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Last year’s summer – autumn rice is harvested in Kiên Giang Province’s Hòn Đất District. Thousands of hectares of rice have been damaged by salinity and diseases in the ongoing rice crop. – VNA/VNS Photo Lê Huy Hải … [Read more...] about Thousands of hectares of rice affected by salinity, diseases in Kiên Giang

HCM City (VNA) – The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City announced on January 11 that it had approved the Investigation Security Agency’s decision to begin legal proceedings against a 28-year-old flight attendant, who is COVID-19 Patient No. 1,342, for “spreading contagious disease to others”. Earlier on December 3, the Investigation Security Agency under the municipal Department of Public Security launched criminal proceedings against this case. Accordingly, from November 30 to December 1, the city announced four new cases of infection, including one in a quarantine facility and three others in the community after going through 120 days without local transmissions. Specifically, Patient No. 1,342, a flight attendant of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, came into contact with Patient No. 1,325 at a quarantine site. After testing negative twice from November 15-18, he was placed under quarantine at a rented apartment in HCM City’s Tan Binh … [Read more...] about Flight attendant prosecuted for spreading contagious disease to others

Panel discussion and Q&A on New Progress in the Management of Peripheral Artery Disease In recent years, Bayer has put great effort into developing treatments for patients suffering from PAD. In November 2017, the company applied for NOAC in combination with aspirin for approval by the European Medicines Agency for the management of PAD. In Vietnam, the collaboration between Bayer and Bach Mai Hospital is the first time the new indication of NOAC has been officially introduced. The new indication reflects Bayer’s long-standing commitment to improved prognosis and a better quality of life for PAD patients. … [Read more...] about Bayer Vietnam leads advances in management of peripheral artery disease

Kien Giang (VNA) - Kien Giang, the country’s largest rice producer, has more than 7,140ha of ‘mua’ rice crop damaged by 30-70 percent because of salinity, according to the province’s Plant Cultivation and Protection Sub-department. The damaged areas are in the districts of An Minh, An Bien and Vinh Thuan. The ‘mua’ variety of rice is grown in the rainy season in areas where farming is rainfed. In the Mekong Delta province, farmers rotate between ‘mua’ in the rainy season and brackish-water shrimp in the dry season in the same fields. The early conclusion of the 2020 rainy season means farmers in An Minh, An Bien and Vinh Thuan lack freshwater to wash out the saltwater from their fields from the shrimp farming. The affected fields have lower yields and poor quality, causing losses to farmers. Besides, more than 8,190ha of the 2020-2021 winter – spring rice and mua rice crops in the province are … [Read more...] about Thousands of hectares of rice affected by salinity, diseases in Kien Giang

The flight attendant or patient 1,342 returned to Vietnam from Japan on November 14 on the flight VN5301 and stayed at a centralized quarantine facility managed by Vietnam Airlines in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh District from November 14 to November 18. During four days in the quarantine ward, he contacted one colleague, patient 1,325 returning to Vietnam from another flight. … [Read more...] about Flight attendant transmitting coronavirus to others prosecuted under Article 240