
Ho Chi Minh City steps up Chikungunya prevention with 24/7 border screening
Ho Chi Minh City 17:20 17/08/2025Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have launched a plan to prevent and control Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease spread by the same Aedes mosquitoes responsible for dengue fever, including round-the-clock body temperature checks at the city's border gates.

Ho Chi Minh City monitoring Chikungunya epidemic in Cambodia
Vietnam News 17:40 25/08/2020The disease has spread to 15 provinces in Cambodia, several of which share the border with Vietnam

Vietnam on high alert as Chikungunya rages in Cambodia
Vietnam News 16:50 20/08/2020Cambodia has seen the re-emergence of the Chikungunya virus in 15 cities and provinces with more than 2,000 infections so far