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Hanoi warns residents to limit outdoor activity as air quality plunges

Hanoi warns residents to limit outdoor activity as air quality plunges

Hanoi is urging residents, especially seniors, children and people with respiratory issues, to limit outdoor activity and wear masks as the capital slips deeper into its latest air-pollution spell.
Hanoi orders emergency measures as air pollution set to worsen in coming days

Hanoi orders emergency measures as air pollution set to worsen in coming days

Sexual transmission now dominates HIV cases in Vietnam, health ministry says

Sexual transmission now dominates HIV cases in Vietnam, health ministry says

Ho Chi Minh City blood reserves plunge, hospital urges donation

Ho Chi Minh City blood reserves plunge, hospital urges donation

Ho Chi Minh City's blood reserves have fallen to just half of the safe level, prompting the city's Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital to issue an urgent call for donations to secure supplies for emergency care and lifesaving treatments.
November 14, 2025 | 02:52 pm PT
Thailand seizes over 2 million tainted herbal inhalers in massive FDA raid

Thailand seizes over 2 million tainted herbal inhalers in massive FDA raid

Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized over two million herbal inhalers contaminated with microorganisms in a sweeping crackdown on illegal factories.
October 31, 2025 | 03:08 pm PT
Jakarta to ban dog meat as younger Indonesians turn away from old traditions

Jakarta to ban dog meat as younger Indonesians turn away from old traditions

Jakarta is preparing to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat in a landmark move to protect public health, curb rabies, and promote animal welfare, a cultural shift that could upend centuries-old traditions in Indonesia's capital.
October 29, 2025 | 03:04 pm PT
Family in Singapore falls ill after Haidilao meal, woman hospitalized

Family in Singapore falls ill after Haidilao meal, woman hospitalized

A family celebration at a Haidilao hotpot outlet in Sengkang ended with one woman being hospitalized, after she suffered severe diarrhoea that her relatives say was caused by a fruit plate served during the meal.
October 24, 2025 | 06:00 pm PT
15-year-old suffers brain damage after vaping drug-laced e-cigarette

15-year-old suffers brain damage after vaping drug-laced e-cigarette

Doctors in Hanoi say a 15-year-old boy has suffered severe brain damage after vaping an e-cigarette laced with synthetic drugs he bought online.
October 24, 2025 | 06:00 pm PT
38 tons of pork infected with African swine fever found in Vietnam slaughterhouse

38 tons of pork infected with African swine fever found in Vietnam slaughterhouse

Authorities in northern Vietnam have detained a slaughterhouse owner accused of hoarding nearly 38 tons of pork infected with the African swine fever virus to sell later for profit.
October 22, 2025 | 07:26 pm PT
Vietnam busts nationwide fake cooking oil ring

Vietnam busts nationwide fake cooking oil ring

Vietnamese authorities have discovered a major counterfeit cooking oil operation, with fake products from GF Vietnam Food Co., Ltd. distributed nationwide.
October 15, 2025 | 11:18 pm PT
Vietnam's public smoking ban remains toothless without real enforcement

Vietnam's public smoking ban remains toothless without real enforcement

Vietnam rules in place to prevent tobacco harm, but without visible enforcement, it's almost meaningless, according to readers.
June 4, 2025 | 07:23 pm PT
Covid cases in Thailand on the decline

Covid cases in Thailand on the decline

Thailand recorded 65,880 Covid cases and three deaths in the last week, a significant decrease compared to the annual peak, Thai Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin announced.
June 3, 2025 | 04:26 pm PT
Thailand reports over 53,000 new Covid-19 cases in a week, school shifts to online learning

Thailand reports over 53,000 new Covid-19 cases in a week, school shifts to online learning

Thailand recorded 53,563 Covid-19 cases with five deaths from May 18 to 24, according the Department of Disease Control under the Thai Ministry of Public Health.
May 27, 2025 | 04:43 am PT
My sister from overseas called out our family's smoking, and it changed everything

My sister from overseas called out our family's smoking, and it changed everything

At a family party clouded with cigarette smoke, my sister from overseas stood up to the men, and everything changed.
April 18, 2025 | 03:07 pm PT
I can't stand breathing in cigarette smoke at red lights

I can't stand breathing in cigarette smoke at red lights

I nearly suffocate from the cigarette smoke all around me while stopping at a red light in the sweltering heat of Ho Chi Minh City.
March 5, 2025 | 03:04 pm PT
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