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	Vietnamese man bitten by rattle-snake 9/8/2016 1:59:23 PM A 52 year old man in the Mekong delta province of Tra Vinh has been hospitalized because his tongue and face were bitten by a rattle snake while drinking rice wine in his front yard, said the 121 Military Hospital in Can Tho.

	Vietnam keeps alert on Zika 9/8/2016 1:58:56 PM Head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine Professor Tran Dac Phu yesterday said that the Ministry is keeping an eye on Zika virus disease amid the disease is plaguing in Singapore and some Asian nations.

	Campaign to kill mosquito’s larva launched across country 9/8/2016 1:58:32 PM Vietnamese Ministry of Health yesterday proposed chairpersons of people’s committees across the country to increase prevention against Zika virus disease and dengue fever.

	City supports 100 percent of health insurance cost for close-poverty people 9/8/2016 1:56:58 PM The residual fund balance of state-owned HCMC Social Insurance will be used to support the poor and those in close to poverty line, said the insurance company during a meeting on how to use the abundant fund of the insurance company for the poor.

	Hi-tech dialisis center set up in Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital 8/16/2016 2:24:29 PM A hi-tech blood filtering center was set up in Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital in Ho Chi MInh City’s District 5 yesterday with 20 blood filtering machines to serve over 50 patients a day.

Vinamilk takes care of elderly people’s health 8/16/2016 2:24:00 PM In response to the campaign on protecting and take care of the elderly people’s role and spreading the message of the movement “ Vietnamese use Vietnamese commodities” to elderly, the country’s leading dairy producer Vinamilk held seminars in the southern province of Dong Nai, the central province of Phu Yen, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

	Mekong delta shortage of major medical experts 8/16/2016 2:23:40 PM One of content discussed in a conference on medical personnel for the Mekong delta region is shortage of medical experts in five rare specialities.

	More medical clinic for emergency in HCMC’s East entrance 8/11/2016 2:18:48 PM The Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday opened a satellite medical clinic 115 for emergency in 800 Dong Van Cong Street in Thanh My Loi Ward in district 2.

	Vets urgently curb diarrhea amongst swine in central province 8/11/2016 2:18:18 PM Vets in the central province of Quang Binh yesterday said that diarrhea in swine in Van Ninh Commune are under control.

	One more case of Zika in central Vietnam reported 8/11/2016 2:17:39 PM Head of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine Professor Tran Dac Phu yesterday confirmed an infection case of Zika in the central province of Phu Yen.

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