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Việt Nam faces serious shortage of qualified nursing care workers for elderly

Việt Nam is facing an alarming shortage of qualified nursing care workers for the elderly. Most elderly people are cared for by their relatives or domestic helpers with little medical expertise, health experts say.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Students’ mental health needs more attention

About 80 percent of students have problems that they want to share with others and want a private space in the school to seek help and talk about their problems, according to the Ministry of Education and Training’s surveys conducted in the capital city of ...

VNA Reporter

18 reportedly die of rabies in January-April

At least 18 people died of rabies in the last four months, mostly because of ignorance about rabies control and prevention, reported the Preventive Medicines Department under the health ministry.Keep reading   ...

VNS Reporter

Increasing malaria in disadvantaged areas threatens Vietnam’s progress

Vietnam has been making great strides to move from malaria control towards elimination of the disease, but increasing malaria in disadvantaged areas is threatening the country’s overall progress.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

Vietnam faces shortage of skilled midwives in mountainous areas: reports

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.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

Over 45 percent of Vietnamese males smoke

More than 45 percent of Vietnamese males smoke tobacco, as heard at an anti-smoking conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

Ministry proposes tobacco tax increase to VNĐ2,000

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Thursday proposed to raise the tax on tobacco at a press conference on tobacco prevention hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication.Keep reading   ...

VNS Reporter

Indian vaccine to replace 5-in-1 Quinvaxem: Health ministry

The Ministry of Health said it would add three new types of vaccines for infants under the national expanded immunisation programme this year.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Vietnam weighs overnight alcohol ban

Vietnam is considering options for limiting the sale of alcoholic drinks at night to prevent harmful effects of drinking, the health ministry said on Friday.Keep reading ...

Nam Phuong

Healthcare service prices to be adjusted: Health Ministry

Beginning on July 1, the Health Ministry and Việt Nam Social Security will adjust the unreasonable prices of some healthcare services to better manage health insurance funds, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

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