Seven patients in five weeks have gone down with cholera in the Mekong delta province of An Giang, putting the provincial health department on high alert to prevent an epidemic.
The Japanese government will provide 461 million JPY (US$5.1 million) for Vietnam to implement a project to upgrade medical equipment for the Central Maternity Hospital.
The Investigative Police Bureau in Ho Chi Minh City has issued a warrant for the arrest of Viet-Phap Joint-Stock Pharmaceutical Company Director Huynh Ngoc Quang and 13 of his accomplices for making and selling fake drugs.
Markets in major cities nationwide are flooded with foodstuff consumed traditionally during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, but this has also brought out concerns over their safety and quality.
