Tag: diabetes
Eye‑opening push to stem diabetes‑linked blindness
Experts shone a light on a pressing healthcare concern at a scientific symposium on August 21 in Hanoi, as they gathered to chart a national strategy for battling diabetic eye disease – the leading cause of vision loss among working-age adults in Vietnam.
Vietnam sees alarming surge in diabetes cases, over half undiagnosed
Vietnam is facing a growing public health emergency as diabetes cases have tripled since 2000, with more than half of patients unaware they have the disease, health experts warned at a recent medical conference in Ho Chi Minh City.
People with diabetes in Vietnam rise, seven million sufferers documented
VOV.VN - The number of Vietnamese people suffering from diabetes continues to rise, reaching about seven million, double the number compared to a decade ago, according to Prof. Dr. Tran Huu Dang, president of the Vietnam Association of Endocrinology – Diabetes.
Nearly five million Vietnamese suffer from diabetes
VOV.VN - Nearly five million Vietnamese people get diabetes, with 55% of them suffering from complications, an official of the Ministry of Health said at a meeting in Hanoi on November 14 to mark World Diabetes Day.
Another two COVID-19 patients with underlying illnesses die in Vietnam
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced two more COVID-19 related deaths in Vietnam on July 13 evening.
Vietnam reports two more deaths caused by COVID-19
VOV.VN - Two additional COVID-19 patients have died in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Giang province, thereby taking the total number of fatalities to 112, the Ministry of Health announced on July 10.
Vietnam reports five more COVID-19 deaths, death toll rises to 102
VOV.VN - Vietnamese health authorities reported five more COVID-19 related deaths on July 7, taking the nation’s total death toll for the pandemic to 102.
HCM City man dies of COVID-19, 67 deaths in Vietnam so far
VOV.VN - A 75-year-old man of Ho Chi Minh City has died of COVID-19 and other underlying illnesses, raising Vietnam’s total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 67.
Vietnam confirms 171 daily COVID-19 cases, 55th fatality
VOV.VN - The nation registered 53 additional COVID-19 infections between midday and six p.m. on June 8, boosting the daily tally to 171, with the majority of cases detected in the current hotspots of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam records another COVID-19 death, 45 cases so far
VOV.VN - A 67-year-old woman hailing from Bac Ninh province, a coronavirus hotspot, has died of COVID-19 and other underlying illnesses, the Ministry of Health announced on May 26.
