VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha expressed the country’s wish to get further support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to restructure and solidify its preventive healthcare system during a reception for Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, regional director of the WHO for the Western Pacific, on May 13 in Hanoi.

Vietnam has eliminated malaria in 46 provinces and centrally-run cities as of the end of last year, and is determined to eradicate the disease by 2030, according to official data.

Millions of children in Vietnam have been protected by immunisation over the past 40 years, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF offices in Vietnam on April 25 when they mark the World Immunisation Week from April 24-30.

VOV.VN - Since the beginning of the year the nation has recorded a total of 29 deaths from rabies across 17 provinces and cities, a figure double compared to the same period from last year, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The capital experienced a day with very poor air quality on March 22, with the conditions seriously affecting human health, notably the elderly, children, and people suffering from respiratory diseases.

VOV.VN - American singer Nick Carter of famous boyband Backstreet Boys will perform on May 21 at the Hoa Binh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Rabies cases are currently on the rise in several Vietnamese localities across the country, with dozens of deaths reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha underlined the need to manage the pharmaceutical industry under market rules, ensuring publicity, transparency, quality control, safety, and cheapest prices during a meeting in Hanoi on February 19 to discuss the law on amendments and supplementations to some articles of the Law on Pharmacy.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, has seen a sharp increase in the number of cases caused by the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has said.

VOV.VN - The General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health has requested more information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Chinese agency for International Health Regulations (IHR) regarding an increase in respiratory illness cases occurring in China.