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On September 22, the Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) issued a document requesting the Health Departments of provinces and cities to strengthen food safety work. This move was made after recording many cases of food poisoning in collective kitchens in industrial zones and schools, although prevention work has achieved some results.

Given the complex developments and the likelihood that Storm No. 9 will directly affect most provinces and cities nationwide, on September 22 the Minister of Education and Training issued Emergency Dispatch No. 1595 CĐ-BGDĐT to directors of provincial and municipal Departments of Education and Training from Lam Dong northward, instructing proactive response to Storm No. 9.

The launch was regarded as a significant milestone in expanding public services, strengthening victim protection, and enhancing efforts to prevent and combat human trafficking in the country.

The Ministry of Health recently held a meeting of the appraisal council in Hanoi to consider the proposal from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, seeking recognition of its international hospital quality standards in Vietnam.

The test results showed that out of 15 types, 5 types did not contain Sialic Acid - the main nutritional component of bird's nest; the remaining 10 types only reached 1% of the normal standard content.

The head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia (FMBA), former Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova, announced that the Russian anti-cancer vaccine has passed preclinical trials, which means it is ready for use and the agency is waiting for the Ministry of Health to grant a license for clinical use. FMBA submitted an application to the Ministry of Health at the end of last summer.

Hosts Vietnam and visitors Singapore jointly won the overall first prize at the 2025 Vietnam International Mathematics Competition (VIMC) held in Da Nang from August 15–18.

Police have smashed a major cross-border surrogacy ring led by a Chinese national, rescuing eleven infants and arresting multiple suspects in a coordinated operation across several provinces.

At an infertility consultation event on August 2, N.V.H., a 39-year-old man from Hanoi, shared his difficult 12-year journey to fatherhood. Despite normal semen analysis results and undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple times, all four initial attempts failed. It wasn’t until his fifth cycle that doctors conducted a Halosperm test and discovered 40% of his sperm had fragmented DNA - an unexpected cause of his previous IVF failures.

An estimated 7 million Vietnamese are currently living with diabetes, but about 50% remain undiagnosed, a dangerous gap that is fuelling serious, preventable complications and increasing the burden on the healthcare system.

Vietnam Summer Camp 2025 closed in Hanoi on July 25, wrapping up a 14-day journey that brought together 110 young overseas Vietnamese from 31 countries and territories.

With the peak transmission season underway and major national events and the new school year approaching, the risk of wider outbreaks remains high.

Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have issued an urgent alert after six people died from dengue fever, amid a spike in infections driven by the onset of the rainy season.

The 4 Gold Medals of the 2025 International Chemistry Olympiad belong to the following students: Ngo Quang Minh (grade 12, Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted, Bac Ninh province, ranked 7th); Nguyen Hoang Khoi (grade 12, High School for the Gifted, Hanoi National University of Education , ranked 10th); Giang Duc Dung (grade 12, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences - VNU, ranked 14th) and Nguyen Manh Tuan (grade 11, Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, Hanoi, ranked 37th).

During the peak months of July and August 2025, the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion needs at least 90,000 units of blood to supply 180 hospitals in the northern region. However, despite continuous efforts, the reserve blood is still short of 30,000 units. In particular, blood type O, the most commonly used blood type, is at an alarming level, requiring up to 15,000 units of blood.