Vietnam yet to declare itself COVID-19 free: health official

Taking samples at the airport appears to be one of protective measures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The Viet Nam Register (VR) has asked its branches nationwide to increase technical safety examinations of vehicles, particularly container trucks, coaches and tractor trailers, as part of measures to improve traffic safety.

 Water-resistant sunscreen products work much less well after they have been worn in the sea, a consumer group has warned ahead of the summer holiday season.

Samples of poultry and pork collected from local markets in five southern provinces and cities were reported to be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria due to unhygienic conditions at marketplaces, 

 The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.

Walt Disney Co is testing the first major redesign of its retail stores in seven years, adding interactive experiences and live streams of theme park parades to lure consumers tempted by online shopping.

 A three-pronged man-made antibody, created by French drugmaker Sanofi and U.S. scientists, could offer a new way to treat or prevent HIV, following successful tests in monkeys.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s veterinary department has not found any trace of the banned substance salbutamol in samples collected from animal breeding farms and slaughterhouses during inspection in February.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tests on a dengue fever vaccine over the past five years in Viet Nam showed real promise, according to the Preventive Medicine Department.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – State-run agency heads who introduce Government job applicants to the recruitment process must also take responsibility for the candidates' work ability after they pass the required tests,

 Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hai Phong health department yesterday (April 16) reported a serious case of avian influenza A/H1N1 at the Viet Tiep General Hospital.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – V-League side Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) is testing Julio Moraes Ribeiro of Brazil in preparation for the V-League next year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mini-submarine named Truong Sa of a businessman in Thai binh Province was tested at sea on May 30, after the successful trials in a tank and a lake. However the test had to stop because the propeller was broken.

U.S. National Institutes of Health said that it's to launch a large-scale clinical trial to investigate if a vitamin D supplement helps prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults who have prediabetes, and are at high risk for developing type 2.

 The Vietnam Food Administration said that it would continue to test all fresh rice vermicelli products in the country following a scandal that rice noodles were contaminated with Tinopal whitening agent.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Food Safety Department of the Ministry of Health has said that the 34 samples of sunflower seeds in four provinces did not contain toxic chemicals that cause brain atrophy.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Quy Nhon Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology Institute said that the strange creatures in new clothes of a woman in Phu Yen province are very strange and they did not know what they are.