Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) has instructed importers and distributors to make large orders for foreign-made vaccines to cover an urgent shortage in HCMC and Hanoi.
The swine flu A/H5N1 virus has mutated into seven antigen groups since it appeared in the country, according to a conference on the virus in Hanoi to discuss last year’s results and plans for 2010.
The price of cigarettes in Vietnam is extremely low compared to the increase in per capita income, said participants at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting March 9 in Hanoi on cigarette use in the country.
Ho Chi Minh City hospitals are reporting an increase in the number of children being diagnosed with heatstroke, respiratory illnesses and acute diarrhea due to the recent surge in temperatures. More elderly patients are also flooding in as a result of the scorching weather.
Following the discovery last month of fake drugs in 10 Viet-France Pharmaceuticals Company warehouses, SGGP reporters have unearthed more information on illegal drug-selling practices in Ho Chi Minh City.
Since Tet (Lunar New Year), several cases of cholera and widespread acute diarrhea have been recorded in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang along its border with Cambodia.
