11.25.09 – Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) officials inspected 345 businesses in early November and subsequently ordered shutdown of power to 51 businesses when inspectors discovered that wastewater and exhaust gas at those firms were at least more than five times above legal limits for normal waste and three times for harmful waste. According to Thanh Nien News, the Department of … [Read more...] about Small Steps Taken to Curb Industrial Waste as Pollution in HCMC Worsens
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Volunteer in Vietnam: Good Samaritans Medical Dental Ministry (GSMDM)
11.22.09 - by Guest Blogger: Ben Khuc, a fourth year human biology major and premed at UCSD, is a GSMDM committee member whose passion is to serve the people of Vietnam. Change lives, one at a time. This is the mantra and goal of the Good Samaritan Medical and Dental Ministry. This is why I joined the mission back in 2008, to be a part of this vision. During that Summer I … [Read more...] about Volunteer in Vietnam: Good Samaritans Medical Dental Ministry (GSMDM)
The WHO Donates A/H1N1 Vaccines as Death Toll Reaches 26
Two more people died in the A/H1N1 flu pandemic, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 26 from a total of 10,268 cases of infection, according to the Director of the Preventive Medicine and the Environment under the Ministry of Health Nguyen Huy Nga. "Among the 26 A/H1N1 flu fatalities, 60% were female patients, 25% of whom were pregnant women," said Nguyen, who was … [Read more...] about The WHO Donates A/H1N1 Vaccines as Death Toll Reaches 26
Door Opens to Health Claims Tied to Agent Orange
Under rules to be proposed this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add Parkinson’s disease, ischemic heart disease and hairy-cell leukemia to the growing list of illnesses presumed to have been caused by Agent Orange, the toxic defoliant used widely in Vietnam. The proposal will make it substantially easier for thousands of veterans to claim that those ailments … [Read more...] about Door Opens to Health Claims Tied to Agent Orange
Babies ‘Sold’ For Overseas Adoptions
Skimming through yesterday’s headlines, I was deeply saddened and disturbed by this story. A number of health professionals at a social welfare center in the region of Nam Dinh, Vietnam, were charged for “soliciting babies from unmarried mothers and impoverished families.” The children were illegally made eligible for foreign adoptions through forged documents claiming that … [Read more...] about Babies ‘Sold’ For Overseas Adoptions