Words on the Street: Vietnam's E-Cigarette ban sparks debate
Welcome back to Words on the Street, where we explore the stories that influence discussions and spark arguments on Hanoi's bustling streets.
Welcome back to Words on the Street, where we explore the stories that influence discussions and spark arguments on Hanoi's bustling streets.
The partnership with Siemens will enable Hoa Lam Group to move forward with its plan to build an oncology and nuclear medicine center at the Hoa Lam Shangri-La High-Tech Medical Zone in Ho Chi Minh City.
There are many benefits to cashless payments, including improved security, speed and accuracy.
Thanks to the noble sacrifices of organ donors, organ transplantation in Vietnam has made remarkable progress over the past three decades.
The district continues to replicate the food safety model in other areas.
Vietnam can be proud of having transformed life and health in recent decades.
Recently, there have been several food poisoning outbreaks across the country, mainly from food sold to children from stalls outside school gates, causing concern and anxiety among parents.
Vietnam has made strides in the past four decades to lower the number of child fatalities after it launched a national immunization program in 1981.
Students living in urban areas are more likely to be obese than those who live in rural areas.
Hanoi has achieved the targets set in the National Strategy for TB Prevention and Control by 2020 with a vision of 2030, with 80% of TB cases detected and 92% of detected patients being cured of the disease.
Hanoi encourages enrollment in social and health ínsurance by increasing banking penetration to facilitate the payment of pensions or monthly social allowances.
Cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark in the field of health is based on a common understanding that primary health care is crucial to ensure equitable access to health and to tackle the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases.
Hanoi has set a goal of planting 400 hectares of medicinal plants by 2025 and 1,000 hectares by 2030.
The move aims to ensure that emergency cases, road accident victims, and emergency births are given due care during the Tet holiday.
Pediatric Surgery Ward at Hanoi-based Saint Paul General Hospital is one of two centers in the world to perform laparoscopic common bile duct surgery without complications.
European member states hope that educational initiatives will raise students’ concerns about Vietnam’s rapidly disappearing biodiversity.
Joining the WHO-led mechanism to deliver climate commitments is part of Vietnam’s efforts to concretize its low carbon emissions goals towards the net-zero strategy by 2050.
In Vietnam, approximately 200,000 people die each year from cardiovascular disease, accounting for 33% of all deaths.
The 27th Congress will provide an opportunity for doctors from Vietnam and Southeast Asia to exchange and update techniques in many fields related to cardiology.
WHO highly appreciated that Vietnam has demonstrated its ability to respond strongly to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Oriental Traditional Medicine Association of Hanoi has set up traditional medicine clinics in 30 districts with more than 4,000 members.