Ho Chi Minh City health experts warn of rising osteoporosis risk among aging population
Ho Chi Minh City 13:31 02/07/2025The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) on Monday issued a warning about osteoporosis, calling it a “silent but dangerous disease” that disproportionately affects people aged 50 and above.
Over 12 million Vietnamese carry gene for thalassemia: hematology institute
Vietnam News 12:11 14/05/2025More than 12 million people in Vietnam carry the gene for thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, including over 20,000 with severe forms of the disease who require lifelong treatment, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.
Over 2,200 COVID-19 patients in serious conditions in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 17:55 18/08/2021Sixteen other patients are in critical conditions and require outside-body life support
Ho Chi Minh City traces visitors to downtown Starbucks, bookstore after COVID-19 patients’ visits
Vietnam News 10:52 22/05/2021One patient and a family member of the other case carry two highly contagious coronavirus variants
No local COVID-19 transmission recorded in Ho Chi Minh City for over 2 weeks
Vietnam News 17:46 17/12/2020It has been 15 days since Ho Chi Minh City last recorded a domestic COVID-19 infection
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
Saigon to expand COVID-19 screening to returnees from four virus-hit localities
Vietnam News 12:50 19/08/2020Returnees from Hanoi, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, and Hai Duong will be tested
Returnees from Da Nang can go to work after quarantine without COVID-19 testing: HCDC
Vietnam News 14:45 08/08/202013,000 returnees from Da Nang in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to be sampled for COVID-19 testing
