A training course on increasing care, consultancy and support for people with HIV/AIDS and anti-HIV/AIDS activities has just been held by the Thanh Hoa Provincial Women’s Union for 70 volunteers and information providers from districts of Tho Xuan and Ngoc Lac, Bim Son town and Thanh Hoa city and staff from the provincial Women’s Union.

With the help of woman doctor Bui Kim Hai, a Belgian of Vietnamese origin, many programmes focusing on public health in Vietnam have been sponsored by the Belgian government and free check-ups provided by US doctors in Ho Chi Minh City and other localities.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Health to prepare enough materials, equipment and means of transport to cope with a super flu outbreak.

Ha Noi, 23 April 2009 - Last week the newly formed Health Partnership Group, led by the Ministry of Health of Viet Nam and including UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and UNAIDS as well as other development partners, held their first meeting and adopted a joint Statement of Intent to guide their work together. The Statement aims to make development assistance for health more efficient and effective, and contribute to the achievement of Viet Nam’s health development goals.

The beauty of Vietnamese girls is legendary. The image of charming girls riding bicycles along streets with long black hair falling over slender shoulders is engraved in many memories.

The Ministry of Health signed a pledge with the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 20 to take part in the First Global Patient Safety Challenge titled “Save lives: Clean Your Hands.”

Nation’s healthcare system still has a long ways to go, says World Bank conference.

More than 2,000 local and international doctors and health experts yesterday shared their expertise about medical research and surgical techniques during a conference on reproductive health in HCM City.

A ceremony to launch ‘Action Month for Food Hygiene and Safety’ was held on April 11, Hanoi, by the Department of Food Hygiene and Safety.

Two years after its establishment, the Centre for Home Reproductive Healthcare Services has proven effective in helping the National Obstetrics Hospital handle its patient load.

Viet Nam plans to eliminate measles by 2012 with two injections for children between the ages of one and six, with supplemental vaccinations for high risk groups and areas.

Viet Nam is determined to reduce the rate of students catching diseases at educational institutions nationwide.

Viet Nam plans to eliminate measles by 2012 with two injections for children between the ages of one and six, with supplemental vaccinations for high risk groups and areas.

A US$95 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be used to improve the safety, quality and quantity of Viet Nam’s commercial food crops, and provide alternative and clean energy supply to households through biogas development.

The Vietnam Television in co-ordination with the Ministry of Public Health and the S-Media Company on August 6 launched a new subscription television channel - the first ever health and lifestyle channel in Vietnam.

Emily Barksy saw tears in the eyes of one of the nurses who met her and her father when they visited Ho Chi Minh City-based National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology (NHO) 10 days ago.

A clinic dedicated to providing free HIV/AIDS consultancy and treatment has been inaugurated in Hai An district of northern port city of Hai Phong.

The Vice State President has requested the Ministry of Health continue expanding the provision of health insurance to children living with HIV/AIDS at a time when the rate of HIV child carriers in the country is on the rise.

The expanded programme of immunisation (EPI), which has covered up to 95 percent of the nation’s under-five children, has contributed greatly to reducing by half the infant and under-five mortality rates.

Vietnam made impressive results in improving health care for children over the past two decades, said international experts.

A project on drug abuse prevention and HIV control for Vietnamese ethnic minorities was launched in Hanoi on January 29 by the State Committee for Ethnic Minorities and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Vietnam has reduced the malnutrition rate among its children to 21.2% from 23.4% in 2007, equivalent to around 150,000 children, said the Vice Chairman of the National Nutrition Steering Committee Nguyen Cong Khan at a conference on nutrition in Hanoi on January 24.

Recent reports indicated many youths did not use conฌdoms due to faith in their partner and the "myth" HIV/Aids was only spread by prostitutes, a spokesman said.

the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS sufferers in the outskirts of Ha Noi is a woman who at more that 80 patiently feeds her emaciated son with his every spoon of soup

Viet Nam has set the target of providing preventive treatment for all pregnant women who test positive for HIV in order to reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission to 10 percent of all births by HIV-infected mothers by 2010.

Viet Nam has seen a considerable increase over the last few years in the number of people living with HIV who have become actively involved in prevention, care and treatment activities, participants at a seminar in Ha Noi said on Monday.

Viet Nam needs to set up a system to obtain data for research of tuberculosis so the disease can be diagnosed as early as possible, according to an epidemiologist and professor from the University of Texas.

A national forum with the theme: children’s voice and HIV/AIDS will take place in August to continue to share and solve related issues of children infected with HIV/AIDS.

Vinh, Hanh, Sinh and Toan form an unlikely, nervous group in the heat of a small waiting area at a health clinic in Viet Nam’s Song Hong (Red River) Delta region.

A programme to tackle stillbirths and maternal deaths during childbirth is being implemented in the country as Viet Nam strives to attain the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Viet Nam needs to invest over VND970 billion (US$60.6 million) to adequately supply the country with much needed contraceptives, according to the Committee for Population, Family and Children.

Over the past recent years, there has been a distinct increase in the number of young people addicted to drugs. Drugs have become a global risk, a disaster for every family and causes for crime and , social disorder. Drugs effect health and are a short bridge to death through AIDS.

From 25-26 June 2007, Thanh Hoa WU in coordination with Family & Welfare newspaper, United Pharma Company - Vietnam, Reproductive Health Care Dept. (Ministry of Health) organized workshop “Healthy gestation and healthy foetus” in 2 districts of Yen Dinh & Trieu Son, Thanh Hoa province.

The Vietnamese Government is pumping more money into the fight against HIV/AIDS and has issued a series of documents aimed at bolstering care and treatment for HIV/AIDS patients.

Keynote address of Dr Margaret Chan - Director-General of the World Health Organization At the International Women’s Summit: Women’s Leadership on HIV and AIDS Nairobi, Kenya, 5 July 2007

The number of teens having unprotected sex is higher in rural areas than in cities, according to a report from the reproductive health project for adolescents.

New mother Pham Thi Khuyen, from Hai Phong City, was devastated when her two year marriage was rocked with the news that her four-month old baby had tested positive for HIV/AIDS.

About 7,000 of HIV/AIDS patients have received treatment with anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, announced Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen at the second National Conference on HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Ha Noi yesterday.

As the number of HIV-infected persons is on the increase, WU of Hanoi actively participated in HIV/AIDS prevention. The WU at all levels in the city have organized 29 talks and discussions, trainings, clubs meetings with the participation of 1,015 turns of people.

HA NOI — Ten per cent of Vietnamese will die from health problems related to cigarette smoking, according to a research by the Viet Nam Women’s Union Study Centre.

Ha Noi (VNA) –The international community has shown their willingness to continue to help Viet Nam fight HIV/AIDS, the Health Ministry have said.

HA NOI — About 7,000 of HIV/AIDS patients have received treatment with anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, announced Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thi Xuyen at the second National Conference on HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Ha Noi yesterday.

With her cheerful face and her brisk, strong carriage, no one would suspect Tam (not her real name) is living with HIV/AIDS.

An additional three bird flu-infected localities have been removed from the black list after recording no new outbreaks in the last 21 days, heard a conference in Hanoi Tuesday.

IPAS, a pro-abortion US group, is expanding its project on safe abortion to five provinces of Khanh Hoa, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen and Nam Dinh from 2007 to 2009.

The United Nations Tuesday signed an agreement with Vietnam to provide US$16.1 million to implement the second phase of a joint program on prevention and control of bird flu in the Southeast Asian nation.

Vietnam’s non-governmental organisations (VNGO) group has made significant contributions to implementing the millennium development goals (MDGs), including hunger and poverty reduction, gender equality, sustainable environment, education, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS control.

The infertility department of the Tu Du Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has reported success in impregnating a woman with the In Vitro Maturation of oocytes (IVM) procedure.

The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) will begin, on Oct. 16, a week-long appeal to inform families about nutrition, in the hopes of further reducing malnutrition.

Researchers, activists and major funders have agreed to a shift in the fight against AIDS to focus on prevention and especially helping women protect themselves.