Visitors flock to Da Nang for beach meditation, sunrise breathing sessions
Travel 07:38 14/11/2026Da Nang City, central Vietnam is seeking to expand its wellness tourism offerings, combining relaxation, health and lifestyle experiences, ranging from sunrise breathing exercises on My Khe Beach to floating meditation and other wellness practices.
Sports club affiliation influences physical strength: survey
World 18:47 11/10/2026The gap in physical strength tends to be wider between people who belong to sports clubs at school or in community and those who do not, the Japan Sports Agency's fiscal 2025 survey has found.
Harvard Medical School graduate earns perfect 4.0 GPA, returns to Vietnam to work with marginalized communities
Education 11:45 01/09/2026When Nguyen Do Thu Phuong stopped midway through her thesis presentation at Harvard Medical School, the screen behind her showed no charts or statistics.
Ho Chi Minh City sets goal of raising life expectancy to 77 by 2030
Ho Chi Minh City 12:25 27/08/2026Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of raising its residents’ average life expectancy to 77 years by 2030 as part of a new community healthcare development plan for the 2026-30 period.
Vietnam ranks 4th globally for rise in childhood obesity
Vietnam News 10:10 15/08/2026Vietnam has the world’s fourth-fastest rise in childhood obesity, with nearly five million children aged 5-19 overweight or obese during the 2010-25 period, health experts said.
Premature baby born weighing 1.2kg recovers after intensive care in Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:18 13/08/2026A baby girl born prematurely at 31 weeks of gestation and weighing just 1.2 kilograms has made a remarkable recovery after 21 days of intensive care at Vung Tau General Hospital in southern Vietnam.
Vietnam, Australia join forces on mRNA vaccines, cancer therapies
Vietnam News 17:13 10/08/2026Vietnam's Tam Anh Research Institute and Australia's UNSW RNA Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on RNA technologies, with initial projects focusing on mRNA vaccines for influenza and personalized therapies for lung and colorectal cancers.
Former Vietnamese health minister jailed for 6 years over state asset losses
Vietnam News 17:23 28/05/2026A Hanoi court on Wednesday handed down a six-year prison sentence on Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, former Vietnamese Minister of Health, for violations in the management and use of state assets that caused major losses and wastefulness in two hospital building projects.
Vietnam’s former health minister accused of receiving $784,000, admits to $288,210 in hospital project scandal
Vietnam News 17:08 01/03/2026Vietnam’s former health minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien was accused of receiving VND20.4 billion (US$784,000) in illicit payments linked to two major hospital projects, though she admitted to accepting only VND7.5 billion ($288,210), according to an investigative conclusion issued on Friday.
Many older adults underestimate severity of RSV despite high risks: survey
World 11:30 16/11/2025More than 40 percent of adults aged 50 and older with certain chronic health conditions underestimate their personal risk of severe illness from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, even as the virus causes millions of infections each year, according to a global survey released during RSV Awareness Week.
Morocco to boost health, education spending to $15 billion in 2026
World 12:42 20/10/2025Morocco's 2026 budget will allocate 140 billion dirhams ($15 billion) to health and education, up 16% from last year, the royal palace said in a statement on Sunday.
Journal retracts study linking apple cider vinegar to weight loss
World 16:29 24/09/2025An influential study claiming that drinking a small amount of apple cider vinegar every day helps people lose weight was retracted on Wednesday after an investigation found it contained multiple errors.