The University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMP) in Ho Chi Minh City, one of Vietnam’s leading institutions in medical research and education, on Wednesday announced their first international journal. The Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical Research, or MedPharmRes, is an international open-access peer-reviewed journal that delivers “cutting-edge” research in various aspects of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and other health sciences, according to an introduction available on the journal’s official site. MedPharmRes had its inaugural issue in Q4 2017, and will be published at the frequency of four issues a year entirely in English, according to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Diep Tuan, president of UMP. “The journal represents a major step that UMP has undertaken to provide a stage for academics to spread, promote, and discuss their ideas and research,” Tuan said. “We emphasize the accuracy of research methodology and high ethical standards,” he added. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top medical school publishes first int’l scientific journal
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Dirty food delivered straight to nurseries A food processing facility in Hanoi have been suspended for providing unhygienic food to many local nurseries. Hai Anh food processing facility at Trung Van Market is one of the well-known distributors to many local nurseries for years. Pham Thi Thu Anh, owner of the facility, said their food were expensive because they were fresh. Their shrimp cost VND450,000 (USD20.50) per kilo and basa fish cost over VND100,000 per kilo. Anh said she had business licences to sell meat, aqua-products, beverages and vegetables. However, according to the locals, the food processing facility at Trung Van Market is actually an electronic shop. Whenever there is an inspection, it will be temporarily transformed into a food processing facility. In reality, all the work is being done at an unnamed kiosk at Long Bien Market where the conditions fail to meet regular standards. The fish are left lying on dirty ground near running waste water. Anh then let it slip … [Read more...] about Social News 24/6
Vietnam – UK enjoy good strategic partnership relations
(CPV) - On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2015, British Ambassador to Vietnam, Giles Lever had an interview with a reporter from the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper to review some of the achievements recorded by the two countries to enhance their strategic partnership. Reporter: The United Kingdom and Vietnam have experienced more than 40 years of diplomatic ties and over the past years, the cooperation between the two countries has brought about positive results. Do you feel satisfied with the relationship and level of cooperation between the countries, Ambassador?British Ambassador to Vietnam, Giles Lever: I’m satisfied that the relationship is progressing in the right direction. I worked in the Embassy in Hanoi as a young diplomat in the 1990s. If I compare the bilateral relationship then and now, it has become far broader and far deeper. The Strategic Partnership of 2010 provides a comprehensive basis. We have an annual Strategic Dialogue and a Joint Economic … [Read more...] about Vietnam – UK enjoy good strategic partnership relations
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Human traffickers jailed for 80 years The People's Court in the southern Tay Ninh province yesterday sentenced 23 defendants to 80 years in jail for human trafficking, illegal money lending and fraud with the intent to appropriate property. The harshest sentence, 12 years and six months in jail, was given to Nguyen Truong Son, 39, the head of the ring, from Tay Ninh Province. His wife, Tran Thi Co, 34, was given a four-year jail sentence. The indictment by the provincial People's Procurary said the couple, along with other members of the gang, cheated and forced some 40 women to work at a karaoke bar. They also lent money to these women as monthly stipends at very high interest rates. The couple is believed to have earned more than VND1.2 billion (US$56,000) from such illegal money lending. In addition to being loan sharks, the couple also confessed that they had trafficked 20 women. Man killed in road accident The two vehicles, coming from opposite directions, collided head-on … [Read more...] about Social Headlines December 25
Vietnam, other developing nations could lose as US seeks largesse for Big Pharma
Countries involved in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership face an aggressive American push for corporate-friendly trade rules that would force millions to pay more for drugs Commuters ride neat a truck carrying a poster advertising World's AIDS Day in Hanoi. The US is seeking to hand stronger monopolies to the drug industry in the ongoing negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Health activists say this move threatens access to affordable treatment, particularly in developing countries like Vietnam. PHOTO: AFP Vietnamese, already squeezed by high drug prices, are likely to pay even more if their country yields to a US proposal aimed at beefing up protection for American Big Pharma in a regional free-trade pact, critics say. The US is seeking to hand stronger monopolies to the drug industry in the ongoing negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, according to a document released November 13 by WikiLeaks. Health activists say this move threatens … [Read more...] about Vietnam, other developing nations could lose as US seeks largesse for Big Pharma