Health

Teenage murder suspect had no accomplices: police
09/09/2011 12:00
Le Van Luyen, 18, writes his confession at the Na Hinh Border Guard Station on August 31. (Photo: Tuoi Tre newspaper) Police in the northern province of Bac Giang told the media Monday that Le Van Luyen, an 18-year-old youth who...
Internet fraudsters expelled from VN
09/09/2011 12:00
Police in the southern province of Phu Yen yesterday announced that 59 people from mainland China and Taiwan who had been convicted of international internet fraud were to be expelled from the country and banned from returning for...
International organisations help combat hand-food-mouth disease
09/09/2011 12:00
A doctor examines children with HFMD at Da Nang General Hospital. (Photo: VNA) The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are co-operating with the Ministry of Health's...
City conducts inspections of companies using ‘Pseudoephedrine’
09/09/2011 12:00
Inspectors from the Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City conducted a thorough check of companies importing precursor chemical, Pseudoephedrine’ (PSE), a basic ingredient in cold and flu medicines, on September 6....
Police checkpoints set up near bia hoi shops
09/09/2011 12:00
A motorbike rider is breath-tested in Tang Bat Ho Street, Ha Noi. The city's traffic police have set up check-points to measure alcohol concentration in drivers' breath. – VNS Photo HA NOI — Traffic police in Ha Noi have...
Two substandard medicines suspended
08/09/2011 12:00
The Ha Noi Health Department has suspended a substandard drug and revoked the distribution of another. The drugs fail to meet dissolubility standards. The suspended drug, Omemax-20, is used to treat digestive disorders....
Man dies after eating puffer fish, four critica
08/09/2011 12:00
Four fishermen who ate puffer fish are recovering in hospital but remain in a critical condition, a doctor in southern Bac Lieu Province Hospital said on Tuesday. On August 28, the fishing boat's owner died after he and the...
Hand, foot and mouth cases may soon rise as school year starts
08/09/2011 12:00
Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien warned parents and teachers yesterday about a likely surge in hand, foot and mouth disease cases as kindergartens opened for the new school year. Photo: VNN According to the...
Five more charged in horror gold shop murder inquiry
08/09/2011 12:00
The People's Procuracy of northern Bac Giang Province yesterday approved a decision to prosecute five individuals for their alleged involvement in the murder of three people at a local gold shop. One other...
Massacre at goldsmith’s shop “awakes” cruelty?
08/09/2011 12:00
It is said that Le Van Luyen’s sin has awaken the cruelty in many people who have been followed this nation-shaking case. Teenage murder Le Van Luyen has become the hottest topic on online forums. Almost the...