Conjoined Baby Girls Won’t Be Separated
Doctors have decided not to perform any surgery on the conjoined twins, born last Tuesday in Soc Trang Province, after the consultation on October 18. Read More »Obesity on the Rise, Schools Educate Children On Dangers
Nutrition intervention, especially at kindergarten and primary schools, is taking an important role in managing the increasing rates of obesity in children in Vietnam. Read More »Young Woman with Aged Face Admitted for Treatment
26-year-old Nguyen Thi Phuong, who turned into an old woman virtually overnight possibly due to mastocytosis, was admitted to Ho Chi Minh City University medical center this afternoon for treatment. Read More »Woman Prematurely Ages, Possibly Due to Allergies
Nguyen Thi Phuong (26) of Ben Tre Province turned into an old woman virtually overnight possibly due to an allergy caused by eating seafood or some medicines she was prescribed for it. Read More »Vietnam Attends Global Health Conference in London
Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien attended the Global Health Conference that took place in London on September 29-30. Read More »Cambodian Toddler Nurses Directly From Cow
A toddler in Cambodia has been suckling milk directly from a cow ever since his mother left him to look for work in Thailand with his father. Read More »Cooking Oil Made from Sewage and Trash in China, Vietnam
Although recycling sewage sludge to make biofuel and using organic waste to feed livestock are nothing new, it seems a few vendors in China are the taking the “don’t waste anything” idea just a bit too far… Read More »Vietnamese Ear Picking: Art, Pleasure, or Health Hazard?
For many non-Vietnamese or overseas Vietnamese, ráy tai or ngoáy tai (ear picking), is something that you do yourself with a cotton swab. You may even see one of your Vietnamese parents using a solid metal or wood ear picker and wondered why… Read More »Make Agent Orange History
A short video about the legacy of Agent Orange which unfortunately continues to endure today.Let’s Make Agent Orange History. Learn more at: http://makeagentorangehistory.org Read More »
