40 percent kidney function life expectancy

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the best performers in the first seven months of the year included rice (US$1.9 billion, up 10.9 percent), vegetables (US$414 million, up 9.6 percent), cassava (US$107 million, up 101.8 percent), shrimp (nearly US$2 billion, up 12.1 percent), wood and wood products (US$4.5 billion, up nine percent), cinnamon (US$110 million, up 15.4 percent), and rattan (US$305 million, up 14.7 percent). … [Read more...] about Agriculture targets 2.6-3 percent growth in 2020

Their only defenses now are masks, sanitizers and not interacting with each other. But Alang Thuoc believes this may not be enough if a possible patient still in the coronavirus’ incubation period sits in a room with hundreds of workers less than a meter apart to paint iron bars. … [Read more...] about Da Nang ethnic minority workers caught between a rock and a hard place

The intensive care unit (ICU) at the Da Nang Hospital for Lung Diseases was designed and installed in five days with 12 renovated rooms meeting required standards. Central oxygen supply, compressed air systems, ventilators and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines were installed. … [Read more...] about Da Nang hospital on constant alert in Covid-19 battle to save lives

Hanoi (VNA) - Some 15.7 million smartphone users had downloaded Bluezone, a locally-developed contact-tracing app to identify and alert people who have interacted with COVID-19 patients, as of 11am on August 11, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). The number was 15.5 million higher than that on July 25, when Vietnam confirmed its first case of community transmission after 99 days, for an average of over a million downloads a day. The central city of Da Nang saw the highest rate of smartphone users downloading the app, at 34.13 percent. It was followed by the capital city of Hanoi with 23.83 percent; the northern province of Quang Ninh, 22.61 percent; Ho Chi Minh City, 22.05 percent; and the northern province of Bac Ninh,17.84 percent. As of August 6, thanks to the app, the health sector had verified 21 cases of F1 persons (who had close contact with COVID-19 patients, or F0), and F2 persons (who had been in close contact with F1). Minister of … [Read more...] about COVID-19 tracing app Bluezone hits 15.7 million users

Jakarta (VNA) – A survey by the Bank of Indonesia (BI) revealed that retail sales in the country improved in June, though it is still in a contractionary phase. Real Sales Index (IPR) in June contracted 17.1 percent year-on-year, improving from a contraction of 20.6 percent year-on-year in May. Sales improvement was seen in almost all commodity groups surveyed, especially for motor vehicle fuels, food, beverages and tobacco, and information and communication equipment, in line with the easing of large-scale social restrictions. In July, there were indications that retail sales performance will continue to improve, even though it is still contracting. This is reflected in the forecast for July IPR growth of  minus 12.3 percent year-on-year, up from minus 17.1 percent in the previous month. Inflationary pressure is predicted to ease in the third quarter of 2020, and to increase in the second half of the year. … [Read more...] about Indonesia: Retail sales improve in June