The Ministry of Health (MoH) suggested that Vietnam first accept three groups of people with proof of vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Under the MoH’s suggestion, the three groups of vaccinated people are: Vietnamese nationals left stranded overseas Foreign citizens entering Vietnam on business Foreign travelers The MoH made the recommendation at a meeting of...

Treatment of obesity through exercise and diet is unquestionably the foundation of care for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). But drinking at least several cups of coffee a day makes for additional powerful medicine, said Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, at the Gastroenterology Updates, IBD, Liver...

Two Vietnamese women returning home illegally through Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang were diagnosed with COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said on March 26. Both of them, aged 25, came back to Vietnam on a fishing vessel on March 22. The same day, one travelled...

A total 20,695 medical and other frontline workers nationwide got the COVID-19 shots as of March 16, according to the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation. Reports from the vaccination sites indicate normal post-injection reactions, including fever, redness, swelling, tiredness, headache, muscle pain and nausea. The ministry of Health on March 17 said...

The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Vietnam as a gift from the Russian Federation to support Vietnam in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 16, the vaccine was brought to Vietnam by Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian...

Vietnam began COVID-19 vaccinations in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Duong from Monday morning, using AstraZeneca vaccine. This is part of the first wave of the national vaccination program placed under strict supervision of the Ministry of Health. Injection sites are: Ha Noi: National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, supervised by...