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Cot death kills two babies in Hanoi

Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics has recorded two cot deaths involving babies aged 3 and 6 months old within the past week. The first case involved a 6-month baby boy who was put to sleep on his own in a room after he had been fed. By the time he …

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UN Secretary-General arrives in Hanoi

United Nations Secretary General António Guterre touched down in Hanoi Friday to start his two-day visit to Vietnam on Oct. 21 and 22. Made at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the visit “took place in the context of Vietnam celebrating 45 years of accession to the U.N. and …

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Girl contracts avian flu after ingesting sick poultry

Vietnam’s first recorded human case of A/H5 avian flu in eight years had consumed sick poultry a week before her first symptoms appeared, the local CDC said Friday. The patient, a 5-year-old girl in the northern Phu Tho Province, had consumed the meat of sick chickens and ducks beforehand. On …

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