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A doctor uses acupuncture to treat a Covid-19 patient Therefore, during the fourth Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City, the health sector in the southern metropolis has combined Eastern and Western medicine in treatment; subsequently, it has helped shorten treatment time for many Covid-19 patients. The Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Ethnic Medicine and Pharmacy which was assigned to provide professional support to the No. 3 Field Hospital and the No. 1 Covid-19 treatment field hospital in Phu Nhuan District has recently applied the combination of traditional medicine and modern medicine in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. According to Dr. Huynh Nguyen Loc, Director of the Institute of Ethnic Medicine and Pharmacy in the city, out of more than 2,000 patients who were undergoing treatment provided by institute doctors, 70 percent of them are asymptomatic and have mild symptoms. When there have been no clear treatment regimens, this institute has applied treatment with … [Read more...] about Western, traditional medicines combined in treating Covid patients

Four high school students have suffered post-vaccination anaphylaxis, with two of them having been hospitalized, after getting inoculated against COVID-19 in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang on Wednesday. The prognosis of one of them was very poor. The two children with more severe reactions have been treated at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi after they and other students at two high schools in Bac Giang's Son Dong District received the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday morning, according to Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, deputy director of the Bac Giang Department of Health. During the vaccination process, four students at these two schools showed signs of dizziness, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, and pale skin due to anaphylaxis. “These are undesirable complications due to the body’s reactions to the vaccine,” Huong said. “Two of the children suffered grade-3 reactions. “Right after the incident, the Son Dong District Medical Center gave … [Read more...] about Four children suffer anaphylaxis after COVID-19 vaccination in northern Vietnam

As soon as the winter comes, thousands of tiny marigolds are about to bloom, dressing the whole landscape with a magical orange color. Then, travelers flock to Ba Vi National Park just to admire the dazzling beauty of the wildflower. Located some 60 kilometers away from Hanoi’s center, Ba Vi National Park, known as the capital’s lung thanks to its spectacular landscape, lush and green flora, cool climate, and rich biodiversity. The vast carpets of marigold flowers highlight the scenery every winter. The winter comes early this year, so the marigolds grow among the green vast forest of Ba Vi National Park, giving a warm feeling to passers-by. It is said that the marigold flower was brought to Ba Vi Mountain by the French in the 1930s. In the decades that followed, the wonderful flower was often harvested to make fodder for livestock. The marigold flower has only been replanted since 2015 for embellishing the landscape. As … [Read more...] about Marvelous season of marigold flowers in Ba Vi Mountain

The operator of a building in Ho Chi Minh City has taken legal action against Highlands Coffee, a popular café chain in Vietnam, for failing to pay nearly five months of rents, shortly after a similar controversy between the coffee shop brand and another building owner in Hanoi. In its denunciation letter sent to the police bureau of Ward 25 in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoa Binh House Corporation (HBH) accused Highlands Coffee Service JSC of illegally trespassing on Pax Sky building, which belongs to HBH, disrupting security and order, and hindering HBH’s business activities at the building. Highlands Coffee has owed up to VND500 million (US$22,000) worth of rents from July to date for the space of its outlet inside Pax Sky building, which is located at 26 Ung Van Khiem Street in Ward 25, Binh Thanh District, according to a sales manager of HBH. Before submitting the denunciation letter, HBH had discussed the issue with representatives of Highlands Coffee by … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s famed Highlands Coffee chain sued for 5-month unpaid rents

Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain the virus, while more nations imposed restrictions on travel from southern Africa. The discovery of the variant has sparked global concern, a wave of travel bans or curbs and a sell-off on financial markets on Friday as investors worried that Omicron could stall a global recovery from the nearly two-year pandemic. Israel said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country and reintroduce counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology to contain the spread of the variant. The two linked cases of Omicron detected in Britain were connected to travel to southern Africa, British health minister Sajid Javid said. Johnson laid out measures that included stricter testing rules for people arriving in the country but that stopped short of curbs on social activity other than requiring mask wearing in some settings. … [Read more...] about UK, Germany and Italy detect Omicron variant cases, Israel closes borders

Melaleuca forest at Tan Lap Floating Village is seen from above. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Hưng The Đồng Tháp Mười (Plain of Reeds) region in the Mekong Delta is just hitting the peak of flooding season, a time for the southern province of Long An to show off the charming natural beauty of its vast wetland areas. Like many other regions in the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has all but wiped out tourism in the region, but it is now mobilising a wide-scale plan to recover. Coronavirus aside, the province faces another threat. With its large swathes of low lying wetland, it is at particular risk from climate change, with a study from Cần Thơ University estimating that if sea levels rose by just one metre almost half the province would be underwater. Long An needs tourism but it also needs to be eco-conscious. It is with this in mind that it wants to pivot to green tourism with a focus on the eco-friendly “smoke-free” industry, putting its diverse waterways, wetlands and attractive … [Read more...] about Southern water wonderland pivots to eco-tourism