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The Vietnam Food Administration has discovered several milk producers cheating on protein content. Milk products at a supermarket in HCMC’s Go Vap District. Vietnam’s food watchdog has found many milk producers making false claims about their products’ contents following recent tests (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Concerned agencies reported that 53 out of 210 baby formula, milk [...]
An unqualified anesthetist’s failure may cause fatality on the operation table. Those who helped Do Huu Tam be assigned as an anesthetist, though untrained and unqualified, at Cho Ray Hospital, HCM City, will face disciplinary action, said Nguyen Tuan Hung, manger of the Personnel Department at the Ministry of Health. In response to the scandal, [...]
Thailand’s Bangkok city has 5000 food safety inspectors while Vietnam’s largest city — HCM City – has only four inspectors, said the HCM City Health Department chief, to explain the poor food hygiene and safety control situation in the city. Lack of staff, it is hard for HCM City to control food hygiene and safety. [...]
Dengue fever killed another child in Soc Trang Province on July 9 as health officials warned poor preparation will increase chances of outbreaks later this year. More than 2,500 people in Kien Giang Province have contracted dengue fever so far, six of whom have died. The nine-year-old died at the province’s general hospital, said Truong [...]
Methadone is taken orally so it helps reduce the risk of HIV infection and diseases that are transmitted via the blood. Some 608 drug addicts have been treated with methadone in HCM City in the last year and results have been satisfactory, said the HCM City HIV/AIDS Prevention Committee at a meeting to review the [...]
The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday, July 5, confirmed an additional 11 A/H1N1 flu cases across the country, bringing the total to 226. The majority (196) of the super-flu cases are still in the south. Photo: VOV Due to the tight quarantines and good medical care, 123 patients have recovered and were released from the [...]
Tuna is sold in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: TN) Rotten tuna was the cause of food poisoning that struck down hundreds of workers between June 11 and 13, Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department said on June 20. The department collected food samples from the companies to test immediately after workers got food poisoning. [...]
What’s in your favourite condiment? Health experts say many brands of fish sauce on the market are hazardous to health and could cause cancer and recommend consumers only purchase well-known established brands. Fish sauce produced by Hong Dai Enterprise in the town of Duong Dong, in Kien Giang province’s Phu Quoc district. Health experts recommend [...]
As of June 22, 53 cases of A/H1N1 flu have been recorded in Vietnam. A/H1N1 patients are treated at the National Hospital for Tropical and Infectious Diseases in Hanoi. The number of patients has risen quickly in the past few days. On June 21, HCM City had ten new patients. Notably, most of the new [...]
By 11 am, June 11, Vietnam had detected 23 cases of A/H1N1 flu in HCM City and Hanoi. Meanwhile, five patients have recovered and left hospitals, announced Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu. The first A/H1N1 patient in Hanoi. 22 of the patients are in HCM City and one is in Hanoi. The Health Ministry confirmed [...]