Vietnam's Paralympic team wins first medal

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).