GE Healthcare on a mission to innovate Vietnam’s healthcare 08:00 | 18/12/2017 On the occasion of signing a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s privately-run Vinmec Healthcare System, Terri Bresenham, president and CEO ... Making local healthcare ‘future-ready’ 08:00 | 18/12/2017 US’ GE Healthcare has joined forces with Vinmec Healthcare system under Vingroup to advance Vietnam’s healthcare standards. Van Mai reports. GE Healthcare becomes strategic partner of Vinmec 10:08 | 13/12/2017 GE Healthcare, the medical arm of General Electric, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Vinmec Healthcare System, fostering science ... GE to drive wave of solar investment in Vietnam 1 … [Read more...] about Corporate News, Latest Business
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China detains 22 in latest food scandal
Chinese authorities have detained at least 22 people in connection with the use of illegal additives fed to pigs, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, in China's latest food safety scandal. Police have detained 14 people, including pig farm managers, in the central province of Henan, one of the country's major pig breeding areas, after pigs tested positive for additives poisonous to humans, Xinhua said, citing a government statement. Police have detained another eight people in the central city of Nanjing where a slaughterhouse was found to have handled some of the tainted meat, Xinhua added. State television this week named Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co Ltd, the country's top meat processor, as one of the main companies that had sold the contaminated pork. Shuanghui, which counts Goldman Sachs Inc. among its investors, has already shut down the processor affected by the contamination. The government is also investigating over 1,300 pig farms and … [Read more...] about China detains 22 in latest food scandal
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VWS proposes taking less waste for treatment Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS), facing strong public criticisms over a foul smell from its waste management facility in southern HCMC, has written to the HCMC government proposing taking less waste for treatment from next week. The company said in a document sent to the city government on Wednesday that from October 10, it would scale down the daily volume of garbage it receives from the current 5,000 tons to 3,000 tons, which was exactly the amount its Da Phuoc integrated waste management facility handled a day before the city government allowed it to manage an additional 2,000 tons in November 2014. This 2,000-ton volume was transferred from Phuoc Hiep waste treatment complex in the outlying district of Cu Chi. According to VWS, this is a necessary step to reduce the volume of waste it treats amid public criticisms over the spread of the odor from Da Phuoc. The recent heavy downpours, especially on September 26 and 27, have caused leachate … [Read more...] about Social News 9/10
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HCM City offers more DPT vaccines The HCM City Preventive Health Centre yesterday told health officials in districts to ensure the provision of the fourth shot of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) to children aged 18 to 48 months. Only 12,889 out of 108,679 children had received the DPT vaccine as of September 30. District 4 had the highest rate of DPT vaccinated children in the city, with 54 per cent. Dr Lê Hồng Nga, the centre’s general planning division, spoke at a monthly meeting on disease prevention with the city’s Department of Health held yesterday. The districts of Bình Thạnh, 7, Cần Giờ and Tân Phú had the lowest rate, under 10 per cent, she said. Health officials in many districts such as Tân Phú District put posters on walls of apartment buildings, kindergartens and schools, calling on parents to review the vaccination schedule of their children as well as the provision of the fourth shot. The city has not yet recorded any new … [Read more...] about Social News 8/10
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 9
Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense organized a ceremony to announce the establishment of the Cyber Command, aimed at protecting national sovereignty in cyberspace, in Hanoi on Monday afternoon, following a decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Society -- After Doan Ngoc Hai, vice-chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 and ‘sidewalk clearing’ icon, tendered a resignation letter on Monday, the municipal People’s Committee is expected to convene a meeting with him to listen to his reasons and wishes, before making a suitable decision. -- The Ministry of Information and Communications on Monday requested that the editor-in-chief of Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper discipline Dao Tuan, a reporter, for insulting H’Hen Nie, the freshly-crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, on Facebook. -- Police in the northern Vietnamese province of Ha Giang have arrested and initiated legal proceedings … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 9