Health

Firstly, mineral sources in Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh have very high value with many health benefits. Analysis results of Quang Hanh mineral water samples sent to Tokyo for evaluation showed this hot spring is rich in healthy minerals. Particularly, the content of Na+ and Cl- accounts for more than 20 grams per liter. It also contains metasilicic acid, boric acid and a significantly large proportion of bromine of up to 40 gram per liter. This makes Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh one of three mineral water mines with the highest content of hot mineralized bromine in the world. … [Read more...] about Quang Hanh hot mineral source offers special health benefits: director

Hanoi (VNA) – The COVID-19 tally in Vietnam remains at 1,049 as the country continued to have no new COVID-19 cases to report within 12 hours as of 6am of September 8, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. Of the total, 691 were infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 domestically, including 551 linked with central Da Nang city since the latest outbreak began there on July 25. As many as 854 patients have recovered while 35 have succumbed to the disease. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with serious underlying health conditions. Among those still under treatment, 14 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 19 others twice and 33 thrice. There are 37,474 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present, including 834 in hospitals, 13,365 in other quarantine sites and 23,274 at home or accommodation facilities./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam sees no new COVID-19 cases, total stands at 1,049

There are large-scale onsens in Japan. However, due to the limited land fund for construction, it is extremely difficult to build a large mineral spring resort. Furthermore, outdoor baths in Japan have their own limitations depending on the topography. It is different in Viet Nam. Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh is actually a really large mineral spring area favoured by nature for its extremely beautiful and majestic surrounding landscape. In my evaluation, there are three factors that make Yoko Onsen Quang Hanh a special and unique "phenomenon” which is probably very rare in the world: … [Read more...] about Special health benefits of Quang Hanh hot mineral source analysed by the Japanese director

Hanoi (VNA) – An exchange note on a non-refundable aid for COVID-19 prevention and control was signed between the Vietnamese and Japanese governments on September 7. On the behalf of the two governments, Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio signed the note. The ODA grant is worth 2 billion JPY (18.8 million USD) in total, including 1.8 billion JPY for the Vietnamese side and about 200 million JPY for the agents designated by the Japanese Government. It will be disbursed in 18 months, from August 2020 to January 2022. The assistance aims to provide technical support in upgrading medical equipment at four hospitals of the Vietnamese Health Ministry, namely the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the National Lung Hospital, the Da Nang C Hospital, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, thereby helping to improve their capacity in COVID-19 prevention and control. Appreciating the grant, Acting Health … [Read more...] about Japan aids Vietnamese hospitals in COVID-19 fight

Prague (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic presented 4,000 medical face masks to the Vietnamese community in the country amidst the developments of COVID-19 pandemic. The face masks, part of medical equipment provided by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs to support Vietnamese community in central and Eastern European countries, were given to people in crowded places with high risk of COVID-19 infection such as Sapa Trade Centre in Prague and trade centres in border areas of Tachov and Folmava. According to Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Thai Xuan Dung, in the context of complicated developments of the pandemic, the Vietnamese Embassy hopes to ease difficulties facing Vietnamese people in the country, especially business households. He advised the community to continue applying preventive measures against COVID-19 pandemic, while strictly follow regulations in the host country in the field, wearing face masks and protecting their … [Read more...] about Embassy presents face masks to Vietnamese community in Czech Republic