in Group A of infectious diseases
The Ministry of Health has proposed continuing to keep Covid- 19 in Group A of infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on Covid- 19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.
On the hunt for ganoderma lucidum
Song Thanh National Park is home to hundreds of rare animals and plants, including the Erythrophleum fordii and their symbiotic ganoderma. There are traces of these trees all across the Song Thanh area.
Population of gray-shanked douc langurs smaller as people hunt them
In the Central Province of Quang Ngai, the population of gray-shanked douc langurs in the natural forest in Ba To and Tra Bong districts is very small because they are at a high risk of being hunted, trapped and caught.
Vietnam makes efforts for blue ocean
Vietnam has a long coastline of 3,260 kilometers and over 3,000 large and small islands with a diversified ecosystem. However, the blue ocean is gradually degraded and exhausted, facing huge risks of pollution from the process of living, and unsustainable sea exploitation and usage.
Efforts needed to develop national brand of Vietnamese ginseng
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh has stressed the need to develop Vietnamese ginseng into a product with national brand.
HCMC witnesses surge in dengue cases
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) yesterday said that in the first five months of 2022, the city has recorded 11,722 cases of dengue fever, an increase of 66.5 percent over the same period last year with 7,039 cases.
Two cases of severe malaria detected in HCMC
Ho Chi Minh City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases has reported that the unit has received and treated two imported cases of severe malaria.
Monkeypox can be cured and prevented with vaccine
On May 31, the Ministry of Health published a Q&A document on monkeypox answered by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO said that when properly administered before exposure to monkeypox, vaccines are effective at protecting people against monkeypox.
HCMC sets response plan to monkeypox
The Department of Health of HCMC has released a document asking the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC), medical centers of districts and Thu Duc City, public and private healthcare facilities in the city to strengthen prevention and control measures of monkeypox.
HCMC launches dengue fever prevention campaign
The People's Committee of Hoc Mon District in Ho Chi Minh City, on the morning of May 30, held the launching ceremony of the campaign to respond to the 12th ASEAN Dengue Day in 2022.
Vietnam closely monitors people returning from 12 countries with monkeypox
Today, in its dispatch, the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health asked institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur institute, and health departments in provinces and centrally-run cities to strengthen supervision and prevention of monkeypox following the continuous increase in monkeypox cases in many countries around the world.
Border gates asked to be strictly controlled to prevent monkeypox outbreak
The Ministry of Health asked the Peoples’ Committee of provinces and cities to delegate the health departments and relevant units to impose strict inspections on arrivals at border gates to identify suspected cases of monkeypox.