VOV.VN - An official of the Ministry of Health has played down public worries about AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine side-effects after the pharmaceutical giant admitted that the vaccine may cause extremely rare side-effects such as blood clots and low platelet count.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Food Administration under the Ministry of Health has recently released warnings about food safety hazards to people during the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN - Following the successful cooperation over the past 15 years in improving the health and hygiene conditions for the people, Unilever Vietnam (ULV) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) have just signed a strategic cooperation program “For a healthy and sustainable Vietnam” until 2028.

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.