WHO backs weight-loss drugs for obesity and urges change in mindset
World 15:24 16/09/2025LONDON - The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take the condition seriously as a chronic disease.
Vietnam busts massive drug trafficking rings, arrests 26 suspects
Vietnam News 12:34 08/09/2025Police in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam have dismantled three major interprovincial and transnational drug trafficking rings, detaining 26 individuals and seizing nearly 71,000 synthetic drug pills, along with firearms, bladed weapons, and related materials.
US military kills 11 people in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says
World 10:24 03/09/2025WASHINGTON - The U.S. military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration's recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean.
Vietnam withdraws anemia drug Femancia over quality violations
Vietnam News 15:39 18/07/2025The Drug Administration of Vietnam on Thursday revoked the marketing authorization of the anemia drug Femancia, citing repeated quality violations, the Ministry of Health said.
Novartis gets approval for first malaria drug for babies and children
World 17:42 08/07/2025ZURICH - Novartis on Tuesday said it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said was the first drug to treat malaria in babies and young children.
New Zealand approves medicinal use of 'magic mushrooms'
World 14:43 18/06/2025New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called "magic mushrooms".
WHO to back use of weight-loss drugs for adults globally, raises cost issue
World 13:56 02/05/2025LONDON - The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday showed, marking a shift in its approach to treating the global health problem.
Police dismantle drug network in Vietnam’s Da Lat City
Vietnam News 11:16 28/05/2024Four related individuals have been apprehended
Vietnam averts transportation of 210,000 drug pills from Laos
Vietnam News 09:02 15/04/2023A man attempted to transport up to 210,000 drug pills from Laos into Vietnam
Vietnam court sentences 2 to death for transporting 20kg of drugs
Vietnam News 14:50 15/09/2022The two men claimed to be following the directions of a suspect in Cambodia
Ex-policeman sentenced to 20 years in jail for trading meth
Vietnam News 15:19 17/08/2022He used to be a policeman and became acquainted with some drug dealers
Vietnam court sentences men to death for transporting crystal meth
Vietnam News 17:12 06/07/2022The court handed down the death penalty to Nguyen Quoc Ngo, 31, and Mai Van Thinh, 20, on Monday
