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Will drinking coconut water while pregnant give my baby fair skin?

Will drinking coconut water while pregnant give my baby fair skin?

Many advise me to drink coconut water for my baby to be born with fair skin. Is this true? How much should I drink a day? (Thanh Ha, 28, Hanoi)
Grumpy wife, unhappy life

Grumpy wife, unhappy life

Vietnam saves lightest premature baby in ‘rare miracle’

Vietnam saves lightest premature baby in ‘rare miracle’

UN population fund earmarks $540,000 for women, girls in flood-hit central Vietnam

UN population fund earmarks $540,000 for women, girls in flood-hit central Vietnam

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam has given $540,000 in immediate support to women and girls in six central provinces affected by flooding.
October 31, 2020 | 04:33 pm PT
Zika infection confirmed in Da Nang

Zika infection confirmed in Da Nang

A man in Da Nang has been found infected with the Zika virus, which causes microcephaly in babies, the first case in Vietnam in three years.
May 25, 2020 | 09:30 pm PT
Three jailed for trafficking pregnant women to China for selling babies

Three jailed for trafficking pregnant women to China for selling babies

A Nghe An Province court sent three people to jail on Friday for trafficking pregnant women to China to sell their babies.
February 23, 2020 | 12:30 am PT
Young mothers terminate pregnancies, risking their lives

Young mothers terminate pregnancies, risking their lives

Seeing the two lines on the pregnancy test stick, Van was shocked to find the results positive.
December 6, 2019 | 04:33 pm PT
Vietnamese, Chinese nationals jailed for running illegal surrogacy operation

Vietnamese, Chinese nationals jailed for running illegal surrogacy operation

2 Chinese and 3 Vietnamese nationals were sentenced Saturday to between 15 and 36 months in jail for running a surrogacy ring.
October 28, 2019 | 06:08 am PT
Lack of sex education taking its toll in Vietnam

Lack of sex education taking its toll in Vietnam

Vietnam's conservative attitude toward sex and reproductive health is responsible for thousands of teenage abortions every year.
October 23, 2019 | 05:16 pm PT
Hanoi police bust surrogacy ring

Hanoi police bust surrogacy ring

Hanoi police are investigating a three-member ring that allegedly organized surrogacy for commercial purposes.
August 21, 2019 | 11:57 pm PT
Surrogacy ring busted in northern Vietnam

Surrogacy ring busted in northern Vietnam

Two women have been arrested and placed under investigation in Quang Ninh Province for illegally running a surrogacy ring for profit.
August 15, 2019 | 06:54 pm PT
Boy or girl? Hong Kong at center of banned China gender test

Boy or girl? Hong Kong at center of banned China gender test

Shady middle-men are openly advertising on Chinese social media to smuggle blood samples of pregnant women to Hong Kong to skirt the mainland's ban on gender testing.
May 21, 2019 | 11:06 pm PT
Man to be charged with raping, impregnating disabled woman

Man to be charged with raping, impregnating disabled woman

Police in Bac Lieu Province have begun criminal proceedings against a man for allegedly raping and impregnating a woman suffering from cerebral palsy.
January 3, 2019 | 10:26 pm PT
Female student throws newborn out of Hanoi apartment window

Female student throws newborn out of Hanoi apartment window

Preliminary investigations have found that a 21-year-old woman threw her newborn baby from the 31st floor of a Hanoi building.
October 23, 2018 | 07:16 pm PT
60-year-old woman becomes Vietnam’s oldest mother

60-year-old woman becomes Vietnam’s oldest mother

She hit menopause several years ago but did not give up on her dream of motherhood.
February 27, 2018 | 03:00 am PT
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