Hanoi works on cleanup, disease prevention after Typhoon Yagi
The city's medical units advice the community on the use of clean water, food safety, and environmental hygiene.
20:27, 2024/09/20
Health Ministry intensifies inspections of cosmetic sales on e-commerce
As ads for fake beauty products proliferate on social media, Vietnam's Ministry of Health is taking action to protect consumers and crack down on online counterfeit cosmetics.
12:27, 2024/09/07
Hanoi schools closed due to super typhoon Yagi
All students are advised to stay indoors this Saturday due to the large radius of the super typhoon's path.
22:18, 2024/08/28
Hanoi leads the country in student number
The number of school-age children in the capital city is growing faster and faster.
09:12, 2014/04/02
HKI provides eye care for Vietnamese pupils
Helen Keller International (HKI) in coordination with Hanoi’s healthcare sector is carrying out an awareness campaign on eye refraction defects throughout Quoc Oai district, Hanoi.
10:39, 2014/04/01
UK supports vocational skills for Vietnamese students
The UK-based Westminster Kingsway College will implement a British Council-sponsored project at Vietnam’s Kien Giang Vocational College to improve students’ vocational skills.
08:59, 2014/04/01
Deputy PM welcomes Harvard professor
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested adviser of the Harvard’s Vietnam Programme, Professor Thomas Vallely greatly help boost Vietnam-US education and training cooperation.
15:31, 2014/03/31
Young readers drawn to foreign novels
Bach Viet Publishing House in HCM City has bought the rights to translate and publish American author Dan Brown`s Inferno, which was recently released in bookstores under the Vietnamese title Hoa Nguc.
11:31, 2014/03/31
Widow wins top honour for vaccine research
When Le Thi Luan, deputy director of the Ministry of Health`s Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals, returned to work after taking two weeks off, her colleagues were silent. They did not know what to say.
11:14, 2014/03/31
Doctor awarded French Legion of Honour Order
French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean - Noël Poirier on March 27 presented France’s Legion of Honour Order to Doctor Nguyen Thi Hoi, recognising her significant contributions to medical cooperation between the two countries.
10:55, 2014/03/31
Vietnamese doctors provides free medical care for patients in Cambodia
More than 1,000 patients in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province have been provided with free medical check-ups and treatment along with free medicine by a delegation of more than 40 voluntary nurses and doctors from Ho Chi Minh City.
11:54, 2014/03/30
Forum on legislature held for Hanoi's students
Over 200 university students across Hanoi gathered at a conference in the capital on March 29 to learn about the National Assembly and its operations.
12:17, 2014/03/28
Robots help doctors conduct paediatric surgery
Robots successfully assisted the doctors at the National Hospital of Paediatrics`s Centre of Paediatrics Endoscopic Surgery to conduct surgeries on ten patients since the centre became operational four weeks ago.
10:33, 2014/03/27
Solemn ceremony commemorates Professor Trinh Ngoc Phan
On March 25, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Hanoi University of Medicine and Bach Mai Hospital celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of professor , doctor Phan Ngoc Trinh
09:01, 2014/03/27
Vinmec performs first stem-cell therapy for one-year-old baby
Specialists at Vinmec International Hospital in Hanoi have performed stem-cell therapy on a one-year-old baby boy to try and overcome the effects of cerebral palsy (brain paralysis).
08:46, 2014/03/27
Vietnam, Cuba work closely on publishing
Vietnam and Cuba will work closely together in book publishing under a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Hanoi on March 26.
14:10, 2014/03/26
Vietnam to have encyclopedia with total of 35 episodes
On March 25, Dr. Lai Van Hung, director of Academy of Social Sciences Vietnam said that it is expected in 8-10 years time, Vietnam will have completed the national Encyclopedia.
08:15, 2014/03/25
St Paul hospital carries out 2nd kidney transplant
The Saint Paul Hospital in Hanoi has successfully performed its second kidney transplant, where the patient and donor were siblings.
15:13, 2014/03/24
Pioneering Vietnam prepares for new TB drugs
Later this year, Vietnam will become the first country that treats multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases with new medicines, a health official has said.
15:09, 2014/03/24
President awards prestigious honour to Nghe An school
President Truong Tan Sang on March 23 presented the Labour Hero title to the Phan Boi Chau High School for Gifted Students in the central province of Nghe An, on the occasion of its 40th founding anniversary.
14:48, 2014/03/24
Investors run away from vocational schools
Anticipating the gloomy future of vocational schools which cannot enroll students, investors now try to bargain the schools away to quit the unprofitable investment field.
14:23, 2014/03/24
Pioneering Vietnam prepares for new TB drugs
Later this year, Vietnam will become the first country that treats multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases with new medicines, a health official has said.
11:56, 2014/03/24
Ministry agrees to pilot foreign language teaching in kindergartens
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has approved a pilot programme for teaching of foreign language at nursery schools following demand from many parents.
10:19, 2014/03/23
French professors and practising physicians honoured in Vietnam
Vietnam Embassy in France held a solemn ceremony "For People`s Health" to award medals for 3 French professors and doctors who have made great contributions to the development of Vietnam`s health.