VOV.VN - The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Health Ministry has sent a dispatch requesting that the mountainous border province of Dien Bien’s Department of Health take epidemic prevention and control steps after the discovery of three outbreaks of human anthrax in Tua Chua district.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned about a new COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam and requested that localities develop response scenarios amid the number of infections increasing considerably over recent times.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly (NA) adopted resolutions on June 7 relating to the dismissal of Nguyen Thanh Long from the positions as the deputy of the 15th legislature and Health Minister over his wrongdoings related to a COVID-19 test kit scam.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has requested localities to strengthen monitoring and quickly provide information about suspect cases of monkeypox amid an increasing number of cases worldwide.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 1,457 fresh COVID-19 cases across 33 cities and provinces nationwide on May 21, thereby pushing the overall number of national infections to more than 10.7 million.

VOV.VN - Health authorities confirmed the detection of a further 1,587 fresh COVID-19 infections on May 20 across 51 cities and provinces nationwide, representing a fall of 128 from the previous day, including 1,380 local cases.

Former Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong was given four years in jail in the first-instance trial of the case relating to the trading of counterfeit medicine labelled as Health 2000 Canada, lack of responsibilities causing serious consequences, and abuse of power while on duty.

VOV.VN - An additional 1,831 fresh infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on May 18 across 48 provinces and cities nationwide, thereby raising the national tally since the start of the pandemic to 10,701,796.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on May 6 requested the local health sector to strengthen surveillance for early detection of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology which has been reported in approximately 20 countries globally.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed a further 4,305 fresh COVID-19 infections across 56 localities nationwide on May 5, while only two fatalities were recorded.