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More than half of all deaths have no recorded cause, making health monitoring and policymaking far more difficult, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday (May 17th).

A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more effectively contained, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday (May 4th).

Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday (Apr. 13th), warning that nearly two billion people currently use faecal-contaminated water.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong has proposed the World Health Organisation (WHO) closely work with the Vietnamese Government in curbing diseases and increasing quality of public health care.

It has taken 10 years for Johnny Ward to complete his tour around the world – and he’s making all of us jealous.

A Washington woman found a heartbreaking letter on her doorstep written by a young, grieving boy.

Vingroup jumps into all market segments The firm reported a sharp increase of 80 percent in revenue from real estate transfers in 2016, at VND38 trillion. Nam Ha Noi Urban Development, a subsidiary of Vingroup, in the fourth quarter of 2016, delivered high-end apartments at Park Hill project in Times City urban area and earned VND9 trillion. Not only providing high-end apartments, luxury villas and expensive resorts, Vingroup has recently announced it will also provide apartments at reasonable costs when kicking off the VinCity project. The apartments of the projects would be priced from VND700 million only. Novaland with focus on mid- and high-end apartments Novaland is the second-largest real estate enterprise in the stock market in terms of capitalization value. In the last two years, Novaland has wrapped up a series of M&A deals to take over the projects in the central business districts of HCMC. With the deals, the enterprise’s land fund at 40 projects has reached 9.8 million square meters. Novaland is also moving ahead with a plan to implement 11 projects with total floor areas of 4.1 million square meters. According to Savills, the total value of the 11 projects is VND25.6 trillion. Novaland catches the public’s special attention not only with its large land fund, but also with its own way of sales. Unlike other developers who rely on distributors, Novaland develops its own sales network. The real estate developer reported revenue of VND7.4 trillion in 2016 and net profit of VND1.7 trillion, which was four times higher than in 2015. FLC focuses on resorts and golf courses Well known for its high-rise buildings and houses in Hanoi, including the twin tower at No 265 Cau Giay and FLC Complex at No 36 Pham Hung, FLC in recent years has focused on developing high-end resorts. FLC developed high-end resorts can be found throughout Vietnam. An analyst estimates that the projects are capitalized at over VND70 trillion. These include FLC Sam Sơn Beach & Golf Resort, FLC Quy Nhon Beach & Golf Resort, FLC Vinh Thinh Resort and FLC Ha Long Resort. Sungroup gathers strength on resorts and cable car projects Sungroup does not list it shares on the bourse like the other three big firms, but it is still a well known name to Vietnamese. Sungroup’s projects are mostly in thevhigh-end resort tourism sector, such as Premier Village Da nang Resort, Premier Village Phu Quoc Resort and Intercontinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort./.

President Donald Trump vowed Monday to allow only people who "want to love our country" into the United States, defending his immigration and refugee restrictions as he made his first visit to the headquarters for U.S. Central Command.

A new study suggests that men who eat lots of red meat are much more likely to have bowel problems, pain and nausea than their peers who stick mainly with chicken or fish.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is sending one million doses of cholera vaccine to Haiti, where more than 200 cases of the killer disease have been reported since Hurricane Matthew.

About 40 Belorussian veterans, who helped Vietnam during the resistance war against the US in the 1965s and 1972s, attended an annual get-together held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus.

During the reunion feast of those who escaped death in brake-failed bus, many would like to express sincere thanks to driver Phan Van Bac.

The Sai Gon - Hanoi Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SHB) has opened its wholly-owned subsidiary in Cambodia, with the full name of SHB Cambodia One Member Limited Liability Bank.

Even a public scare in Vietnam following continuing infant deaths, the World Health Organization has once again attested to the safety of Quinvaxem.

In response to the World AIDS Day on December 1st, the alliance of self-reliant groups in Nghe An province in collaboration with the provincial Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, Hung Nguyen district youth union and Hung Thinh commune youth union organized a program to pray for people who died from the disease.