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 - Vietnam will test the efficacy of a Japanese produced vaccine against dengue fever to create immunity for people amid a rising number of dengue infections throughout the country, according to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, vice president of the Vietnam Medical Association.

VOV.VN - About 75 people in Vietnam die of rabies each year, despite progress being made over the past decade, said Vu Cao Cuong, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Health, at a meeting held in Hanoi on September 28 to mark World Rabies Day 2023.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Gerd Müller and Chief Programme Officer at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) Aurélia Nguyen in New York on September 20 (local time).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has ordered strong actions to be taken in order to prevent the further spread of diphtheria following the country recording three deaths this year.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia hosted a reception on September 6 in the Australian capital of Canberra to mark the 78th National Day and the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the nation and Australia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told US Vice President Kamala Harris on September 6 that Hanoi is looking forwards to receiving US President Joe Biden on a State visit this weekend.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Nguyen Tat Thanh presented President Vo Van Thuong's credentials to Governor-General Bob Dadae in the city capital of Port Moresby on August 24.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi has seen 18 patients suffer from tetanus since the beginning of the year, marking an increase of three times compared to the same period last year, with two deaths documented.

Representatives from AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company and the Philippines’ KPP Powers Commodites Inc on August 15 visited a pig farm in Hanoi's Dan Phuong district, where Made-in-Vietnam African swine fever (ASF) vaccines have been tested.