Ho Chi Minh City begins felling, relocating over 1,300 trees for US$148mn interchange construction project
Vietnam News 16:30 06/04/2023Trees that are 13 to 20 years old will be moved while older trees will be felled
10 Vietnamese offer lung donations to British COVID-19 patient
Vietnam News 11:33 14/05/2020Doctors refused the donations, saying it would better to receive the lungs from a brain-dead donor
British COVID-19 patient has 90% of lungs damaged, transplant required
Vietnam News 17:00 13/05/2020The patient will die without life support from ECMO, doctors said, adding a lung transplant is the only way to save him
Heart transplants pump life into Vietnamese children
In-Depth 11:24 09/02/2020The growing number of organ donors in Vietnam is a literal lifesaver for countless residents battling fatal diseases
Grandfather donates liver to 16-month-old boy in Vietnam's first
Vietnam News 17:03 21/08/2019The liver transplant broke the country’s record in terms of age gap between the donor and recipient
American cornea donors give five Vietnamese patients gifts of sight
Vietnam News 16:27 04/06/2019Dr. Edward Charles Kondrot brought the donated corneas all the way from the States to Vietnam, where successful transplant surgeries were done for five local patients
Organ donor’s death brings new life to five others in Vietnam
Vietnam News 21:04 27/12/2018The act of kindness has made the man a guardian angel for five others
Dancing till the end of life
Travel 10:57 13/05/2013Hoa Duc Cong, a prize-winning young dancer, is popular not only for his dancing talent but also for his iron will to combat his devastating renal failure.
