VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has recommended that Vietnamese kindergartens and elementary schools consider temporarily closing the door if air pollution in their localities climbs to hazardous levels for three consecutive days.

VOV.VN - The recent announcement by Cambodia of two additional human cases of H5N1 avian influenza has raised concerns about the spread of the disease in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health has said.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has raised warnings about the possible emergence of respiratory diseases in Vietnam as the number of acute respiratory infections from influenza A (H5/N1), and COVID-19 in regional countries such as China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia is increasing considerably.

VOV.VN - A meeting was held on November 25 in the northern port city of Hai Phong to respond to the National Action Month for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 2023 and the World HIV/AIDS Day on December 1.

VOV.VN - Quang Nam province's Department of Health announced on October 23 the death of a woman after contracting an infectious disease called melioidosis, also known as Whitmore's disease.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced on October 23 that 18 out of 20 monkeypox cases who are receiving treatment in the southern city’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases have had infectious syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam has decided to cut short the average incubation period and the time when no additional cases of infectious diseases are detected as a basis for declaring an end to infectious diseases, including COVID-19 in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City health sector has confirmed that the southern city has detected four additional cases of monkeypox, thereby taking total infections up to 13.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded a total of 93,814 cases of dengue fever, with 26 deaths, since the beginning of the year, according to the Ministry of Health.

The International Day of the Girl Child 2023 will focus on promoting gender equality to reduce sex imbalance at birth, thus raising public awareness of child protection and care, according to the Ministry of Health’s General Office For Population and Family Planning.