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More beds set up along the corridor of the HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No.1’s respiratory department due to an increasing number of children diagnosed with respiratory diseases. — Photo tuoitre.vn HCM CITY — Paediatrics hospitals in HCM City are seeing an increase in the number of children diagnosed with respiratory diseases due to the rainy season beginning earlier than usual in the south this year. The HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No.1 in District 10 is overcrowded with an increasing number of children diagnosed with respiratory diseases such as acute respiratory infections, bronchial asthma, upper respiratory infections, and pneumonia. Common symptoms include runny nose and mild fever at the early stage. Trần Anh Tuấn, head of the hospital’s respiratory department, told Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) online newspaper that the number of children being hospitalised had increased over recent days due to rainy weather. Air pollution is also causing an increase in the number of children … [Read more...] about HCM City paediatrics hospitals crowded with respiratory illness patients

Volunteers picked up trash, mostly plastic-based, on the beach of Giao Hải Commune, Giao Thuỷ District, the northern province of Nam Định. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Đạt HÀ NỘI — Australian scientists will deliver new innovations to tackle plastic waste in the Indo-Pacific, with a Plastics Innovation Hub being launched in Việt Nam , according to the Australian Embassy in Việt Nam. Globally, 75 per cent of plastic produced becomes waste. To help address this, the Plastics Innovation Hub Việt Nam aims to significantly reduce plastic waste through key stakeholder collaborations and science and innovation excellence. It is an initiative of Aus4Innovation Program, an official development assistance programme sponsored by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, managed and co-funded by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, out of the Australian Embassy in Hanoi, and delivered in strategic partnership with Việt Nam's Ministry of Science and Technology. The hub is … [Read more...] about Australia to launch new Plastics Innovation Hub in Việt Nam

HCM City's health sector ensures adequate vaccines as part of an expanded vaccination programme. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The health sector in HCM City currently ensures adequate vaccines as part of an expanded vaccination programme. Any shortage of service vaccines depends on the agencies providing them, not the mandatory programme of the Ministry of Health, according to city officials. Speaking at a press conference on COVID-19 prevention and control and related socio-economic issues in HCM City on June 23, deputy director of the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) Nguyễn Hồng Tâm confirmed two types of preventive vaccines, including vaccines in the expanded vaccination programme and service vaccines. Accordingly, vaccines in the expanded vaccination programme include 10 diseases according to Circular 38 of the Ministry of Health, which are completely free of charge, such as hepatitis B virus for infants and children under one year of age, tuberculosis, diphtheria, … [Read more...] about HCM City says it ensures adequate vaccines

PV Gas's Cà Mau facility. GAS lost almost half of its gain on Thursday, down 2.4 per cent yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — Shares lost rising momentum in the last trading minutes on Friday as divergence continued to expand to the whole market. The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange slid back to the negative territory after a brief rise on Thursday, down 0.29 per cent to close the week at 1,185.48 points. It gained 1.7 per cent on Thursday after four straight declining sessions. Divergence occurred in almost all groups of stocks, from finance to real estate, even to energy and chemicals. According to analysts, in the context of poor liquidity, supply and demand for stocks can change erratically, so it is difficult for the whole industry to follow the same direction. Overall, the gainers slightly outnumbered the losers by 244-239 while 91 closed flat. In the energy sector, PV Gas (GAS) lost almost half of its gain on Thursday, down 2.4 per cent; … [Read more...] about Shares close the week in negative zone

Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan (center) with sons Donny (right) and Benj. Show biz is livelier the second time around for Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan. After taking a hiatus, the hot mama is back on the scene, thankful that her grown-up kids, especially Donny, prodded her to give acting another shot. Although Maricel is proud of Donny’s newfound fame, she’s out to show that there’s more to her than being the mom of a show biz hearthrob. Maricel topbills “Apoy sa Langit” (ASL), along with Zoren Legaspi, which airs weekdays on GMA’s afternoon prime and is directed by Laurice Guillen. The intriguing series is about a second chance at love that turns out to be a case of two-timing. Heart and hurt almost rhyme. It figures. Here’s my chat with Maricel: Since the character you portray deals with a mistress, what’s your advice to women who find out that their husbands are cheating on them? Normally, I would have the liberty to give advice on something I am familiar with. But in a scenario … [Read more...] about How mom Maricel keeps Donny Pangilinan grounded; Why PJ Abellana mum about Tom-Carla divorce